Historical Thursday - The Black Death

Over on historyextra.com, learn "10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Black Death" here.

Also, on theguardian.com, shudder as the "'Eye-watering' scale of Black Death's impact on England [is] revealed" here.

Finally, on the Stanford YouTube channel, watch as "John Hatcher, Cambridge University history professor and 2009 Stanford Humanities Center Fellow, shares the challenges of writing and researching his book The Black Death: A Personal History. He talks about the way in which he combines history and non-ficitional writing to describe a single location during The Black Death."  Enjoy!

Historical Thursday on GRYMVALD.com

Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.

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Worldbuilding Wednesday - Gods

Over on 9gag.com, check out "A Norse God Family Tree" here.

Also, on veritablehokum.com, have a look at "The Egyptian God Family Tree" here.

Finally, on buzzfeed.com, "These African Deities Are The Best Gods You’ve Never Heard Of" here.

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The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
for our tabletop RPGing.

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The Tuesday Sundries - Bronze Age Treasures

Three Bronze Age treasure stories this week with the first being from over on livescience.com, "Silver Tiara Among Treasures Discovered in Bronze Age Tomb" here.

Also, on scienceinpoland.pap.pl, check out the "Treasure of bronze objects from before 3.5 thousand years discovered in Bieszczady" here.

Finally, on history.com, "Archaeologists Find Treasure-Laden Tomb of Bronze Age Warrior" 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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Mapping Monday - Shipwreck Maps

Over on the GeographicsArt etsy.com page, check out the "Shipwreck Map Of The Gulf Of Mexico 1519 Through 1898" here.

Also, on cornwalls.co.uk, have a look at "Shipwrecks of the Cornish Coast" here.

Finally, not quite shipwrecks, but "This Map Shows Where All the Ships Are Buried Underneath San Francisco" here.

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Cartography and Mapping are the order of the day,
from setting maps to battlemaps, it's all good.

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Setting & Society Sunday - Word Play

Over on mentalfloss.com, they tell us of "12 Old Words that Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms" here.

Also, on chicagomag.com, they give us "Top 40 Chicago Words—Our Contributions to the English Language" here.

Finally, on buzzfeed.com, they share "35 Ways British Men Can Address Each Other" here.

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Looking closer at Setting and Society

as a part of what is presented by GMs.

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Saturday in Space - Jupiter Conquered

Three from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory YouTube channel this week including "Jupiter: Into the Unknown (NASA Juno Mission Trailer)."  Cool!

Also, check out how "Juno Captures the 'Roar' of Jupiter."  Fascinating!

Finally, the gang celebrates as "'We Conquered Jupiter': Juno Enters Orbit!"  Huzzah!

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What's happening in Space and

what can it mean for our tabletop RPGing?

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Flora & Fauna Friday - Snakes

Over on the smithsonianchannel.com, they introduce us to "Titanoboa" here.

Also, on delegraph.co.uk, they tell us "Scientists in Italy rediscover snake that was used by ancient Greeks as a weapon of war" here.

Finally, on the National Geographic YouTube channel, they ask, "Is Eating Venomous Sea Snakes a Bad Thing?"  Hard to swallow?

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Examining animals, plants, and the

environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.

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