I have been somewhat amiss in not pointing this out earlier, but if you enjoy historical games on the ancient world (as I do, and I assume you do, given your presence here), then you really mustn’t miss Troy Goodfellow’s excellent series of blog posts: A History of the Ancient Game.

As mentioned on the forum, I was going to be a bit distracted for a while, and I ended up not getting the latest done last week. And then this past weekend, I went on a short vacation to the Eternal City … Roma itself. My second time there, but had to review everything again, as I had my parents along: the Vatican, the Fountains and Piazzas, the Catacombs, and of course the Forum Romanum. Below, a view over the Forum from our trip.

For anyone contemplating Rome, I have only three words: Go. See. Marvel. And try to make time for a visit to Pompeii, if at all possible.

I will try to have the second part of the SPQR post up this weekend.

Well, I got the theme fixed on the blog, so it resembles the rest of the site (well, at least a little bit). Just need to redirect comments to the forum, and we’re set to go… well, once I figure out what I’m going to write, that is.