Medieval Pumpkin Pie

Over on the kitchenproject.com is a History of Pumpkin Pie including recipes with Medieval roots.  Read more here!

Could Tardigrades be Vacuum Packed?

Earlier this year, on the scishow YouTube channel, they posted a video regarding the extremophile known as Tardigrades, AKA Waterbears or Moss Piglets, stating their amazing ability to exist in some of the most extreme environments on Earth.  They also discuss a NASA experiment where they survived in the vacuum of space for ten days.  Obviously, for tabletop game setting creators, these creatures represent, if scaled up, a great threat to adventurers which could make their home on nearly any plane.  See more here!

Ancient Mayan Tomb

One of the oldest Mayan tombs ever discovered, about 2,500 years old, has been reported as found by the BBC.  It includes a "necklace depicting a vulture-headed human figure."  Read more here!

15 Photos Of Most Dangerous Walkway in the World

Over on fotokipa.blogspot.com is a cool pictorial titled "15 Photos Of Most Dangerous Walkway in the World" that will surely inspire a dangerous location in your tabletop roleplaying setting.  See more here!

London Curiosities

Over on the KnowledgeofLondon.com website is a section called "London Curiosities" that has a pile of interesting locations and facts that are primed to be transferred to many types of tabletop roleplaying settings.  See more here!

Modern Era Crime and Punishment Info Source

A Facebook Friend recently pointed me toward About.com's Crime / Punishment section which turns out to be a decent source for villain information for modern tabletop roleplaying settings.  Obviously, this is not to make light of the victims of the crimes being reported and be warned that some of the descriptions, while fairly plainly written, can still be heart-wrenching.  Read more here!

Remnants in your Ruins

Not all ruins in your tabletop roleplaying setting need to be a large tower complex or complete city.  A recent revelation in the amount of Viking traffic in Canada shows that the Baffin Island site first discovered decades ago has a lot more to tell.  As a NationalGeographic.com news article puts it:

It has been a long, fruitless quest, littered with bizarre claims and embarrassing failures. But at a conference in Canada earlier this month, archaeologist Patricia Sutherland announced new evidence that points strongly to the discovery of the second Viking outpost ever discovered in the Americas.

Help your creative process while plunging it into ruins by reading more here!