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zonk I've seen that! I definitely want to grab a copy but since shipping to the US is expensive, I'm going to wait until I am picking up a couple of things. Mekanurg Thank you very kindly for your time and responses. You were still credited in the 1991 books, so I thought you had been involved...

Some assorted questions about the old days at Äventyrspel and Drakar och Demoner in particular, if you don't mind :) Of course, if you'd rather not dredge old forgotten times, I understand too. In any event, thank you very much for your time and all your work over the years. Responding in...

The Danish gaming magazines always used "scenario" and as a historical wargamer that always seemed to make the most sense. "Adventure" to me always sounded like a D&D thing.

Thanks guys. I'll definitely check out that forum! @Staffan - That makes sense. Would make up a bit for the various advantages they get otherwise.

Cheers gang. A few questions for veterans of Ereb Altor: * The campaign guide mentions an Æsir-dyrkan faith. That obviously looks pretty faux-nordic mythology but does any book discuss it in any more detail ? The main Ereb Altor book seems to just mention it in passing. * Is there a high...

If the specific travel path is known to be especially dangerous, I'd throw in a "danger pay" of a bit extra (or a future discount, so the merchant gets the money back anyways). If it's a pretty routine trip, the 5 sm / day would seem fine. Since they won't be able to spend much of time on the...

I'll definitely be giving Svavel a closer look. Reading the first adventure it looks quite fun.

Though one might argue, with the rise of the OSR and the dominance of 5e D&D, the "innovation" of class-less roleplaying, open-ended character development and such is as needed today as it was in 1978.

Oh shoot, awesome :) You were one of the inspirations (along with Steve Perrin and Rick Priestley) that eventually got me into self-publishing rules for miniatures wargames. I was just joking to a Swedish friend of mine that it seemed like your name popped up in every Swedish game I looked at...

Reading through Helvetesfortet it definitely has a lot of problems. It's too bad because one of players would be all over a "good vs evil fight the evil overlord" quest game. I'm not even super opposed to a fairly linear overall quest, provided the players have some freedom doing the...

Were you one of the writers on those? Excellent work! Even as a kid, I felt they were easily comparable to the type of books D&D was putting out and far more visually appealing than Runequests (much as I adore Glorantha). The mixture of Tolkien fantasy and Nordic folklore creatures really...

If I may interject in English, I am recently juggling EDD vs 91 as well, trying to decide what to do for a retro campaign I'll be running for my American friends. Don't worry about responding in Swedish, it's fine :) Expert was what I grew up with (as that's the version we received in Denmark)...

Zonk - That makes sense. The whole "tavern" opening is a series of leaps of logic that it's pretty unlikely a real group would take.

Thanks guys. I was thinking of sticking Kandra somewhere near Torshem as a sort of "gateway to the frontier" and take advantage of both modules :) I guess I'll have to look into Marsklandet then. For something more directed/"quest'y" and less open-world/sandbox would Ärans Väg be a good...

I hope you don't mind me posting in English: I am Danish so grew up with Drakar och Demoner and always stuck with BRP-based systems as my main gaming. I am wanting to run some of the old DoD (Target/Aventyrspel era) modules for my American friends. The idea is to start playing through Torshem...

I find I like both equally. 3 is a bit more "hard simulation" ala games like Harnmaster or GURPS, while 4 is more of a Burning Wheel style game. Appreciate the input.

As another thought: I know that the high chance of fumbles at higher difficulties is a commonly voiced concern. I haven't played enough yet to say if that's something I agree or disagree with, but an easy fix I thought about today is: Whenever the book says to add or remove dice, add or remove...

Appreciate it guys. I just got the Geografica book in the mail, along with the "Monster i Mundana" book,so I am eagerly digging into those. The big question is what to get next, since almost everything looks pretty tempting.

All good suggestions on tactical approaches, thanks.

All sorted this morning, thanks :)