So far in our epic tabletop journey we have encountered two out of the three Baltic states situated in Northern Europe; Estonia and Lithuania. This month we return to tackle the third and final state, Latvia.
Sandwiched between the two aforementioned countries, Latvia has been populated for over five-thousand years, initially by the ancient Latgalians alongside three other Baltic tribes. Later, rule of the country was tossed around between Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Russia before gaining independence in 1918.
Despite this tumultuous ‘ownership’ of Latvia over the centuries, the country has retained its Baltic identity. Of particular note is the survival of the Latvian language - one of just two surviving Baltic languages - plus the incorporated Latgalian and Livonian dialects. Jolanta Keiša is a philologist and designer of Cipierkstneits;…
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Tabletop Gaming (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 93