Exploring the medieval hunt (blog)

[MrMotorhead]

I was searching for some more information about javelins and I found this web site dedicated to historical reenactment.  They have some great stuff and I thought I'd share the link.

https://themedievalhunt.com/

https://youtu.be/jBeNW26oWHU

[DfDevadander]

That was a wonderful bit of information; thank you for sharing!!

[Dungeon Smash]

Amazing blog!! thank you!

[Dungeon Smash]

some people here might find this interesting as well:
https://imgur.com/MsXaOdV
Map of medieval trade routes

[MrMotorhead]

Interesting map.  I take it that the game would have taken place prior to the Swedish conquest and conversion to Christianity.  So that would place it possibly as late as the 13th century.  Seems like things in Finland might have stayed the same for a very long time prior to that. 

I was thinking that the mail armor would have been the highest technology piece we see in game, but after doing some reading it looks like it was the battlesword.  This would place our timeframe very close according to this article.  I suppose the swords could have been from farther afield, and thus earlier but it doesn't seem like it from their graphical representation and wide availability in game.

[Dungeon Smash]

Another interesting series of posts on an RPG blog - piece-by-piece analysis of a 12th century travel journal
https://coinsandscrolls.blogspot.ca/2018/05/a-12th-century-tour-part-1.html

[JEB Davis]

Interesting map.  I take it that the game would have taken place prior to the Swedish conquest and conversion to Christianity.  So that would place it possibly as late as the 13th century.  Seems like things in Finland might have stayed the same for a very long time prior to that. 

I was thinking that the mail armor would have been the highest technology piece we see in game, but after doing some reading it looks like it was the battlesword.  This would place our timeframe very close according to this article.  I suppose the swords could have been from farther afield, and thus earlier but it doesn't seem like it from their graphical representation and wide availability in game.

IIRC Sami says roughly 800-1000 AD and also that the battlesword may be removed because it's really not appropriate historically.

[Dungeon Smash]

Ancient Celts had two-handed swords, even when they encountered the Romans.  So, it's not technologically impossibly for an iron-age culture could produce such things.  Of course, Finns are not Celts, but then again they are not the folk of UnReal World either.  I guess the only question is whether it matches Sami & Erkka's vision of UnReal culture.  Personally, I like the battleswords.  But, if they were removed, it would give more reason to focus on Axe skill instead of Sword - since the battleaxe would be the only 2-handed melee weapon, capable of cleaving armor and dealing decisive, catastrophic damage to any body part