This has the effect that experienced characters can fight longer and cast more spells, but a direct hit can still inflict serious damage.

This is successful if the roll plus the character's defense or resistance score is equal to or larger than the sum achieved by the attacker.

In the game, most earthly cultures, with the exception of North America, appear in slightly modified or combined forms.

South of Vesternesse lies Lamaran with the coastal states Eschar, Urruti and Buluga.

Sirao contains Waeland, Moravod, the Tegar steppe, Aran, Medjis, KanThaiPan, Rawindra and the Minangpahit island kingdom.

In the middle of the Sea of Five Winds lies the Valian Archipelago, the remnant of the empire that fell in the "War of the Mages."

It was set in the fantasy world of Magira (based on the novels by author Hugh Walker and from a tabletop simulation game named Armageddon).

This game had to be abandoned due to licensing disputes, but was later improved and re-released in 1981 under a new name: Midgard.

In 1989 and 1991 the game manufacturer, Klee Spiele, released the third, only slightly changed, edition of the rules as a boxed set for the first time.

The Adventure Begins, a stripped-down entry-level box set, was published in 1999 by Pegasus Press.

In 2000, after a long break, Midgard - The Arcanum, the magic part of the fourth edition of the rules, was published as a hardcover.

With The Codex, The Bestarium and The Arcanum, the complete Midgard rulebook has been published as a deluxe edition.

In addition, a completely new adventure guide was published as a purchasable PDF instead of a print publication.

The sequel, Runeblades 2: Wolfswinter, was released in February 2008, and finally, Finsterma was releasedl in June of the same year.

In 2009, the fan community received the revised new edition of the Alba source book, which had been out of print for a long time.

In 2010, two completely new official source books and additional novels from the fan community were published.

For the first time, the player community was involved in the revision process and many wishes, experiences and suggestions were taken into account.

In this context, a sixth edition of the rules is set to appear, and new source material will describe a parallel world to Midgard.