Collections: The Universal Warrior, Part I: Soldiers, Warriors, and…
Looking at things through history, “citizen soldiers” were in fact superior, in terms of defending a society, when compared to either conscripts, full-time professionals or mercenaries. The reason for this […]
Fantasy Fortifications — Part 1: Strategy
Fantasy Fortifications — Part 1: StrategyThis article is part 1 of a series on Fantasy Fortifications by Toni Šušnjar Fortifications are one of major parts of fantasy fiction, especially high fantasy. […]
New Acquisitions: How It Wasn’t: Game of Thrones and the Middle Ages, Part I
A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry The following post is the first part of a three part series where we look at the question “how medieval is Game of Thrones?” and […]
Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part I: Professionals Talk Logistics
This is the first post in an excellent series about the Siege of Gondor. It covers a lot of points that I had intended to cover in my own planned […]
A look at Game of Thrones armour
Originally posted on Defense Issues:
This post will look at armour in Game of Thrones TV series. House Stark Stark armour is very good. It consists of a mail shirt…
One Black Eye and Ten Long Legs: A Military Analysis of Euron Greyjoy
Originally posted on Wars and Politics of Ice and Fire:
Euron Greyjoy looks out from the bow of a longship, by Allan Douglas A while back, I wrote some meta…
