Anachronism is coming back! The new name is Time Rift.
The Kickstarter has launched, I already backed the project, and you can too if you enjoyed the old Anachronism game!
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Star Wars Unlimited Jump to Lightspeed Prerelease. May Thrawn be with me đ€Ș #starwarsunlimited
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Letâs see what this is all about đ€Ș
Currently at the Bandaifest, I will show you all what I pulled later for this Gundam TCG!
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August
Our eight month. Up until 8 CE, this month was called Sextilis, the 6th month. Before the introduction of the 12-month calendar it was, as the name suggests, the 6th month, after the reformation it would be the 8th month, but it retained its name until it was renamed Augustus in honor of the emperor Augustus.
The summer's heat reaches its zenith, and this is reflected what the ancients celebrated during this month.
We begin our journey on August 3rd, with the Supplicia Canum. This was a rather cruel festival in with dogs were punished by crucifying and staking live dogs and parading them around the city. According to legend, this was done because around 400 BCE, the Gauls were attacking the city of Rome in stealth. The guard dogs did not alarm the Romans by barking. However, the geese around town called out when the Gauls attacked, and they are venerated throughout this same festival. All in all, a very sad beginning of this month.
There are many singular days in this month that hold smaller events like circus games and no long festivals as we have seen in previous months.
However, there are some notable dates to mention.
On the 12th we have the Lychnapsia, or the festival of lamps. This is widely regarded to have been in honor of Isis, the Egyptian goddess who had a substantial following in Rome as well. Lamp lighting in the ancient world was a common practice as other cultures this as well, Egypt had a plethora of festivals of this kind and the Greeks adopted them from Egypt. This practice was implemented in early Christianity as well and still reverberates today in lighting a candle for someone or having a candlelight vigil.
On the 17th we have the Tiberinalia, one of the most ancient festivals that focused on honoring Father Tiber, god of the Tiber river that flows through Rome.
The festival centered around agricultural bounty by the sun and the water.
August 19th was the Vinalia, a festival dedicated to the grape harvest and grape-pressing. As wine was a staple in most Roman households, this must have had a significant meaning for the ancient Romans.
Vulcanalia, on August 23, was a festival honoring the god Vulcan, god of fire, volcanoes and the forge. The summer heat was a bane for farmers and risked burning down granaries and crop. To prevent this, people created bonfires on this day in honor of the god and threw live fish and small animals into the fire as a sacrifice to appease the god.
There were several more festivals around agricultural life, because the dryness and heat of the month August put all the stock in danger, and if there is a food shortage, people are more likely to rebel.
As for the channel this month, it is a hard month to connect to the card game world in this matter. I decided to create a third channel solely dedicated to history, and mostly, Roman history. I will give an update on the channel when this is released.
As for this channel and the month, I will not be spiking dogs, nor will I throw animals in fires, that is just cruel, I will however seek to keep myself cool as I am not built for the summer at all.
I will be back with another month in September!
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June and July or Iunius and Iulius
Last month I forgot write up my monthly story, so here are two in one!
Starting with the month of June.
The days are getting warmer still, and summer is really coming to fruition. This year it was a very wet month here in the Netherlands. Let's see what the ancient Romans thought of this month.
June, according to a poem by Ovid, had three explanations for its name. The first and most obvious one is that the month was named after the goddess Juno. The second explanation also makes sense and pairs the month with May, or Maius (in this context it would mean 'older person'), where Iunius would be derived from iunior, meaning 'younger person'. The third meaning has to do with the goddess Concordia joining the Romans and the Sabines, iungo or iunctas meaning 'to join'.
The month had a feast called 'dies lampadarum', meaning 'day of torches' which coincided with the solstice. This marked the beginning of the harvest season in which Ceres, goddess of grain (hence the word cereal, which is derived from Ceres) was the center point.
July or Iulius or Quintilis
Originally called Quintilis, which literally meant 'the fifth', was the fifth month for the Romans before the reforms and our seventh month.
Julius Caesar made more reforms to the calendar and corrected some astronomical errors that were present in the old calendar. After his death in 44 BCE, his birth month of Quintilis was renamed to Iulius.
This month had several series of festivals. The first of which was the Ludi Apollinares, these were games (Ludi) dedicated to the god Apollo. These games were predominately the horse races in the Circus Maximus. These games lasted for 8 days and were ended with a sacrifice to Apollo.
Right after the games had ended started several days of Mercatus, or market days. These were big markets and fairs for people to commence in buying and selling. These market days lasted for 6 days.
When the market days were concluded, the Ludi Victoriae Caesaris started and lasted for 11 days. These games were to celebrate and commemorate the victorious Caesar.
July was a month filled with games and festivals to please the gods and the people of Rome. There were some more holidays that coincided with these larger events that were sprinkled in the entire month.
So what does it mean for me or the channel? I will enjoy some time this month by filming in advance and taking some time off to start fresh in August. I have some plans for after the summer months that will take time to construct.
Next month we will talk about August (I wonder what that name came from, haha).
See you then!
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May or Maius
A new month has come. Spring is in the air, de days become warmer and longer. The month has two explanations for its name, the first being the most accepted, after the Greek goddess Maia of fertility. The second explanation is given to us by Ovid, who claims the month is named after the elderly, maiores (And June being for the youths, iuniores). So make of that what you will.
