Tap the game to open it fullscreen. On a computer, Esc exits; on a phone, use the ✕ button.

How to play

First, tap again and again (or press the space bar) to dig the pit before time runs out. Then the dragon passes overhead: tap to strike when the pale, pulsing spot on his belly is right above Sigurd. Each pass allows a single strike, and the dragon passes three times, faster each time.

The story behind it

In the Völsunga Saga, Sigurd digs a pit on Fafnir’s path and wounds him from below, following the advice of an old man who is Odin in disguise. The game is a simplification: the time limit for digging, the three passes and the pale belly spot are made up. Read the story in Sigurd and the dragon Fafnir: how a hero killed the beast from a pit.