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Stephanie St Clair - Queen of Policy - Extra History

You know you've done a good job when you can retire peacefully. 

Mulan - The Girl Who Didn't Have to Change to Become a Hero - Extra Mythology

The rabbit poem is the only good addition in the live-action movie and you all can fight me about it - A

POLL: Pick the Next Extra History Series! "Breaking the Rules""

The Extra History Series poll is here! In order to help keep things on schedule for Rob's paternity leave, this poll will be stretched over June & July! We're just breaking all kinds of rules. Have these 4 topics that are just a bit past the usual dates.

The Spanish Civil War: Prelude to WWII?

The Spanish Civil War has often been called a prelude to WWII, the first time the ideologies of democracy, communism, and fascism battled on a grand ...

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Thirty Years War - Chaining the Dragon - Extra History - #5

The rise of sovereign secular nations and national identity begins to form as the war is finally put to slumber... for now.

$10+ Patrons can submit questions for the Lies episode here

4k Wallpapers - Jewish Pirates

SURPRISE! No one expects me to use the same joke twice! 

Also forgive me for these wallpapers are a lil late but look at 'em! Well worth the wait. Ali did a killer job with the art for this series.

Which one is your favorite?

Helping Your Players Design - 6 Rules for Design Tools - Extra Credits

Designing the design so players can design their design.

Thirty Years War - Death - Extra History - #4

It is wild that it took so long before more combatants died in battle than died from camp disease.

$10+ Patrons can submit questions for the Lies episode here

Hermaphroditus - Intersex Icon - Extra Mythology

Happy Pride everyone~!

Thirty Years War - Famine - Extra History - #3

If your economics class doesn't include a lil bit of cannibalism, is it even a real economics class?

$10+ Patrons can submit questions for the Lies episode here

Making Better RPG Classes - What Makes a Class Classic? - Extra Credits

Powered by the Apocalypse's playlists are one of the best ways to see an archetype broken into it's most essential parts.

Last Call for Topic Submissions!

The suggestion box for May/June is open until 6/9 so get your suggestions in now!

Our theme for May & June is BREAKING THE TIMELINE—1930s and 40s 

More details can be found here 

Some notes about suggestions:

• If a suggestion we encounter only has enough research material/production scope for a one-off episode instead of a full seri...
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Thirty Years War - The 2nd Horseman - Extra History - #2

We spent a lot of time debating over whether to call this episode War or The 2nd Horseman but figured it was a lil too close to Conquest. Translational work of the bible is hard y'all.

$10+ Patrons can submit questions for the Lies episode here 

Negro League Baseball - Breaking Baseball's Color Barrier - Extra History

Telling the players to just sit down while you strike out the opposite team is the biggest power move I have ever heard.

Beowulf - The Dragon - Extra Mythology - #3

BEOWULF!

One last joooooob!

Submit Questions for the Thirty Years' War Lies Episode

Got a question? Noticed something wrong with a flag? Let us know!

A reminder that you can submit questions for our lies episode directly! We'll do our best to include as many as we can, and give you a shout out in the episode.

The form will remain open for the length of the series and close the Sunday after the final episode airs. Feel free to submit as many questions as you like!

Thirty Years' War - Conquest - Extra History - #1

You know it's gonna be a good series when we open on an execution.

Suggestion Survey is Open through 6/9!

Our theme for May & June is BREAKING THE TIMELINE—1930s and 40s

As you all know, we have a 100-year cutoff for our regular series—meaning that currently we only accept topics for vote if they take place before 1929. This is so we can get proper historical distance, and so we don't spend most of our time in the mid-to-late 20th century.

But what is a rule, if you don't break it every once in a while? We haven't had a sponsored episode ...

Min-Spec vs AAA - The Secret Accessibility of the PC - Extra Credits

Fight fight fight fight!

♫ Jewish Pirates - Los Piratas Judios - Extra History Music

( Watch the Music Video Here ) 

Jewish Pirates - Lies - Extra History

The Recommended Reading List

A Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe by Mercedes Garcia-Arenal & Gerard Wiegers 

Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler  2021-05-21 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Beowulf - Grendel's Mother Reacts! - Extra Mythology - #2

[jeff goldblum voice] Mommy's very angry.

Climbing Matterhorn - Women Ascending - Extra History - #2

That moment when a dog is more recognized for it's climbing accomplishments instead of the first woman to scale the Matterhorn.

Final Fantasy VII: Breaking the Remake - Reboots, Remasters, and Remakes - Extra Credits

This might have the most outside sound cues for an Extra Credits episode and I'm not sorry. 

Climbing the Matterhorn - Death Mountain - Extra History - #1

The 1800s were a wild time where climbing a mountain drunk seemed like a reasonable thing to do. 

4k Wallpapers - Furies, Easy Modes, and more

Wallpapers from our April episodes featuring the Furies & Medusa, Easy Modes aren't Easy & Fail Faster 2, and the Battle of Milvian Bridge.

POLL: Pick the Next Extra History Series! "Filling Out the Map"

It's time again to pick the next Extra History topic! There were tons of great suggestions for this poll & it was incredibly difficult to narrow it down to just 4. Well, 3 & then Grant. While Grant might not have fit the theme so much, he's been a reoccurring figure in the suggestions and the polls so we figured we'd give him another shot.

Also of note, this series will be written by a guest writer! Rob will be away on paternity leave but will be leaving EH in the hands of Rober...

Beowulf v. Grendel - Dawn of Heorot - Extra Mythology

As someone who lives in an apartment complex with upstairs neighbors who seem to enjoy midnight bowling, I really gotta sympathize with Grendel on this one.

Jewish Pirates - Treasure for Days! & The New World - Extra History - #4

If Captain Henry Morgan signs your citizenship papers, you are officially the most pirate to ever pirate. That's a pirate fact.

$10 Patrons can submit questions directly for Lies here

Battle of the Milvian Bridge - Constantine vs Maxentius - Extra History

Always be aware of the carrying capacity of a bridge you are gonna have a war on. Also vague prophecies.

Fail Faster 2: Fail Better - Iteration & Feedback - Extra Credits

Taking criticism is the hardest part of literally any job, but especially one where you are being creatively vulnerable. But the point is not to "never be wrong" but instead, be willing to let go of ideas when they just aren't working.