"Top 10 terrain every Ancients-Medieval gamer should have" Topic
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 Parzival  | 17 Jan 2019 8:09 a.m. PST |
Not necessarily all on the table at the same time, of course! Large circular hill
Small circular hill
Long ridge hill
Short ridge hill
River
Forked river
Stone bridge
Wood bridge
Low stone wall
Earth rampart
Wood walled fort
Stone walled fort
Wood keep
Stone square keep
Stone round keep
Church/Cathedral
Bog/marsh
Forest
Monastery/Convent/Abbey
Walled monastery/Convent/Abbey
Stone farmhouse/cottage
Wood farmhouse/cottage
Stone henge/shrine
Greek/Roman temple
Pyramid
Sphinx
Ziggurat
Domed temple/mosque
Giant Wooden Horse
Small pond/lake
Large pond/lake
Rocky area
Stone ruins All above presented only in the order they popped into my head! Feel free to nominate more! |
| Frederick | 17 Jan 2019 8:55 a.m. PST |
To the above great list Wooden fences
Thatch huts
Way station/town hall
Watch tower
Trees |
 ColCampbell | 17 Jan 2019 9:02 a.m. PST |
In addition to what you nominated: Field of crops, with and without walled/fenced enclosures
Orchard, especially olive grove for Mediterranean area
Small grove or coppice of trees
Brushy/overgrown area
Desert oasis with palm trees and bushes
Area of soft sand
Vineyard Jim |
| Dagwood | 17 Jan 2019 9:46 a.m. PST |
Ditches were used more often as field boundaries then than now, so ditches ! |
| robert piepenbrink | 17 Jan 2019 11:55 a.m. PST |
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| Rogues1 | 17 Jan 2019 12:24 p.m. PST |
@Robert – in Medieval times it is not a hedge but a shrubbery – Ni! |
| Dicymick | 17 Jan 2019 1:31 p.m. PST |
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| evilgong | 17 Jan 2019 2:55 p.m. PST |
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| Nick Bowler | 17 Jan 2019 3:02 p.m. PST |
As the vast majority of conflicts were skirmishes or sieges (including sallies from a siege), a full castle and walled city are important additions! |
| Grelber | 17 Jan 2019 8:25 p.m. PST |
A blacksmith's forge. They were usually located near a stream. Grelber |
| Martin Rapier | 18 Jan 2019 12:22 a.m. PST |
For Ancients. A nice flat plain.
A few hills
Some trees
Streams
A river
Camp
City Walls
Marsh
Beach/shoreline |
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