Wyvern (card game) Wyvern (card game) Wyvern is an out-of-print collectible card game featuring dragons and wyverns battling for treasure. The game was produced by U.S. Games Systems, Inc., with the original product launch in January 1995. Wyvern is a two player game with two decks per player (with each player supplying his or her own two decks). One of the decks, the "Dragon Lair Draw Pile", is made up of "dragon" and "terrain" cards. The other deck, the "Treasure Horde Draw Pile", is made up of "action" and "treasure" cards. Players begin with 6 face-down dragon and terrain cards on the "battlefield",
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting