The Community forum is a buzz with a Tribute organised by Octavion. If you want to find out who will be "tributed" go and have a look.

The Cleopatra program on Discovery was rather nice. It showed a computer reconstruction of what Cleopatra looked like (definitely not like Liz Taylor) and some interesting character profiles.
A lovely novelisation of this story was written by Judith Tarr, Throne of Isis. The story start shortly after Caesar's death and ends with Cleopatra's suicide.

— Walk like an Egyptian...
Angel Jayhawk

The Game Help forum is still one of our busiest, again questions fly on topics such as worker shortages and trade problems.

As usual the Community forum is getting lots of visitors. The most active topics remain the stories and the birthday/party thread. So if you are momentarily tired of ruling an empire, browse over for some light hearted banter.

— Now who came out of that rolled up carpet..?
Angel Jayhawk

Heaven has it's own marketplace nowadays where you can get Heaven memorabilia. We still have a few T-Shirts left. They carry Angel Hamlet's HGS log on the front and the one on the left on the back, so if you want one, you'd better hurry on over to the Marketplace.

Age of Empires Heaven is holding a Mongolian Campaign Contest. What do you need to do?
Well, in a nutshell, you have to write a camping consisting of 3 scenarios set during the time of the Mongols, from Ghengis Khan to Kublai Khan.
Even if you don't want to compete, go there and check out some of the links on the Mongols that have been put up. If you want to know more click here.

Apart from that Gamestats is running a contest based around some of the favourite Westwood games: Dune2000 and the soon to be released Tiberian Sun. Follow the link if you want to know more.

As for the forums, it seems another party has started in Creaticus Dania's Hippodrome. It was a bit slow to start, but it might get busy tonight

— In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasure dome decree.
Angel Jayhawk

The Game Help forum is moving into the numbers behind it all, prosperity caps, industrial efficiency, worker's percentage and the ever popular, how do I get a palace..?

That's all for today folks, with team-spirit training and a huge dinner, I'm bushed. Way past midnight...time for the hawk to catch a few winks.

— Where do the marketladies live..?
Angel Jayhawk

The Game Help forum has some interesting thread going on about, what else could it be but, housing. These thread concern themselves with the numbers behind them. The question is: How do I get rid of 1x1 housing?

Too good to be forgotten.
What's that, you might wonder?
Well it's Cherub Baltic's HTML primer. Triggered by a discussion on HTML links he was kind enough to bring it back to our attention.

Our bedside story time has taken off for the faraway lands of AoE again in Quest for the Bowlsem Flower, the sequel to wacky Rescue on an Angel.

— O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy
Angel Jayhawk

So much for the past, today we have a spirited discussion in the Game Help forum concerning palace building strategies. Want to know more? Just browse to the palace threads one and two.

Angel Reckless Rodent at Pharaoh Heaven has received another batch of screenshots. He put up the first four yesterday an will put up the other four up today.
Here's a preview...

— The Praetorian Guard counted nine cohorts of a thousand men each and included both infantry and cavalry...  
Angel Jayhawk

The forums seem to be very much alive, especially the Game Help and Community forums.

— Are you going to Scarborough Fair....?
Angel Jayhawk