For the past 21 years, British company Mongoose Publishing has been on the forefront of the tabletop roleplaying game scene. The publisher originally focused on content for the most popular RPG ever – Dungeons & Dragons – and has since been responsible for hugely popular miniatures and roleplaying games incarnating equally recognized properties like Babylon 5, Judge Dredd, Conan, Starship Troopers and many others. Currently, Mongoose Publishing is still making a splash with Traveller (probably the most iconic SF RPG ever), 2300 AD, Sea of Thieves, Paranoia (still standing tall as the funniest role-playing game out there) and Legend.

In March or April, the publisher is set to achieve another milestone with its high-profile Kickstarter for Shield Maidens, a Viking cyberpunk tabletop roleplaying game.

About the Setting

For centuries, the people of Midgard have been under the powerful hold of the cruel Fenrir Empire, which has been tightening its grasp throughout the nine realms, squeezing the life essence from each world it is able to reach. The branches of the cosmic tree Yggdrasil are dying and the land is shrouded in what seems to be an endless winter. High up in the skies, the gods are waging war on each other as the twilight of their days looms near. Still, ancient dragons sitting on other-worldy branches are predicting the dawn of a new age once the wheel of eternity starts turning again. The duty to usher in this season full of promises falls to the Shield Maidens, the great heroes who carry the awe-inspiring Guardian Shields. Tasked by the goddess Freya to prevent Ragnarok, their very presence presents the most palpable threat Fenrir is facing, making them both feared and hatred across the entire empire.

As the agents of Fenrir try to stifle free thought and social justice, crush individuality and deny diversity, the Shield Maidens stand tall, a beacon of light to all living beings within the nine realms.