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Fabled Realms Beta Weekend - Saturday
Talking Weapons With 4Ground Ben
Feb 24 2018 @ 15:06
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The 4Ground guys haven't just brought their Fabled Realms minis with them, they also brought a selection of the gear you might find on the battlefields of their world!
Ben took me through a couple of the different weapons, their history, and how they would be used.
Ben is awesome. I love listening to him speak of the weapon usage and historical knowledge.
Ok…I’m getting the impression Ben may be taking things a WEE bit too seriously now. The objective of the weekend is to kill and maim your opponents on the tabletop…not in real life. Or have I picked it up wrong? Hope A&E have been prepped for a large number of people with trauma and projectile injuries.
Love that you sheathed the sword as if it were a katana, Sam.
Nice, I love the old weapons.
Nice assortment of weapons.
And Ben is right never fire a bow or crossbow without a projectile, it can be dangerous.
So the Warren vs Justin grudge match involves real weapons!?
Weapons and Warren in the same room. Not the best idea.
Yeah keep Warren away from the real weapons!
Great looking weapons!
Ummm, chose your weapon.
Crossbow is best bow!
Watch out for the sharp bits, great video and excellent explanations
Oh my God! Ben I love you for that term: Real World Fantasy!!! Thats what I love and always when I try to tell friends and people why I like fantasy that has a real feeling and that are inspired by real armour and so on I have not used a specific term but from now on I will always use Real World Fantasy! Love it! I am absolutly sold on everything about Fabled Realms after these weekend that you put togheter with Beasts of War absolutly love it! I will buy all the Fabled Realms miniatures when you get them to your store, because I was not able to get in on the Kickstarter and cant wait to be able to buy them from your site!
hope your first aid kit is a big one lol
When you say we’ll look at some of the “other stuff” and Ben smells some wrapped cylindrical object… do I want to know?
It’s always interesting to hear Ben talk and the knowledge he has. A real shame about the crossbow but still a nice collection.
ben is like wikipedia but bearded!
I love these chats with Ben.
They need to shoot that xbow 😉
I would listen to Ben for hours and hours.
Ben’s knowledge would be an asset to any game. I have a feeling the weapons will feel authentic in Fabled Realms!
The shorter swords would have been used by archers historically. In regards to the war bow the poundage draw would have been around 200lbs, which is why English and Welsh archers learnt and practiced the bow from an early age. The crossbow was at least double the draw poundage, with some being far greater. You could also train a soldier to use the crossbow very quickly and didn’t require the years of practice developing the strength to draw a war bow. This weapon revolutionized medieval warfare, you could very quickly arm and train bow men the only draw back was the speed in reloading.
I have a 90lb longbow, and that’s requires quite a lot of strength to draw, and to hold that draw steady is really difficult. The war bow would have required some significant strength,and bow men must have looked like top heavy modern day athletes.
There are manuals for most of the weapons from that period that have survived and give us a great deal of insight to how they were used but a greater understanding of medical combat and warfare.
https://www.hemaalliance.com
That’s medieval combat not medical lol
was this a dead? heat scenario video?
I love the way that Ben and the 4ground guys have thought through the impact and complexity of using the different types of weapons and fed that into the rules. Great depth of knowledge.
awesome weapons
that was fascinating, thanks.
I love the fact that THEY love all of this stuff and it shows in their game and terrain.
Real world fantasy game: a formula for a great game!
“I know! Lets get a bunch of nerds away for the weekend, all excited about a new game. Lets wait until they are sleep deprived, hyped on sugar and energy drinks, and then lets let them play with medieval weapons!. What could possibly go wrong?”
Like many, Wargaming got me into historical. I havent taken the plunge and done HEMA yet, but im close.
I love the way the 4Ground guys have always got right down into the details with the terrain, so it is no surprise that they’re handling the weapon design in the same way.
don’t touch the blades
someone’s gonna die!
looks like they have great ideas
Loving the patina. Now the look like you mean business.