Hrothgar's Hall

By Malcolm Harbrow

Players: 8-12

Genre: Beowulf

Oft drunken with beer O’er the ale-vessel promised warriors in armour They would willing wait on the wassailing-benches A grapple with Grendel, with the grimmest of edges. – Beowulf VIII: 24-27

A monster has been attacking the hall of King Hrothgar, abducting his thralls in the middle of the night and eating them, leaving the bones for others to find. The King has been forced from his hall as a result. Now he has summoned his mightiest warriors, who have gathered to determine who shall have the honour of slaying this monster…

This is a Nordic “framework game”, similar to ‘New Voices in Art’. It includes an option for live combat for verisimilitude, but can be run theatre-style.

Cost: free

Available from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5BYLdcLnzBORElDV0hUak12RUU/edit?usp=sharing

Previous NZ runs

Wellington 2014