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''[[Ynglinga Saga]]'' is a multiplayer [[After Action Report]] spanning two run-throughs of [http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php Paradox Interactive's] four strategy games: [[wikipedia:Crusader Kings (video game)|Crusader Kings]], [[wikipedia:Europa Universalis II|Europa Universalis]], [[wikipedia:Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun|Victoria]], and [[wikipedia:Hearts of Iron II|Hearts of Iron]]. There are two versions: [http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=197420 Original flavour], posted on the Paradox discussion forums and containing much side discussion by interested kibitzers and slanging between the players, and [http://ynglingasaga.wordpress.com/ the backup], republishing the posts written from the Norwegian/Yngling point of view, with occasional comments by the author. ▼
▲Ynglinga Saga is a multiplayer [[After Action Report]] spanning two run-throughs of [http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php Paradox Interactive's] four strategy games: [[wikipedia:Crusader Kings (video game)|Crusader Kings]], [[wikipedia:Europa Universalis II|Europa Universalis]], [[wikipedia:Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun|Victoria]], and [[wikipedia:Hearts of Iron II|Hearts of Iron]]. There are two versions: [http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=197420 Original flavour], posted on the Paradox discussion forums and containing much side discussion by interested kibitzers and slanging between the players, and [http://ynglingasaga.wordpress.com/ the backup], republishing the posts written from the Norwegian/Yngling point of view, with occasional comments by the author.
The story begins in 1066 as a pastiche of the [[Heimskringla|Saga of the Kings of Norway]] - the eponymous Ynglings. However, it rapidly diverges from our history, since the various kings are being guided by players with the advantage of hindsight. Norway becomes a Great Power, fighting with Poland and Burgundy for control of the Baltic Sea, Russia, and Germany. Its internal history also diverges, with the Yngling family expanding rapidly through the custom of counting all male children as noble, and giving them an estate, preferably in newly-conquered land. By the 1600s Ynglings form the entire ruling class of Norway, and are on their way to becoming an ethnic group in their own right, complete with [[The Spartan Way]] military training for their children.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Anja Sigridsdatter (both of them). In fact, all the female Yngling agents are this, since they had to win a duel or two to get sent back in time.
* [[Arc Words]]: In the second volume, the four sections are titled respectively "There Will Be War", "And Rumours of War", "The End Is Not Yet" and "Nation Shall Rise Against Nation, and Kingdom Against Kingdom", forming a Bible verse (slightly paraphrased).
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