Recent content by rebarton2

great reports, Casey. I'm even more inspired than by just reading CoB myself. Geleg

greensboro megamania, well, I'm also a transplant from New England (via California). I now live in Greensboro, where I have yet to find a gaming group (admittedly I haven't tried very hard). Statesville is smaller (?40,000 people?) than Greensboro (250,00+ people). Both will have the same...

yeah, great post Mythmere. Spot-on. Geleg

I voted no, although, like Wombat, some explanation is necessary. My parents bought me the blue box at my request. My dad liked Avalon Hill wargames (although he rarely had time to play them), and I think they thought of this new game (D&D) as a sort of imaginary wargame. But after I fell...

I agree. An amazing resource. It's a pity Luke Johnson didn't make it in the biz, for it is high-quality stuff.

well, sometimes laymen explain it better than the pros! At least with more clarity! ;) If you ever need some other documents, I've got tons of translations on my site and off (not yet posted). My main interests lie in the 10th-13th centuries, and concern aristocratic politics and social...

BTW, Joe, I should point out how much I appreciate your products - they show the depth of your reading in and knowledge of the Middle Ages. Great stuff [not that i can't appreciate true fantasy worlds untouched by the 'real' middle ages, but it's great to have you showing how the real MA could...

yeah, an excellent book. The bastides are a very interesting phenomenon. one of the exceptions to the rule that most medieval towns were, in fact, former roman civitates. I translated a bunch of those town charters and documents for a course I teach on towns in th e middle ages - but I confess...

town charters note, too, that charter has a very broad range of meanings. In a basic sense it referred to any document granting, conveying, or describing rights of any sort, whether in land, income, tax privileges, etc. When you ask about a 'town charter' you are referring to a specific kind...

Beneficia were originally mostly grants of land (early middle ages) but quickly came to be seen as any sort of grant of wealth/favor. Hence by the later middle ages a priest's collection of rights could be seen as a benefice. For original documents, check out the excellent academic site...

Congrats! I've downloaded it as well and am eager to test it out. I must say, Papers, that your choice of specific stimulants/inspirations bodes well - Talisker is my favorite single malt, and the Old Peculier is my favorite English ale. Tea? well, I'm still a yank and prefer coffee. Two of...

It's been a while since I looked at it, but Arcanis wowed me with the world - not the mechanics. There are some mechanics in it, of course, but the bulk is detailed history and regional descriptions. Really impressive. I also would consider NG's Wilderlands. This is nothing but setting, IMO...

B1 from the Blue Box. We must have played it 20 times, dutifully restatting the rooms each time (cringe). Oddly enough we never played B2. But we followed the modules as they came out - S1, G1, etc. Our DM actually ran his ranger through all of G-Q in a solo campaign (with henchmen) before the...

Well, if you look back at the first page of this thread you will find several posts which say (in so many words) "Oh, it's C&C? Guess I won't be interested". That's what I was responding to. I don't want to get into flamewars, so I won't point fingers (and it wasn't Whizzbang or Dannyalcatraz)...

0032 for me! (one behind Davemage). This is an amazing product. Geleg