It's official. Joan of Arc portrayed in @AgeOfEmpires will appear in an upcoming Bloomsbury scholarly volume titled 'Playing the Middle Ages', edited by @RobEHoughton!!! Celebratory thread 🎉🎉🎉
I'm officially contributing to a scholarly volume about "playing the Middle Ages" with a chapter dedicated on Joan of Arc in Age of Empires 2 and her campaign's reception by the AoE community! Link me your videos before I find them all! #AcWri#TwitterStorians
My teammate was at NAC4 when my wife was pregnant with our daughter and he had the bests of best sign a card for me. Now I keep and eye on #NAC5 while taking care of my baby. What. A. SHOW!!! Thank you for the great games and the amazing casting.
@Hera_Aoe@TheViperAOE You might not know or remember it but a friend of mine made you cosign a card for the birth of my daughter a year ago during NAC4 and I was sooo glad when I got it. Thank you also for that.
@Hera_Aoe@TheViperAOE Hera I've been following you for a long time and it is so GREAT to see how you improved on every level. Your tweets are so wholesome! Thank you for spreading such positive and good energy in the community! I'm rooting for you.
@jeanneologist @DrCrossbows Nobility challenged the king's authority in France.
The king of England who was a French nobleman took advantage of the situation.
A neverending civil war ensued.
The king of England almost became king of France.
He didn't.
The end.
JUST IN (well, from last year...)
The first homo sapiens in Europe dates back from 54,000 years ago. Up until last year, it was commonly accepted that the first homo sapiens in Europe dated back from 40,000 years ago.
We make new discoveries all the time!
Playing the Middle Ages: Pitfalls and Potential in Modern Games from @BloomsburyHist will be out on 21 September in digital and hardback format. We've got 14 chapters on some of the biggest trends and issues in medievalist games. #medievaltwitter
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