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Battle Reports / Re: Optio at ICON

Last post by Erpingham - Oct 09, 2026, 04:02 PM

Judging by the opposition, I think you must have been in with a shout at best looking game in show.

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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Sculpture finds from Aquin...

Last post by michaellaneuk - Oct 09, 2026, 12:15 PM

The three sacrificial animals are the same as those shown in three scenes on Trajan's Column where the Emperor is depicted taking the auspices.

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Society Convention / Re: Ecorcheurs Hundred Years W...

Last post by Nick Harbud - Oct 09, 2026, 09:23 AM

Despite Rob bringing his game to Colours for the last couple of years, I have not yet had the opportunity to try it out.  However, I look forward to remedying this situation even if it is a case of the blind leading the blind.

BTW, hopefully you will have time to try out my boardgame of the Anabasis based upon our discussions at the Convention last year. 

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Society Convention / Ecorcheurs Hundred Years War s...

Last post by Bohemond - Oct 09, 2026, 06:24 AM

I am offering to run a learning session of this new game designed by historianinharness@gmail.com - Dr Rob Jones. I have played it with the author a couple of times at wargames shows. I can take a maximum of 4 players for this exercise. I lack experience with the system, though. Has anyone attending the Convention played it and would like to join in in order to support me?

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Ancient and Medieval History / Hittite royal archive unearthe...

Last post by nikgaukroger - Oct 09, 2026, 04:49 AM

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/3400-year-old-hittite-royal-archive-unearthed-in-turkiye-what-does-it-reveal-3229880?s=1

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Battle Reports / Re: Optio at ICON

Last post by Justin Swanton - Oct 08, 2026, 11:59 PM

Interesting battle in terms of the Roman confidence rising and falling. The legions seemed to take quite a battering and might have welcomed some support on the right flank to turn the battle.

Did any of the "zany" visitors take an interest in the "two old dudes playing with toy soldiers"?

They were doing their own thing. We were in a room with (I think) Magic the Gathering players. Several normal-looking visitors came by to watch our games.

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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Oldest gun found in South ...

Last post by stevenneate - Oct 08, 2026, 09:39 PM

Somewhat ironic it was found by the military during mine clearance

May have discovered the world's oldest landmines as well?

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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Oldest gun found in South ...

Last post by Imperial Dave - Oct 08, 2026, 07:50 PM

Wow

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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Oldest gun found in South ...

Last post by Jim Webster - Oct 08, 2026, 07:40 PM

Somewhat ironic it was found by the military during mine clearance

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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Ur III period tablets reve...

Last post by Sharur - Oct 08, 2026, 07:23 PM

And happy to find there's a link to the full Open Access paper at the end of that page too!

Especially intrigued by the name of one of the scribes(?), Ur-Guedena, since "Guedena" was the name of one of the key places that led to warfare between the city-states of Lagash and Umma around the later-mid 3rd millennium BCE (as I noted back in Slingshot 257). Of course, that needn't mean anything beyond someone bearing a name after a place - plenty of those around modernly, after all, but interesting all the same. Well, to me, anyway!