reblogs Collections: The Universal Warrior, Part I: Soldiers, Warriors, and… 2 Feb 20212 Feb 2021 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…
construction… Fantasy Fortifications — Part 1: Strategy 10 Nov 2019 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.…
reblogs New Acquisitions: How It Wasn’t: Game of Thrones and the Middle Ages, Part I 22 Oct 201924 Oct 2019
reblogs Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part I: Professionals Talk Logistics 30 Jul 201930 Jul 2019 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…
reblogs One Black Eye and Ten Long Legs: A Military Analysis of Euron Greyjoy 26 Jul 201928 Jul 2019 Iron Islands are suggested to have a thousand ships. While it is true that, as pointed out by Blackfish, "Even the great bureaucratic machines of Rome couldn’t afford to keep…