Batyrs Here are some YouTube clips of a new film (2007) about the Mongols. Oh, and another where Tamerlane kinks the Golden Horde. I love historical films and...
Hi Simon, Thanks for these; the film does look very good, and those two-sabre warriors, while deeply impractical, are cool enough that they have found a place...
Robert Bledsaw, Founder of Judges Guild, Has Died. It is with great sadness that I must pass on the news that Robert Bledsaw, founder of Judges Guild, creator...
Hi all, Two new 'alternate earth' settings are available, I'm afraid none of them in English though. 1) Kalevala HeroQuest (in Catalan) As implied by the name,...
cool too bad we poor american english speakers who have been disuaded from learning new laguages have to struggle <sigh> ... From: Gianni & Anna Vacca...
I'm sure some of the readers of this list are people who have subscribed to my SPQR (Steve Perrin's Quest Rules). Unfortunately, I have lost my list of...
Hi All Firstly wishing you the best for MMIX. I was able to do a bit of work on my old project converting an extremely old dragon magazine module called Temple...
... Ditto to you. ... I have vague recollections of that one from my old AD&D days, I don't recall that we ever played it. ... You were expecting historical...
Thanks Stephen, I have replied to some comments below. You were expecting historical accuracy and a good story line in an early 80's Dragon Module? Silly boy!...
... Exactly correct. From a Cthulhu Mythos perspective, some of the links Stephane Geisbert makes in Cthulhu Dark Ages, e.g. Gugs as "Ogres/Giants", Shantaks...
... aliens, ... Yes, I'd think so. ... I'd go for an ancient race of beings from before known time, or something that was forgotten and only exists in fairy...
The link keeps timing out for me, then again I am using works internet, so it may be a port or firewall issue. ... From: alternateearthrq@yahoogroups.com ...
Hiya All I've tried on Google/Wikipedia/The Web and I haven't found much information. Does anyone have tables of the populations of different regions of ...
You want this http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pop-in-eur.html ... From: Simon Phipp <soltakss@...> Subject: [alternateearthrq] Medieval Europe...
... Thanks Lev, but been there, seen that :-) I was hoping for something with a bit more detail. At the moment, I am trying to build up the profile for the...
A quick "cheat" might be to base it on the relative castle count and town count. Add all the castles and towns in a country together, divide the pop by it, use...
Moreover, "records of the time" are not renowned all over the world for being particularly reliable. We have some data about city population, but the number of...
... No idza where you could find tables. As already expressed by the other posters, it seems a difficult endeavour. On the other hand, you may find good...
WTF is about google's "new" formatting that only allows you to top-post? (Grr.. I hate breaking RFCs) Ahem. Back to the topic. I'd cheat; I'd use the...