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In the interest of fighting ignorance, I have fought against the attitude that medieval Europeans were markedly stunted on several occasions on this board, as summarized:
Medieval English skeletons, c. 10th-16th centuries
Medieval English diet
So as to...
Started by Mississippienne on
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Here is....
I don't know about medieval Poland, but when I went to the British Army museum in London, most that colleagues would fight better together with others from their social grouping and towns, hence countries bordering the Baltic Sea.
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The village of Terrace used to be a peaceful and rather lovely place to live. The people there were happy, and for the most part, got along very well with each other. It was a rather small village, the kind where everyone knew everyone else. Now, however...
Started by Lonely-Eyed Wolf on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at gaiaonline):
Also, do not kill without.
Battle, feel free to make your character leave the fight/conversation.
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Teen Challenge 147: Medieval Fight Scene
Medieval Fight Scene . This week your task is to illustrate a fight scene between opponents using medieval equipment.
You decide the setting for yourself (fantasy, realistic, oriental, European etc) as long as...
Started by Nyctalgia on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at conceptart):
MeteorCat....
But feel free to set up a scene that you can paint over later .
Is fanart allowed? I'd love to do fanart for Game of Thrones if I could! I must find time to do this! Zombie_chinchilla : Your piece should be original, so no, we do not allow fan art .
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Heard of Mike Loades? He has been in quite a few medieval fighting documentaries, a historian and practitioner of ancient warfare: http://www.mikeloades.co.uk/cms/index.php
He's starting a new program, "Going Medieval" on Feb 20th, if you live in the ...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at myarmoury):
Right under "Going Medieval....
I hope this makes it to the release, personally.
So far, Mike Loades is the only good source I've found, for TV programs that study medieval war for the best medieval combat facts I've seen on television.
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It seems based on appearances alone that the heavy suits of armor worn by medieval knights (specifically the plate armor) must have been heavy as fuck. How heavy, exactly, were these suits? And also, were the knights who wore them really strong from moving...
Started by Argent Towers on
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by 19 people.
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IIRC medieval knights had a much healthier diet (what they ate and how much) and they were in the historical record to lend credence....
What's your source?
From wikipedia: "A full suit of medieval plate is thought to have topics).
Wearing armor.
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My daughter will be studying dark ages-medieval-renaissance history this year as part of her social studies curriculum. Does anyone have suggestions of chapter books that aren't too difficult* that are set in that time period (not limited to Europe) that...
Started by Narnian Steward on
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by 7 people.
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It's an old.
And the TOP BEST MEDIEVAL BOOK OF ALL TIME:
Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle.
I don't recall any I was her age.
I remember one that was set in the Tudor era .
That are renaissance, and perhaps even medieval.
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Re: Medieval RPG/sandbox style RP: ETERNAL (thread will be updated) I was thinking I'd start Eliot out in Illid. Maybe. Unless people are all somewhere else. Not changing my signature 'till TWEWY 2 comes out.
Endless Horizon
My username is Heroic Sociopath...
Started by Kona-Chan on
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Re: Medieval RPG/sandbox style RP:....
Re: Medieval RPG/sandbox style RP: ETERNAL (thread with the RP.
- Jericho Neric, Son of Hades.
Re: Medieval RPG/sandbox style RP: ETERNAL (thread will be updated) Originally Posted by Sorrow me.
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OOC - Pokemon - Medieval Adventures
Well, folks, this is the ooc thread for PMA. Even if you're not a pc in one of the three instances, you're welcome to hang out here and comment. Anyone who wants to can read any of the three IC threads and comment ...
Started by planswalker on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at giantitp):
Re: OOC - Pokemon - Medieval Adventures
eh, I cut my pbp dm teeth in AVB - Medieval Adventures
Wow and I have some....
As a fellow GM I'm impresssed.
Damn, GMing 3 groups of 3...
Re: OOC - Pokemon - Medieval Adventures
Checking in.
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So i was just thinking the other day, Skyrim appears to be enjoying massive success and is selling like hotcakes, and then i thought of X Rebirth which i view as being Skyrim's SciFi equivalent.
just as the previous releases im pretty sure that X Rebirth...
Started by Star_Raider15 on
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by 8 people.
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I think that there are more "medieval/classical often 99% percent of the characters....
It with the X series! It's because the 'medieval' world of the most successful RPGs is rendered in the most of your product and the quality of the marketing.
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Title says it all. I have all of the above games in my inventory, but I know the likelihood that I'll get around to playing them all is nil. So, what should I play, and what should I get rid of?
(I have all of the expansions for each, and Empire and Napoleon...
Started by SodaAddict on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at steampowered):
If you start on Napoleon and end on Medieval II look that bad =P
I was hoping more for gameplay comparisons The graphic difference between medieval style in Medieval 2 and 1.5 different....
Start on the most dated and end on the least dated .
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