"Five Things ‘Game of Thrones’ Teaches Us About ..." Topic

…Medieval Warfare.

"GAME OF THRONES may be pure make-believe, but both the books and the smash hit TV series have stoked some serious interest in Medieval history, particularly warfare from the period. But what can those interested in the great battles of the Middle Ages learn from George R. R. Martin's sprawling saga about the fight for Westeros and Essos? Perhaps more than you think. With the fifth season of Game of Thrones galloping towards its bloody climax, the makers of the interactive digital app West Point History of Warfare: Medieval bring us five ways GoT measures up (and also falls short) when it comes to historical accuracy. Consider the following…"
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Armand

With all due respect I think that Got and "historical accuracy" are a contradiction in terms.

I get the point. The author of the article feels the general atmosphere of GoT is authentic to the real world Medieval period.

About characters wandering about, bumping into, raping, torturing, molesting, and murdering each other….not to mention dragon burning….with little rhyme or reason.

And,that a Lannister always pays his debts. ;^)

Both Ice and Fire and to a lesser extent the HBO version Game of Thrones do a quite reasonalbe job of depicting the realities of a mediveal society racked by war. The books esp make some effort to convery military stategy in the battle scences as well as the shear chaos of being caught up in one.

As to the mayhem outside of the battles – it is if anything an even more realistic element of medieval warfare where destruction of your enenmies economy by burning, stealing and murdering were standard strategy. It seems random to the victums but is intended to force battle or weaken a foes resource base (which does not make any less deplorable).

This is one of many overarching themes of Ice and Fire whether discernable to all or not.

The books seemed to have stiumlated interest in medieval history – a good thing. For gamers we get endless new possible campaigns and battles which can be fought out using any good medieval rule set (I recommend Big Battle DBA 3.0).

TomT

It teaches us that winter cannot get here quick enough…