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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Galloglaich" data-source="post: 4842248" data-attributes="member: 77019">Navigating the ancient seasSpeaking of maritime campaigns, there is a really cool historical resource available for gamers interested in including any kind ship travel, trading, or exploration called a Periplus.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periploi" target="_blank">Periplus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> A periplus was a type of navigational document the ancients used in lieux of a map, analagous to the instructions you may have written down on a piece of paper to get to somebodies house in the days before the internet, except with a few more interesting details ... and the fact that these are a couple of thousand years old. This is my favorite periplus, the Periplus of the Erythian Sea. This entire document oozes adventure, if you can read this without wanting to start playing an RPG your brain is wired different from mine.  These are the navigational directions of an ancient Greek mariner who sailed the long trading route from Alexandria, Egypt, down the Red Sea to the horn of Africa (Erythian is analagous to Eritrean or Etheopian) and into the Indian Ocean. It is an easy and engaging read, full of cool details about the exotic artefacts, commodities (incense, ivory, spices, etc.) which could be traded and the curious, colorful, and / or dangerous habits of the people who lived near every anchorage along the way.  I like it so much I am posting the whole thing here: (keep in mind this isn't somebodies fantasy novel, these are the words of a real trader who traveled these seas 2,000 years ago) <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/PeriplusMap.jpg/800px-PeriplusMap.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea" target="_blank">Periplus of the Erythraean Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> <a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/periplus.html" target="_blank">Ancient History Sourcebook: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century</a> Combine this with say, a read through of H.P. Lovecrafts Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, you are well situated for an awesome campaign Have fun navigating the demon haunted seas! G.</blockquote>

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