Historical

GURPS Vikings #5: The Tempest

Sailing in the direction of Greenland, the Vikings are caught in a devastating storm and struggle to save their ship and crew. When the storm finally passes and dawn arrives, they find themselves off course and approaching the coast of a new land. The trees match those of Umlaut’s dream, as well as the natives who promptly introduce themselves with arrows.
 
 

GURPS Vikings #4: We Can Be Heroes

Reaching Iceland, Thor and Umlaut come upon a settlement and receive a heroes’ welcome. Together with Kari’s brothers and Brother Brendan, the Vikings are sent on a quest by the village leader Ingolfur to kill a monster in its mountain lair. Facing their greatest challenge yet, some of the warriors choose to die in battle, while others choose to flee in defeat.

GURPS Vikings #3: Greaseheads

Having sailed from Norway with Kari and her brothers in a drakkar longship, the explorers eventually spot land. When they disembark onto one of the Zetland islands, they are confronted by the tattooed, grease-haired natives. After diplomacy fails, the Vikings are forced into a bloody battle. Afterwards, they retreat to their ship once again and escape further bloodshed. Sailing into a storm, the heroes finally come upon a strange shipwreck survivor.  
 

GURPS Vikings #2: Holmgang

Back in Trondheim, Thor and Umlaut discover that in their absence Smooth-Tooth has been spreading lies about them to King Harold. When Thor asks for permission to marry the king’s cousin Kari, it is decided that only a judicial battle will settle the matter. Accepting the ruling, the karls fight against Smooth-Tooth and his brother Yngwie Hump, only to later find themselves being run out of the village by the sore losers’ uncle Bolg the Bulge and a mob of his kin. Fortunately, Umlaut has had a dream of a strange new land awaiting them.   

GURPS Vikings #1: Death and Taxes

In the Norwegian region of Trondheim, foster brothers Thor Thorsson and Umlaut Topknot are sent away by King Harold Fairhair (after being influenced by the villainous Thorolf Smooth-Tooth) to collect taxes in the form of animal skins from the Finns. With the aurora borealis lighting the way, the two karls undertake their quest, encountering mushroom-munching reindeer and possible divine manifestations along the way.   
 

The Beast #3: Absolution

Having learned The Beast’s weaknesses, Dagobert and Ludwig return to Wolfsburg to prepare, recruiting various villagers to aid them. Dagobert enlists an old friend from his past, and Piers, still wearing his mother’s clothes, joins the team too as they traipse their way to the ruins of Schloss Bungberg. In the aftermath of the battle, there is death but also redemption.
 

The Beast #2: Cliffhanger

After having bested a pack of hired thugs on the way to speak with Hester, Ludwig and Dagobert reach the crone’s hut, just outside of the village. She agrees to tell them what she knows about The Beast if they pass three trials. On the third trial, the vagabonds find themselves fighting for their lives high upon a clifftop, where desperate times call for desperate measures.

The Beast #1: Girlie Man

Austria, 1759: The vagabond adventurers Dagobert Nickolbach and Ludwig Vormelker are hired by Baron Von Bung to slay what the villagers of Wolfsburg call The Beast, an unknown figure blamed for the disappearance of a young girl every 130 years. When a strange symbol is discovered painted on the outside of a girl’s house, the hirelings uncover the culprit and devise a trap for The Beast.

Call of Cthulhu (Halloween Special) #3: The Unspeakable Promise

On an autumn evening in Arkham, Massachusetts, wealthy socialite Margo Macey and newspaper reporter Rachael Hemmingway meet with Private Investigator Saul Moran at a diner, where he shares a secret he’s kept for nearly a year. A terrible affliction has been causing him to crave human flesh, and it’s getting worse. The three decide to drive out to the country, seeking the advice of a strange doctor, who in turn directs them to an infamous house in town known as the Witch House. After an unsettling experience, they learn that their only possible hope for a cure lies in a vault at the Miskatonic University. But surely, the New Englanders would never be stupid enough to meddle with ancient magic beyond their comprehension and control.

Risus (Pendragon) #3: Chivalry Isn‘t Dead

With the Princess of Dumnonia rescued, Sir Lancelot and Sir Mador begin the long ride back with her (along with her mother) and almost immediately regret their decision. Although slaying the Avanc is the knights’ sworn mission, their greatest challenge might be in enduring Her Highness’ company. During their route, they stop and make camp in the wilderness, encountering a ferocious monster and an odd old man. Once again in Uffington, the moment finally arrives to forge their reputations and prove their knighthood.