The timeline of the Royal Black Watch, in reverse chronological order. (Some dates approximate.) For more recent entries, see the current history.

May 2004

• 2004.5.13 - We expand our list of companies to include G and H!
• 2004.5.11 - "E3 For Everyone" begins, giving Watchers a taste of upcoming Guild Wars.
• 2004.5.10 - The Northwind UO shard is upgraded to RunUO 1.0.
• 2004.5.1 - The Star Wars roleplay begins.

April 2004

• 2004.4.17 - We drop DAoC and start into City of Heroes.
• 2004.4.17 - The Mechwarrior roleplay concludes.

Feburary 2004

• 2004.2.1 - Guild-Builder goes belly-up. We move to another web server.

August 2003

• 2003.8.29 - The Shadowland roleplay is started.
• 2003.8.29 - The Rogue roleplay is completed and archived.
• 2003.8.25 - We joined Horizons.

May 2003

• 2003.5.1 - We did the wavering for the children and removed the 16 years of age rule for the Watch.

April 2003

• 2003.4 - We started Battlefield 1942.
• 2003.4 - Xeon the UO shard opens its doors to the Watch.
• 2003.4.26 - We started the Warhammer online registration.
• 2003.4.5 - We changed the RBW rank scheme for the entire guild.

March 2003

• 2003.3.27 - We started into Shadowbane.
• 2003.3.1 - We updated the Awards for the Watch.

Febuary 2003

• 2003.2.26 - We went live with the NWN server and began supporting it as a full game of the Watch.
• 2003.2.24 - We made the Alliance Chat rules guildlines for DAoC.
• 2003.2.20 - We made the change from Guild Portal to Guild-Builder.
• 2003.2.13 - We started the RBWO mail string.

October 2002

• 2002.10.3 - The Shadowland UO Shard has been opened to RBW.
• 2002.10.1 - "The Rogue" roleplay has begun.

August 2002

• 2002.8.4 - We tested using Guild Portal for our roster, calendar, and so forth.
• 2002.8.4 - A new roleplay log was posted.

June 2002

• 2002.6.12 - An updated SOP was posted.

March 2002

• 2002.3.24 - The Watch joined the Kay Hibernia Alliance.

January 2002

• 2002.1.31 - We added an Allies section.

November 2001

• 2001.11.24 - The Watch is established in the world of Dark Age of Camelot.

July 2001

• 2001.7.18 - There is a new Summer policy.
• 2001.7 - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Moordoom's Mechwarrior / Quake Clan) joined and became the C Company.

June 2001

• 2001.6.6 - Both of our message boards have changed.

April 2001

• 2001.4.6 - Organization of the RBW site has been tweaked, the Voting section has been updated, and a new Mailing List section has been added.

Febuary 2001

• 2001.2.26 - We have signed up for a new roleplay board (to replace the one that is shutting down).
• 2001.2.1 - RBW is restructured and we have a new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

December 2000

• 2000.12.19 - The Watch sets up an "alternate" faction stone for RBWs in UO.
• 2000.12.16 - RBW votes against joining the new factions system in UO.
• 2000.12.16 - The Watch looks into Star Fleet Command.
• 2000.12.13 - UO puts in Felucca/Trammel, nerfing the world. And the RBWs are out of some work since there is no longer a need to hunt where PKS can attack.
• 2000.12.12 - CSM Ghost adds RBW Induction Procedures.

November 2000

• 2000.11.3 - The very first award was issued.
• 2000.11.1 - SGT Walkyrie is selected as Battalion PAC Officer (and she is still going and going and going).

October 2000

• 2000.10.25 - A new policy concerning Half-Life has been added.
• 2000.10.25 - LT Andrew Redburn is awarded the DSM and transfered to the inactive roster from the Watch AG section.
• 2000.10.21 - The MMORPG DAWN is suggested to the Watch but is never supported.
• 2000.10.2 - A Watch member insults members of the HOS and is expelled but this ends our relation and alliance with the HOS.

September 2000

• 2000.9.29 - The Watch demos Mechwarrior 4 and adds it to the listing of supported games for the Watch.
• 2000.9.20 - A new roleplay was begun.
• 2000.9.20 - The first RBW Awards Policy is written
• 2000.9.14 - The Watch Reinstatment Policy is written.
• 2000.9.14 - SGT Ghost becomes the first CSM of the Royal Black Watch.
• 2000.9.7 - The Watch begins to look into DAoC at the behest of Averyl, an old friend of Connor's.

August 2000

• 2000.8.29 - We're planning our town in Neverwinter Nights. It still needs a name.
• 2000.8.26 - First rumblings of the guild leaving UO due to game issues and the like.
• 2000.8.16 - SGT Effinay starts a RBW Counterstrike server open to all RBWs.
• 2000.8.3 - Our first Battalion XO is selected: Silvie Liwellan becomes the first XO of the Battalion.

July 2000

• 2000.7.25 - We did our first joint operation in UO with another guild named HOS.
• 2000.7.22 - Local members of the Watch participated in Hacknets Geek Fest in Half-Life, bringing home a large amount of awards and accolades.
• 2000.7.21 - Ghost places Northwind Castle on Atlantic Ultima Online.
• 2000.7.6 - Our first Diablo II operation is carried out.

May 2000

• 2000.5.23 - The RBW FAQ is written (talk about outdated).
• 2000.5.14 - StarLancer is added to our supported games listing.
• 2000.5.3 - The SOP is began... and it has never been finished yet...

April 2000

• 2000.4.27 - There are two mailstrings, the mandatory and the discussion.
• 2000.4.22 - RBW is in Ultima Online, Mechwarrior 3, and Half-Life Counterstrike.
• 2000.4.18 - The Black Watch forms under the direction of Lord Connor Macleod.