Odin

Product Description Odin

ODIN – A grand Viking adventure with many possibilities.
Embark on an adventure in the world of the Vikings and become a trader, hunter or plunderer. Build houses, discover distant lands and contribute to the festival in honour of Odin every round. In this grand strategy game, Uwe Rosenberg takes you back to a bygone era. A variety of action options and equipment cards for your Norsemen guarantee a unique game, in which you try to optimise the possibilities on your player board every time! “Odin” is a saga in the form of a board game. You relive the cultural successes, the trading expeditions and the plundering 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 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 managed to do what the king of Norway had not managed to do a few years earlier: conquer the English throne. The fact that the 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.