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Zeus_LLC posted...

Is this really PO? =x I assumed you'd have expert-level knowledge about castles.

For all my RPG nerd cred and pride in being a sort of modern Renaissance Man, I've always admitted there are plenty of things I don't know about. I usually don't go into or comment in topics about stuff I'm not all that familiar with though, so I acknowledge I can easily come across as a know-it-all.

For castles, about the only thing I know is that the fiddly bits at top are called crenelations (as mentioned in a recent topic!), and the incredibly esoteric fact that most spiral staircases in Europe tend to go counter-clockwise upwards (which I mostly just use to figure out how to build staircases in Minecraft), because it forces attackers trying to storm a tower to keep their sword-arm towards the central column, which makes it harder for them to fight against defenders above.

Oh, and I know about a little bit Mad King Ludwig's castles because my family (well, part of it) actually comes from Bavaria, so it kind of feels like I'm obligated to know about them.

Otherwise, it's not really a subject that's ever really interested me all that much, so I never really looked into it.
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