History TabletopGame / TrudvangChronicles

''Trudvang Chronicles'' (or ''Drakar och Demoner: Trudvang'' in the original Swedish) is a fantasy [[TabletopRPG tabletop role-playing game]] from Sweden, it actually is the 8th incarnation of the Drakar och Demoner franchise, it is produced by Riotminds. Like many others of its kind it is inspired by folktales and the like,but it strives to depart from the usual tropes associated with most fantasy games by way of sticking to its Scandinavian source mostly, with just tiny sprinkles of other culture's mythos (i.e.: there are minotaurs in the setting, but they are called trolltjurs or "troll bulls" and do not live in mazes). It has really high production values, from the way it is written to the setting itself to its unique art, all these elements work together to create a truly unique world.

''Trudvang Chronicles'' (or ''Drakar och Demoner: Trudvang'' in the original Swedish)is a fantasy [[TabletopRPG tabletop role-playing game]] from Sweden, it actually is the 8th incarnation of the Drakar och Demoner franchise, it is produced by Riotminds. Like many others of its kind it is inspired by folktales and the like,but it strives to depart from the usual tropes associated with most fantasy games by way of sticking to its Scandinavian source mostly, with just tiny sprinkles of other culture's mythos (i.e.: there are minotaurs in the setting, but they are called trolltjurs or "troll bulls" and do not live in mazes). It has really high production values, from the way it is written to the setting itself to its unique art, all these elements work together to create a truly unique world.

After years of being a Swedish-only game it was released in English in 2017 after [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/riotminds/trudvang-chronicles a successful]] Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign.

In 2019, Creator/{{CMON}} held a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/trudvang-legends to fund]] ''TabletopGame/TrudvangLegends'', a storytelling cooperative board game based on the setting

After years of being a Swedish-only game it's going to be released in English in 2017.

In 2019, Creator/{{CMON}} held a Website/{{Kickstater}} campaign [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/trudvang-legends to fund]] ''TabletopGame/TrudvangLegends'', a storytelling cooperative board game based on the setting

After years of being a Swedish-only game it's going to be released in English later this year.

''Trudvang Chronicles'' (or ''Drakar och Demoner: Trudvang'' in the original swedish)is a fantasy [[TabletopRPG tabletop role-playing game]] from Sweden, it actually is the 8th incarnation of the Drakar och Demoner franchise, it is produced by Riotminds. Like many others of its kind it is inspired by folktales and the like,but it strives to depart from the usual tropes associated with most fantasy games by way of sticking to its Scandinavian source mostly, with just tiny sprinkles of other culture's mythos (i.e.: there are minotaurs in the setting, but they are called trolltjurs or "troll bulls" and do not live in mazes). It has really high production values, from the way it is written, to the setting itself to its unique art, all this elements work together to create a truly unique world.

The setting itself focuses on the land of Trudvang, a huge continent teeming with forests, plains and mountains, it is roughly divided in five regions; Osthem to the east,where the Stormlanders live, it is a harsh and unforgiving land full of mysterious woodlands, mountains and a somewhat barren land, all this has made its inhabitants quite fierce and strong, they follow an equally harsh faith called gerbanis which comprises two opposed pantheon of gods Storm's Host and the Chaos Gods,at the center of the continent lie the Middlands, a land of vast plains and rolling hills, with few if any woodlands, its inhabitants are called Middlanders who are brave warriors and horselords, they follow an animistic religion called ostro(think of Rohan from The Lord of the Rings meets the Celts), at the west lies Vastermark, a land chivalrous knights and sages who follow the teachings of the one true god Gave and try to spread his teachings to all the pagan nations,even if it has to be delivered from the tip of their swords, at the north lies the great mountain range Järngard which serves as a border between all the other nations and the snow-covered and deadly land known as Isvidda, realm of the hrimthurses or frost giants and finally, at the south, lies an archipelago known as Soj where the reclusive elves live, there are dwarfs in Trudvang but they inhabit in many underground kingdoms trough the world, there are also many kinds of trolls in Trudang's forests as well as other kinds of monsters, like dragons and skosgras.

After years of being a swedish-only game its going to be released in english later this year.

* DarkActionGirl: Ark women, they come from a barbarian people addicted to the fear they instill on their enemies, can ride the powerful Tornodlas (Tower Lizards)that have a breath that rots flesh on contact, they are one of the few races reviled by most other peoples.And with good reasons.

