74-year-old Audrey White tells of pain and fear after arrest at Liverpool pro-Palestine rally. Video shows veteran campaigner being dragged and handcuffed and she says bail conditions effectively confine her to her house In full: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

St Peter's Day celebrations in Modica. We had a view from beside the Duomo di San Pietro.

First swim of the summer at Marina di Modica in Sicily.

Spanish board game publisher Bellica 3rd Generation has just published 'Una Guerra Imposible' on the 1st Carlist War in northern Spain. The designer is David Gómez Relloso of 'Crusade and Revolution' fame. If you like chrome-heavy block games such as 'This War Without an Enemy' then this is for you!

I've finally watched The War of the Rohirrim. It was inevitable that I'd get round to doing so, as it is based on events that formed part of a game I designed 20 years ago called The Long Winter. But I was put off for a long time by it being in anime style and, of course, the poor reviews.

This weekend, Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June, I'll be demoing games at the UK Games Expo. I'll be at the Nuts! Publishing stand (Hall 3A, 511 - next to Ares Games) and we'll have Diluvium, Guerra Éclair, and Rolling Seas.

Pre-Christmas pub crawl in Coventry

Beautifully-produced new version of a classic takes it place on my gaming shelves. Well done @phalanxgames.bsky.social and @domhnallh.bsky.social.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed its Second Reading. A historic first step to meet the aspirations of the public, who overwhelmingly support having choice, dignity, and compassion at the end of their lives. #AssistedDyingBill #YestoDignity #AssistedDying

Check out our latest InsideGMT article from designer @vpjarponen.bsky.social: "Order & Opportunity: November 2024 Development Update" insidegmt.com/order-opport...

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It's been well over a decade since I read Thucydides, so it was about time I started this modern retelling.