I have been picked to run a session of Sagas of the Icelanders next Monday. Any particular saga you want to recommend for me to read in order to inspire my game? I have read Njal’s saga many years ago and I have the Penguin Classics edition of The Sagas of Icelanders right here. Just start at the beginning, with Egil’s?
I have been picked to run a session of Sagas of the Icelanders next Monday.
I have been picked to run a session of Sagas of the Icelanders next Monday.
Egils’ is pretty good but I’d recomment the Laxdæla, it has a better balance of various characters and events I think.
Thanks, I will.
Yesterday I also discovered the Saga Project. It appears to be a stalled attempt of creating an Audiobook of Egil’s Saga. The part I was most interested in is that the reader is an Icelander herself and thus pronounces the names as a native.
http://sagaproject.wordpress.com/ – blog
http://sagaproject.bandcamp.com/ – partial audiobook “pay what you want”