It's absolutely true that we've barely begun to publish the issues of 2012, but still, it's that time again. We need longer lead times to prepare our issues properly, and I have to give prospective authors some time to think about proposals. So, let's have your suggestions: which themes would you like to see in Ancient Warfare in 2013?

With nearly 500 votes, I can confidently say that the themes for next year are based on the wishes of a significant part of our readership. It's interesting to see that the runners-up of 2011 have now won in every case, even without the boost of 25 votes they were assigned for their performance last year. In fact, bar issue VI.6 all results are very clear-cut with a good distance separating the winning themes from the others. That is great for us, as that likely means these issues will all be wildly popular!

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It's always very exciting to me to see how many people feel sufficiently engaged with Ancient Warfare to submit their own ideas and wishes for the magazine's themes. I certainly can't complain about the suggestions for next year (Themes of 2012). As always, I have had to pin down the first one (V.1: Archaic Greek warfare), as I have to start solliciting proposals for that issue. I am still thinking about themes for next year's Special issue (suggestions still welcome!). That leaves the themes of five regular issues for you to vote on:

I know, 2011 has hardly started, but I figured it couldn't hurt to start thinking about next year. That'll ensure at least that we'll always have a nice long list of future themes to publish!

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