To the Glory of Odin is a saga in the form of a board game. You relive the cultural achievements, mercantile expeditions and plundering of the tribes we know today as Vikings - a term that was used very differently towards the end of the first millennium. When the Norsemen went on a raid, they used to say that they were going in search of a Viking. Their Norse ancestors, however, were more than just pirates. They were explorers and founders of states. Leif Eriksson is said to be the first European in America, long before Columbus.
In what is now called Normandy, the intruders were not called Vikings but Normans. One of them was the famous William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066. He managed to do what the king of Norway had failed to do a few years earlier: conquer the throne of England. The reason why the people of that time became such good sailors was due to their unfortunate agricultural situation. Crop failures caused great distress. In this game you will raid and explore new territories. You will also experience their daily activities: collecting goods to achieve a secure financial position in society. In the end, the player whose goods are most valuable will be declared the winner.
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Contents of the box : 2 plastic boxes, 1 orange 8-sided die, 1 blue 12-sided die, 1 game board, 2 expansion tiles, 4 player boards, 1 ship reserve board, 4 exploration boards, 1 oval board, 15 special tiles, 1 sleeve summary tile, 3 hut tiles, 3 stone house tiles, 5 Longhouse tiles, 8 mountainside tiles, 32 ship tiles, 125 silver coins, 32 wood, 24 stone, 40 ore, 190 trade cards, 47 weapon cards, 346 resource tiles, 7 sanction tiles, 48 Vikings, 1 moose figure (1st player), 1 progress marker cube, 1 set of rules.
