Orlog
Orlog is a dice game popular among the Norsemen and Anglo-Saxons in which the contestants attempt to reduce their opponent's health to zero through various dice rolls and bonus effects.
Gameplay
A game of orlog consists of a number of rounds between two players. Each round has three phases: roll, blessing, and resolution. In the roll phase the two players take turns rolling their individual sets of dice. After each roll, the player chooses which dice to keep, and which to reroll. A player may reroll some or all of the dice up to two times on this phase. In the blessing phase each player chooses a god's blessing (out of up to three gods) to cast costing varying ammount of favor. Favor is accumulated across multiple rounds. The gods' blessing take affect during the resolution phase with some blessings having priority in the sequence over others. In the resolution phase each players' set of dice are compared with damage either blocked or dealt and favor gained or stolen. The game is over when a players health reaches zero.
Behind the scenes
Orlog is old Norse word relating to the concepts of fate, natural law, and primal essence.