taflkast viking dice game birka FilterPink He stands before a thunder

He stands before a thunder storm

It is sometimes believed that the roots are trapping the beast from the world

The design is based on an archaeological find of a Thor's Hammer made in Skåne

and even a collection of mead-based recipes

5" (80 cm)

taflkast viking dice game birka FilterPink He stands before a thunderSet of three, large handmade bone dice based on a Viking Age find from grave bj581 in Birka, Sweden. The set comes with a hand stitched leather pouch. One of the three dice is special , just as the original find, in that it comes with two 1's and two 5's. We call it the Urthur (fate) die, since it offers an "all or nothing" approach to the roll. Dice games (Old Norse: Taflkast) were popular during the Viking Age. A dice pouch was easily carried in the