Vendel to Viking

Vendel to Viking transports you to a time of upheaval and opportunity, as the mighty Roman Empire has fallen and Europe’s future is being forged. Set in the Vendel Era (550–790 CE), the precursor to the Viking Age, you’ll lead a powerful family striving for dominance.

You place family members on the map and use them for accessing different effects in various locations, such as worker actions or for even elevating them into a formidable person. When elevated to status, the family member is linked to a character card taken from a market and moved to an achievement tree. The Character goes to your family board and both their presence in the achievement tree and on the family board affects your family’s opportunities for the rest of the game. You must plan well before the centuries run out!

Designed by ION's lead game designer Jon Manker, Vendel to Viking is a standalone prequel to Pax Viking for 1 to 6 players.

Vendel to Viking and Pax Viking can be played as a campaign. The end state of Vendel to Viking will interface with the starting state of a game of Pax Viking. Because of this, Vendel to Viking contains a few new Pax Viking components. These can also be used in Pax Viking regardless of if it is played as a part of a campaign.