A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
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Fireside Friday, August 14, 2026 (On Financing Pre-Modern Navies)
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14 Aug 2026
Hey folks, fireside this week as I get ready for the start of a new semester! For this week, I wanted to talk briefly about the wrinkles that financing navies poses with regards to our worldbuilding
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together
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8 Aug 2026
This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently five-part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized, in particular
Fireside Friday, July 31, 2026 (On The Odyssey)
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31 Jul 2026
Hey folks, Fireside this week, as I am fresh back from a short family trip before the jaws of the Fall semester close upon me. I did get a chance to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and I wrote
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IVb: Cohesion
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24 Jul 2026
This is the second half of the fourth part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized. Last week
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IVa: Leadership
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18 Jul 2026
This is the fourth part (I, IIa, IIb, III) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized. We’ve talked about how armies
Fireside Friday, July 10, 2026 (On the Chud Vision of Roman History)
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10 Jul 2026
Hey folks, Fireside this week! I’ve been a bit behind because we had some family travel followed by an issue with a water leak in the basement which has pushed me out of my normal home office space
Collections: On the Declaration of Independence
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4 Jul 2026
Hello again all. It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States. This is going to be a bit more of an open
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part III: Paying For It
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26 Jun 2026
This is the third part (I, IIa, IIb, III) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are recruited, raised, equipped and paid. In the
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IIb: Officials, Contractors and Professionals
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19 Jun 2026
This is the second half of the second part (I, IIa, IIb) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are recruited, raised, equipped
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IIa: Mobilization without Administration
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12 Jun 2026
This is the second part (I, IIa) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are recruited, raised, equipped and paid. While I hope
