Topic: Question to Raggi about Historical Bibliography

Hey, it's me again. I hope I'm not being too annoying, but I would like to know if you could, James, tell about what history books do you use in your campaign or read in order to create adaptations. You've said that you base your games on Earth, around XIV, XV and XVI century, and I'm curious to know in which books you base your stories.

I'm thinking on gming a campaign around the War of the Roses, but I'm not sure yet. I'm readding 'The urban history of england', by Cambridge university. I also have some other books, but they are too specific. I would like to know if you could point to a more resumed text or maybe the appointments you've written for your campaigns.

Also, if this is not too much out of topic, do you still play your campaign? Is there any chances for you to record your sessioins and make an actual play podcast of it? I find that there are too few actual plays (aps) recorded of LotFP, and I think it would be awesome for everyone to hear more about the game.

Thank you for reading my questions,

Victor

Re: Question to Raggi about Historical Bibliography

My "real" campaign is in the year 1601 right now, latest gaming has been Thirty Years War stuff (autumn 1631 to be precise).

I do still play my home game (but it's not as regular as I'd like due to work priorities and being under the weather lately), but recording actual play... eeeeeeeek. (not a fan of recording or listening to game sessions...)

The current bibliography for the Early Modern gaming book that's slowly coming together:

Atmore, Anthony and Oliver, Roland. Medieval Africa 1250-1800. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Barratt, John. Sieges of the English Civil Wars. Pen & Sword Books, 2009.
Black, Christopher. The Italian Inquisition. Yale University Press, 2009.
Brnardic, Vladimir. Imperial Armies of the Thirty Years' War (1). Osprey Publishing, 2009.
Brnardic, Vladimir. Imperial Armies of the Thirty Years' War (2). Osprey Publishing, 2010.
Brzezinski, Richard. The Army of Gustavus Adolphus (1). Osprey Publishing, 1991.
Brzezinski, Richard. The Army of Gustavus Adolphus (2). Osprey Publishing, 1993.
Brzezinski, Richard. Polish Armies 1569-1696 (1). Osprey Publishing, 1987
Brzezinski, Richard. Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2). Osprey Publishing, 1988.
Burke, Peter. Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Burkholder, Mark A. and Lyman L. Johnson. Colonial Latin America. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Casale, Giancarlo. The Ottoman Age of Exploration. Oxford University Press, 2010.
Chartrand, René. The Spanish Main 1492-1800. Osprey Publishing, 2006.
Chartrand, René. The Forts of New France. Osprey Publishing, 2010.
Chartrand, René. The Forts of Colonial North America (British, Dutch, and Swedish Colonies), Osprey Publishing, 2011.
Chase, Kenneth. Firearms: A Global History to 1700. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Cunningham, Andrew and Grell, Ole Peter. The Four Horsement of the Apocalypse. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Dale, Stephen F. The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
de Quesada, Alejandro. Spanish Colonial Fortifications in North America 1565-1822. Osprey Publishing, 2010.
de Vries, Jan. The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1976.
de Vries, Jan. European Urbanization 1500-1800. Harvard University Press, 1984.
Detorakis, Theochariś. History of Crete. Iraklion 1994.
Fagan, Brian. The Little Ice Age. Basic Books 2000.
Faroqhi, Suraiya. The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It. I.B. Tauris 2006.
Faroqui, Suraiya. Subjects of the Sultan: Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire. I.B. Taurus, 2005.
Febvre, Lucien and Martin, Henri-Jean. The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing 1450-1800. Verso 1976.
Gaskill, Malcolm. Witchfinders. John Murray, 2005.
Goffman, Daniel. The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Green, Toby. Inquisition: Reign of Fear. Macmillan 2007.
Groebner, Valentin. Who Are You? Identification, Deception, and Surveillance in Early Modern Europe. Zone Books, 2007.
Hall, Bert S. Weapons & Warfare in Renaissance Europe. The John Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Harrington, Peter. English Civil War Fortifications 1642-51. Osprey Publishing, 2003.
Haynes, Alan. The Gunpowder Plot. The History Press, 1994.
Henry, Chris. English Civil War Artillery 1642-51. Osprey Publishing, 2005.
Howell, Martha C. Commerce before Capitalism in Europe, 1300-1600. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Israel, Jonathan I. The Dutch Republic. Oxford University Press, 1995.
Kamen, Henry. Early Modern European Society. Routledge, 2000.
Klein, Herbert S. The Atlantic Slave Trade. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Konstam, Angus. Buccaneers 1620-1700. Osprey Publishing, 2000.
Konstam, Angus. Elizabethan Sea dogs 1560-1605. Osprey Publishing, 2000.
Konstam, Angus. Renaissance War Galley 1470-1590. Osprey Publishing, 2002.
Konstam, Angus. Spanish Galleon 1530-1690. Osprey Publishing, 2004.
Konstam, Angus. Tudor Warships (1). Osprey Publishing, 2008.
Konstam, Angus. Tudor Warships (2). Osprey Publishing, 2008.
Konstam, Angus. Warships of the Anglo-Dutch Wars 1652-74. Osprey Publishing, 2011.
Kümin, Beat (ed.). The European World 1500-1800. Routledge, 2009.
López, Ignacio and Ivan Notario. The Spanish Tercios 1536-1704. Osprey Publishing, 2012.
MacCulloch,Diarmaid. Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700. Penguin Books, 2003.
Maczak, Antoni. Travel in Early Modern Europe. Polity Press, 1995.
McEvedy, Colin. The Penguin Atlas of Modern History (to 1815). Penguin Books, 1972.
Newitt, Malyn. A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion, 1400-1668. Routledge, 2005.
Nicolle, David. Armies of the Ottoman Turks 1300-1774. Osprey Publishing, 1983.
Nicolle, David. Hungary and the fall of Eastern Europe 1000-1568. Osprey Publishing, 1988.
Nicolle, David. The Janissaries. Osprey Publishing, 1995.
Nicolle, David. The Portuguese in the Age of Discovery c. 1340-1665. Osprey Publishing, 2012.
Nossov, Konstantin. Russian Fortresses 1480-1682. Osprey Publishing, 2006.
Parrott, David. The Business of War. Cambidge University Press, 2012.
Pettegree, Andrew. Europe in the Sixteenth Century. Blackwell Publishing, 2002.
Porter, Stephen. Shakespeare's London: Everyday Life in London 1580-1616. Amberley Publishing, 2011.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People's History. Harper Perennial, 2006.
Roberts, Keith. Soldiers of the English Civil War (I). Osprey Publishing, 1989.
Roberts, Keith. Matchlock Musketeers 1588-1688. Osprey Publishing, 2002.
Roberts, Keith. Pike and Shot Tactics 1590-1660. Osprey Publishing 2010.
Secara, Maggie. A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603. Popinjay Press, 2008.
Shpakovsky, Viacheslav and David Nicolle. Armies of Ivan the Terrible. Osprey Publishing, 2006.
Sider, Sandra. Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Siochrú, Micheál Ó. God's Executioner. Faber and Faber, 2008.
Sturdy, David J. Fractured Europe 1600-1721. Blackwell Publishing, 2002.
Taylor, Alan. American Colonies: The Settling of North America. Penguin Books, 2001
Tincey, John. Ironsides: English Cavalry 1588-1688. Osprey Publishing, 2002.
Tinniswood, Adrian. Pirates of Barbary. Vintage, 2011.
Toy, Sidney. A History of Fortification from 3000 BC to AD 1700. Pen & Sword Books, 2006.
Tracy, James D. The Political Economy of Merchant Empires. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Tracy, James D. The Rise of Merchant Empires. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Urban, William. Matchlocks to Flintlocks: Warfare in Europe and Beyond. Frontline Books, 1500-1700.
various authors. Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern World AD 1500 – AD 1763. Amber Books 2005.
Vilar, Pierre. A History of Gold and Money. New Left Books 1976.
Wilson, Peter H. Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War. Penguin Books, 2010.
Wood, Michael. Conquistadors. BBC Books, 2000.
Woodman, Richard. Neptune's Trident. The History Press, 2008.

