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Project Night Watch

@pnwnet.bsky.social

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"Lighting up lives through storymaking" Be it a game board or a technology product, we are interested in helping society, especially young people, discover and experience stories that connect them to community, wellbeing and opportunity.

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Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 1d

Our game board Aquila was the result of a desire to discover and tell the story of the mystery board game found in a possible Druid grave in Colchester, rather than a motivation to create a board game. Aquila is now being played again 2000 years later. www.honour.org.uk/a-druid-at-c...

A Druid at Colchester – Honouring the Ancient Dead

www.honour.org.uk

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 1d

Quite worrying how easy technology makes it to be scammed and for money to be taken from bank accounts.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 1d

Next week, as well as a 3-day event at Colchester Roman Circus called Ludi Remus, our Aquila game will also be taught by the team from Signals at their People's of Essex" exhibition at Jaywick Martello Tower from 29th Oct to 6th Nov 2025. signals.org.uk/peoples-of-e...

‘Peoples of Essex’ Exhibition - Signals

Creative Digital Learning

signals.org.uk

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 1d

There must have been a Roman glass making industry in Colchester for so much glass to be found.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 1d

Colchester has three railway stations and the one in the city centre is called St Botolphs, the one with a longer trek is called North Station. Students from the University tend to use Hythe station.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 1d

Britains had coinage a hundred years before Claudius landed in Britain. The Trinovantes of Colchester loved Roman stuff but the Iceni across the border in Norfolk and Suffolk were not so keen.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 2d

Our board game Aquila can be played on three open days during school half-term break at Colchester Roman Circus on 29th, 30th and 31st Oct. There is no open day on the 28th Oct, which they posted in error on their site. catuk.org/october-2025...

What's on during the October 2025 Half Term? - Colchester Archaeological Trust

Free Entry to Roman Circus Visitor Centre during October 2025 Half Term. Join Alex Jones playing the Roman Strategy game, Aquila.

catuk.org

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 3d

Colchester has UKs only Roman chariot racing site where 4 coloured teams raced against each other, sites often where Roman political protests happened. Colchester site is a polling station today for a by-election involving 6 coloured sides. History repeats today. catuk.org/event/roman-...

Roman Circus Visitor Centre to be used as Polling Station

The Roman Circus Visitor Centre will be closed on October 23rd as the facility will be used as a polling station for the upcoming by-election.

catuk.org

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 4d

Our Aquila game board is based on an archaeological find in Stanway and uses our own "rule set". We think the British adapted the Roman game of Ludus Latrunculorum with the addition of the Aquila piece. Alternative rules for the game are over-complex and no fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rL4...

Ludus Latrunculorum | Ancient Roman Game | rules | history

YouTube video by The Gaming Bench

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Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 5d

Good point, subjective.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 5d

Be a rebel and go the middle / centre direction.

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Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 5d

In the days when calling someone a witch during a neighbour dispute had lethal consequencies.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 5d

I do all my own design work for my board game of Aquila, not sure if that counts.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 5d

Our Aquila board game returns to Colchester on 29th, 30th, 31st October 2025 based on an interpretation of the rules of a lost game board found opposite Colchester Zoo in 1996. The event happens at Colchester Roman Circus between 11am and 3pm. The event is called Ludi Remus.

A Roman holding a shield with a wolf next to him and the text LUDI REMUS

A line of tables with three wooden game boards on them. There are glass counters on the game boards with some in play and one set up ready to play. At each game board two people face each other to play the game.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 18d

USA will never be the same again. The changes going on under the new political administration, and the changes that must happen to create new checks and balances to the power that is now being centralised into a few, is going to reshape USA forever.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 18d

Denmark proposes social media ban for under 15's to stop social media platforms "stealing ... childhood". edition.cnn.com/2025/10/08/t...

Denmark plans to ban social media for users under 15, as PM says platforms are ‘stealing childhood’ | CNN Business

Denmark will move to ban social media for children under 15, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Tuesday, saying the online platforms are “stealing our children’s childhood.”

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Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 18d

I am also no fan of game publishers, so never use them.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 18d

Personally I think "balance" is vital, looking after mind and body, the signals of stress, and the usual things like exercise, diet and sleep. For me, all creative processes need fresh inputs from random sources, thus nature, history and socialising offer new ideas for creatity and counter burnout.

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Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 18d

Have completed for my Aquila game board, which has an interesting background, since it is a "lost" game that is being played again 2000 years later.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 26d

Been thinking of building a community app on the ATProtocol with all the communities being bound by a similar set of rules, which if broken, a user will get restricted and blocked across all the communities from a single source that the AI moderators will work from.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 26d

Our city of Colchester has been awarded "Sanctuary City" status, as we are a place of safety for refugees from war and persecution. We have been a place of sanctuary for 2000 years starting with those who fled here from Gaul when Julius Caesar invaded Gaul. www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/2549828...

Colchester Council awarded city of sanctuary status

COLCHESTER Council has been awarded a special status by a UK-wide organisation.

www.gazette-news.co.uk

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · 26d

What a great win for Greenstead.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · Sep 18

The AI revolution is going to create laziness and e-waste, for example, what is the point of robo-lawn-mowers? Surely gardens encourage mental and physical health rather than handing this over to robots? How long before a robo-mower breaks and ends in a rubbish dump?

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · Sep 18

I hate to think how much of the content available on the internet is now AI generated.

Project Night Watch @pnwnet.bsky.social · Sep 18

Several Janes Walks could be organised around these blue plaques in May 2026.