Sunday, December 7, 2014

Setting & Society Sunday - Prehistoric Pieces

Over on archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.nl, there is a recent article on a "Prehistoric roasting pit unearthed in Cyprus" here.


Also, on phys.org, "Oldest engraving rewrites view of human history" here.


Meanwhile, SciNews.com tells us "Neanderthals Coexisted with Humans for More Than 5,000 Years" here.


Looking closer at Setting and Society
as a part of what is presented by GMs.
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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Saturday in Space - Orion!

As many gamers, who often have a side hobby on the field of Nerdology, might already know, NASA has made another move forward on the mission-to-Mars front.  They launched a crew capsule, sans crew, into a high orbit and returned it safely to Terra Firma.  On BBC News, there was a story titled "Nasa’s Orion deep space capsule launches" that gives most of the details here and on the NASAKennedy YouTube channel there is a video of the lunch.  Enjoy.



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What's happening in Space and
what can it mean for our tabletop RPGing?
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Friday, December 5, 2014

Flora & Fauna Friday - Horse Color, Predator Swarm, & Battling Behemoths

Over on Majnouna's corner of the Deviant Art website, there is a guide to horse colors and patterns that folks ought to have here.


Also, on the National Geographic YouTube channel, there is a video showing what a giant predator swarm to a large fishy food supply.  That is many types of predators coming together in a feeding frenzy.  Enjoy.



Finally, over on Great Fail´s YouTube channel, they have a video uploaded that, seemingly, a family took while on safari of a buffalo squaring off against a rhinoceros.  It's about six minutes long but captures the subtle ebb and floe of two behemoths stubbornly knocking heads and neither one willing to back down.  Check it out.



Examining animals, plants, and the
environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.
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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Historical Thursday - 400-year-old Battle, the Boulder of Heliopolis, & the Antikythera Mechanism

Over on the Northern Ireland News section of the BBC website, there is an article about "Rewriting history: 400-year-old battle in County Fermanagh" here.


On io9.com, a new article explains that "The Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism Is More Ancient Than We Thought" here.


Finally, on Archaeology.org tells us of the "Biggest Boulder Unearthed in Lebanon" here.


Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Worldbuilding Wednesday - Deep Ocean, Mayan Cities, & Silk Road Cemetery

According to northwestern.edu and other sources, there's an ocean well below our feet by about 400 miles or so.  Read more on the NWU site here and here on earthweareone.com.


Also, Live Science reports that a "1,700-Year-Old Silk Road Cemetery Contains Mythical Carvings" here.


Finally, on news.discovery.com, they feature and article titled "Ancient Maya Cities Found in Jungle" here.


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The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
for our tabletop RPGing.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

The Tuesday Sundries - The Life-cycle of the Gelatinous Cube

Over the last couple of months on Scribblings or Something, Jerry Boucher has filled us in on "The Life-cycle of the Gelatinous Cube."  Read parts one, two, three, and four.


The Tuesday Sundries on GRYMVALD.com
Essentially, a clearinghouse for topics on GRYMVALD.com
not covered elsewhere or wanting a particular focus.
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Monday, December 1, 2014

RPG Media Monday - Hand-Illuminated Silmarillion, Scientific Space Art, & Two Sentence Horror Stories

Over on Make Zine, a recent stories tells of how an "Art Student Hand-Illuminates, Binds a Copy of Tolkien's Silmarillion."  Read more here.


Plus, the Kinja corner of io9.com reports of "An Astounding History of Scientific Space Art from the Past 200 Years."  See lots here.


Finally, CanYouActually,com shares "9 Of The Most Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories Ever Told" are here.


What can be gleaned from Media
and used in our tabletop RPGing?
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