Joe

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I play lots of games, develop a few. Check out my publisher's page at lumenaris.com.

New games published in 2013:

The Golden Wilderness: A game of early California, from the Spanish explorers to the Gold Rush.

Games published in 2012:

Caravans of Asia: Trading on the Silk Road in the days of Marco Polo.
Arabian Sails: An expansion for Caravans; sailing ships on the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean.

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May 21	comment	Which is closer to Old Dutch? If Dutch is anything like English, no dialect is closer to the common root of the language. All of them have gone through various changes to get where they are today.
May 19	comment	Is there a commonly-accepted book or a site that explains the history-of-everything? Read a little bit about each of your questions there, and let your interests take you wherever you want! Want to know about the Mayans and Aztecs? Start with their Wikipedia articles. Want to know about the Vikings? Read their Wikipedia article. It won't have all the facts, but it's a pretty darn good introduction. Then, when you have a specific question that Wikipedia can't help with, come back here and we'll be happy to help!
May 19	comment	Is there a commonly-accepted book or a site that explains the history-of-everything? Wikipedia is probably the most comprehensive, accessible, and affordable work on general history that you're going to find.
May 18	comment	Were any “Native American” attacks able to annihilate any European American settlements? Dresden comes close.
May 18	comment	Why has the United States not attacked Iran in the past thirty years? Do you have any sources for these assertions?
May 3	comment	How did it happen that countries and cities got different names in different languages? @Drux, it is, though filtered through French. A more apt example would be "Paris", pronounced with a final /s/ in English and in earlier French, but without a final /s/ in modern French.
May 2	comment	How did it happen that countries and cities got different names in different languages? Sometimes the native language changes and the borrowed name stays the same. For example, Illinois has an /oj/ sound in English and in the original French, but in the modern French it has a /wa/ sound.
May 2	comment	How did it happen that countries and cities got different names in different languages? Some names still are subject to translation, depending on context.
Apr 23	comment	Were Shakira's parents Iranian? Do you have a question, or are you just sharing a rumor you heard?
Apr 19	comment	What is the oldest movie theater in the US that has been in continuous use as a movie theater? Do you have any citation for that? A quick google search suggested it was built in 1926. books.google.com/…
Apr 19	comment	How many Samurai killed themselves? I'm afraid this doesn't really answer the question. Instead, it's more of an essay on one person's thoughts about suicide.
Apr 19	comment	What were Hispanic people called in the US in the 1800s? @jwenting, make that a question, and you might get some great answers. As a comment, it just sounds snarky.
Apr 17	comment	When did retailers stop wrapping purchases in paper and twine? Pictures of sheets of paper and balls of twine aren't very useful for this question.
Mar 21	comment	Battle of Seattle Is it influential? I had never even heard of it until this question.
Feb 25	comment	Are there non-russian sources related to how Rurikid Dynasty became rulers of Russia? Don't answer with just a link; fold the relevant information from the linked article into your answer.
Feb 18	comment	What did sectionalism have to do with the American civil war? Or perhaps you should ask what "sectionalism" means in terms of the Civil War.
Feb 13	comment	Were Soviet warships allowed to use the Panama canal? Do you have any citation that the canal was closed to Soviet warships? The article you linked says that the transit had no political significance as the canal is "open to all the world's ships".
Feb 13	comment	Were Soviet warships allowed to use the Panama canal? @DarekWędrychowski, when I google those terms, I'm not seeing any actual answers to this question.
Feb 12	comment	Why Californian Indian leader Estanislao was named after Polish martyr? As someone who's spent a whole lot of time reading up on the period, I doubt you're going to find any answer to this question.
Jan 15	comment	Were does Tifinagh come from? If that link no longer worked, your question wouldn't make any sense. Fold in the information from the article you linked to.