Drive Thru RPG had an email go out about free digital copies of comics. That might be another lead for you.

Impressive. I want to say that it needs more swords.

As a student of Historical European Martial Arts, I will say that the video showed some interesting and somewhat accurate tactics. The kid isn't describing it very well in the vid but it will be the closest thing so far to real fighting. Not that a video game will ever replace actual live steel sparring with safety…

Hopefully, one day, someone will make a movie with some Western Martial Arts magic in it, aka a proper half-sword and grapple battle between to armoured mercenaries fighting for the Italian city states while the Pope rubs his hands and mutters "excellent" under his breath. Bonus points if it's a Borgia pope. :)

i have not seen that episode of Spaced! Gasp! I have seen others, though. I have a weekend mission, so I shall have to watch just to enjoy the reference. Yes. :) and also look for sneaky ways to see Hawk the Slayer. Netflix needs a section for such things...

I liked the hilt of Hawk's sword. It was pretty cool. And at a time when Gor and the Barbarian Brothers weren't wearing anything, Hawk had armour! Only a bit of it, sure, but still! And then, automatic elf, the whip fellow who could catch a fish, repeating crossbow of doom, and Jack Palance! I need to watch it again!

The elf from Hawk the Slayer was even faster than the one from Gauntlet, so take that, Jeff Albertson!

Yep. UK food laws are good, which is why I wish Canada was Britain West instead of America Junior for the purpose of food. And a few other things. Ah well.

Well, in the UK they use vegetable fat. That's what I see on my box of Bitsa Wispa. Canadian Hershey's chocolate lists Polyglycerol. Hmm.

UK made versions taste better. I have, um, conducted repeated testsing. Yes.

Canada has Malteasers and Crunchies, and many Walmart locations have a tiny section of Asda groceries for imported Double Deckers and Jelly Babies, Hobnobs and proper tasting tins of beans. So it's not all Amazon and import shops and outrageous prices. Of course, finding PG Tips without being robbed is still an issue.

I suspect it means chocolate made in north american factories for candy bars. That qualifies as American chocolate.

Ignore what everyone else is posting. You have the right of it. Sugar and wax abound in North American made chocolate. Even the Canadian version of Aero is inferior compared to something made in the UK. it's all about laws and what fats and fillers you can get away with, and I know in Canada it is legal to put edible…

They do pretty looking work, but remember, this video proves that these fancy crossbow contraptions are weak. The blade just manages to stick into some fruit, and we know that there would be many takes to get the footage we saw.

The original idea was for these guys to blend weapons. It was called Reforged because they would re-make things, like a Wolverine and Batman mashup, or the Ninja Turtle weapon made from parts of all their weapons. But now it is back to making video game weapons that are weak in the real world.

Well, yeah, in a later military context spikes on helmets for officers are fine. Visual cue for the troops, and usually the person is on a horse. Weapon use had changed as well by then, with a musket and bayonet combo, and so on and I could go on but, I agree with you so leave it there right? Right. :)

The spiked helmet is another thing I don't like. Can be grasped, or allow the blow to deliver it's force instead of sliding off. All that energy has to go somewhere. It's along the same reasoning as the boob armour issue. Of course, protrusions such as a shield boss or shield spike are good, because arms are better at…

It's more than a handle, it's a catch point that allows the force of a blow to end up tweaking the neck inthe wrong direction. But yes, very good stuff about the Romans there.

You should rant. The moe we rant, the greater the chance that somone will realise the silliness of such things, like the horned helmet. Somthing ceremonial is never good for the battlefield.

Yes, you are quite right. I meant it about small crossbows like a hand-held one. I should have been more clear. Modern crossbows can store a lot of energy. Something small, and older, not so much. Thus the goats-foot levers and cranquines for Medieval and Renaissance crossbows, to try and store more energy on a…