Norsca is a fictional place in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy world setting. It is analgous in position within the "Old World" to Scandinavia and its human occupants, the "Norse", are a fantasy version of the vikings. Alternate history Campaign setting Fantasy world Fictional battlegrounds Fictional buildings Fictional city Fictional company Fictional counties Fictional country Fictional schools List of fictional Cambridge colleges List of fictional Oxford colleges Fictional universe List of fictional universes Future history Imaginary country Imaginary state Imaginary union Multiverse Mythical place Parallel universe Phantom... Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated to GW) is a British game production and retailing company. ... Warhammer or Warhammer Fantasy is a fantasy setting created by Games Workshop, in which many games of that company are set, the best known ones being the Warhammer Fantasy Battles wargame, and the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay role-playing game. ... Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centered on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe and includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. ... The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne warriors and traders of Norsemen (literally, men from the north) who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles and mainland Europe as far east as the Volga River in Russia from the late 8th–11th century. ...

Norsca has a heavily indented coastline and is otherwise mountainous. To the North lies the "Realm of Chaos", to the south beyond the "Sea of Claws" are the Empire and to the South east the kingdom of Kislev. The Sea of Claws is a minor part of the Warhammer fictional world. ... The 7th edition Empire army book In Games Workshops Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe, The Empire is one of the human political factions and armies, and is featured in many games and novels. ... In the Warhammer Fantasy setting, Kislev is the name of a Slavic-themed fictional country that sits northeast of The Empire, between it and the Realm of Chaos. ...

Norse Dwarfs

The Norse Dwarfs are the most northerly of the Dwarfs of the Old World. While related to the Dwarfs in their strongholds to the South the separation over the years has led to some changes and the Norse dwarfs have taken on some more wild characteristics compared to the mainstream of Dwarf society. The main stronghold in Norsca is Karak Drak. This article is about dwarfs in Warhammer Fantasy. ...

The Norse

The Norse are in description and in the models produced similar to the Vikings. They are described as great sea borne explorers who have built and maintain colonies in Lustria (the Warhammer world's version of south and Central America). Models released and entries in publications such as Warhammer Armies for 3rd edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle and the Man O' War naval game are clearly based on the vikings. In Games Workshops Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe, Lustria is a region located to the south of the Naggaroth, modelled in many ways on medieveal South America. ... Warhammer Battle miniatures - Dwarfs, Gotrek & Felix Warhammer Fantasy Battles (often abbreviated as Warhammer or WHFB) is a tabletop wargame created by Games Workshop and set in the Warhammer Fantasy setting. ... It has been suggested that Armies of warhammer be merged into this article or section. ... Man O War (sometimes also written as Manowar) is a now out-of-print table top war game by Games Workshop. ...

Among the Norse are berserkers and "Ulfsarks" but literally shape- changers into wolf or bear creatures. Berserkers in the kings hall, illustration by Louis Moe, 1898 Berserkers (or Berserks) were Norse warriors who fought in an uncontrollable rage or trance of fury, the berserkergang. ...

The port settlement of Skeggi is a Norscan trading post on the Lustrian coast.

In the latest edition of Warhamer Fantasy Battle the Norse, along with the Kurgan and the Hung are described as the predominant Chaos Marauder tribes.

In the maps published with the 300th issue of White Dwarf the Norse of Norsca are marked differently to the "Norsii" marauder tribesmen over the mountain range within the Chaos wastes This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Norse Marauders also make an appearance in the mercenary supplement Dogs of War. The Dogs of War are various fictional mercenary groups found in Warhammer Fantasy Battles. ...

Norse in other games

In Man O' War, the Norse ships are Dragon ships and Kingships which resemble the Viking longboats complete with square rigged striped sails and carved dragon prows. A longboat is a large boat powered by multiple oars and carried on a ship (especially sailed merchant ships). ...

The Norseman are also in Blood Bowl where every player in a Norse team is a highly skilled blocker. Blood Bowl is a board game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American Football. ...

Miniatures

Citadel released a range of Norse miniatures in the 1980s but these are now out of production but examples of individual Norse models are still available for Blood Bowl.