Overread Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 In light of some recent interest in real and real world history chatter I thought a thread dedicated to it would be worth having! This is the place to share links and information and talk about real history and real world elements. This might be anything from your experiences wearing armour in historical re-enactment; history channels and guides; ancient weapons and designs; smithing; whatever. Even so far as to consider modern "upgrades" to ancient weapons and the like. Remember this is not limited to the English Medieval period; but history in general all over the world. From Mongols to Romans to Azteks and Byzantines and more. Basically if its something real it goes here! A few things to get us started are two youtube channels that have come recommended already Modern History - focused around the medieval period in England/western Europe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjlDOf0UO9wSijFqPE9wBw Todd's Workshop - weapons and smithing dominate here. From windlass crossbows to swordbreaker swords and more - there's a load of practical and hands on experience and designs on show here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWnlQMQ-ACfhpD68yWRsnJw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naem Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Great Topic, I am a history buff myself. The real history TV channel on Youtube is really awesome. I wondered how the guy manages to produce such high value vids on such a large scale - until I found out that he is a multi million $ worth CEO of a big video game company. Even more so: fascinating guy and channel. Other history channels I have been enjoying lately are"Voices of the Past" where original sources from first encounters (e.g. first Europeans in Japan, first sight of Europeans by the Atzteks and so on) are voiced. The other ones are "Kings and Generals" (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw), Epic History TV (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvPXiKxH-eH9xq-80vpgmKQ), and Weird History for a little lighter approach (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-N24Y5OA0gqbjBwe1ttfA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, Naem said: Great Topic, I am a history buff myself. The real history TV channel on Youtube is really awesome. I wondered how the guy manages to produce such high value vids on such a large scale - until I found out that he is a multi million $ worth CEO of a big video game company. Even more so: fascinating guy and channel.tube.com/channel/UCc-N24Y5OA0gqbjBwe1ttfA). Oh he's CEO of Rebellion - who also now publish 2000AD (the home of Judge Dredd and others). I did not know this and honestly looking at him he doesn't look like a "gamer" nor even a "businessman" he looks far more like a gamekeeper or other country individual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravinsild Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Lindybeige on YouTube has many historical videos and talking about how medieval weapons function and such. Very entertaining and educational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbanks Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Don't really have a link, but after watching an episode of Mysteries of the Abandoned it dawned on me that the old layouts of dead cities (Craco was the entrance to my rabbit hole) might be a great place to start building an abandoned town / Mordheim-style Terrain board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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