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Homosexuality in the Middle Ages
In Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition we referred briefly to medieval attitudes towards homosexuality and to an active gay scene in the 11th and 12th centuries. This article explores homosexuality in the Middle Ages in more detail. This is a … Continue reading
Genderqueer people in the Middle Ages
One aspect of the diversity of medieval life we did not address in Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition concerns genderqueer people. This article is intended to correct that omission, in more detail than the core rulebook would have allowed. The … Continue reading
Diversity, historical accuracy and Chivalry & Sorcery
Common factoids (things that look like facts but aren’t) about the Middle Ages are that people of colour didn’t exist in medieval Europe, that women didn’t fight (or do much other than be wives or nuns), and that homosexuality was … Continue reading
C&S 5th Edition: one designer’s notes
I really don’t need an excuse not to update this blog, as I can go years without posting. But for what it’s worth, the last few months have been taken up with helping design and edit Chivalry & Sorcery 5th … Continue reading
Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition Kickstarter: Nightwalkers
The Kickstarter campaign for Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition is well underway, and I’m proud to be associated with it. It achieved funding in less than 16 hours and, as I write, is on the way to unlocking its second … Continue reading
Chivalry & Sorcery: The Early Years
Back in the days of the Loyal Order of Chivalry & Sorcery mailing list I enjoyed swapping emails – both public and private – with C&S designers Ed Simbalist and Wilf Backhaus and, at the last two Dudley Bug Ball … Continue reading
Unchivalry & Sorcery: C&S Redbook
There is a document being promoted around various filesharing sites under the name C&S Redbook, aka C&S 6th edition. I don’t know who’s behind it, but it would appear from the title that is considers itself some sort of successor … Continue reading
Chivalry & Sorcery PDFs available
Update, January 2020: A brand-new edition of Chivalry & Sorcery – the 5th Edition – is now available in PDF, and I’ve had a hand in designing it. Britannia Games Ltd, publishers of the mother (and father) of all sim … Continue reading