TEXT: the land & the sea
  • get in the way
  • lead astray
  • trap or ensnare
  • refuse to yield
  • throw up something
  • consume something
  CAST
  COUNTDOWN
  CUSTOM MOVE
  powerful men & women
  • send messengers
  • make demands 
  • convert to their cause
  • make a show of power
  • punish with mercy
  • strike out to conquer
  CAST
  COUNTDOWN
  CUSTOM MOVE
  neighbours & families
  • act as one
  • dwindle and leave behind
  • grow and prosper
  • contest ownership
  • seek vengeance
  • bring to court
  CAST
  COUNTDOWN
  CUSTOM MOVE
  outlaws & outcasts
  • act in secret
  • move into an area
  • provoke and challenge
  • steal or kidnap
  • act without honour
  • bring misfortune
  CAST
  COUNTDOWN
  CUSTOM MOVE
  fates & spirits
  • send dreams and portents
  • reveal past wrongs
  • fulfil a prophecy
  • haunt
  • employ tricks and make mischief
  • offer a bargain
  CAST
  COUNTDOWN
  CUSTOM MOVE
  THREAT MOVES
  
    AGENDA
  • paint a believable picture of saga-period  
     Iceland
  • make the players’ characters’ circumstances    
     worthy of a saga
  • play to find out what happens
    PRINCIPLES
  • put your heart and brain on the table
  • let everything flow from the fiction
  • address the characters, not the players
  • be a fan of the players’ characters
  • aim at the characters and their moves
  • think about the larger world
  • give everyone a history
  • throw it under the grinding stone of time
  • make the world cold
  • give them the sun, 
     make them fight for the moon
  • sometimes, pass the reins
    CEREMONIAL MOVES
  • suggest future calamity
  • inflict harm as established
  • put a price on it
  • put them in the middle
  • put them together
  • separate them
  • offer an opportunity
  • make honour and shame real
  • change the seasons
  odin
  • display great ambition
  • subvert gender roles
  • uncover secrets and hidden things
  thor
  • display stubborn pride
  • brew up storms
  • wreck and tear apart
  freya
  • display heedless lust
  • carry away
  • offer priceless gifts
  loki
  • display jealousy and resentment
  • act with cowardice and deceit
  • shake the foundations
  hel
  • display greed and hunger
  • spread disease and decay
  • present a bleak fate
  freyr
  • display royal arrogance
  • make promises
  • exalt and distinguish
  FEMALE NAMES
  Asgerd, Asgeir, Aslaug, Asny, Bera, Dalla, 
  Freydis, Geirlaug, Geirny, Gjaflaug, Grimhild, 
  Groa, Gudrid, Gudrun, Gunnhild, Gyda, Hall-
  bera, Halldis, Hallfrid, Hallveig, Helga, Herdis, 
  Hildrid, Hrafnhild, Hrodny, Ingibjorg, Ingrid, 
  Ingunn, Isgerd, Jofrid, Jorunn, Kadlin, Ljufa, 
  Mjoll, Moeid, Nereid, Olof, Osk, Ragnhild, 
  Rannveig, Saeunn, Sigrid, Solveig, Thora, 
  Thorarna, Thordis, Thorlaug, Thorunn, Thu-
  rid, Unn, Valgerd, Vermund, Vigdis, Yngvild
  MALE NAMES
  Aki, Ari, Arinbjorn, Atli, Bard, Bjalfi, Bjarni, 
  Bjorn, Bolli, Brynjolf, Egil, Einar, Eyvind, Finn, 
  Frodi, Geir, Gellir, Grim, Halfdan, Hallbjorn, 
  Harek, Helgi, Hegg, Hogni, Hrafn, Hrolf, Illugi, 
  Ingolf, Jorund, Ketill, Koll, Lambi, Ljot, Njal, 
  Oddleif, Olaf, Olvir, Orm, Ottar, Ref, Sigurd, 
  Skallagrim, Skeggi, Skum, Skuli, Snorri, Sol-
  vi, Stein, Steinar, Stuf, Surt, Thorkel, Thorir, 
  Thorolf, Ulf, Vali, Vandrad, Vebjorn, Yngvar
  NICKNAMES
  the Beardless, the Berserk, the Black, Blood-
  axe, Boomer, Bow-bender, Braggart, the Broad, 
  Chopper, Dark-skin, Deep-minded, the Fair, 
  Fart, Flat-nose, the Giant, the Godless, Grey-
  cloak, Half-troll, Hobbler, Hump, the Lame, 
  the Lean, the Learned, Long-chin, Night wolf, 
  the Pale, the Peacock, Pock-marked, Raven, 
  Red-cloak, Sarcastic, Serpent-tongue, Shaggy-
  breeches, the Short, the Slayer, the Sly, Squint-
  er, Snooze, the Tall, Tangle-hair, Thin-hair, 
  Travel-quick, the White, White-leg, the Wise
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Sagas of the Icelanders (PbtA)/Sagas of the Icelanders - MC Sheets.pdf