In the Roman culture, the goddess Maia was better known as Bona Dea (the good goddess) and served the same purpose. The month started off with a festival to Maia and Bona Dea. It also continued the flower festival (Ludi Florae) that started at the end of April.
From May 11 to May 13 was the Lemuria, a festival that honored the dead. During this festival, the temples were closed and marriages were not allowed to be held. It is even said that because this month had another festival that supposedly offered humans in the beginning, that the entire month of May is unlucky to get married in.
Further in May there were festivals to Jupiter of course, as well as Mercury and Vulcan.
At the end of the month was the Rosalia, a festival that was once derived from honoring the dead by putting roses on their graves. As well as Rosaliae Signorum, a festival in which the Roman army adorned their standards with roses.
As we can observe, the dead play a vital role during this month. It is therefore that I will be presenting some dead card games that we have not seen yet, or have not seen for many years, being opened on the channel. Starting on May the 4th with an old dead Star Wars card game, as well as further in the month with some World of Warcraft product!
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I have begun a second YouTube channel, Koruam Plays!
This channel is currently focused on World of Warcraft, levelling a human warrior, the route I took in Vanilla all those years ago.
If you are interested in a relaxed journey where I just play the game casually and comment on it now and then, join me!
www.youtube.com/channel/UCHdU...
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April or Aprilis
The second month in the Roman calendar is marked by a very special holiday. The month was littered with small festivals and several public holidays.
Even today, April is in the midst of spring, a reawakening for nature, and this is observed in ancient Rome with the many festivals that were held for agricultural communities and the mating of animals.
But even urbanized Rome was full of life at this time of year, plenty of festivals for Venus, Ceres, Jupiter and the Great Mother. There was even a day dedicated to Flora, goddess of flowers and spring.
One special festival, the Parilia festival, was held to commemorate the founding Rome, an important day for many Romans. This was traditionally said to be on the 21st of April.
All in all, April was a good month, many festivals to be celebrated in the days of spring around the Mediterranean, what a time it must have been to be alive.
What does it mean for me? April for me is a month of something new. I quit my old job and will be working in a shop that sells (not exclusively) card games!!
What does April mean for you?
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For all who missed the first spoilers of the next set! Shadows of the Galaxy is set to release in July this year.
I for one cannot wait for the Mando and Grogu pair đŹ
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Ides of March
The ides of March is a date, today known as March 15, that is etched in history and remembered for eternity.
We go back approximately 2100 years when Gaius Julius Caesar was born, a noble from a financial distraught family. His family, the Julii, claimed to be descended from the goddess Venus and were an ancient family of Rome.
Julius Caesar enrolled, like many Romans at the time, in the army of Rome. He most likely did not fight against Spartacus in the Third Servile War as some pieces of media will have you believe. He did however side with the incredibly rich Crassus to have his campaign funded to climb the political ladder.
The two of them allied with the popular Pompeius Magnus and form the First Triumvirate.
Caesar was in need of personal glory, a feat that many Roman senators sought during their political carrier and decided to march onto Gaul, now France. Initially he was given Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy) and Illyricum (Croatia, among other surrounding pieces)as a province. However, there was no glory to be gained from these provinces, and so he marched his legions further into Gaul, crossing the Alps and waging an illegal war.
Some senators at the time were against this, but Caesar proved to be popular with the common folk, bringing in slaves and riches from Gaul to Rome. This went on for eight long years, resistance against Caesarâs war was growing amongst the Senators and soon he was branded an outlaw.
At this time, Crassus had been killed in Parthia and Pompey lost his wife in childbirth (Caesarâs daughter).
Caesar came back to the sacred ground of Roman territory. Traditionally, no one was allowed to enter this region armed as it was sacred. Legions needed to be disbanded outside of Italy before they were allowed to enter. The border of Italy was marked by the Rubicon river.
Caesar felt that if he were to adhere to this custom he would be apprehended and left to face the extent of Roman law. So he did the only thing that made sense to him. Cross the Rubicon with his army intact.
This act was seen as a declaration of war. The famous saying, âCrossing the Rubiconâ therefore means, passing a point of no return.
Having no ties anymore to Caesar, Pompey declared his former father in law an outlaw and fled to Greece.
After a bloody civil war that ended in Pompeyâs death, Caesar returned to Rome victorious.
He was declared Dictator, a legal office in ancient Rome that was bestowed on someone for a period of six months to restore the republic in times of crisis. Caesar managed to make himself âDictator Perpetuoâ or dictator for life.
Resistance grew among the nobility, as they thought Caesar wanted to crown himself king, a title that was taboo for all Romans.
Therefore they conspired against him and murdered him om March 15, 44 BCE. He did after receiving 23 stab wounds.
Caesars death would initiate the true downfall of the republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire under his successor, Octavianus, later known as Augustus.
There is no significance to the channel with this momentous event, except for the card of the day which is, Julius Caesar from Anachronism. Besides that, I took the day off, as I always do on March 15 to commemorate the death of this Roman. I will watch the movie Julius Caesar as I do every year.
See you all in April!
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