When the Wolf Comes RPG

Vikings & Valkyries!
3 months ago – Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 08:08:08 PM

Sound the Gjallarhorn!

The Vikings & Valkyries podcast is now live wherever you listen to podcasts and also on YouTube. 

We are joined each week by a revolving cast of authors and artists, historians and gamers as we see which of them the "choosers of the fallen" take a fancy to.  You can see the cast list here (it includes a couple of Kickstarter backers!) Three episodes are up, with more recorded for weekly release.

So grab your battle rifle and venture across the World's Edge as we play through the whole Thought & Memory Saga! Link to Apple Podcasts in the image below.

Happy birthday to me! Til hamingju með afmælið ég!
7 months ago – Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 09:27:24 AM

A few updates from the Vikingverse:

1. I'm doing some work on a Viking Age addition to the game. I have some settlement, sailing and raiding rules down in draft. If you have any interest, feedback or suggestions - you know where to find me!  
2. In the meantime, I did this interview recently with Really Dicey on YouTube. Give it a look, a like and a share. 
3. We've starting an Actual Play podcast with Actual Play Entertainment for the Thought & Memory Saga. Three episodes recorded thus far, and a fourth tonight. I'll ping here when they drop!
4. Lastly, since it is my birthday, I'll do one last shout for the Shield Wall! Send pics instead of cake ;)

Death Metal!
8 months ago – Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 12:35:19 PM

Hello! 

Two bits of metal news.

1. New release today, with blurb below the clickable image! Do please give it a social share or seven.
2. Email incoming to Turn Tokeneers with the latest.

"When the Wolf is at your door, it is best to nuke it from orbit" (þegar úlfurinn er við dyrnar þínar er best að kjarnorka hann úr sporbraut)

This Death Metal supplement is a first: a crossover event. While it introduces new paths, new lore and new spells to When the Wolf Comes, it also ties nuclear Norse mayhem into your other Schwalb Entertainment games! Heill Óðinn!

Death Metal delivers a bumper bundle of thermonuclear fun, including:

Atom Bombs and You! An all-new Eitr craft, and fourteen new deadly spells.

Duck and Cover! Rules for nuclear blasts and bomb disposal.

Games without Frontiers! Rules for Helscapes, easily adaptable for PunkApocalyptic and SotDL. 

Protect and Survive! Five new radioactive additions to the Bestiary, including Genie Glass and Lantern Men.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Worship the Bomb! New canonical lore concerning the Gods of Blood and Iron and the one-eyed Grimnir, along with new Paths of Paradox.

Make Dwarves Tall Again! Ever wondered what secrets the priests of the Honored Dead kept locked in their vault of star metal?

Ragnarok n 'Roll! Power Skalds for true fans of melodic Viking Metal.

Your Doom Cometh!
9 months ago – Mon, May 27, 2024 at 08:58:56 AM

Hello!

I am now informed that the last of the books arrived in New Zealand yesterday, having basically completed a circumnavigation of the globe. Which reminds me of the old gag:

I just rowed in from Norway, and boy are my arms Thor. 
Ek hefi hingat róið frá Nóregi ok handleggir mínir ero þrútnir sem Þórs.

In celebration, we have released Doomcraft, with new spells and new paths surrounding the End of Days. We've also bundled up the Thought & Memory Saga, so you can grab any parts you missed.

A BIG THANK YOU to those of you who joined the Shield Wall. There are still plenty more slots, so do keep sending those photos! You will be rewarded in Valhǫll, if not before!

Paths of Shame!
10 months ago – Mon, May 06, 2024 at 07:56:51 AM

Hello!

To celebrate the arrival of the rulebooks in the UK and Europe*, we release 10 new outlawry options! You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy (unless you visit Viking Mos Eisley using the freshly updated Space Vikings expansion). 

Now, apart from seven poor Antipodean backers who have been stiffed by customs (customs agents will be added to Paths of Shame v2), everyone who ordered it should have a book...

Few updates:

1. I am still collecting photos for my Shield Wall montage (see last update). If you enjoy the book, do please consider sending over a snap!
2.  I have added the GM screen PDF for printing to vikingverse.com website. Have a look it the free section in the navigation. The printed version was a little flimsy, so people who want to try again are welcome to use the file to do so.
3. There aren't many books left in the print run, so if you know someone who wants one, be sure to check out partner stores, also in the navigation.
4. Turn tokens are batched in with a Weird Wizard plan of attack, so I'll contact backers for those when I have news.
5. We'll be back at the end of the month with Doomcraft.

Best,

IS

* This is in no way a comment on Brexit. Oh wait, yes it is, Barry.