tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655963161146124083.post9119418387538971444..comments2023-08-12T03:35:25.761-04:00Comments on Apotheosis of the Invisible City: Medieval "Facts" Most Players BelieveRavenswinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15326042326261485786noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655963161146124083.post-72588588139849825322015-08-29T04:16:26.259-04:002015-08-29T04:16:26.259-04:00Which presumes the aforementioned "agreeable ...Which presumes the aforementioned "agreeable terrain," along with agreeable weather and no delays at toll gates, ferry landings, etc.Ravenswinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15326042326261485786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655963161146124083.post-4197362753270765552015-08-29T03:08:24.301-04:002015-08-29T03:08:24.301-04:00RE: Travel times:
From research and personal exper...RE: Travel times:<br />From research and personal experience walking all over the place. I got the following.<br />A baser travel of 16-24mi / day with 8 hours travel, 8 forage/set camp/rest, 8 sleep.<br />This based on an average walking speed of 2-3 mph on agreeable terrain. steep inclines like hills or mountains, Dense foliage, or other types of broken terrain are going to halve that, or worse. Omegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05472009280765857763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655963161146124083.post-86951900334615391522014-11-19T00:14:51.766-05:002014-11-19T00:14:51.766-05:00Those times are decidedly fiat, and historians hav...Those times are decidedly fiat, and historians have been arguing over them for centuries.<br /><br />That being said, exactly. "Fantasy medieval" isn't anything of the sort: "Renaissance without gunpowder" fits pretty well, if you tack on "... and with 19th century Age of Sail."Ravenswinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15326042326261485786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655963161146124083.post-74883021852954826572014-11-18T21:14:14.761-05:002014-11-18T21:14:14.761-05:00"medieval literacy... Gutenberg and the Refor..."medieval literacy... Gutenberg and the Reformation"<br /><br />Gutenberg and the Reformation aren't really medieval. Gutenberg was 1452, Luther started things off in 1517. The Dark or Early Middle Ages are roughly 500-1000, the High Middle Ages 1000-1300, and the Late Middle (or late medieval) 1300-1500. 1500+ would be Early Modern, with things like the printing press, discovery of America, and Reformation being much of the difference -- also, guns getting good enough that even high end plate was starting to phase out. (1300s lead you into the Black Death and Hundred Year's War.)<br /><br />Granted a lot of default fantasy "medieval" looks like "Renaissance without gunpowder".Damien Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321329197063620556noreply@blogger.com