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Re: First post and LEGO wargaming questions
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:49:16 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > Well, not to toot my own horn, but I have a few siege engines pictured on my
> > website. Three of the four, admitedly, are directly from sets, but I do have
> > a
> > working Trebuchet on my site if you're interested in looking at it. I
> > guarantee you won't find a more devistating wall destroyer than a basket
> > mounted Trebuchet (though lego proves quite resiliant against any lego sized
> > siege equipment)
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/savatheaggie/legohome.html
> >
> > --Anthony
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> That Trebuchet is really cool. I assume it was inspired by Age of Empires 2.
>
> A side not about the cannon however. FYI This is straight from my history
> Professor. While rudimentry cannon were employed posibly as early as the 800s
> (though more likely 1100s.) Exploding charges were not used until the early
> 1700s (possibly in the late 1600s but very rarely) Cannon were not common
> place untill the "pirate" era when a single hole in something (the ship)
> actually mattered. It wasn't until cannon were employed frequently that they
> were refined enough to facilitate the developement of exploding charges and
> consequently their employment on land as a major contributor to a conflict. A
> humorous note is that early cannon (1100-1600s) on land would frequently be
> loaded with the enemy's (on the rare occasion both sides had them) last cannon
> ball fired at the "fortress".
>
> -Lord Insanity
Actually my Trebuchet is insipred by the real life siege engine. Despite
popular belief, yes, the Trebuchet is a real historical weapon. Feel free to
go to the PBS NOVA website and look up their special on the medieval siege,
where men for the first time in many centuries built and used two different
trebuchets.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/
And a side note on the side note. My kingdom is not in any way related to the
real world, so I can have cannons shooting whatever I want :)
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| (...) I realize that, but ever since AOE2 came out I seem to have seen Trebuchets showing up in all sorts of things. Like all of a sudden they are popular again or something. (...) That is why Lego is the best toy in the world. -Lord Insanity (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) That Trebuchet is really cool. I assume it was inspired by Age of Empires 2. A side not about the cannon however. FYI This is straight from my history Professor. While rudimentry cannon were employed posibly as early as the 800s (though more (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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