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Best Ancient Skirmish Rules?	12	02 Dec 2025 7:13 p.m. PST
Rules for Mongol Warfare	7	01 Dec 2025 12:12 p.m. PST
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Heavy Foot in Built up Areas	12	02 Nov 2025 8:08 p.m. PST
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LOD Trojan War figures.	1	17 Oct 2025 3:43 p.m. PST
Cesar et Cleopatre	5	17 Oct 2025 3:20 p.m. PST
To the Strongest! and Mortem (Renatio) et Gloriam	13	16 Oct 2025 8:51 a.m. PST
Ancient Britons and their chariots	6	14 Oct 2025 2:14 p.m. PST
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Ancient Battles and Dominion of the Spear	1	13 Oct 2025 3:35 p.m. PST
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Military Service during the Principate	13	29 Sep 2025 10:00 a.m. PST
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Rod and Carol Langton shutting down	9	26 Sep 2025 4:00 p.m. PST
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Roman feather colors	24	09 Aug 2025 1:46 a.m. PST
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Minifigs 'JonBee' Ancients	5	06 Aug 2025 3:01 a.m. PST
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Blood on the Sands free Quick-start rules	1	11 Jul 2025 2:19 p.m. PST
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