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Chainmail is a medieval miniature wargame created by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren. Gygax developed the core medieval system of the game by expanding on rules authored by his fellow Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association (LGTSA) member Jeff Perren, a hobby-shop owner with whom he had become friendly.
The game was promoted as a successor to Chainmail. [1] In a Battlesystem game, each miniature represents a hero, a commander, or multiple troops, depending on the troops' level or hit dice. [2] There are no statistics in the game for any troops or characters, but, instead, all are derived from the relevant Dungeons & Dragons publications.
A tabard is a short coat which was a common item of men's clothing in the Middle Ages, and which has survived to the present day as the distinctive garment of officers of arms. Tabard may also refer to: HMS Tabard, a British submarine; Tabard, British English for a cobbler apron; Tabard Gardens, a park in Southwark, London, located on Tabard Street
A tabard for the Chief Herald of Canada to wear on special occasions was unveiled in May 2012 by David Johnston, the Governor General of Canada. The tabard weighs 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) and is coloured in royal blue, a colour emblematic of the governor general. The tabard is made up of four sections that include several symbols.
4-1 link pattern. The most common pattern of linking the rings together is the 4-to-1 pattern, where each ring is linked with four others. Historically, the rings composing a piece of mail would be riveted closed to reduce the chance of the rings splitting open when subjected to an attack.
Chain mail (also known as chain-mail, mail or maille) [1] is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh. It was in common military use between the 3rd century BC and the 16th century AD in Europe, while it continued to be used in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East as late as the 17th century.
Many of the features found in contemporary instant messaging programs were first introduced in PowWow. The program also had several innovative features such as allowing users to talk with each other using VoIP, a shared whiteboard, a built-in speech synthesizer, WAV sound file playing, offline transmittal of instant messages via POP/SMTP, and the ability for users to share their web surfing ...
The game begins at the decline of Camelot because of the love triangle between King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.This 'curse' brought famine and drought in the kingdom. After having a vision of the Holy Grail covered by a silver cloth, Gawain, Lancelot and Galahad departed on a quest for the Holy Grail, but they did not ret