Hey guys. Another wonderful episode, i loved the long mythology recap (being scandinavian, i was told these stories as a child, but I can sadly not remember them as well as I used to, so the "history lesson" was a great reminder :) ) And its always funny to hear non-scandinavian speakers pronounce the name of the world tree. The danish pronounciation of the name can be heard in the intro from the Valhalla animated movie at around 0.15 http://youtu.be/YNX_Heix390 Played the game and didnt like it too much, but that might be more due to the people i played it with, than the game itself. Will try again some other time, preferably with fewer people.

Keep up the good work with my favorite "listening-while-walking-the-dog" podcast!!

Edit: better link

Great  episode as always.  

I think Yggdrsil is a great gme - especially if your a fan of the Norse Myths.  While no longer an activitive member of the community, I am still a member of the Asatru (Modern followers of the Norse Gods). So, of course I had to grab this game the moment it was available.

I also had to commend you on your song choices, particularly your choice of "Thor".

<WARNING: non board game trivia to follow>

While the version you played was by Therion, the song was originally done by a band named Manawar on their album "Sign of the Hammer".

 That entire album was - for the most part - about Thor and his hammer except for the song "Guyanna and the cult of te damned" - about Rev. Jim Jones

The fates were with me on this album - I'm a follower of Thor, named James Jones (who happens to like Manowar's Music).  From this, I have the hammer on this album cover tattooed on my right leg:

 Nice run down on Norse mythology - as ever I enjoyed the history segment.

You mentioned Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays connections to our Norse heritage but left out Friday - named, of course, after Frey/Frigg.

You also observed that there are multiple different versions of the myths. It's worth pointing out that Greek mythology is the same with many tales changing in the telling dependent on time and geographical location of the teller. Just as there is inconsistency over the telling of the exploits of Odin, you see the same with Zeus.

Listening to your segment it occured to me just how many subtleties I missed in Neil Gaiman's novel "American Gods". A must read for anyone interested in our friend 'Wodin' and what he might be up to these days (still hanging out with Loki, it seems).

The game sounds interesting. Like Dave I feel that Coops have been to the well too many times, but if he sees this as offering something refreshing I may check it out.

Hey, I have a daughter called Freya, so why wouldn't I ?

 [ps call me stupid but I still can't insert images into this strange comment dialogue box]