Good morning and happy "first" Monday of the new year from New England! As we turned our calendars ahead, it's sort of typical we don't see a lot of news or happenings in Civ, so you'll see that the next few weeks of these are somewhat frontloaded, with a few features and specials to fill for the lack of general news content. This year, I do want to try on some larger projects, some related to Civ, some unrelated. This doesn't necessarily m...

Good morning and merry post-Christmas from (not snowy) New England! Well to be honest, I actually don't even know if this will be live on Christmas, because like, am I really going to be publishing a newsletter on Christmas? No...right? (Editor's note: It wasn't.) I hope everyone is enjoying a lovely Christmas holiday, along with the new year coming up I really hope everyone is having a splendid time with family and friends. I say this beca...

Good morning and happy Monday from New England! We’re zoning in on the Christmas season, and I’m not sure if it’s just me, but I’m seeing a surge of newfriends as we end up toward the holidays, with activity starting to ramp up again. I truly hope everyone has a restful and lovely holiday season. Not to mention that next week’s edition falls on Christmas… But I’ll talk about that in a few more sections. We’ve got a JAM-PACKED newsletter thi...

Good morning and happy Monday from New England! As I'm writing this, I really hope we'll be back on the Monday schedule going forward, and I think this week has made me feel a lot better in the situation. Sure, some ups and some downs but I've picked myself up and feeling a little more hopeful of the situation, and I think this newsletter actually helped with that. Although that being said, the community really had some highs and lows this ...

Good morning and happy December from New England! I know that there's been a good lot of stuff that happened this past couple of weeks, but I think I needed at least a few weeks to manage anxieties and enjoy myself while currently being a little on the "what the heck am I doing in life" side. I highly imagine that newsletters are going to be slightly more sporadic going forward, especially during this busy holiday season, not to mention tha...