Spears & Pole Arms: The Main Battlefield Weapons

Spears & Pole Arms: The Main Battlefield Weapons

In playing tabletop role-playing games I notice that few people, other than myself and a friend of mine, ever take pole arms. This is odd since spear of various types dominated most of human history. Greek hoplites used spear, the Macedonian phalanx used long spears 

The Video Corner: Town & City Generation

The Video Corner: Town & City Generation

Today I ran across this video on Town Generation. A nice enough (and very generic) work, but I think it can be improved upon with some additional knowledge of medieval cities as well as use of a random business generator (which I just “happen” to 

Medieval Storage

Medieval Storage

One question that may come to mind is “where would medieval people store things like food?” Well, the answer did not change all that much until the 20th century when electricity allowed for cold storage, and even now it still is not that different except 

Coppice vs Pollard

Coppice vs Pollard

They made a mistake and left me alone in the Virtual Help Desk at Virtual Gary Con on Thursday, March 27th .. <O.O> It is kind of quiet .. too quiet 🙁 So, if anyone was wondering, yes, you can coppice or pollard oak & 

ARGH will be at Epic Quest Virtual Convention!

ARGH will be at Epic Quest Virtual Convention!

Hello all, Epic Quest Virtual Convention is on for May 16th & 17th! The Dwarf will be volunteering at the convention. Event registration through Consilium Home

Private Projects Areas

Private Projects Areas

I set up some private projects areas today (Feb 18th). Members should let me know if they may be interested in helping on one 🙂