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| | + | |title=A Place in History: Andalusia |
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| | + | |title=A Place in History: Bayeux |
| | + | |url=http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=60505 |
| | + | |author=Perikles |
| | + | |description=The city of Bayeux in Normandy, France has seen it's fair share of history over the past 1,000 years. Below I shall discuss 2 of the main events to happen in and around this small place. |
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| | + | |title=Alcohol, its History and Place in Britains Society |
| | + | |url=http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=54964 |
| | + | |author=Denny Crane! |
| | + | |description=Alcohol has been around in many forms since time imemorial. In medecine, religion and social aspects, it has been vital in our development; having social, analgesic and antiseptic uses... |
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| − | == Overview == | + | ===Antiquity=== |
| − | '''The [http://www.twcenter.net Total War Center] is one of the largest [[Total War]] fan sites on the internet. The site features:'''
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| − | *Regularly updated news and articles | + | {{Entry |
| − | *A vast array of [[:Category:TWC Hosted Modifications|hosted modifications]] for every Total War game | + | |title= |
| − | *A vast discussion board for topics ranging far beyond the Total War series of games | + | |url= |
| − | *A system of Citizenship
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| − | *Competitions and awards
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| − | The Day to day running of the Site is done by the [[Administrator]]s and [[Moderator]]s. TWC is also home to the [[Curia]].
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| − | == Total War Sections ==
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| − | Each [[Total War Series]] game has a forum on TWC. These include, as appropriate, sub-forums for discussion of the game, technical help, modification ideas and proposals, hosted modifications and modding workshops.
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| − | Main forums include:
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| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2145 Total War: Three Kingdoms]
| + | |title=A City like no other- The History of Athens up to the Peloponnesian War |
| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?48 Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia]
| + | |url=http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691082-A-City-like-no-other-The-History-of-Athens-up-to-the-Peloponnesian-War&p=14558453#post14558453 |
| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2183 Total War: Warhammer I & II]
| + | |author=Mausolos of Caria |
| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2085 Total War: Attila]
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| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1892 Total War: Rome II]
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| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1548 Total War: Shogun 2]
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| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1431 Napoleon: Total War]
| + | |title=A Look in the Politics of the Western Roman Empire (454-480) |
| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?470 Empire: Total War]
| + | |url=http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?686686-A-look-in-the-politics-of-The-Western-Roman-Empire-(454-480) |
| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?3 Medieval II: Total War]
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| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2242 Rome: Total War]
| + | |description=The late Roman Empire is a very interesting and vivid period. In this thread I want to give the reader a look into the events happening in the high politics of the dying Western court with a focus on Marcellinus and Julius Nepos... |
| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?202 Medieval: Total War]
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| − | *[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2244 Shogun: Total War]
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| − | The Total War Center is home to a large collection of [[:Category:TWC Hosted Modifications|hosted modifications]] for each of the Total War series games.
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| − | Prominent early examples include [[Rome Total Realism]], [[SPQR]] and [[Terrae Expugnandae]] for [[Rome: Total War]] and [[Lands to Conquer]], [[Medieval: Total Realism ]] and [[Medieval: Wrath of the Norsemen]] for [[Medieval 2: Total War]].
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| − | == The Curia ==
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| − | TWC has a system of citizenship, given as an award for contributions to the site and community, which allows an enhanced say in how the forum is run. The Curia and its Constitution govern this system. See:
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| − | *[[Curia|The Curia]]
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| − | *[[Constitution|The Constitution]]
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| − | *[[Citizen]]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16 The Symposium on TWC]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9 Questions and Suggestions on TWC]
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| − | == Common Community ==
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| − | The Common Community Section of TWC is almost as big as the Total War areas. Here people debate topics such as Politics, Current Affairs, Morals, Religion, Science, Sports, History, Technology, and games.
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| − | ====Non-Total War Games====
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?147 Game Reviews] - Reviews of games, written by TWC members. Including both PC and console games.
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?473 Warhammer 40K] - Discuss the Games Workshop tabletop and videogames here.
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?320 Paradox Games] - A forum set aside for discussion on games developed or published by Paradox Games, such as Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron.
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?446 Mount&Blade] - For discussing the addictive game by TaleWorlds.
