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by Wusti
Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:05 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: 20 Questions - Game 14
Replies: 47
Views: 3356

Re: 20 Questions - Game 14

Current or previously a Politician?
by Wusti
Sun Jun 12, 2022 11:50 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1474

The Senate of the Republic of Venice enacts the Venetian Patent Statute, considered to be one of the earliest patent systems in the world. New and inventive devices, once put into practice, have to be communicated to the Republic to obtain the right to prevent others from using them.
by Wusti
Sun Jun 12, 2022 2:13 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Suggestion for a possible site improvement
Replies: 9
Views: 1859

Re: Suggestion for a possible site improvement

Why would it matter in Gunboat?
by Wusti
Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:18 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1471 Henry VI did not last long however, as King Edward IV returns and defeats the Lancastrians at Barnet and Tewkesbury, killing the Prince of Wales and capturing his mother Queen Margaret. Edward IV celebrates his victories with a triumphal parade on his return to London. The captured Queen Margar...
by Wusti
Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:52 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1469

The War of the Roses continues with the Battle of Edgcote, where the Yorkists are defeated and, King Edward IV of England is taken prisoner
by Wusti
Sun Jun 05, 2022 1:08 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1467 Troops under Stephen III of Moldavia decisively defeat the forces of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, at Baia (present-day Romania). This is the last Hungarian attempt to subdue the Principality of Moldavia. On the plus side though, Corvinus does go on to found the first university in Slovak...
by Wusti
Mon May 30, 2022 6:05 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1460 The 1460 is the original Dr. Martens boot. Its boot's recognizable DNA looks like this: 8 eyes, classic Dr. Martens Smooth leather, grooved sides, a heel-loop, yellow stitching, and a comfortable, air-cushioned sole. Built to last, this unisex boot is made using one of the finest methods of con...
by Wusti
Sun May 29, 2022 7:49 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1458

The Love Day is staged in London, by which Henry VI of England attempts to unite the warring factions who have triggered the War of the Roses, and Magdalen College, Oxford is founded.
by Wusti
Fri May 27, 2022 1:55 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1441 King's College, Cambridge, is founded by King Henry VI of England 1442 John Hunyadi defeats two armies of the Ottoman Empire: the first 80,000 strong, led by Mesid Bey of Vidin, near Sibiu in Transylvania, and the second, 70,000 strong, led by Hadım Şehabeddin, Beylerbey Governorof Rumelia, nea...
by Wusti
Wed May 25, 2022 7:28 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1432

The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the civil war in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
by Wusti
Thu May 19, 2022 9:13 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Any plans on making a publicly available API?
Replies: 12
Views: 2188

Re: Any plans on making a publicly available API?

Yes its called log in and check :P
by Wusti
Tue May 17, 2022 7:42 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1392 AD Turkish forces lay siege to Constantinople, the siege will last for eight years and will be lifted by the most unexpected power... How could you fill 1392 with one sentence on the umpteen-bajillioneth siege of Constantinople when you could have written about the King of France going batshit...
by Wusti
Tue May 17, 2022 12:10 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1396 The Ottomans capture the Bulgarian fortress of Vidin and Tsar Ivan Sratsimir, ending the Second Bulgarian Empire. The Bulgarian state won't rise again until 1878 as the Principality of Bulgaria. 1397 Dick Whittington becomes Lord Mayor of London for the first time, we don't know if he already h...
by Wusti
Sat May 14, 2022 2:12 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: circumnavigation
Replies: 17
Views: 3000

Re: circumnavigation

Next time let us Sydney-siders know to come out and support you!
by Wusti
Fri May 13, 2022 3:18 pm
Forum: Diplomacy Strategy
Topic: Accusation of Cheating
Replies: 10
Views: 6520

Re: Accusation of Cheating

Any and everything is fair game in press to put your opponents off, you just have to remember Newton's Third Law. Coming to the forums instead of the mods is exactly the wrong way to deal with this. There are many brighter and better ones. Use your imagination.
by Wusti
Thu May 12, 2022 1:19 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Wed May 11, 2022 1:26 pm
Whoops, missed one out.

The Battle of Nesbit Moor was an engagement fought in August 1355 between forces of the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England.
Correction, was resoundingly won by the Scots over the English. Down with the Sassenachs!
by Wusti
Wed May 11, 2022 2:31 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: circumnavigation
Replies: 17
Views: 3000

Re: circumnavigation

Shiiit MM - that's like 20 minutes from my house in the Shire. Were you performing at all ?
by Wusti
Mon May 09, 2022 12:08 am
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: The Counting Game
Replies: 1855
Views: 201818

Re: The Counting Game

1342 St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe. Following the passage of a Genoa low, the rivers Rhine, Moselle, Main, Danube, Weser, Werra, Unstrut, Elbe, Vltava and their tributaries inundated large areas. Many towns such as Cologne, Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, ...
by Wusti
Sat May 07, 2022 12:13 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: circumnavigation
Replies: 17
Views: 3000

Re: circumnavigation

Came here expecting MM posting, left disappointed.
by Wusti
Sat May 07, 2022 1:07 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: circumcision
Replies: 154
Views: 29925

Re: circumcision

No idea Octavious, as I am a 10 pound Pom migrant to the lucky country. I can assure you however that I have never required lubricant for self-satisfaction.

Having said that, we should all be wary of the Big Lube lobby.