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From the Ground Up – Peasant Housing
One of the basics truths of the Middle Ages, and many of the fantasy worlds that we create based in them, is that the world is bleak, cold and dirty. Many everyday conveniences…
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From the Ground Up – Laws
It’s been another long stretch, but I want to start getting back to writing about the small yet important things that people should pay attention to that make a dig difference in…
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From the Ground Up: Religon
Up until recently, religion was an extremely important part of the lives of many people. There is something played into that in many fantasy games, but to often, it is left as an…
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From the Ground Up – Divine Right of Kings
One of the most often missed and yet the largest factors in how the world worked in the High Middle Ages, is the concept of the Divine Right of Kings. This wasn’t codified…
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From the Ground Up- Positions of Power
It has been a while since I’ve done a From the Ground Up Article. I stopped in the middle of Feudalism, so I figured I’d pick it back up and have a go…
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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…