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?723 Bethesda Games] - A forum for discussion of games developed by Bethesda Softworks, such as the Elder Scrolls series.
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1407 BioWare Games] - A forum for discussion of games developed by BioWare; such as Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic, Baldur's Gate, etc.
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1649 Minecraft] - A forum for the indie game Minecraft.
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1897 Slitherine/Matrix Games] - A forum for Slitherine/Matrix Games and The Lordz Games Studio
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2063 Game-Labs Games] - A forum for Game-Labs, including Darth Vader's Ultimate General: Gettysburg.
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?52 Other Games] - General non-TW gaming discussion and discussion of any games that don't have their own forum here.
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| − | ====Discussion and Debate====
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| − | *The [[Political Mudpit]] (National and International Politics)
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| − | *[[Political and Scientific Academy]] (Non-Current Politics)
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| − | *[[Ethos, Mores, et Monastica]] (Religion and Philosophy)
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| − | *[[Vestigia Vetustatis]] (History)
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| − | *[[The Arts]] (Music, Film, the Arts etc.)
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| − | ====Games, Activities and Chat====
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?60-Coliseum Coliseum] (Competitions)
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| − | *[[Personal Help and Advice]]
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| − | *[[The Basement]] (Technical)
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?628 The Travelers' Lodge]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?968 Play by Post RPG Forum]
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| − | *[[Thema Devia]] (Off Topic Discussion including Sports)
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| − | **[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?55 Foreign Languages Discussion]
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| − | **[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1940 Product Reviews]
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| − | ==News and Articles==
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| − | Regularly updated news and articles on TWC include:
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?11 News Announcements]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/content.php?124-helios The Helios on TWC]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=40 The Eagle Standard on TWC]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1505 The Critic's Quill on TWC]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1920 The Gamer's Gazette on TWC]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1676 The Illustrator: Arts Publication on TWC]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1489 Total War Center Media Hub]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?157 The Scriptorium - Outstanding Articles by TWC Members]
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| − | == History ==
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| − | :''See main article: [[Total War Center History]].''
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| − | Some of the former [[Hexagon Council|Administrators]] or [[Staff]] members of TWC have created accounts of their times at the site:
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| − | *[[Mi Lucha]] by [[Siblesz]]
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| − | *[[The Chronicles of the Prince]] by [[the Black Prince]]
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| − | *[[The History of a Society]] by [[Belisarius]].
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| − | ==vBulletin==
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| − | [http://www.vbulletin.com/ vBulletin] is one of the leading commercial forum software packages, which TWC currently uses. It used to use Invision Power Boards, but that turned out to be insecure, as was evidenced by the [[hacker attacks]] leading to the [[May 2005 crisis]]. During those attacks, [[Ogre's Net]] asked for help and were told to not use IPB, but to switch to vB instead. When that was done, the attacks stopped.
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| − | == Visual History ==
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| − | Image:TWCRomeskin.jpg|TWC Forum index "Rome Theme" running on Firefox, June 2006
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| − | Image:TWCMedskin.jpg|TWC Forum index "Medieval Theme" running on Firefox, January 2007
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| − | Image:TWCEmpskin.jpg|TWC Forum index "Empire Theme" running on Chrome, January 2012
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| − | image:TWC.png|The TWC logo during the Medieval II era
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| − | ==TWC Crack==
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| − | Usually references to TWC crack or, simply crack are used to imply that Total War center has an effect on its dedicated users similar to the effect created by dependency creating drugs.
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| − | The words are usually used when a long time member is discussing or simply stating his decision to leave the fora completely.
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| − | [[Category:Total War Center Information]]
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| − | == External Links ==
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/ Total War Center Frontpage]
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| − | *[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php Total War Center Forums]
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| − | ==More about the Total War Center==
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| − | In addition to in-depth coverage of all the '''[[Total War Series]]''' games, modding and mods, TWC is home to a lively '''[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?447-Discussion-and-Debate Discussion and Debate]''' area including the notorious and well named '''[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?19-Political-Mudpit Political Mudpit]'''. Occasionally also the scene of heated debate, '''[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?12-CVRIA The Curia]''' governs a unique system of Citizenship and encourages users to discuss ways to improve the site.
