The Step-Rocket Illustration from rocketry manuscript by Conrad Hass  Conrad Haas (1509–1576) was a military engineer for the King...

The Anvil of the World is a fantasy novel by Kage Baker published in 2003. While I didn't know this when I picked it up, it appears to...

I recently realized today is Leap Day. That seems like a perfect opportunity to create an adventure based on the Calendar changes and differ...

It appears that Two-Fisted Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may also have been a werewolf hunter. I just saw this today: When Supr...

La Hougue, Normandy, August 2012 by David Flintham I came across this post on the English Civil war site. It's by a Military H...

Sieges were a major component of Early Modern warfare. Towns and cities in the period were surrounded by defensive fortifications: wall...

Here's a handy little item. A double-barreled wheellock pistol. In length it looks like it is the size of a pocket pistol or what wa...