MJÖLNIR, sweden's first rpg fanzine
Inspired by early White Dwarf plus the s-f and punk fanzine explosion, we launched Sweden's first RPG fanzine Mjölnir in 1980. Co-founder Bo Jangeborg later wrote legendary computer RPG Fairlight, co-editor Anders Blixt went on to create Swedish RPGs Drakar & Demoner, Mutant etc while Martin today is an old school RPG illustrator.
In 2016, Mjölnir was revived by Elfgrim Borðspil, with some issues in both English and Swedish.


New old stock!
 Buy original print copies of the MJÖLNIR fanzine, vintage 1970s fantasy posters, RPG modules, figures etc. Limited, original items dating from the golden era of SF / fantasy / gaming available once again, as new old stock or 2nd hand, from The Wizard's Apprentice. Browse the web shop!
Free PDFs of Mjölnir 1-9. Issues 7-9 available in both English and Swedish versions. Issues 1-6 and 10 were published in Swedish only.

Mjölnir 1
1980, A4, 100 copies printed by TeknologTryck. Sold out.
Swedish PDF

Contents:

  • The Chinese Monk pt. 1 - a new AD&D class
  • Creature Corner
  • The Secret of the Three Hills - AD&D scenario
  • Reviews

Reviews/comments:

  • "A bit muddled" - The Baltic Battler 18
  • "Mjölnir is somewhat of a pioneer in Swedish RPG. Its tounge in cheek fanzine vibe is great" - Hydra 3, 1989
  • "We named our gaming group 'Gzurp Gamers' after the Lacedons on page 12"

Mjölnir 2
1981, printed A5. Sold out.
Swedish PDF

Contents:

  • Orion - revised Traveller combat system
  • BASIC-programme for generating Traveller worlds
  • Creature Corner
  • The Oasis - AD&D scenario
  • plus regular features

Reviews/comments:

  • "Quite a lot of interest here (...) esp. the new Traveller combat system is a must" - The Baltic Battler 20
  • "I like Mjölnir with its (...) typed pages and (...) humorous illustrations. Many of its scenarios are written with a quirky sense of humour" - Hydra 3, 1989

Mjölnir 3
1981, printed A5. Sold out.
Swedish PDF

Contents:

  • The Journalist - a new Traveller class
  • En Garde - in Swedish
  • Ice Cold $ - Traveller scenario
  • Tafkol - a Runequest cult
  • The Last Stop - AD&D scenario
  • plus regular features

Reviews/comments:

  • "The conversion of En Garde to a Swedish setting is interesting" - Hydra 3, 1989

Mjölnir 4
1982, printed A5. Sold out.
Swedish PDF

Contents:

  • Orion pt. III
  • Chaos plants for Runequest
  • The Governor - AD&D scenario
  • plus regular features

Reviews/comments:

Mjölnir 5
1982, printed A5. Sold out.
Swedish PDF

Contents:

  • Hyper space
  • Beorn Tallaf - a Runequest cult
  • Attack on the Unicorn - AD&D mini-scenario
  • plus regular features

Mjölnir 6
1983, chopped A4, 500 copies printed.
Original printed copies for sale

Swedish PDF

Contents:

  • The Cave - Traveller scenario
  • Who took it ? - a Drakar & Demoner / AD&D scenario, illustrated by Marc Grieves
  • Top Secret - revised combat system
  • plus regular features

Reviews/comments:

  • "The Viking adventure from Mjölnir 6 should have been in the DoD 1 box instead of the 'Alfver o Troll' scenario - Roll For Fumble

Mjölnir 7
2016.
Swedish PDF
English PDF

Contents:

  • Sneak preview: En ö i etern - Sweden's first sword & planet module
  • Blue Meanies in Mutant Future
  • Wizard - The Pioneers Before The Golden Age. 15 page special
  • Pool of The Standing Stones Revisited - an AD&D-remix
  • plus regular features

Reviews/comments:

  • "Congratulations on your resurrection and good luck!" - Rob Kuntz
  • "Looks great (....) I am fascinated by the Yellow Submarine characters" - Chaosium Inc.
  • "high-quality content"
  • "a joy to read the WIZARD interview ! A really well written feature."
  • "Awesome"
  • "Especially the article about the Wizard store, damn good (...) watch out Fenix, here comes a strong competitor"
  • "A reanimated nostalgia corpse" - Fenix 4/2016

Mjölnir 8
2016.
Swedish PDF
English PDF

Contents:

  • A complete mini space game
  • Sneak preview: Sword & Soul - roleplaying in Africa
  • "The Scientist" - a Traveller class
  • Scenarios/classes for Blood & Bronze, AD&D, Dunder&Drakar and rule-less settings
  • plus regular features

Reviews/comments:

  • "very cool, very White Dwarfish, before they went house magazine"
  • "As always, (...) chock full of quality content"
  • "2 members of the editorial team have already printed the AD&D adventure and plan to run it." - & Magazine
  • "two solid issues in a row"
  • "fantastic"
  • "'Tunguska' (...) could be dropped into Hyperborea with minimal effort. Check it out!" - Dave Prata, OSRIC/Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea

Mjölnir 9
2017.
Swedish PDF
English PDF

Contents:

  • Space Snoozer - Breakneck solo space game
  • Agitator - new AD&D class
  • Original Mjölnir co-editor and Runequest contributor Anders Blixt returns to review RuneQuest Quickstart
  • Monsters & scenarios for AD&D, Dunder&Drakar + rule-less settings
  • plus regular features

Reviews/comments:

  • "High time to put out a print version. This is top quality stuff"
  • "A great read!"
  • "The Agitator was an interesting class"
  • "I must say I was disappointed by both (RQ) reviews" - Chaosium Inc

Mjölnir 10
2018.
Only published in a Swedish
hand-/printed
48 page edition
of 40 copies.
Sold out
English excerpt PDF

Contents:

  • Dungeon Shuffle - solo game
  • SF short story
  • New races for Dunder&Drakar
  • Daggskimmer documentary
  • "Freighter FZ-2 calling" - D&D 5 space scenario poster
  • Original vintage Big O fantasy card insert
  • plus regular features

Reviews/comments:

  • "The coolest 'zine I've ever seen"
  • "Absolutely magical"
  • "Incredible hand-printed art work"
  • "A fantastic product... enormously impressed... the finest printed matter I've ever owned in my whole life" (Nordnordost podcast 55)
  • "Just the 'Freighter FZ-2 calling' adventure was in itself worth the price of the fanzine' - Rollspelsmåndag 2019-02-11. (See them also play 'Freighter FZ-2 calling' live on Youtube)
  • And, last but not least: "I showed it to my girl friend and she was super impressed" (!)

Mjölnir Outtake 01
2019. Swedish only.
Swedish PDF

Contents:

  • Review of the AD&D tome 'DEX Legendarium'

 

Nr 1-2, 4-6 scanned from copies in Bo Jangeborg's collection. Nr 3 scanned by Jani Gröndahl.
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