Joining me in this month's episode of Valhalla Conversations are two academics, Luca Panaro, a PhD candidate at the University of Iceland, in the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies; and Emma Thompson, a Midlands4Cities (M4C)-funded PhD Researcher at the University of Leicester, in archaeology broadly but specifically looking at Viking Age and Late Anglo-Saxon mortuary identities.

We unite together to dive into the topic of games played by the vikings and the journey to games where we can play as vikings!

Games discussed in Part 1 are as follows:

Hnafltafl aka Tafl - A traditional Norse strategy table top board game.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla & Orlog @assassinscreedUK @Ubisoft

God Of War (2018 onwards) @PlayStation

Valheim @irongateofficial

Norse @ArcticHazard @tripwireinteractive

Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree @WildboyStudios

The Frostrune @grimnirmedia9341

The Banner Saga @StoicStudio

Dead in Vinland @ishtar_games

Jotun @thunderlotus

Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hell @gamesfarm3558

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice @officialninjatheory

You can also read Luca's "deep dive" article into Norse Mythology retold in God of War 2018 here: https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2595-9107.2021v1n4.60355

Do follow up with Part 2 of our this insightful and interesting conversation!