Odin (NL)

“Odin” is a saga in the form of a board game. You relive the cultural successes, the trading expeditions, and the plunderings of the tribes that we now know as “Vikings”. This term was used very differently around the end of the first millennium. When the northerners went on a plundering expedition, they said that they were going on a “viking”.

However, the Scandinavian ancestors were much more than just pirates. They were explorers, traders and founders of states. Leif Eriksson was probably the first European in America, long before Columbus. In the region that is now called Normandy, the invaders were not called Vikings but “Norsemen”. One of them was the famous William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066. He achieved what the king of Norway had not achieved a few years earlier: conquering the English throne.

The fact that people of that time became good sailors had to do with the fact that it was hard to live from agriculture alone. Major shortages of crops caused much suffering. In this game you can plunder and discover new areas. You also experience what everyday life was like by collecting goods that give you a strong position in society. Ultimately, the game is won by the player whose possessions are the most valuable.