[Dead Ísland 00] June 17th
Icelandinc Independance Day, or the End of the world?
Crew of VARÚÐ: Dead Ísland
The crew of VARÚÐ: Dead Ísland got together and recorded for 10 days straight, creating over 48 story episodes plus a few bonus episodes. Yes the studio got hot and yes it was the sweet stench of nerds rolling dice, winding up the GM and having zombie survival actual play podcast fun! It does come …
Game Information: Arnar & Lilja’s Family Tree
Tinna’s my aunt. No. Tinna’s my niece. Nope. God damnit! Icelandic’s easier. She’s just my cousin! Yup, she is. – Eyþór & Volly Family is a complicated thing, especially for our little band of adventurers. Unlike in many English speaking countries, there is no “family name” in which we can refer to the family since …
Icelandic Wildlife
The land animals of Iceland are more than you would think: from varieties of rodents to so, so many birds. Plus, the various imported animals that roam free on the land. Let’s have a look at some of our favourites: Reindeer, Arctic Foxes and Atlantic Puffins. Reindeers can be found throughout the northern hemisphere and …
Icelandic Names
Iceland is traditionally patronymic – which means that your surname is not a family name, like Smith, but is the genitive (possessive/belonging/origin) case of the father’s name, followed by son, dóttir or bur (son, daughter or gender neutral offspring). Icelandic Surnames In Iceland, a family consisting of a father, mother, son, daughter and child could …
Þorlákshöfn
Þorlákshöfn, or Thorlakshofn for non Icelandic keyboards, is a small town on the south west coast of Iceland, within the municipality of Ölfus. The primary function of the town these days is to support the cargo port, and the town that has rapidly grown up around it. A brief history of Þorlákshöfn (Thorlakshofn) Elliðahöfn, as …
Homebrew: Infection and Headshot Rules
“If you kill the brain, than you kill the ghoul, and it’s motor functions… Aim for the Head.”– Aim for the Head by Creature Feature Everyone knows that there are a fair few staples of the zombie genre, including the zombie infection and the need to destroy the brain. There aren’t exactly clear 1 for …