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BATTLES BC Brings the Ancient World to Life
Fans of Targum Magazine will have a field day with History Channel’s new series, Battles BC. Here’s the blurb from HistoryChannel.com:
Their feats are legendary. Serving as a blueprint for warfare thousands of years later, the strategic military prowess of ancient warriors are still analyzed today. The new HISTORY™ series, BATTLES BC, uses a stunning graphic style comparable to 300, the hit feature film, to show leaders from the ancient world in some of the greatest conflicts in history. The eight episode series premieres Monday, March 9th at 9pm ET/PT on HISTORY.
These are the tales of historic battles and bloodshed. Now, with cutting edge animation techniques, and the expertise of military historians—BATTLES BC explores the strategies, tactics and weapons used by ancient commanders such as Hannibal, David, Caesar and Alexander. The truths and myths behind these heroes and villains are brought to life, in dramatic and epic proportions.
BATTLES BC provides fresh insight into the icons and events that helped shape the course of ancient history.
The series plays new episodes Mondays at 9 PM on the History Channel (check your local listing) and each episode gets replayed a few times during the week. You can even head over to the Battles BCerbium doped fiber amplifier website and see a full episode, Hannibal the Annihilator.
Gamer fans of the Ancient World will find plenty of inspiration in this series. I know I am absolutely loving it so far.
Targum Magazine: Passover – Now Available
“And the Lord said unto Moses [...] Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them.”
- Exodus 7:1-6
Passover explores how to use this pivotal holiday in your Testament games. Use it as presented, or as inspiration for adding depth to a culture in your campaign setting.
This article first appeared in Targum Magazine #3.
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Targum Magazine #4 Now Available
Highmoon Media Productions, in association with Green Ronin Publishing, presents Targum Magazine – Issue 04.
Welcome to the fourth issue of Targum Magazine, the magazine in support of Eternal Rome: Roleplaying in the Age of Gods and Emperors, Trojan War: Roleplaying in the Age of Homeric Adventure, Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era and all Ancient World campaign settings. In this issue you will find the following articles:
- Ostraca: The Extra King by Spike Y Jones – Exploring the Biblical mystery of an apparent extra king of Israel.
- Kalevala Mythos by David Schwartz – The deities of this epic poem from Finnland for your d20 game.
- Era Spotlight: The Time of Akhenaten – Part 2 by Scott Bennie - The concluding article bringing you a mini-gazetteer of Egypt in the time of the monotheistic Pharaoh.
- Legions vs. Hordes by Spike Y Jones – Bring the might of the Roman Empire to the Biblical/Homeric Battlefield Resolution System.
- Free Paper Minis from Arion Games.
- Testament: Official d20 v3.5 Update – Part 1 by Scott Bennie, Christopher Heard and Spike Y Jones – Update your Testament game to the v3.5 rules of the d20 System with this official guide. Part two will appear in the next issue.
Come adventure in the lands of the ancient world today!