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  1. Aldarion

    What if Pacific Rim had a sequel

    So as everybody knows, Pacific Rim never had a sequel. But on the off chance it did, and you were in charge of it, what would you like to see? For me, I'd like something like the Pacific Rim: The Black. After all, if the aliens were so set on conquering the Earth, why didn't they build another...
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    Imperium of Man vs Galactic Empire

    By act of ROB, Imperium of Man from Warhammer 40 000 and the Galactic Empire from Star Wars are dropped into a single mega-galaxy, side-to-side. Imperium of Man is from after Guilliman's return while Galactic Empire is from the Return of the Jedi era. There is no Great Rift, Eye of Terror, or...
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    Roman limes

    https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2024/03/10/roman-limes/ Limes means road – originally, it really was a road connecting border fortifications with each other. Over time, it began denoting a geographically shaped or fortified border. It is incorrect to use limes as a term for all borders of the...
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    Europe and progressivism

    https://shadowsceptre.wordpress.com/2024/03/09/european-axis-of-evil/ Just few days ago, France became the first country to enshrine right to abortion into its constitution. This is a major step in further descent of West into the hell, coming on top of the immigration, moral relativity and...
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    Francisco Franco Ruined Spanish Right

    While Franco was the best option Spain had at the time, his inability to create anything beyond his own persona and cult of personality led to defeat of his beliefs and ideas immediately after his death. Franco was in fact apolitical, and while he wanted to save Spain he never really understood...
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    Roman Army and Society During Dominate

    https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2024/03/03/roman-army-and-society-during-dominate/ Wars in the late antiquity are led for more-or-less the same reasons as today: resources and profit, which means control of the trade routes (Roman – Persian wars) as well as robbery and/or living space...
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    Reasons for War in Premodern Societies

    https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2024/02/18/reasons-for-war-in-premodern-societies/ Wars do not happen without reason, even if some reasons may seem stupid to modern readers. This is important, because objective of the war also determines the conduct of the war. War whose objective is...
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    Best Weapons for Fantasy Giants

    https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2024/02/11/best-weapons-for-fantasy-giants/ For giants, weapons depend heavily on their size. For a giant of sufficient size, ideal weapon to use against humans will be a sufficiently large broom. In fact, larger the giants become, lesser is their need for...
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    Dwarven Battle Tactics

    Dwarven Battle Tactics Modern fantasy dwarves are based largely on Tolkien. Even the plural "dwarves" was made up by Tolkien – actual English plural being "dwarfs". Yet Tolkien himself has not written much about dwarven battle tactics, and in general fantasy they can vary a lot.
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    Stupid Fantasy Armors

    https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2023/11/09/stupid-fantasy-armours/ An overview of dumb armor tropes seen in fantasy.
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    Land and Military in the Roman Empire

    https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2023/11/09/land-and-military-in-the-roman-empire/ It is often assumed that thematic system of military lands was a wholly novel measure, and that later pronoia grants were significantly different from previous stratioka ktemata. Yet neither assumption is likely...
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    Could Great Germany have prevented the world wars?

    So basically, what if Habsburgs had managed in their plan of "great Germany" (or however it is called), that is, unification of Germany under Habsburg crown (as opposed to "little Germany" which is what historically happened). Would this butterfly away the world wars?
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    26 Modern Misconceptions About Medieval Warfare

    https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2024/01/14/26-modern-misconceptions-about-medieval-warfare/ A Song of Ice and Fire and other "realistic" medieval fantasy works have been trying to challenge the set-in conceptions of Middle Ages and provide a more realistic take on the era, one that tries to...
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    Harness Overview - Nohr (Fire Emblem)

    https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2023/11/09/harness-overview-nohr-fire-emblem/ Basis for this will be armour worn by Prince Leo. This is because armour of everybody's favourite Tomato Prince does not appear to be extensively customized (unlike other siblings), and full-body image is harder to...
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    Environmentalists gone crazy

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12859057/Now-scientists-say-BREATHING-bad-environment-Gases-exhale-contribute-0-1-UKs-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html I know I'm being paranoid, but seems Left may be building up to another genocide...
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    15th century gothic armor overview

    Harness Overview – 15th Century Gothic Armour Gothic armour developed in 15th century. At this time, warfare was in fact highly complex, professional (with few exceptions) and varied. As such, soldiers had to cope with a significant variety of threats. Especially mounted knights and men-at-arms...
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    Allen Walker Runs Devil May Cry 4 Gauntlet

    So by act of RoB, Allen Walker from Devil May Cry 4 is thrown into Devil May Cry 4 where he has to basically pass the same areas and fight enemies as Nero does, and in the same order. How does he do?
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    Campaigns of John Hunyadi and Matthias Corvinus

    This is a three-parter covering the campaigns of John Hunyadi, campaigns of Matthias Corvinus and lastly the organization of the army they both used. https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2023/11/09/campaigns-of-john-hunyadi/...
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    What is the strongest fictional army Dothraki can beat

    So Dothraki are incompetent. Really, really incompetent. So with that in mind, what is the strongest fictional army that a Dothraki khalasar (so 40 000 screamers) can beat?
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    Versus Match Rohan vs Dothraki

    Khal Drogo's khalassar appears on the northern border of Rohan just before the War of the Ring and decides to invade. Assume that Theodred is still alive and nobody of the "historical" actors intervenes. How does this go, and which side will eventually win?
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