I loved this video animation of the destruction of Pompeii. What strikes me about it, though, is that there seemingly was ample time to get the heck out of dodge.
Ray Bradbury Theater On YouTube
Back in the 1980s, science fiction/fantasy writer Ray Bradbury write 65 episodes of a Twilight Zone/Outer Limits style anthology series.
The entire run of Ray Bradbury Theater is now on YouTube.
Strange Grogge Black Powder Fantasy Rules
Strage Grogge is a set of free wargames rules for playing Black Powder fantasy games.
Deathball Pit Fighting Rules
Heresy Miniatures offers a set of free miniatures rules called Deathball. There’s also an arena for you to download.
In Deathball, the authors write:
The team’s objectives tend to revolve around the placing of heads and the inflated organs of sacrificial victims into stone goals or onto mighty altars, while at the same time killing and maiming as many of the opposing dark lord’s fighters as possible. In Deathball, deaths are frequent and spectacular: the ‘ball is always the secondary consideration. It is the roar of the crowd, that greets the players with howls of lust and fury as gold changes hands; the laughter of the Dark Lords as another creature is slaughtered; the thrill and relief of surviving; this is what Deathball really is!
Beautiful Watercolors Illustrate Tolkien’s Silmarillion
Evan Palmer has created a series of beautiful watercolors illustrating Tolkien’s Silmarillion.