Martin Rundkvist

Here's a reminder about one of the most important results of the past thirteen years of ancient #DNA research. Northern Europe was overrun by plague-spreading steppe nomads less than 5000 years ago, causing an almost complete population replacement. It's a 1492 event. Everybody knows that us Northern Europeans aren't the original inhabitants of North America. *But we aren't even the original inhabitants of Northern Europe.* #archaeology #immigration

German game designer and mathematician Reiner Knizia's classic card game High Society from 1995 is constantly being reissued in beautiful new editions. My friend Marcus and I have just offered to organise a friendly tournament in this simple but extremely ingenious game at the LinCon gaming convention in May. #boardgames

Two local council politicians from the Swedish Fascist Party, Frej Dristig and Niclas Ahlberg, write a debate piece for the regional newspaper where they try to get a public library to cancel an event with two immigrant authors. Because these two have on occasion criticised the Fascist Party! This level of ignorance if basic freedoms is appalling. Also I wonder what the newspaper editor was thinking. The Writers' Union of course went ballistic.

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Carolus Magnus (2000) #boardgames There are people who have children and Master degrees who are younger than this game.

Next week: * Apply for jobs * Buy Christmas presents for my grownup kids * Postcard writing event with the Writers' Union * #Boardgames night * #Ttrpg fan pub meetup * #Wikipedia café meetup * Portrait exhibition at the National Gallery * Start playing the Mountain Witch RPG And you? #writing #art