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| − | [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1353-The-Writers-Study '''The Writers' Study'''] is home to many exceptional writers of [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1355-After-Action-Reports After Action Reports] and [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1356-Creative-Writing Creative Writing] and hosts the [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?802-Tale-of-the-Week Tale of the Week] competition and much more.
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| − | [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=157 '''The Scriptorium'''] is a place where the Total War Center's most popular and well-written articles are stored.
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| − | The Picture of the Week and Video Competitions are held in the [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?33 '''Screenshot Galleries'''].
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| − | [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?946-The-Graphics-Workshop '''The Graphics Workshop'''] is home to some great artists who as well as showcasing their works are happy to provide help and advice and might even make a signature or avatar for you!
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| − | [[File:Communityportalsmall.png|link=The Community Portal|right|The Community Portal, Home of TWC's vibrant creative community!]]<center>
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| − | <big>'''[[:Category:Total War Center Information|TWC Information on the Wiki:]]'''</big>
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| − | *'''[[Total War Center|The Total War Center:]]'''
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| − | ::[[Staff| Staff of TWC]] '''|''' [[Total_War_Center_History|History of TWC]] '''|''' [[:Category:TWC_Hosted_Modifications|Hosted Mods on TWC]] '''|''' [[User Badges]] '''|''' [[Medals and Awards]]
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| − | *'''[[:Category:Content Publications|Content Areas:]]'''
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| − | :[[Eagle_Standard|The Eagle Standard]] '''|''' [[The Writers' Study|The Writers' Study]] '''|''' [[Gamer's_Gazette|Gamer's Gazette]] '''|''' [[Helios|The Helios]] '''|''' [[Scriptorium|The Scriptorium]]
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| − | *'''[[Citizen|Citizenship ~ Citizen, Civitate & Artifex:]]
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| − | :[[List of Citizens]] '''|''' [[:Category:Houses of the Total War Center|Houses of TWC]]
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| − | *'''[[Curia|The Curia:]]
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| − | :[[Constitution|The Constitution]] '''|''' [[Citizen's Triumvirate]] '''|''' [[Curial Officers]]</center>
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| − | ==How to become a TWC Citizen==
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| − | Citizens gain various additional rights on the forum and are identified by optional badges such as:
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| − | Citizenship is an award given by the [[Curia]] for contributions to the site and community of TWC, learn more about how to become a Citizen [[Citizen#How_to_Become_a_TWC_Citizen|here]].
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| − | ===The Curia and the Constitution===
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| − | The '''[[Constitution]]''' and '''[[Curia]]''' are important parts of [[History of Total War Center|TWC History]]. The Curia is a [[Citizen]]s only forum on TWC. The Constitution governs the running of the Curia, the election and appointment of [[Curial Officer]]s, the awarding of Citizenship, the conduct of Citizens, and various [[Medals_and_Awards|Curial Awards]].
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| − | *The '''Constitution''' may be viewed on TWC [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?86574-The-Constitution here]
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| − | *Although only Citizens may post, the '''Curia''' may be viewed by everyone [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?12-CVRIA here]
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| − | *Non-citizens may discuss the Curia in the '''Curial Commentary Thread''', [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?782279 here]
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| − | *The '''[[Symposium]]''' is a Citizens only discussion forum within the Curia, [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?16-SYMPOSIVM here]
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| − | *'''TWC's Living History Forum''' is within the Symposium, [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?313-TWC-s-Living-History-Forum, here]
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| − | |rowspan="1" | [[Image:Eagle_Standard.png|link=Eagle Standard|The Eagle Standard]] || The [[Eagle Standard]] is a TWC publication that focuses primarily on the Total War aspect of the forum. You can read the current Eagle Standard and see the current team [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/content.php?126-eagle-standard_1 here].
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| − | |rowspan="1" | [[Image:Critics_Quill.png|link=Critic's Quill|The Critics Quill]] || The [[Critic's Quill]] publishes articles, reviews and interviews relating to creative writing and After Action Reports (AARs). You can read their older articles [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1505 here] and their newer articles are found [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/content.php?127-critic-s-quill here].
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by: Perikles