Medieval Studies certificate

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D&D 5e: Five Magic Spears (and a Magic Helmet)

4 May, 2017  in 5e DnD / free content / free gaming resources / magic items / Medieval Studies certificate  tagged Black Company / Dust to Dust / pikes / spears / Sutton Hoo helm by Brandes Stoddard

In a recent G+ post, Jared Rascher noted the general lack of cool magic spears in 5e and asked after a DM’s Guild or OGL product that might amend this. What happened instead was that we talked for awhile about spears from real-world legends. I had a lot of time, […]

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Gaming to Byzantium

5 Aug, 2014  in book review / campaigns I'd like to run / DtD design / Forgotten Realms / History minor / King's Gate / Medieval Studies certificate / setting ideas  tagged book review / Byzantine / Byzantium / Constantinople / Dust to Dust / Edward Luttwak / historical gaming by Brandes Stoddard

O sages standing in God’s holy fire As in the gold mosaic of a wall, Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre, And be the singing-masters of my soul. –W.B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”   Okay, I’ll fess up – this isn’t a post about how to use […]

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