Recent content by Galloglaich

My nomination for best battle scene in any movie Potop 1974, The Deluge 1974 (Swedish Withdrawal) part 2 - YouTube

Thought some folks here would find this interesting, as it relates to the OP. Kind of like a 'real life fighter / magic user' Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, a fine student, black magician – and a Freyfechter? Hroarr.com G

Interesting interview with Neal Stephenson related to HEMA and so on. Sword Fighting with Neal Stephenson and His Mongoliad Co-Authors G

Agreed, hence the title of this thread. My only caveat is that historical facts are often far more fascinating and fun than people realize, which is part of what I was trying to demonstrate with this thread. The overlap between all the really neat (and scary, and fascinating, and enthralling)...

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...

Since you mentioned it, ;) actually Codex Martialis has been reviewed about 25 times I think, I've lost count. Between the two versions of the core rules it has 11 reviews on DrivethruRpg (8 for the original version (average 4.6 out of 5), 2 for the updated version, (4.4 out of 5) and 1 for the...

1) Thanks ! 2) Yes there are quite a few, though no sparring to that level of intensity that I'm aware of. Mostly either light-sparring or technique demonstrations. Some examples: hammaborg mordaxt 1 - YouTube Hamabourg in Germany, light sparring with pollaxe based on Liecthenauer KDF...

Yes, agreed on both counts. I think he may have the best Zornhau in the world right now... it's what he used to win 3/4 of his fights. Nobody had an answer for it. G

Incidentally the guy who won is the same guy who did this and some other good technique videos: Zwerchhau, absetzen, nachreissen - longsword techniques training - YouTube you can recognize him toward the end of the men's longsword tournament, he's the one in all black with the mask cover...

Hey guys... and gals. Haven't been here for a while! I thought some people here might like seeing this video of the recent (2012) fencing tournament in Poland "SKUNKS". Mens longsword starts at 4:56 S?KUNKS 2012 - YouTube Some really nice sparks during a parry at 7:05 G

Thought some of y'all might like this video Dreynschlag - The movie - YouTube

German Wiki on Erdstal, translated into English Google Translate

A video, in German Erdställe werden in Nittenau vorgestellt - YouTube

Some more on this. Never Yet Melted Erdstall Tell me this doesn't scream adventure hook? This one could be a dungeon map http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/1/14/Erdstall_grundriss.jpg/666px-Erdstall_grundriss.jpg G

Steampunk fans who like the Middle Ages never fear, found another cool Medieval Robot. An automata called the "Complementaurious", which was clad in a suit of armor and used to greet people with a complex series of movements in the entrance to the Merchants Guild Hall in Bremen, on of the most...