ayascythe | A little help? (Reply)

While I absolutely adore the fact that we're roleplaying the Kingmaker campaign again, I absolutely resent the fact that this time, we're doing it with a group full of bragging smartasses, who - instead of helping you out - make you feel lousy and inadequate for not knowing things about etiquette among nobility or - something which will become important later on - medieval warfare.

And the thing is - the thing is: I hate it when people patronize me and try to make me feel dumb. The thing is also that I'd rather say nothing at all than risking stupid comments. But since I love this RPG campaign so much and need to play an active role in it, I need the background knowledge.

I'm already hunting down Wikipedia articles and stuff, but, y'know, since I have a lot of history buffs on my flist I thought I might ask: do you know good resources (links, books, anything) about said topics (etiquette, warfare), hopefully something that's easy enough ~~for dummies~~ and stays on the practical side of things (I'm not looking for strategical Sun Tsu like stuff, I need concrete information like which unit has which task/strength and is best used at which moment, etc.)?