Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
The Costumes of Game of Thrones - The Iron Anniversary
The costumes of Game of Thrones remain legendary. Read along as our writers break down their favorite costumes from the entire series.
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight
This week I want to try something a little different. Rather than taking apart a particular fantasy military system, I thought I might try to lay out a more general sense of how military systems te…
Do not conquer what you cannot defend — LessWrong
Once upon a time there was a great king. He ruled his kingdom with wisdom and economically literate policies, and prosperity followed. Seeing this, t…
The Player and the Played
In an age when capitalism feels like an unwinnable game, extreme reactionary ideas and politics are on the rise. The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, Squid Gam...
Why your Steppe Empire can not exist
Why are we obsessed with Viking ferocity? Because they lost!
UHI Institute for Northern Studies alumnus Stephen Barnaby discusses his research on the Vikings in our latest guest blog post. Consider this account, by a British monk, of an invasion of his own C…
On Armies Unknown
A fan site for Unknown Armies 3, an urban fantasy horror roleplaying game. Written by Greg Stolze and John Tynes, published by Atlas Games.
Collections: How the Weak Can Win – A Primer on Protracted War
Thanks to our volunteer narrator, this post is now available in audio format. This week, in an effort to fill in some of the theoretical basis for thinking about how weaker powers think about fight…
Scamland Myanmar: how conflict and crime syndicates built a global fraud industry - ASPI
While it’s commonly understood that conflict-affected landscapes can often act as safe havens for transnational organised crime, little attention is paid to the central role that state actors play.
Solutions Privilege: How privilege shapes the expectations of solutions, and why it’s bad for our work addressing systemic injustice
Hi everyone, quick disclaimers. Game of Thrones is back, and it runs on Sunday nights, when I’m usually doing my writing, so the next several blog posts will likely decrease in quality and coherence. The last few days also found my kids with food poisoning. I will spare you
TANKS
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Darfur’s Endless War
As paramilitaries tear through their already devastated province, self-defense fighters in North Darfur have taken up arms to defend their homes.
The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Kingkiller Chronicle is a planned fantasy trilogy by the American writer Patrick Rothfuss. The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011. The books released in the series have sold over 10 million copies.
Anti-social Punishment — LessWrong
Why do some societies exhibit more antisocial punishment than others? Martin explores both some literature on the subject, and his own experience liv…
