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| Very interesting, thanks Mr. LFB. But I have another question for you, when did guns and gunpowder come into use? (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Correction--oops. Bayeux Tapestry is the depiction of the Battle of Hastings. I'm thinking of another tapestry, but the date is right (1324, 1326, and 1327 are the ones given). I hate making misteaks like that. best LFB (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) The commonly accepted date for the European adoption of cannon is 1327, when one appears (IIRC) on the Bayeux Tapestry as sort of a modified ballista (it's firing a giant arrowhead). But that's an indication that, by then, cannon had diffused (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| This is probably a stupid question, but when did cannons come into use? Would a ship in the 'castle' era have cannons? (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
| | | | Sailing Ships (a lack of them)
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| Hello everyone, I've started out on writing some rules for a naval combat game set in a castle style era. I had about four pages but was a nimrod and forgot to save and then the program crashed and I lost all my work. :( Anyways I suppose I should (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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