Historical Thursday - Vikings

Over on nationalgeographic.com, they feature "Kinder, Gentler Vikings? Not According to Their Slaves."  Learn more here.

Also, on irisharchaeology.ie, look over "The Oseberg Viking ship burial" here.

Finally, on medievalists.net, check out "Ragnar Lothbrok and the Semi-Legendary History of Denmark" here.

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Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.

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Worldbuilding Wednesday - Parallel Universes, UFOs, & Time

Three from Science Alert this week with the first being "A cosmologist says he's found possible signs of a parallel universe" here.

Also, "These spectacular clouds over Cape Town aren’t UFOs, but they are out of this world."  Learn more here.

Finally, they invite us to "Watch: This 3-minute animation will change your perception of time."  Check it out here.

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The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
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The Tuesday Sundries - Castles

Three from the Medievalists.net this week with the first being "Castles as Past Culture: Adaptation and Identity in the Post-Life of Castles" here.

Also, they feature "Snow Castles and Horse Racing on Ice: Winter Fun in the Medieval North" here.

Finally, they ask "Was this Castle built in the Middle Ages?"  Take the quiz here.

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Essentially, a clearinghouse for topics on GRYMVALD.com
not covered elsewhere or wanting a particular focus.

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RPG Media Monday - Robin Hood, Movie Swords, & Wizards of Aus

Over on flickchart.com, they feature "The Depths of Obscurity: The 5 Best Robin Hood Films You Probably Haven’t Seen" here.

Also, on cracked.com, discover "6 Things Movies Get Wrong About Swords" here.

Finally, on the timtimfed YouTube channel, check out "The Wizards of Aus (2016) Official Trailer."  (Maybe not safe for work?) Enjoy!

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What can be gleaned from Media

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Setting & Society Sunday - Agriculture, Millet, & Grinding Grain

Over on sciencealert.com, they discuss how "Ancient DNA reveals how agriculture changed our height, digestion, and skin colour" here.

Also, on cam.ac.uk, they highlight "Millet: the missing piece in the puzzle of prehistoric humans’ transition from hunter-gatherers to farmers" here.

Finally, on per-storemyr.net, they feature "Beautiful Neolithic and Iron Age querns from Norway. On the history of grinding grain" here.

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Looking closer at Setting and Society

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Saturday in Space - Space Mysteries

Three from Space.com this week with the first asking, "Has Stephen Hawking Just Solved a Huge Black-Hole Mystery?"  Find out more here.

Also, "These Ancient Monster Galaxies Have Scientists Perplexed."  Learn more about them here.

Finally, they declare the "Moon Mystery Solved! Apollo Rocket Impact Site Finally Found" here.

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What's happening in Space and

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Flora & Fauna Friday - Mammoths, Gigantopithecus, & Crocs

Over on smithsonianmag.com, they ask, "What Killed the Mammoths of Waco?"  Find out more here.

Also, on dailymail.co.uk, they tell of the "10ft vegetarian Gigantopithecus apes went extinct when forests died" here.

Finally, on theguardian.com, they feature an article on how "Fossil hunters unearth galloping, dinosaur-eating crocodiles in Sahara" here.

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Examining animals, plants, and the

environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.

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