When The Wolf Comes is a game of storytelling, heroism, and epic struggle set during a reimagined Ragnarök, a parallel timeline where the Norse rule seas and stars with restless fleets and Christianity has been put to the Viking sword.
A complete tabletop roleplaying game in one 392 page book, When The Wolf Comes provides everything you need to create and play characters, form warbands in pursuit of fame and plunder, and tell new Norse sagas with your friends. The book also gives Game Masters all the tools they need to create adventures, a bestiary full of deadly creatures, a detailed history of the Níu Heimar, and extensive advice to help run the game.
When The Wolf Comes features a whole heap of rules and features to help you unleash your inner Space Viking, including:
- New Norse Origins from the monstrous jötnar to the álfar, the true scions of Yggdrasil: be warned, you'll not find Tolkienesque pointy-eared archers or wee faerie folk here!
- Storied Heroes from the Wand-Wed to the Widefarer, build futuristic Norse characters drawn from the pages of the sagas.
- 100+ Spells and Gifts Norse magical tradition is marked by sacrifice and ritual, etched in secrets, and blooded in war. Master spell-song and seiðr – or learn to harness your hamr, hugr and other Gifts of Nature.
- Old Norse for Modern Gamers Each path, spell and weapon has its own authentic Norse nomenclature. It's up to you whether you play as a Varangian or a Væringi, an Outlaw or an Utlagi, a Thread Rider or a þráðriða.
- Judgement of the Norns There are unfathomable minds at play in the Vikingverse, twisting the lives of mortals to their intricate design - and with them come new rules for fate, honour, shame, shell shock and lineages.
- A Ready-Made Adventure Grab your battle rifle and venture across the World’s End in the first chapter of Thought & Memory Saga.
Let your enemies fear the sting of your weapons, and your allies be heartened by your courage – and should you fall, be sure that it is a glorious end, worthy of song and the pride of future generations.
