Flora & Fauna Friday - Ancient Rats, Medieval Animals, & Monsters

Over on atlasobscura.com, they tell of "Ancient Rats the Size of Modern Dogs" here.

Also, on medievalists.net, they share "Ten Strange Medieval Animals You Might Not Have Heard Of" here.

Finally, on vimeo.com, they tip us off to "Medieval Monsters" here.

Flora & Fauna Friday on GRYMVALD.com

Examining animals, plants, and the

environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.

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Historical Thursday - SS Edmund Fitzgerald

It's been forty years since an infamous storm wrecked the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest ship of her time to work North America's Great Lakes.  She sank on Lake Superior in a storm on November 10, 1975, with her crew of 29.  Read more of the details on wikipedia here.

Also, on usatoday.com, they commemorate the event along with a large pictorial here.

Finally, on the Zeezy YouTube channel, listen again to the haunting song from Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

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Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.

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Worldbuilding Wednesday - Egyptian Heat

Several stories have emerged recently about tombs in Egypt being re-evaluated based on heat scans that seem to suggest some of the tombs have hidden passages or chambers that have yet to be discovered.  The first of the stories comes from sciencealert.com.  It suggests "Thermal scans have revealed a strange ‘anomaly’ in the Great Pyramid of Giza" here.

Also, on abcnews.go.com, they shared "Egypt Detects 'Impressive' Anomaly in Giza Pyramids" here.

Finally, on blastr.com, they proffer "Archeologists might have just found a secret room hidden in King Tut’s tomb" here.

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The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
for our tabletop RPGing.

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The Tuesday Sundries - Copper, Silver, & Gold

Over on en.people.cn, they tell of "10 tons of copper coins unearthed in 2,000 years old ancient tomb" here.

Also, on medievalists.net, they feature a "1,000 year old silver treasure hoard discovered in Denmark" here.

Finally, on thelocal.dk, they highlight a "Bronze Age treasure found in Denmark" 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 - Books to Games, Wandering Aengus, & Hammerand's Vids

Over on ww2.kqed.org, they take a look at "Books-to-Games: Transforming Classic Novels Into Role Playing Adventures."  See more here.

Also, on poetryfoundation.org, read "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats here.

Finally, on the Will Hammerand YouTube channel, he's got "RPG and Video Gaming content, currently learning Burning Wheel with some members of the Mathsquad."  Find out more here.

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What can be gleaned from Media

and used in our tabletop RPGing?

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Setting & Society Sunday - Fair Trade, Unhealthy Wealth, & Smaug

Over on medievalists.net, they focus on "Fair Trade?: A Look at the Hanseatic League" here.

Also, on eurekalert.org, they discuss how "Being rich in the Middle Ages led to an unhealthy life" here.

Finally, on crunch.co.uk, if you haven't seen it before, enjoy a look at "The Dragon Economy: How Smaug’s death doomed Middle-earth" 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 - Solar Winds, Black Holes, & the EM Drive

Over on sciencealert.com, "It's official: NASA announces Mars' atmosphere was stripped away by solar winds."  Learn the details here.

Also, on techinsider.io, "Astronomers just saw a monster black hole do something shocking."  Find out more here.

Finally, on digitaltrends.com, they put forth "NASA's 'Impossible' EmDrive Actually Works, New Tests Show" here.

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What's happening in Space and

what can it mean for our tabletop RPGing?

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