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What is the minimum human population necessary for a sustainable colony?

Possible distance travelled by horse over 6 weeks?

Are there techniques for creating alien or foreign sounding names?

Spiders In Space: How to design a space suit for an arachnid?

How many people can you feed per square-kilometer of farmland?

Plausible Reasons for usage of Combat Mecha

Taxing the superhero industry

Stealth in Space: How realistic is it?

Is there a more effective way to build a language than a word frequency list?

How far away would an alien civilization need to be for us to not notice them?

Realistic economic impact of a Hero

How would an independent, illegal and secret group of assassins accept assignments?

Why is ground warfare smaller scaled than space warfare?

What does a medieval army cost?

How to add tactics and maneuvering into space warfare

Justifying Affordable Bespoke Spaceships

Mapping a fantasy/horror building where rooms overlap

What would a battle between supercomputers be like with the battleground being the internet?

What should a god put on an island, so that its human settlers will more quickly achieve an industrialised society?

What makes trading cities rich?

Can we build a roguelike maze?

Currency for my medieval game

What efficiencies make a realistic food chain?

Close Quarters Combat… In Space

What city and town structures are important in a low fantasy medieval world?

Why would boarding school be mandatory?

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