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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Nick Harbud on April 07, 2023, 11:04:53 AM

Title: Far Out
Post by: Nick Harbud on April 07, 2023, 11:04:53 AM
Yeah, OK.  It has nothing to do with wargaming, but this tale of hallucinogenic drug use (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65211722) on ancient Menorca is still quite interesting.

 8)
Title: Re: Far Out
Post by: Imperial Dave on April 07, 2023, 11:06:07 AM
trust you lol

 ;D
Title: Re: Far Out
Post by: DBS on April 07, 2023, 03:47:13 PM
Not surprising but a good confirmation.  I am amused that the Beeb very, very, carefully does not say from which plants the naughty people were extracting their wacky products.   :)

Maybe Balearic slingers should have a random factor for accuracy being off due to unwise consumption before the battle?
Title: Re: Far Out
Post by: Imperial Dave on April 07, 2023, 03:50:39 PM
D6 roll of 1 = result of "wayward"
Title: Re: Far Out
Post by: Nick Harbud on April 08, 2023, 11:30:45 AM
One has this vision of ancient North Europeans making an annual migration to the Balearics in order to indulge themselves in sun, intoxicants and orgies....

...nothing much has really changed over the millenia.

 ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Far Out
Post by: DBS on April 08, 2023, 01:57:03 PM
I wonder if Strabo's famous story about the local children has lost something in translation - they did not have to hit a loaf of bread with a slingshot before they could eat it, but a "special" chocolate brownie?
Title: Re: Far Out
Post by: Imperial Dave on April 08, 2023, 02:26:34 PM
Edibles
Title: Re: Far Out
Post by: Mark G on April 08, 2023, 08:39:37 PM
I'm just wondering what the tunes were like back then.
Title: Re: Far Out
Post by: Imperial Dave on April 08, 2023, 10:34:43 PM
Death metal