Volume 1 Issue 37 – Hardcore History with Dan Carlin
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Be sure to check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast!
This week Roll for Initiative has a very special guest - Hardcore History podcast host Dan Carlin.
Ancient and medieval societies are discussed, as well as real life counterparts of AD&D classes. Also, this weeks Creature Feature Theater has roots in ancient Greece, as we discuss caryatid columns.
All of this and more is in a special Hardcore History edition of Roll For Initiative.
INTRO - Dan Carlin of Hardcore History 0:00.000 www.dancarlin.com Damascus Steel HG Wells "A Short History of the World" http://www.bartleby.com/86/
HISTORICAL ERAS 12:28.751 Bronze Age http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age
LIFE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 18:36.109
HISTORICAL COMPARISONS TO AD&D CLASSES 32:16.892 Knights Hospitaller http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller Roman Multi-tool http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/2000-year-old-roman-multi-tool/ HG Wells "Little Wars" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Wars Baghdad Battery http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_11.htm Will Durant http://www.willdurant.com/home.html
Creature Feature Theater - Caryatid Column 52:22.507 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryatid
The Lumpers "Spare Parts" Part 5 - 1:05:37.606
10 Foot Poll / Outro - 1:14:42.311
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