Star Forts Timeline & Poster Set

Six printable poster pages on star forts: a timeline from the end of the 15th century to 2017, the parts of a star fort, why the star shape, a slice through the defences, Vauban the great builder, and star forts in numbers. Every fact carries its source.

What’s inside:

- How to use the posters

- Poster 1: timeline, from the end of the 15th century to 2017

- Poster 2: the parts of a star fort

- Poster 3: why the star shape?

- Poster 4: a slice through the defences

- Poster 5: Vauban, the great builder

- Poster 6: star forts in numbers

- Credits, licence and sources

Pages: 9 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

Every fact is checked against named source pages from the Network of Vauban’s Major Sites, UNESCO, English Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland, the US National Park Service, the Japan National Tourism Organization, Fortress Bourtange and italia.it (checked 3 Nov 2026), and the sources are listed on the pack’s credits page.

There are no photos in this pack: all drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Drawings are simplified impressions: not photographs, not reconstructions of any real fort, not to scale, and not copied from any site plan, map, guidebook, print, photo or book. Not affiliated with UNESCO, the Network of Vauban’s Major Sites, English Heritage, Historic England, Historic Environment Scotland, the US National Park Service, the Japan National Tourism Organization, the Hakodate or Hokkaido tourism bodies, Fortress Bourtange, Visit Groningen, Visit Palmanova, italia.it, the UK government or any museum. Their names, and the names of the places they look after, are used only to identify the places and sources we quote.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind star-forts.forts.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.