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The Grim Reaper ... Most of you are probably aware that medieval life expectancy was less than that of a modern First World country today - a range (depending on time and place) of 30-40 years compared to the 82.45 years a modern Australian (for example) can expect. My experience in teaching...

Give Us Our Daily Bread ... Or not Everyone knows that the main component of a medieval Peasant's (or the poor in general) diet was bread ... As you have probably guessed by now ... this simply isn't true! Bread only starts to dominate the diet of the poor from the 15th century ... after the...

Readin', Writin' and 'Rithmetic I think most of us have a pretty good grasp on the idea that literacy was not universal in the Middle Ages ... and that it was limited to a small number of people ... but there are some very interesting wrinkles that most people don't know and which can have a...

How filthy were Medieval Towns? Well, they were certainly smelly - an inevitability when you realise all major transport into and, often, within, the Town is by animal ... horse, mule or donkey ... coupled with the reality that most households of any size kept animals (cows and goats for milk...

How smelly were the Medievals? This issue is often raised in books - and the information they present is often misleading for this simple reason that it is based on practises and technology that postdate the medieval period covered by this book ... Up until 1400, the end date for OM2's...

More Horse Puckey! Some sources claim that it was only with the invention/introduction of the high pommel/cantle Knight's Saddle in the 11th century that made massed Shock charges with lances possible. The problem is, again, that this 'everyone knows' factoid is not readily supportable. For a...

Well, the $4000 level has been blown through ... so there is a need for more Stretch Goals ... $4750. A Small Medieval Market Town. ~12 pages. Probably included in the Regional Sourcebook. I did some quick research and I am pretty sure I can do a a fairly good survey of a small Market Town (say...

Well, we've blown through the $3000 and $3500 levels - Magical Medieval Europe and a Medieval Monastery - and it looks like we'll get through the $4000 level and the combined and expanded Regional Sourcebook ... I am completely amazed and thankful for the great support for the campaign! I...

Naked does not mean Nude Ah, 'everyone knows' ... aka urban myths or factoids ... OM2 deals with a number of these. This is merely one of many - Many books out there claim, for example, that medieval people slept 'naked' and that medieval women didn't wear any underwear ... and many people...

They burn Heretics, don't they? Not really ... really! Heresy. According to the Codex Justinianus, a Heretic was anyone 'who is not devoted to the Catholic Church and our orthodox Holy Faith.' By the medieval period this meant anyone who didn't follow or accept Church Dogma. A pretty broad...

OM2 has now passed the $3000 funding level and achieved all of the initial Stretch Goals ... So two new ones have been added, A Medieval Monastery (~12 pages) at $3500 and, at $4000, a Regional Book, combining the previous Village, Manor, Castle and Monastery Goals with ~12 pages of additional...

Overnight the second Stretch Goal, a Medieval Manor, was passed ... so now those Backers who have chosen a Reward Level that includes these will get not only a Medieval Village but the Manor to go with it! At just over $2200 we're well on the way to reaching the third Stretch Goal, a Medieval...

Orbis Mundi 2 - A Guide to Real Medieval Life, has been fully funded on Kickstarter in less than 12 hours! It is currently close to achieving its first Stretch Goal with around 7 hours left in the first 24 hours since going live! The Campaign Home Page is at ...

The Kickstarter has gone live and can be found at ... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1009649146/orbis-mundi-2-real-medieval-life?ref=user_menu ... and I have uploaded a Sampler of 32 semi-random pages from the Core Book onto RPGNow, available at ...

Kickstarter has approved the Campaign, and it will go live sometime later this evening, local time (Australian Eastern Time), probably around 10 pm to Midnight, and will run for the whole of October. Anyone who has previously purchased a copy of Orbis Mundi (1st Edition) and who has allowed...

PGD is soon to launch a Kickstarter campaign for an updated and expanded version of Orbis Mundi: An Annotated Guide to Aspects of the Medieval World which was originally launched in 2006 and is currently a Popular Silver Pick on RPGNow and DriveThruRPG. Orbis Mundi 2 expands on and adds to the...

Funded! Just shy of 150%! Almost final PDFs of the first three Books have been made available to Backers, with the PoD versions hopefully available before Xmas and the follow on books 'soon' Thanks to all who supported the project! Phil

Well, we're in the home stretch, 11 hours to go, and we've hit the first Stretch Goal! I have been fiddling around with the Introductory Adventure and it's already up to 56 pages (about 46 substantive) from the original 40, and I have part of the second part of the mini campaign (about a dozen...

Well, 35 hours to go and 127% funded! :) If you're at all interested, now is the time to back RtA as it is going ahead! Phil McGregor

I have some preliminary art for the final West Africa campaign book in hand, and the finalised version should be available either just before or just after the campaign ends ... Monday October 5, 10:06 am AEST ... All is progressing well, and the updated (and much changed (from the free...