* HumanSacrifice: Stormlanders often sacrifice other humans to their gods, as well as the followers of Haminjes, a religion where the spirits of vanquished enemies are tied to the vanquisher's soul to strengthen it, they also gain some abilities trough this.

''Trudvang Chronicles'' (or ''Drakar och Demoner: Trudvang'' in the original swedish)is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game from Sweden, it actually is the 8th incarnation of the Drakar och Demoner franchise, it is produced by Riotminds. Like many others of its kind it is inspired by folktales and the like,but it strives to depart from the usual tropes associated with most fantasy games by way of sticking to its Scandinavian source mostly, with just tiny sprinkles of other culture's mythos (i.e.: there are minotaurs in the setting, but they are called trolltjurs or "troll bulls" and do not live in mazes). It has really high production values, from the way it is written, to the setting itself to its unique art, all this elements work together to create a truly unique world.

* HumanSacrifice: Stormlanders often sacrifice other humans to their gods, as well as the followers of Haminjes, a religion where the spirits of vanquished enemies are tied to the vanquisher's soul to strengthen it, they also gain some abilities trough this.

Trudvang Chronicles (or Drakar och Demoner: Trudvang in the original swedish)is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game from Sweden, it actually is the 8th incarnation of the Drakar och Demoner franchise, it is produced by Riotminds. Like many others of its kind it is inspired by folktales and the like,but it strives to depart from the usual tropes associated with most fantasy games by way of sticking to its Scandinavian source mostly, with just tiny sprinkles of other culture's mythos (i.e.: there are minotaurs in the setting, but they are called trolltjurs or "troll bulls" and do not live in mazes). It has really high production values, from the way it is written, to the setting itself to its unique art, all this elements work together to create a truly unique world.

* HumanSacrifice: Stormlanders often sacrifice other humans to their gods, as well as the followers of Haminjes, a religion where the spirits of vanquished enemies are tied to the vanquisher's soul to strengthen it, they also gain some abilities trough this.

The setting itself focuses on the land of Trudvang, a huge continent teeming with forests, plains and mountains, it is roughly divided in five regions; Osthem to the east,where the Stormlanders live, it is a harsh and unforgiving land full of mysterious woodlands, mountains and a somewhat barren land, all this has made its inhabitants quite fierce and strong, they follow an equally harsh faith called gerbanis which comprises two opposed pantheon of gods Storm's Host and the Chaos Gods,at the center of the continent lie the Middlands, a land of vast plains and rolling hills, with few if any woodlands, its inhabitants are called Middlanders who are brave warriors and horselords, they follow an animistic religion called ostro(think of Rohan from LotR meet the Celts), at the west lies Vastermark, a land chivalrous knights and sages who follow the teachings of the one true god Gave and try to spread his teachings to all the pagan nations,even if it has to bee delivered from the tip of their swords, at the north lies the great mountain range know as Järngard which serves as a border between all the other nations and the snow-covered and deadly land known as Isvidda, realm of the hrimthurses or frost giants and finally, at the south, lies an archipelago collectively known as Soj where the reclusive elves live, there are dwarfs in Trudvang but they inhabit in many underground realms, there are also many kinds of trolls in Trudang's forests as well as other kinds of monsters, like dragons and skosgras.

* ActionGirl: The Stormlanders have shield maidens, it is expected among most of the wild-peoples of Trudvang for women to fight alongside men, it is also not uncommon to find warrior women among Middlanders.

* DarkActionGirl: Ark women, they come from a barbarian people addicted to the fear they instill on their enemies, can ride the powerful Tornodlas (Tower Lizards)that have a breath that rots flesh on contact, they are one of the few races reviled by most other peoples.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Fighting against dragons and demons looks like this. To put this in perspective, dragons are described as something akin to the Balrog from The Lord of the Rings, and some of them exiled the whole elven pantheon from Trudvang.
* HalfHumanHybrid: There are half elves and half trolls or gråehjon. The first are said to be "gifts" from the elves, but the second are almost always the result of rape.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Fighting against dragons and demons looks like this.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Fighting against dragons and demons looks like this.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Fighting against dragons and demons.

* BadassNormal: In Trudvang magic is quite rare and dangerous, so most characters are this.

* HumanSacrifice: Stormlanders often sacrifice other humans to their gods, as well as the followers of Haminjes, a religion where the spirits of vanquished enemies are tied to the vanquisher's soul to strengthen it, they also gain some abilieties trough this.

