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From the Ground Up – Manorialism Pt 2 – The Manor
Manorialism is fascinating in how different it is from how we live. One of those things that stick so largely out to us is the Manor House, what it was used for,…
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From the Ground Up – Manorialism Pt 1 – The Basics
We’ve started into the world and lives surrounding the inhabitants of the world. I’ve gone into a bit of detail before on how the feudal system works, and how its people live, but…
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From the Ground Up – Nobles and Peasants
We’ve come a long way. The World is built, its natural laws surrounding magic have been established, its been populated with animals and plants, and we have a general knowledge of the cultures…
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From the Ground Up – Ancient Empires
I talked about History, recently, and how it forms the game around itself, creating a realistic world and forming into a greater whole. This time, I want to look at a bit more…
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From the Ground up – Creating a History
We’ve made our way, creating a brand new world, through Geography, flora, fauna, Magical traits, and basic knowledge of civilization both traditional and non-traditional. Each of these steps has been to build…
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From the Ground Up – National Boundries
While I’ve spent the last few weeks talking about the types and styles of civilizations, from City States to Feudal Nations, and the populations that live in them, this week will bring a…
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From The Ground Up – Demography and Populations
The last few articles have revolved around how traditional civilizations exist. I do want to hit on a-typical civilization, like tribalism, nomadism, and other types of pre-modern societies pop up, but I…
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From The Ground Up – Feudal Society pt2 – Structure
Last time, I talked about what a feudal society was made up of, and it took so long, I wanted to start a second part on how it is all put together, and…
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From The Ground Up – Feudal Society Pt. 1 : Societal Layers
I talked a little bit, in Nations, about how our concept of nations and what normally exists, is a little bit flawed. I then went into city states, because they are a simpler…
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From the Ground Up – City States
Last week, I talked about the strange anachronisms that we as players and writers bring to our worlds regarding nations, and what nations are conceived to be. Today I want to take a…