Episode #14 : Interview with Joshua Gillingham (Althingi: Saga Heroes)

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History & Games Lab Podcast @ University of Edinburgh

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In this series of episodes hosts from the History & Games Lab from the University of Edinburgh will be talking to historians, game creators, heritage professionals and others about history, games and the places where they meet. Connect with us further: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab

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Episode #14 : Interview with Joshua Gillingham (Althingi: Saga Heroes) - History and Games Lab Podcast

History & Games Lab Podcast @ University of Edinburgh

50 minutes

3 years ago

Episode #14 : Interview with Joshua Gillingham (Althingi: Saga Heroes) - History and Games Lab Podcast

In this episode, host Eduard Gafton is joined once more by Althingi designer Joshua Gillingham as he makes a triumphant return to the show and talks about the challenges of making and releasing the expansion Saga Heroes.

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○ 00:00:00 - Intro

○ 00:06:03 - When did Joshua realise that Althingi was worth expanding on?

○ 00:22:39 - How much can we trust the sagas as historical sources?

○ 00:33:38 - Althingi as a trans-media, cross-projects endeavour

○ 00:39:21 - Joshua's advice for those wanting to get into game design

○ 00:47:00 - Outro

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞

○ Althingi: Saga Heroes pre-launch page on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshuagillingham/althingi-saga-heroes

○ Althingi: One Will Rise: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/althingi-one-will-rise/

○ Althingi: The Crescent & The Northern Star: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/althingi-the-crescent-and-the-northern-star/

○ The Gatewatch: https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-gatewatch/

○ The Everspring: https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-everspring/

○ Old Norse for Modern Times: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/vikingverse-old-norse-for-modern-times/

○ Ran’s Daughters by Kaitlin Felix: https://katifelix.com/announcement-althingi/

○ The Far Traveler by Nancy Marie Brown: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1631447.The_Far_Traveler?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=BsESHGt8d8&rank=1

○ The Saga of Heidrik the Wise - translated by Christopher Tolkien: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6583457-the-saga-of-king-heidrek-the-wise

○ Saga Thing Podcast: https://sagathing.podbean.com/

○ Return to Dark Tower: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256680/return-dark-tower

○ Jorvik Viking Museum: https://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/

○ Capital City Comic Con: https://capitalcitycomiccon.ca/

○ SHUX 2022: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/shux22/

○ Find Joshua on his website: www.joshuagillingham.ca

○ Find Joshua on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshMGillingham

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Intro/Outro Music: Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

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