The setting itself focuses on the land of Trudvang, a huge continent teeming with forests, plains and mountains, it is roughly divided in five regions; Osthem to the east,where the Stormlanders live, it is a harsh and unforgiving land full of mysterious woodlands, mountains and a somewhat barren land, all this has made its inhabitants quite fierce and strong, they follow an equally harsh faith called gerbanis whic comprises two opposed pantheon of gods Storm's Host and the Chaos Gods,at the center of the continent lie the Middlands, a land of vast plains and rolling hills, with few if any woodlands, its inhabitants are called Middlanders who are brave warriors and horselords, they follow an animistic religion called ostro(think of Rohan from LotR meet the Celts), at the west lies Vastermark, a land chivalrous knights and sages who follow the teachings of the one true god Gave and try to spread his teachings to all the pagan nations,even if it has to bee delivered from the tip of their swords, at the north lies the great mountain range know as Järngard which serves as a border between all the other nations and the snow-covered and deadly land known as Isvidda, realm of the hrimthurses or frost giants and finally, at the south, lies an archipelago collectively known as Soj where the reclusive elves live, there are dwarfs in Trudvang but they inhabit in many underground realms, there are also many kinds of trolls in Trudang's forests as well as other kinds of monsters, like dragons and skosgras.

* HumanSacrifice: Stormlanders often sacrifice other humans to their gods, as well as the followers of Haminjes, a religion where the spirits of vanquished enemies are tied to the anquisher's soul to strengthen it, they also gain some abilieties trough this.

The setting itself focuses on the land of Trudvang, a huge continent teeming with forests, plains and mountains, it is roughly divided in five regions; Osthem to the east,where the Stormlanders live, it is a harsh and unforgiving land full of mysterious woodlands, mountains and a somewhat barren land, all this has made its inhabitants quite fierce and strong, they follow an equally harsh faith called gerbanis whic comprises two opposed pantheon of gods Storm's Host and the Chaos Gods,at the center of the continent lie the Middlands, a land of vast plains and rolling hills, with few if any woodlands, its inhabitants are called Middlanders who are brave warriors and horselords, they follow an animistic religion called ostro(think of Rohan from LotR meet the Celts), at the west lies Vastermark, a land chivalrous knights and sages who follow the teachings of the one true god Gave and try to spread his teachings to all the pagan nations,even if it has to bee delivered from the tip of their swords, at the north lies the great mountain range know as Järngard which serves as a border between all the other nations and the snow-covered and deadly land known as Isvidda, realm of the hrimthurses or frost giants and finally, at the south, lies an archipelago collectively known as Soj where the reclusive elves live, there are dwarfs in Trudvangm but they inhabit in many underground realms, there are also many kinds of trolls in Trudang's forests as well as other kinds of monsters, like dragons and skosgras.

* DarkActionGirl: Ark women definitely are this.
* HalfHumanHybrid: There are half elves and half trolls or gråehjon.

* ActionGirl: The Stormlanders have shield maidens,it is expected among most of the wild-peoples of Trudvang for women to fight alongside men, it is also not uncommon to find warrior women among Middlanders.

* BadassNormal: In a setting where a misscast spell will blow you to bits, most characters are this.

The setting itself focuses on the land of Trudvang, a huge continent teeming with forests, plains and mountains, it is roughly divided on five regions, Osthem to the east,where the Stormlanders live, it is a harsh and unforgiving land full of mysterious woodlands, mountains and a somewhat barren land, all this has made its inhabitants quite fierce and strong, they follow an equally harsh faith called gerbanis whic comprises two opposed pantheon of gods Storm's Host and the Chaos Gods,at the center of the continent lie the Middlands, a land of vast plains and rolling hills, with few if any woodlands, its inhabitants are called Middlanders who are brave warriors and horselords, they follow an animistic religion called ostro(think of Rohan from LotR meet the Celts), at the west lies Vastermark, a land chivalrous knights and sages who follow the teachings of the one true god Gave and try to spread his teachings to all the pagan nations,even if it has to bee delivered from the tip of their swords, at the north lies the great mountain range know as Järngard which serves as a border between all the other nations and the snow-covered and deadly land known as Isvidda, realm of the hrimthurses or frost giants and finally, at the south, lies an archipelago collectively known as Soj where the reclusive elves live, there are dwarfs in Trudvangm but they inhabit in many underground realms, there are also many kinds of trolls in trudang's forests as well as other kinds of monsters, like dragons and skosgras.

