Game Geeks #106 Scion: Ragnarök

[tsuruchitetsuo]

1:58 Kevin Sorbo

[meineymoe]

Hi Kurt - any good Norse games out there that don't require purchasing four books? Clovis is into Norse Mythology these days and I thought playing a game with maybe Vikings immersed in Norse legends would be cool - kind of an Eric the Viking type quest - any ideas? Or is Ragnarok worth doing the whole Scion thing?

thanks! -oo-

[graph180]

@meineymoe

Well if you can speak swedish, there's "Viking". If not, "Midgard:Warriors from the North" might be for you.

[Shift1009]

You didnt list the Atlantean, Tuatha, Devas, or Celestial Bureaucracy

[GriffinPilgrim]

The Atlanteans are (officially) dead and the others hadn't come out at this point.

[meatalman539]

i don't think you could say that being a scion of an angel is blasphomy. mabye if you tried a scion of God or Jesus, but not Micheal or Gabriel. the Bible never gives much detail on the nature of angels. they just do what God tells them.

[yamiblade]

I'd much rather have a Scion of Azrael

[Obesejose]

2:53 One of these drawings does not belong

[HarleyAMV]

Its not "rochk" its a ö is form Sweden and Norway more related form Sweden, Ragnarök is doomsday.

"Ö as the u in burn" thats how many say you can tell your english friends about it.

Love this game! (Just wanned to say that)

[hathiphnath]

Good analogy with "burn" =)

[bentheoverlord]

great vid love scion any chance of uploading the older reviews again

[aramanx]

OMG at 1.58 kevin sorbo apeers!!!

[walt776]

Oh, if you get a chance, review "Shard" -- a new RPG I saw at origins. It looked interesting, but I wouldn't mind hearing some thoughts on it before committing to buying it.

[walt776]

I dunno... the moment someone mentions "Left Behind: The RPG", I'll pretty much walk out of the room. (Or perhaps, be whisked away by Heaven while my group endures the torments of the apocalypse for their heretical gaming.)

[Anitropius]

Isn't the green book on the table Vampire: the Masquerade? :D

[monstermodelreview]

Nope.

[Catterjee]

Looks like a Hunter: the Vigil splat to me.

[Chaosdada]

The ö is pronounced wrong anyway.

[HarleyAMV]

Yeah it is and I dont know why ppl are turning you down for this.

[eliotresol]

On the table, I see Necessary Evil ExEd, Tour of Darkness...and is that Hellfrost?! Reviews in our Game Geeks future I hope.

[tikiux5]

ragnaroshshhh

[YourProfessor]

norse pagan? I didn't know they still existed.

[Andulvar]

yes they do, I know many in town

[vileone13]

my friend is a secular wicca figure that one out

[CathodeRay00]

I am Iron, like a Lion, in Scion...

Great review as always Kurt. I like the idea of using under-represented religions.

[AnonGemini]

Don't worry there is no such thing.

[WayfinderX]

Don't worry too much about blasphemy. I considered your idea with my game group when I first flipped through Scion a few months back, and we rather digged the idea of being scions of angels. I agree, though, that the d10 system they use is a little clunky for me, but I'm the kind of guy that'll tweak things in order to make them work.

[rcautela]

You could always playing IN NOMINE!

[WayfinderX]

I have to keep my titles to a small handful, but I'll give it a look.

[BillionSix]

Yeah, In Nomine is cool. It's got an odd system that you either love or hate. I rather like it. Plus, a world of angels and demons that you can play either dead serious, or as a lighter Good Omens / Dogma style game. I recommend it.

[mysterycycle]

Yeah, I thought that was a pretty cool idea, too. As well as In Nomine, Morrigan Press put out The Seventh Seal, which had a very similar idea (though somewhat post-apocalytpic, set during the Tribulation). In comparison to other companies who have tried something similar, Morrigan's game looked like something I'd really like to play (and I'm a born-again Christian, no less).

[WayfinderX]

Having looked at In Nomine, I think it looks fairly good. Perhaps in a year from now, given my horrendously busy schedule and my current Legend of the Five Rings campaign I'm running, plus the game I'm developing, I may run it someday. LOL. Still, I like many of the concepts and game designs in it, and it's worth a look-see.

[zorlak21]

God damit white wolf i got 28 books aaaaaaaaaa need more books :]

[bloodrunsclear]

I liked your idea of Scion games based on other religions; I would not have thought of that :)

[BillionSix]

Good review! If you want to be complete, there is one more book for Scion. The Scion Companion.

[knwiegel]

And the review will be filmed soon....

[BillionSix]

Cool! The Irish, Chinese, and Hindu gods are in that one. As well as an optional WWII setting with nationalistic pantheons. So you could be a Scion of Uncle Sam.

[lordmonfort]

Oh YES!!! I see that Tour of Darkness book there. Cant wait for that review.

[Jeffrywith1e]

I AGREE!

[Duhad8]

I love the Norse mythology and this book definitely gives me some really good ideas for Scion. Thank you Kurt!

[AFnord]

Whats up with the harsh sch sound when you pronounciate ragnarök? Ö is pronounciated a bit like O.

Still, a great review, as always.

[vileone13]

hes trying to be funny

[gatoneko]

love your reviews as usual.

Was that Keven Sorbo at 2:00?

[Gandalf2702]

Looks a lot like him ;)

Wouldn't be the first time WW "steals" Artwork or is considerably "influenced".

[CKNola]

That's exactly what I thought when I saw it.

Hercules was pretty much a Scion, though Greek pantheon obviously.