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<blockquote data-quote="Galloglaich" data-source="post: 5923514" data-attributes="member: 77019"><p>I don't think you need to be a strictly historical or even low-fantasy gamer to appreciate or get value out of historical information. The patterns of history, and 'real' mythology and so on, can inform any fantasy or even sci fi setting with a lot of rich detail and nuance, which you can chose to distort in any way you like. For example, Game of Thrones is closely mapped to a fairly loose interpretation of Medieval history, the Starks and the Lannisters are a fairly obvious corrolary for the Yorks and the Lancasters of the War of the Roses just to cite one blatant example. The author can ditch a lot of details and even general themes, but still benefit by the verisimilitude inherent in the patterns of the historical reality. </p><p> </p><p>For that matter I think most of the highly regarded fantasy or sci fi authors had a pretty substantial grounding in history, at least the old ones did. Robert E Howard, Lovecraft, Tolkein, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, were all well grounded in history. It really gives you something to play with so you don't have to re-invent the wheel. You could think of it like flour, from which it's up to you if you want to bake bread, cake, or cookies.</p><p> </p><p>G</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Galloglaich, post: 5923514, member: 77019"] I don't think you need to be a strictly historical or even low-fantasy gamer to appreciate or get value out of historical information. The patterns of history, and 'real' mythology and so on, can inform any fantasy or even sci fi setting with a lot of rich detail and nuance, which you can chose to distort in any way you like. For example, Game of Thrones is closely mapped to a fairly loose interpretation of Medieval history, the Starks and the Lannisters are a fairly obvious corrolary for the Yorks and the Lancasters of the War of the Roses just to cite one blatant example. The author can ditch a lot of details and even general themes, but still benefit by the verisimilitude inherent in the patterns of the historical reality. For that matter I think most of the highly regarded fantasy or sci fi authors had a pretty substantial grounding in history, at least the old ones did. Robert E Howard, Lovecraft, Tolkein, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, were all well grounded in history. It really gives you something to play with so you don't have to re-invent the wheel. You could think of it like flour, from which it's up to you if you want to bake bread, cake, or cookies. G [/QUOTE]
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