Monday, December 7, 2015

RPG Media Monday - Riding Hood, Trollwives, & Canterbury Tales

Three from the Medievalists.net this week with the first being "The Earliest Little Red Riding Hood Tale" here.


Also, learn a little something about "Snorri’s Trollwives" here.


Finally, check out "Animated Epics: The Canterbury Tales" here.


What can be gleaned from Media
and used in our tabletop RPGing?
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Sunday, December 6, 2015

Setting & Society Sunday - Trade, Piracy, & Navigation

Three from the Medievalists.net this week with the first being "Fair Trade?: A Look at the Hanseatic League" here.


Also, find out about "‘Pirates, robbers and other malefactors’: The role played by violence at sea in relations between England and the Hanse towns, 1385 – 1420" here.


Finally, check out the article on "The Use of the Lead and Line by Early Navigators in the North Sea" here.


Looking closer at Setting and Society
as a part of what is presented by GMs.
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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Saturday in Space - Exoplanets

Over on sciencealert.com, "Meet the five most Earth-like exoplanets in the Universe (that we know about)" here.


Also, on space.com, they tell us an "Earth-Like Exoplanet May Be Too Radiation-Blasted to Host Life" here.


Finally, on popsci.com and the Ethan Kruse YouTube channel, "Watch Hundreds Of Exoplanets Twirl Around Their Stars In This Mesmerizing Animation" here.  Enjoy!



Saturday in Space on GRYMVALD.com
What's happening in Space and
what can it mean for our tabletop RPGing?
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Friday, December 4, 2015

Flora & Fauna Friday - Tarantulas, Sméagol, & Nanotubes

Over on nationalgeographic.com, they inform us that "Science Still Can't Explain Why These Tarantulas Are Blue" here.


Also, on newscientist.com, "Meet Sméagol, the eyeless cave-dwelling daddy long-legs."  Find out more here.


Finally, on sciencealert.com, they tell us "Spiders sprayed with nanotubes have spun the toughest fibre ever measured" here.


Examining animals, plants, and the
environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.
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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Historical Thursday - Vikings

Over on medievalists.net, they explore "Choosing Heaven: The Religion of the Vikings" here.


Also, on pasthorizonspr.com, they tell us "Viking raiding wasn’t just about the booty" here.


Finally, on the list25 YouTube channel, they give us "25 Crazy Things That The World Forgot About The Vikings" though few of them are crazy and not much here is revelatory.  Enjoy!



Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Worldbuilding Wednesday - Almost Human

Over on bbc.com, they tell us of a "New human-like species discovered in S Africa" here.


Also, on smithsonianmag.com, they inform us that "DNA from a Huge Tooth Confirms a New Ancient Cousin" here.


Finally, on livescience.com, they let us know that "Hobbits Were a Separate Species, Ancient Chompers Show."  Find out more here.


Worldbuilding Wednesday on GRYMVALD.com
The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
for our tabletop RPGing.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

The Tuesday Sundries - Ghost Fleet, Ghostless, & Haunted

Over on dailymail.co.uk, they tell us about a "Mystery ghost fleet washes up in Japan: Eleven ships containing 20 dead sailors are discovered off the coast... and nobody can explain why" here.


Also, on medievalists.net, they share "The Mysterious Case of the Ghost Who Wasn’t There" here.


Finally, on distractify.com, they show us "The 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places On Earth" here.


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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