Historical References

This is a hub page for all of our pages on history. This is useful for DMs who want to bring a little more realism into their games, or else look for inspiration by finding some lesser-known feature or weapon that they can use. Or maybe you just want to educate yourself because history is really damn interesting.

Here we've got everything organized by category, so if you have an idea of what you're looking for, click the links below.

Time Periods

For a general overview on different points in history, here are some of the major time periods.

• Prehistory
• Stone Age
• Bronze Age
• Classical Period
• Dark Age
• High Middle Ages
• Renaissance
• Age of Enlightenment
• Industrial Revolution
• The World Wars
• The Cold War
• Post-Cold War

Warfare

Seeing as how wargaming and hack-n-slashing takes up about 90% of this wiki, you're going to see a lot of references to combat stretching from ancient times to the far future.

Types of Warriors

For different flavors of killy people.

• Knight
• Men at Arms
• Landsknecht
• Hoplite
• Samurai
• Ninja
• Viking
• Pirate
• Gladiator

Small Arms

For when that motherfucker over there needs to die.

• Dagger
• Sword
• Spear
• Lance
• Polearm
• Mace
• Battleaxe
• Warhammer
• Bows and Arrows
• Crossbow
• Shuriken
• Sling
• Firearm

Personal Defense

For protecting your vulnerable bits from the baddies.

• Armor

• Mail
• Plate armor
• Helmet

• Shield

Siege and Vehicle Warfare

For when a sword or gun just won't do the job.

• Siege Weapon
• Cannon
• Rocket
• Tank
• Combat Aircraft
• Warship

Places and People

For when you want to travel to new and exciting locales and meet (and/or murder) new people.

• Roman Empire
• China
• Spartans
• Mongols
• Nazi
• British Empire

Other

For everything else that goes into a setting. Whether it be a theme or societal function.

• Money
• Horse
• Smith
• Tavern
• Dungeon
• Guild
• Castle
• Slavery
• Empire
• Peasant
• Noble
• Medieval Stasis