The setting itself focuses on the land of Trudvang, a huge continent teeming with forests, plains and mountains, it is roughly divided on five regions, Osthem to the east,where the Stormlanders live, it is a harsh and unforgiving land full of mysterious woodlands, mountains and a somewhat barren land, all this has made its inhabitants quite fierce and strong, they follow an equally harsh faith called gerbanis whic comprises two opposed pantheon of gods Storm's Host and the Chaos Gods,at the center of the continent lie the Middlands, a land of vast plains and rolling hills, with few if any woodlands, its inhabitants are called Middlanders who are brave warriors and horselords, they follow an animistic religion called ostro(think of Rohan from LotR meet the Celts), at the west lies Vastermark, a land chivalrous knights and sages who follow the teachings of the one true god Gave and try to spread his teachings to all the pagan nations,even if it has to bee delivered from the tip of their swords, at the north lies the great mountain range know as Järngard which serves as a border between all the other nations and the snow-covered and deadly land known as Isvidda, realm of the hrimthurses or frost giants and finally, at the south, lies an archipelago collectively known as Soj where the reclusive elves live, there are dwarfs in Trudvangm but they inhabit in many underground realms, there are also many kinds of trolls in trudang's forests as well as other kinds of monsters, like dragons and skosgras.

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The setting itself is focused on the land of Trudvang, a huge continent teeming with forests, plains and mountains, it is roughly divided on five regions, Osthem to the east,where the Stormlanders live, it is a harsh and unforgiving land full of mysterious woodlands, mountains and a somewhat barren land, all this has made its inhabitants quite fierce and strong, they follow an equally harsh faith called gerbanis whic comprises two opposed pantheon of gods Storm's Host and the Chaos Gods,at the center of the continent lie the Middlands, a land of vast plains and rolling hills, with few if any woodlands, its inhabitants are called Middlanders who are brave warriors and horselords, they follow an animistic religion called ostro(think of Rohan from LotR meet the Celts), at the west lies Vastermark, a land chivalrous knights and sages who follow the teachings of the one true god Gave and try to spread his teachings to all the pagan nations,even if it has to bee delivered from the tip of their swords, at the north lies the great mountain range know as Järngard which serves as a border between all the other nations and the snow-covered and deadly land known as Isvidda, realm of the hrimthurses or frost giants and finally, at the south, lies an archipelago collectively known as Soj where the reclusive elves live, there are dwarfs in Trudvangm but they inhabit in many underground realms, there are also many kinds of trolls in trudang's forests as well as other kinds of monsters, like dragons and skosgras.

Trudvang Chronicles (or Drakar och Demoner: Trudvang in the original swedish)is a fantasy tabletop role playing game from Sweden, it actually is the 8th incarnation of the Drakar och Demoner franchise. Like many others of its kind it is inspired by folktales and the like,but it strives to depart from the usual tropes asociated with most fantasy games by way of sticking to its scandinavian source mostly, with just tiny sprinkles of other cultures mythos (i.e.: there are minotaurs in the setting, but they are called trolltjurs or "troll bulls").It has really high production values, from the way it is written, to the setting itself to its unique art, all this elements work together to create a truly unique world.

The setting itself is focused on the land of Trudvang, a huge continent teeming with forests, plains and mountains, it is roughly divided on five regions, Osthem to the east,where the Stormlanders live, it is a harsh and unforgiving land full of mysterious woodlands, mountains and a somewhat barren land, all this has made its inhabitants quite fierce and strong,at the center of the continent lie the Middlands, a land of vast plains and rolling hills, with few if any woodlands, its inhabitants are called Middlanders and

The setting itself is focused on the land of Trudvang, a huge continent teeming with forests, plains and mountains, it is roughly divided on five regions, Osthem to the east,where the Stormlanders live, it is a harsh and unforgiving land full of mysterious woodlands, mountains and a somewhat barren land, all this has made its inhabitants quite fierce and strong,at the center of the continent lie the Middlands, a land of vast plains

Trudvang Chronicles (or Drakar och Demoner: Trudvang in the original swedish)is a fantasy tabletop role playing game from Sweden, it actually is the 8th incarnation of the Drakar och Demoner franchise. Like many others of its kind it is inspired by folktales and the like,striving to depart from the usual tropes asociated with most fantasy games by way of sticking to its scandinavian source mostly, with just tiny sprinkles of other cultures mythos (i.e.: there are minotaurs in the setting, but they are called trolltjurs or "troll bulls").