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Medieval: Real Medieval Life for RPGs

This is the first issue of a follow on magazine for the successful Orbis Mundi 2 series of books and this issue covers realistic Medieval Armour and Weaponry in considerably greater detail than was the case in Orbis Mundi 2 and The Marketplace.

This special Issue includes lots of information on practical archaeological research into the utility of period armour and weaponry which has been done by professional archaeologists in the last 20 years or so ... research which calls into question pretty much every assumption and rule regarding armour and weaponry in all existing Fantasy RPGs.

As a result, comprehensive optional/experimental rules to supplement the questionable existing rules are provided for D20 and D100 based game systems - and these include the real possibility (certainty) of weapons and armour breaking and the cost and requirements of maintenance (even modern reproduction weapons break - and they are often used much less intensively than would have been the case in the real Middle Ages ... while battle damage, and even general wear and tear, on armour was a significant real world problem).

A selection of 'real world' Historical Magic Weapons is also covered and there are extensive reviews of recent(ish) Fantasy RPGs ... Aquelarre and Fateforge.

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clive W August 15, 2021 7:57 pm UTC
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How much is there in the way of colour illustration ? The POD/PDF colour version is almost $20 more than the B + W version, just curious if the amount of colour ilustrations is going to make me pay that bit extra...
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August 16, 2021 1:26 am UTC
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There is usually a colour illustration on each page. Is it necessary to print in Colour? Probably not, IMO, or not for the colour - but the 'quality' of the paper LSI uses for B&W printing is, frankly, crap and colour printing *was* promised in the Kickstarter - the PDF is fuill colour and the download includes files which will enable you to print through LULU in colour or B&W (both are more expensive than LSI but, if you're somewhere other than the US or EU or close by where shipping from those places via LSI is outrageously expensive and snail like [like Australia, where I am] the LULU has a local printer [Australia has one in Adelaide] and is thus much faster and combined cost is comparable to the cost pf printing + outrageous shipping from the US or UK) and you should choose Premium B&W or Premium Colour AND 80# coated paper regardless ... that is high quality paper, almost as good as a glossy magazine.

If you're unsure, buy the PDF and decide - then email me at aspqrz at tpg dot com...See more
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Christopher P January 17, 2021 4:43 pm UTC
So does this only cover the Arms & Armor aspects of OM2? Or do you plan on a series of updates in this format?
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January 17, 2021 11:35 pm UTC
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Special Issue #1 is Arms, Armour etc; Real World data on medieval weapons/armour effectiveness and battlefield usage from recent practical archaeological investigations; Experimental Rules for D100 and D20 based game systems to represent this; 'Historical' Magical Weapons from the Western European traditions; Reviews of Fateforge and Aquellare and some odds and sods.

Regular Issue #1, currently in preparation, will cover an entire medieval border region loosely (very!) based on the Welsh or Scottish Marches (or the borderlands between France and the Germanies) and includes a detailed gazetteer, a Monastic Hold, the Manor and Vill of Stangeatawic and some detailed encounter areas; review of at least one recent(ish) medieval or pseudo-medieval RPG and odds and sods (probably close to 120 pages)

Special Issue #2 (Third Quarter 2021, definitely, but probably sooner, depending on workload) covers Travelling ... Medieval Inns and Taverns, Caravanserais, the Cursus Publicus and its descendants...See more
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Mikołaj S June 05, 2021 7:19 pm UTC
This is amazing! Love it.
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Mikołaj S June 05, 2021 7:37 pm UTC
I'm sure that you are not taking requests for this Quarterly, but if there is even a small chance that you do I would like to suggest a huge topic that you are a perfect guy for.
It would be great, I think if you could expand upon the Castles and Manors portion of OM2. Make into the ultimate manual for building and governing your own manors, villages, and castles. With charts and data about how much money and man-days of work you need to rise 1 meter of wattle and daub wall, 1m of the stockade, 1 cubic meter of a stone wall, clearing land, managing your retinue, maintenance and so on. How much profit you make from 1 hide of land or 10 sheep.
Is this something that you can see yourself taking into consideration?
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June 06, 2021 2:10 am UTC
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Probably not. The data just isn't there ... there are a few isolated instances of costings/budgets for raising castles (or fortifications, at least) which I used for various purposes in OM2 and/or The Marketplace, but they are very opaque ... perhaps only the total costs, maybe broken down for materials, tools, labour, but not fine enough to be able to work out the details. As for man-days, there's exactly one source I am aware of that sorta does it, and it was included (the results, anyway) in one of the two - but that was only for a solitary Tower.

You could use the Price Series information from The Marketplace to work out how much profit you'd get from crops and livestock, but yields per acre are another matter. There are some average figures provided, but medieval accounts I have seen make it clear that these varied considerably even between individual strips within the same field (not to mention the difference between the land in the Lord's Demesne or on a Monastic Estate) ... and the yield information...See more
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