Archaeologist Robert J. Madden identifies 12,000-year-old dice in North America, revealing a prehistoric gaming culture led by women. Discover how the d2 predates Old World gaming by 6,000 years.
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The giant Warwolf monster hurler
Discover the power of the Warwolf, history’s most formidable trebuchet, in this interactive simulator. Test your siege engineering skills by calculating the flight distance and squish penalty of iconic roleplaying game monsters.
Why Old English is the ultimate world-building tool for D&D
Stop calling it a library. Discover why using Old English words like BĹŤchord and Scop adds gritty historical depth to your fantasy roleplaying games.
Emma Pearn makes history at Royal Armouries International Jousting Tournament
History was made this past weekend at the Royal Armouries in Leeds as the 25th International Jousting Tournament concluded with a groundbreaking victory.
Strange Times returns
In 2017, W.M. Akers started writing a free history letter that runs through the 1921 New York Times.
Learning to play 4,000 board games (and AIs are learning from those too!)
The paper also describes the ancient game as “really old version of backgammon”.
Boudica: Queen of War trailer shows Ukraine’s Olga Kurylenko kicking ass
In Jesse V. Johnson’s Boudica: Queen of War, Olga has the titular role as Boudica.
392 years ago, on this day, dice were banned in parts of the USA
The Puritans, all but freshly arrived at the Massachusetts Bay Colony, banned dice on March 22nd, 1631.
Bronze Age: Collapse merges Lovecraft with Homer in an RPG and open sources the rules
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.
Genre Police: Zero To Hero
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?
