WERGILD - Norse-Inspired Card Game

Wergild: High-Stakes Norse Tavern Blackjack

Step into the dimly lit Hrafnvik Gaming Hall and stake your purse at the oak table. Wergild expands classic Blackjack mechanics into a dark, high-stakes Norse gambling simulation—where blood silver, iron debt, and ancient relics decide who claims fortune and who loses everything.

Key Features

• Tavern Card Gameplay: Play high-stakes hands using traditional blackjack mechanics augmented with custom runic wagers, double downs, and risky sleight-of-hand maneuvers.
• Diverse Opponents: Test your nerve against distinct tavern gamblers, from cautious skalds like Torstein to aggressive warriors like Gunnhild Blood-Ax and unpredictable tricksters like Aslak Loki's Thrall.
• Iron Debt & Ancient Relics: Take out high-interest loans from the moneylender when funds run low, or leverage relics and runic sagas to bend the odds to your favor.
• Immersive 3D Atmosphere: Play at a candlelit table with custom low-poly characters, runic card decks, and optional VHS visual filters.

Quick Installation

To run the game, ensure the execution permissions are set on the launcher scripts and execute the runner (the following is for Linux, see README.md for Windows and macOS):

chmod +x WERGILD.sh WERGILD.desktop
./WERGILD.sh

For full installation instructions for all operating systems, dependency setup, and launch troubleshooting, please refer to the included README.md file in the repository.