Re: Question to Raggi about Historical Bibliography

Wow, thank you for not only the answer, but how fast it was. Thank you very much, I will be looking which of those books I can get my hands on and read.

So, about the actual play recording, no chance, right? I myself like hearing aps instead of reading. But that was just a minor curiosity of mine to hear from your sessions, don't worry about it. 

And about all of that, do you have any intention of writting a campaign setting? That would be, if I can emphasise, VERY good, at least on my curious point o view. I don't know any good 'real world' setting rpg for the renaissance period. There are many about the medieval ages and about the early industrial age and victorian age, but none I can remember talk about renaissance. And most of them are very 'high fantasy' or not on earth, and that's kind of a bother to me.

A campaign setting about 1600 england, with a weird touch, would be amazing. Any plans about that?

Re: Question to Raggi about Historical Bibliography

This is huge set of books. I am quite impressed to see anyone having such a huge collection of History books.

Re: Question to Raggi about Historical Bibliography

I'm guessing that Mr. Raggi was a wargamer at some point with the omnipresence of Osprey titles. wink

Re: Question to Raggi about Historical Bibliography

skars wrote:

I'm guessing that Mr. Raggi was a wargamer at some point with the omnipresence of Osprey titles. wink

Nope. They're good primers on specific historic periods and excellent art reference resources. smile