Karl Otto Kristoffersen

Seven months of silence while the work got loud. July became KR1's biggest month ever – here is what happened, and what comes next.

In 2021, KVAD was released in Norwegian. It is a focused roleplaying game built on Norse storytelling, poetry, and the idea that ordinary people can choose a life that becomes worth remembering. This autumn marked another important milestone for the game, as KVAD has now taken its first steps onto the international stage! Filming at Midgard Viking Center As part of preparing for the campaign, we spent a full day recording the launch video at Midgard Viking Center . Filming

From a gap to a book. I started running a West Marches campaign at my local game store Manaheim in 2024. To prepare, I read...

Lately there has been real historical wind in the sails for Silverheart! I am working on translating the game into English to reach a...

I have several exciting projects underway, both nationally and internationally. From translating Silverheart into English to finishing...

MidgardCon took place from September 30 to October 1, and I had the pleasure of attending on Saturday and Sunday. The event was held...

In February I held a workshop on roleplaying games for ten lower secondary school teachers. Some of them came from Skrim, and on April 29...

Now that I have self-published my first roleplaying game, Silverheart, I have some insight and experience I want to share with future...

After an intense year of focused work, the day had finally come. On February 28 it was time for an author talk and the official launch of...

On Wednesday, February 21, I held a workshop for several teachers from Kongsberg Municipality, introducing them to roleplaying as a...

Happy New Year! 2023 ended in a hectic sprint, 2024 starts with a bang, and a lot has happened on the creative front lately. Here is a...

Lately, several exciting things have been happening for Kvad. Here are some of the highlights.

This year I attended two gaming conventions, one in Horten (MidgardCon) and one in Bergen (RegnCon). These are fantastic arenas for...

As of this writing, I have spent 274 hours of a 400-hour budget developing Silverheart. The game now has a finished first draft, and...

Barely two years after launch, the roleplaying game Kvad is out of stock in Game Forlag's warehouse. Over 300 books were printed and...

From October 14 to November 19, 2022, Emil Kaaen organized a digital game creator jam over itch.io. This framework, and all the creative...

The town of Kongsberg turns 400 years old in 2024, and the municipality is planning a grand anniversary year for the mining town by the...

In the summer of 2023, KVAD turns two years old. After hundreds of hours of adventures in Nordveien, I want to highlight some points I...

This is the story of how I introduced fantasy roleplaying to a colleague, and how a few dice rolls at the office grew into a Dungeons &...

MidgardCon 2022 took place from September 30 to October 2, in the Gildehallen at Borre in Horten. It became a fantastic weekend of...