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Heroic Dreams Fantasy and Medieval Blog
http://www.castlefiction.com/heroicdreams/
Everything about Fantasy and Medieval topics from Role Playing games to Castles, History and the Middle Ages.
Recent Posts
Some interesting little medieval things
You probably know I have been working hard on a visual dictionary of medieval armor and weapons and that is a project that is going well. I am having fun and learning a lot of cool stuff. But, in my research I am also digging up all kinds of interest...
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How to make a small easy telescope This is a tutorial on how to make a small refractor telescope using lenses. I show the basics of making the telescope and I also explain how to select the lenses and what types of lenses to use. I show you how to f...
Medieval Polearms
I have been tinkering with the idea of a compendium of medieval weapons and yesterday I finally started working on it. It just seems like it would be a fun project to undertake and it will be interesting to see how many weapons I can get into it. ...
Looking for a first taste of Mead?
Mead is a bit of a strange brew and if you will excuse the obvious reference it is also a bit of an anachronism. A lot of people who are interested in Medieval subjects are also very interested in Mead. But it has been my experience that very few...
A look at an upcoming video game: Dante’s Inferno
In february a new video game is being released called Dante’s Inferno and it looks like it is going to be a terrific game. It is based on one third of the Triptych poem by Dante, the Inferno (Hell). One of the most interesting things about thi...
Some New stuff on the Medieval Websites
I have spent the past couple of days working on the medieval website and have added a lot of things. These things include: a section on medieval words which has a bunch of stuff like the weapons and armor of knights. And I have included a drawing...

