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Emma Pearn makes history at Royal Armouries International Jousting Tournament

April 21, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

History was made this past weekend at the Royal Armouries in Leeds as the 25th International Jousting Tournament concluded with a groundbreaking victory.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: armour, history

Strange Times returns

April 1, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In 2017, W.M. Akers started writing a free history letter that runs through the 1921 New York Times.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: history, w.m. akers

Learning to play 4,000 board games (and AIs are learning from those too!)

December 11, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The paper also describes the ancient game as “really old version of backgammon”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, board games, history

Boudica: Queen of War trailer shows Ukraine’s Olga Kurylenko kicking ass

September 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Jesse V. Johnson’s Boudica: Queen of War, Olga has the titular role as Boudica.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: history, trailers

392 years ago, on this day, dice were banned in parts of the USA

March 22, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Puritans, all but freshly arrived at the Massachusetts Bay Colony, banned dice on March 22nd, 1631.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: dice, history

Bronze Age: Collapse merges Lovecraft with Homer in an RPG and open sources the rules

January 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Join Achilles and actual gods in the siege of Troy, and confront the sorcerers of Babylon as they attempt to conclude a devastating ritual and become legendary monster slayers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: history, kickstarters, lovecraft

Genre Police: Zero To Hero

December 19, 2021 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

What’s session zero? The GM gathers a group and informs them about the game; you discuss expectations and characters. Where did it come from?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, history, rpg tips

First They Came is an RPG you play blindfolded

April 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Set in Berlin in 1942, telling the story of those persecuted by the Nazi regime, First They Came is an RPG from Chaos League that you play with a blindfold on.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: history, kickstarters, larp

Free until the end of the month: Chivalry & Sorcery launches Kickstarter and Quickstart

July 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Chivalry & Sorcery 5 Quickstart is free and only available until 30th July 2019. The 43-paged download is in support of the Kickstarter to bring this first generation era classic RPG back.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Brittannia Game Designs, Chivalry & Sorcery, history, kickstarters

Dungeons & Dragons did you know: Avernus is a real place

June 2, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a volcanic crater in Italy and is believed to be the entrance to the Underworld.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: baldur's gate, Descent into Avernus, Dungeons & Dragons, history

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