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HACA, ARMA, and SCA are all mentioned by name. Technicaly, mentioning "ARMA" was an anachronism because the "Event" happens before the name change--but Stirling mentioned up to reference it to people who only know it by the latter name. The "SCA" evil warlord actually ...

The series is the "flip side" of the Islands in Eternity trilogy--thats the one wher Nantucket island gets hurled back to 1250 BC, but at least their higher technology still works. In Dies the Fire , the "event" is noted to start from Nantucket, and some of the Eternity character...

In terms of armor the Spanish had availible, I admit I'm doing this from memory, but from all place an early 1980's article in Tournaments Illuminated (the SCA member magazine) actually listed, from primary sources, the extensive list of armor (including full plate harnesses) the Conquistadors carri...

It's been well over 3 years since my first (and only other) post--so I had to re-register. I'm a middle-aged aged wanna-be writer, who's got just enough experience to know how inexperienced he is. I participated in the first Arma Mesa group meeting before health issues forced me to drop it--and appa...

I just finished Haven's Carnage and Culture as was very impressed--and agree it's a good antidote to Diamond. However, a prior poster mentioned that the Conquistadors found native "cotton armor" better than their steel armor. Now, for the life of me, I cannot imagine how "cloth armor&...