tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post743589804518764060..comments2024-03-27T22:37:01.796-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: Origami CorrespondencePeter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-66478775235025589982021-03-03T21:50:41.468-05:002021-03-03T21:50:41.468-05:00"Real security in Renaissance era corresponde..."Real security in Renaissance era correspondence was provided by...well, that's getting ahead of myself."<br /><br />Do I smell an article?evileeyorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296632217198088455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-43031604459646756152021-03-03T20:44:42.185-05:002021-03-03T20:44:42.185-05:00He's 10% of the way there just in the comments...He's 10% of the way there just in the comments section of my blog.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-43188187839400134852021-03-03T20:08:00.018-05:002021-03-03T20:08:00.018-05:00And hence the comment "Meanwhile, Matt Riggsb...And hence the comment "Meanwhile, Matt Riggsby could probably toss off 2000 words on the subject for a GURPS article in, oh, a day." is somewhat justified :)Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16408146921819252845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-44973174434479275362021-03-02T21:29:38.487-05:002021-03-02T21:29:38.487-05:00The article implies somewhat greater security in l...The article implies somewhat greater security in letterlocking than folding actually provides. The purpose of letterlocking was to turn the paper into a physically secure package which wouldn't accidentally come open during long and difficult periods of transit (in the absence of separate envelopes), not necessarily an informationally secure package which would be difficult to get in to. We can't open them now not because it's inherently difficult to unfold paper, but because the paper is hundreds of years old and very fragile, prone to crumbling if you just look at it too hard, let alone try to unfold it even if you know exactly what you're doing. <br /><br />The game use I might make of it is having it be a point of forgery. Writers tended to have their own personal styles of folding their letters for transit. You can copy the penmanship of His Grace the Bishop of Oxbridge perfectly, but someone who knows him well may get suspicious if it's just rolled up and wrapped with ribbon and seal rather than folded up in his habitual pentagonal half-twist, or even if it's his original, it's a careful spy indeed who folds it back just the way His Grace likes it and avoids signs of tampering. Real security in Renaissance era correspondence was provided by...well, that's getting ahead of myself.<br />Iron Llamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08593249565706623705noreply@blogger.com