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Angel Jayhawk
Seraph (Webmaster)
EMail: jayhawk@heavengames.com

I started visiting Caesar 3 Heaven back in December 1998. Angel Alexander I, who at that time worked for the same company lent me his Caesar 3 CD and said:
"Have a look at Heaven."

I spent some time playing the game, wondered at stories of people like Marty Party, Reckless Rodent, and quite a few others. I got involved in some discussions about housing layout and created a set of glyphs to make this easier. Sometime later, Alexander came over again and said:
"I really enjoyed your Egyptian travelogue. It felt almost as if I was reading an Agatha Christie mystery. We have opened a new bit of Heaven, called Pharaoh Heaven. Have a look and tell us what you think."

So I fired up my browser, late in February and was lost. I've always loved Egypt, much more than this Roman age and in a forum that was virtually my own I felt extremely comfortable.

Early May I got an email from Angel Reckless Rodent asking me to become a cherub on the site. I thought about it for a day and decided to accept the honours. Two weeks later I got promoted to Angel and started working on the Caesar 3 news.

Pharaoh was released and Pharaoh Heaven exploded. I got promoted to Seraph. Pharoah was followed by Zeus and Draco convinced the Halo to add a site for Age of Wonders, a game I enjoyed playing as well, so I ended up giving him a hand here and there.

Stronghold, another game I beta-ed did indeed become a Heavengames site and and it was a pleasant surprise to be accepted as its Seraph. Its sister game Crusader is next on the site.

Then Emperor came along and I seemed the obvious choice to have the site under my wings. I gathered most of the long time City Builder staff and added a few more cherubs, all of whom have a long history with the City Builder games.

For a more extended visit you can check out my cloud

Angel VitruviusAIA
Content writer and Table Wizard
EMail: Vaia@sbcglobal.net

Before Emperor, the only computer game that I played during the last two years was Pharaoh/Cleopatra. I bought the game in early August 2000. After playing for a couple of weeks, I went to the Internet looking for answers to some of my questions. I found Pharaoh Heaven, became a member, and posted my first question on August 17, 2000. My question was quickly answered by another member named Merepatra (not Angel Merepatra or Cherub Merepatra, just Forum Member Merepatra back then).

I asked a lot more questions, and received expert advice from many other members, especially from a Cherub named Brugle. The forums were very friendly, and I made a lot of friends. I was late to the game, and having never played Caesar, I had some catching up to do. Finally, I learned enough to offer advice to new members and have been doing so ever since.

I was absolutely thrilled when I was chosen to Beta Test Emperor. The staff at Breakaway Games was talented, responsive and great to work with. They assembled a great team of Beta Testers as well. It was a wonderful experience.

City building is not merely a game for me. I am an Architect living in Springfield, Missouri, USA. I have five children ranging in age from fourteen to twenty-four (two boys, 3 girls), six grandchildren (5 boys, 1 girl) and a wonderful wife who allows me to play computer games until the wee hours of the morning.

Angel Gweilo
Moderator, Content Contributor, and Campaign Designer
EMail: rebl@swbell.net

I also reside in Houston, Texas, USA. My special areas of interest are Chinese history, and custom campaign design.

Part of my love for Emperor is personal. I have family living in China and have been fortunate enough to travel in China with my wife.

In addition to computer games, my hobbies include travel, fitness, reading, and history.

Cherub Bradius
Content writer
EMail: brbailey@wt.net

I am an Administrator for the Houston Independent School District and my hobbies include gardening, cycling and collecting things like old books, coins and magazines.

I have had a long interest in personal computers starting with the very earliest IBM Personal Computers, but had not been much into computer games. That is until Caesar III, especially after being introduced to the fine games in Heavengames.


With kind help from: Angel Reckless Rodent
CB Co-Seraph (Webmaster) and Halo


My discovery of HeavenGames came about thanks to the confluence of several unrelated factors. First, I'd just bought this game called Caesar III and was wanting to find some people who might be able to help me out with a few problems I was having. Second, I had just started my second year at university, and was just getting used to the fast internet connection they had installed into the hall of residence where I lived. Finally, since I'm generally the kind of guy who keeps himself to himself, I had plenty of free time. Anyway, I plugged "Caesar III" into a search engine at the end of October 1998 and found myself staring at the C3 Heaven forum. Since I had nothing better to do, I decided I should register (using a name I had at a friend's BBS many years before) and post a bit. After a couple of weeks, I got an email from Angel Alexander I, who ran the site at the time, asking me to join the team as a Cherub. A couple of weeks after that, I found myself promoted to joint Seraph (webmaster) with Angels Alexander I and Draco.

Since then (December 1998), I've been the Seraph of C3 Heaven, with Pharaoh Heaven and Zeus Heaven (as well as an excellent co-Seraph in the form of Angel Jayhawk) added along the way. I've also been a member of the HG management committee since January 2000 (Chief Administrative Officer, which sounds more important and impressive than it is).

Spare time, sadly, has become a major factor since I left the wonderful world of academe and started working (I'm currently working as an assistant to a board member of an investment bank). I tend to concentrate more on management issues these days, but still swing by the forums when I have a moment.

and Norahs2000 for her valiant work on the images.

And a very special thanks goes to the former staff: GillB, Gustavia, bobT, homegrown, Merepatra, shaun1, and Rocky. Without them this site would not be the same.