Grappling Smackdown: Dungeon Grappling at GenCon
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Grappling Smackdown: Dungeon Grappling at GenCon

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I’ll be at GenCon this year, which means all of Gaming Ballistic, LLC will be in attendance. That second one sounds much more impressive. My fate was sealed when I pledged to the Dungeon Fantasy RPG Kickstarter, and opted into the Saturday 1-5pm session with Sean Punch. Doubly sealed when I decided I’d try and…

Making a Viking Shield
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Making a Viking Shield

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As part of my research and interest in Viking culture and fighting that I developed when researching Dragon Heresy, I got involved with Asfolk, a Viking re-creationist martial arts and crafting group (mostly martial arts, but the instructor Arthur is also a traditional weaponsmith and has done some pretty cool experimentation). They’ve got lots of…

Clay Cutting with Viking Swords – Cast Blow test
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Clay Cutting with Viking Swords – Cast Blow test

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Just a reshare over at the Dimicator Patreon. Nifty video taken by Western Martial Arts practitioner Roland Warzecha looking at cutting clay with the “cast blow” technique using a viking sword. As always, “all models are wrong; some are useful,” but it was a great weekend and a fun test.   Here’s the text from…