Flora & Fauna Friday - Planning Plants, Murdering Plants, & Scary Plants

Over on thenational.ae, they share "an ancient Gulf calendar that tells you when to plant, fish and pearl dive" here.

Also, on smithsonianmag.com, "This Plant Murders Bugs and Decorates Itself With Their Dead Bodies."  Learn more here.

Finally, on Rhett and Link's Good Mythical Morning YouTube channel, a recent video discusses the "Scariest Plants on Earth."  Watch and learn!

Flora & Fauna Friday on GRYMVALD.com

Examining animals, plants, and the

environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.

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Historical Thursday - Gladiators, Gold Mines, & Good-Bye, Rome

Over on historyoftheancientworld.com, they peruse the "Famous Gladiators of Ancient Rome" here.

Also, on archaeology.org, they take a look at "Roman Gold Mining from the Air" here.

Finally, on telegraph.co.uk, they ask the burning question, "Did American volcanoes trigger fall of Roman Empire?"  Learn more here.

Historical Thursday on GRYMVALD.com

Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.

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Worldbuilding Wednesday - Beautiful Minerals, Milky Way, & China's 'Pompeii'

Over on canyouactually.com, check out "29 Minerals And Stones So Beautiful… You’d Think They’re From An Alien Planet" here.

Also, on space.io9.com, they let us know that "The Milky Way Over Yellowstone is Impossibly Beautiful" here.

Finally, on koreatimes.co.kr, "Researchers find China's 'Pompeii'" here.

Worldbuilding Wednesday on GRYMVALD.com
The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
for our tabletop RPGing.

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The Tuesday Sundries - Renaissance Writing, Medieval Doodles, & Hildegard

Over on medievalists.net, an article from about a year ago examines "The Revolution in Writing Styles during the Renaissance" here.

Also, on thisiscolossal.com, they tell us "Medieval Book Historian Erik Kwakkel Discovers and Catalogs 800-Year-Old Doodles in Some of the World’s Oldest Books."  Check it out here.

Finally, on medievalists.net, they take a closer look at "Hildegard of Bingen: Authorship and Stylometry" with a documentary that's surely worth 20 minutes of you time.  See it 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 - Weird Science, Fast Ships, & Science Gone Mad

Over on io9.com, they share the "10 Weirdest Science Fiction Novels That You've Never Read" here.

Also, on sploid.gizmodo.com, they ask "What's the fastest ship in sci-fi history?"  Find out here.

Finally, on popsci.com, they examine "A Brief History Of Science Gone Mad" here.

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What can be gleaned from Media

and used in our tabletop RPGing?

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Setting & Society Sunday - Top 10 Weapons, Medieval Cutlery, & Torture Chamber

Over on medievalists.net, they share the "Top 10 Weapons of the Middle Ages" here.

Also, on bajrfed.co.uk, they look at the "‘Cutting edge': Medieval cutlery industry excavation" here.

Finally, on Raging Swan, Creighton gives us "20 Things to Find in a Torture Chamber" here.

Setting & Society Sunday on GRYMVALD.com

Looking closer at Setting and Society

as a part of what is presented by GMs.

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Saturday in Space - Space Careers, Rocky Neighbor, & Sagan

Over on space.com, they review a new book on career in the space field here.

Also, on popsci.com, they tell us of a rocky neighbor just 21 light years away.  Learn more here.

Finally, on brainpickings.org, they remind us of the wisdom of Carl Sagan here.

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What's happening in Space and

what can it mean for our tabletop RPGing?

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