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Boreal Saga Play

by The Boreal Times · Duna Press Editions
Game

Ingólfr's pillars

Game: throw the high-seat pillars into the sea and hit the bay, allowing for the wind.

Tap the game to open it fullscreen. On a computer, Esc exits; on a phone, use the ✕ button.

How to play

Hold your finger (or the space bar) to fill the power bar and release to throw. The arrow shows the wind. Hit the bay four times, with at most three misses.

The story behind it

According to the Book of Settlements, Ingólfr threw his high-seat pillars into the sea and settled where they came ashore. The wind and the bay in the game are made up. Read the story in Ingólfr Arnarson and the high-seat pillars: how tradition tells the founding of Reykjavík.