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Thanks Jack much appreciated, I was looking at some of your stuff, quite a well developed campaign world, a far cry from Eberron! I highly recommend visiting Czech Republic, it's one of the most beautiful places in Europe, so much of the architecture from the 15th century is still remaining...

a new review came out, from a player in Spain, not perfect English but I think he "gets" the idea of the codex perfectly. DriveThruRPG.com - Codex Martialis V1.0 Reviews

Indeed. It's interesting, the more I read about European military history, the more I find out how much was pioneered in areas like this. The Old Swiss Confederacy for example invented the Halberd and later the pike, and all the sophisticated tactics which went with them, as a result of the...

Wow that is really interesting choranzanus, I didn't know that part of his personal history. Somebody really needs to do a modern movie of his life, he is such an incredible guy, (I know there was some done in Czechoslakia in the 70's.? but more people need to see this) I've been watching a...

Ok here I'm going to post an article on military history I wrote which I thought could serve here as a little introduction into a particularly interesting region of Europe (Bohemia), which could possibly provide fodder for Historical or quasi-Historical campaigns in DnD or other games (it would...

Yeah he is a good one. Fascinating character. I barely scratched the surface of Renaissance Magic, Mnemonics or Alchemy, I want to do some posts on that soon. G.

A bit more on Wise women, Wiess Frauen, and the Dame Blanche: Witte Wieven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dames Blanches (folklore) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I found a cool article about Norse Elves, says pretty much the same stuff I did but I think in a more elegant way: Elf: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article G.

Thanks, man. There is another, arguably better trailer for RTB here: Reclaiming The Blade I really can't recommend it highly enough. G.

Reclaiming the Blade has been released on DvD, I highly recommend it to anyone who has an interest in swords, knights, medieval history or martial arts IGN Video: Reclaiming the Blade DVD Trailer - Extended Preview G.

Why not just give your spellcasters lots of wierd, indirect, low-power cantrips, and sprinkle a few interesting, indirect low-power "miscelaneous" magic items, like in the Dying Earth? This way they almost always have something interesting they can use in their arsenal, but requiring some...

We used to play a lot of board games a few years back but they all got wiped out when my house got flooded in Katrina, and more problematically, my buddy who was kind of the "maestro de boardgames" moved to another State and is kind of out of touch now. Now it's up to me to find some of those...

Yeah but we don't have any reason to believe that obviously badly made replica they had was any more realistic than the 1" thick iron-banded Viking shield (real Viking shields average about 3/8" thick and rarely had any metal other than the boss) I'm basing my estimate on other similar weapons...

It's useful to realize that in real life a weapon has to be relatively quick to actually use in a fight. It's worth noting that the same principle applies not just to swords, but also other weapons like Axes. Axes used for combat were much lighter than those used to fell trees. There were...

Wiki on the Sockburn Worm: Sockburn Worm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and three other English Dragons: The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Worm of Linton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lambton Worm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (This...

Ironically, Gary Gygax did fairly accurate research for AD&D, his article on Polearms in ... the original Unearthed arcana? ... still holds up pretty well on an academic level, most of the 1E DnD weapons are at least in the ballpark, much more so than in subsequent games. But he never did figure...

I use #7 and #8 a lot, they are old standbys, though not with a name generator or a laptop - I get lists of historical ethnic names for say, Vikings, Saxons, French noblemen, Samurai, etc. etc. and print them out for my little binder. When I use one i make a little entry next to it, some of...

By the way, the hammer part of a warhammer is an actual distinct weapon, both the hammer and the spike sides were actually used and had different value. Military picks have a really long spike, sometimes on both sides. G.

Other people have covered the basics of this pretty well, but my $.02 is that yes the DnD numbers were way off, the images even more so. The idea of fighting with something like a 9 lb maul is ludicrous. Next time you are in a hardware store pick one up and try to imagine fighting with it...

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish...