Joining me for this month's episode is a good friend of mine, Genevieve Gornichec, due to our shared passion for all things Norse and I'm delighted to finally after years of talking online about her wonderful Norse Fantasy and Norse History books, 'The Witch's Heart' and 'The Weaver and the Witch Queen'. Learn what inspired both stories about remarkable female figures of mythology and history, her experience writing and publishing, her second life in viking age living history and so much more.

Please discover more about Genevieve and her books at her website: https://genevievegornichec.com/

Return and join us in Valhalla as we conclude Episode 15, Norse Games & Vikings in Games, with special guest academics, Luca Panaro (University of Iceland) and Emma Thompson (University of Leicester) - Part 2!

- If you haven't watched/listened to Part 1 please do so, otherwise you will miss out on the many games and topics of representation discussed -

Games mentioned in Part 2 are as follows:

Roki @PolygonTreehouse

Final Voyage of Draengr Thar (table top role play game for 5e Dungeons & Dragons) by @1ShotJC

Tribes of Midgard @TribesofMidgard @norsfell

Odin's Ravens (table top card-based game for 2 players)

Althingi (table top card-based game for 4 players) @JoshuaMGillingham @outlandentertainment1295

Viking Raders (table top card-based game for up to 4 players) @vikingraiders

When The Wolf Comes (table top role play game, powered by Shadow of the Demon Lord rules) @ianstuartsharpe

Svilland (table top role play game for 5e Dungeons & Dragons) @DRSPublishing

Journey to Ragnarok (table top role play game for 5e Dungeons & Dragons) by Mana Project Studio

Choice of the Viking by Declan Taggart @ChoiceOfGames

Niffelheim @NiffelheimGame

Expedition Viking @LogicArtists

Northgard @Shiro_Games

Bad North @Rawfury

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!