Another oddball wandering around in the English Civil war is Abiezer Coppe , the infamous Ranter prophet. Reading about the Ranters today ...

I use a few house rules for LotFP, not very consistently unfortunately, so for my benefit if no one elses I will try and codify what they ar...

Sir Kenelm Digby was the real life analogue of a D&D character. A diplomat, natural philosopher and intellectual, he also managed to be...

In the 16th and 17th centuries there was a mania in Europe for collecting curios from all over the world being newly opened up by the great...

Kiel Chenier has suggested over on G+ that for DM appreciation month (never knew there was one until now) DMs should waffle self-indulgently...

Ohe!  Let it be known among the wise that the ancient and most perfect art of Scarabomancy has been rediscovered and that lectures in s...

I am currently re-reading a book I last read when I was maybe eight or nine, the Cuckoo Tree by Joan Aiken. It is set in an alternate 1...