A couple summers ago, I had occasion to visit my university campus, which I hadn't done in about 30 years. I was excited to step into the library again, only to find that giant edifice was...closed. And replaced by an e-library, or something.
A university without miles of bookshelves? Oxymoronic.
...I would totally play Castles of Vienna. Just sayin'.
Man Finally Good Enough At New Hobby To Understand How Bad He Is At It
Man Finally Good Enough At New Hobby To Understand How Bad He Is At It theonion.com/man-finally-good-enough-...
announcing ILÚVATAR, my multi-billion dollar company which will specialize in the dismantling of all other idiotically tolkien-named entities, that they shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite
If you use Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, the April 2026 Windows updates might foul up your login experience. If you use a saved .RDP file from before the update, you will get some big ugly warning screens when you try to use it. Toss that file, download a new one from your RD Web Gateway.
Nobody could possibly blame you for feeling like that. All of this is...a lot...and for you, especially so.
Keep the Zamboni running the whole time, and I'm in!
"Go ask your mother"
Holy shit
QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood
We've started watching Your Friends and Neighbors on Apple TV.
Why didn't they just call it Jon Hammburglar?
Someday...
On @boardgamegeek.com, F.J. has posted another excellent article tying a book on history to its corresponding boardgame. In this case, a single card from @gmtgames.bsky.social's all-time classic, Twilight Struggle. @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social
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* Literally based on a dream
* Has chorus based on Looney Toons bit
* Shreds, moans, crunchy riffs
* Peart playing his ass off
💯 ☑️☑️☑️
Agreed. (Also, the extra large black background on this screenshot is perfect.)
Wait. This isn’t Florida.
Advanced Squad Leader, Hatten In Flames map, covering most of my folding table. It has dozens of counters arrayed on the battlefield.
Playing the ASL Hatten In Flames short campaign, I’m starting to get why larger battles and scenarios appeal to people. It’s cumbersome on the tabletop, but the added scope adds a narrative weight and impact that smaller scenarios can’t quite equal.
This is Missy. She escaped from her backyard and ran straight to daycare, where she had a spa day and got to play with her boyfriend. Lessons were learned, but not the ones her parents probably hoped. 13/10 (TT: spotsplaceyqr)
Has Salmon P. Chase appeared in many of your books? Maybe they should add your scores together.
Stupider than he is, at least!
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto
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The box cover of the boardgame The White Castle, which has a painting of the famous white castle of Japan in the winter.
This photo shows the action board, which has a lot of random things on it. On the left is the "garden" area, which has three bridges. Each bridge has five dice which get rolled every round. The center has the "castle" area, which gives actions. The actions are all on cards, and change every time you place a worker on that area. The upper right is where samurai go. The bottom has some generic actions. Only the two on the bottom right have actions that never change from game to game, minute to minute. The lower left of the photo has my player board as the game starts. There are tracks for four different resources, warehouses for three kinds of worker meeples, and a place for cards for my "personal domain" action. Again, this action will be different from game to game, and turn to turn. You can't plan much in advance in The White Castle. You may as well just browse your phone in between turns. But it's kind of fun.
A friend of ours hosts a mini-convention at her home for each of her birthdays. I only got to attend for a couple of hours this time, but played a new game. The White Castle, a dice-drafting, dice-placing, action-chaining, mostly-random-selection-of-action-spaces thing. See image alt for more.
The Strait of Hormuz Blockade, but we add OUR blockade.
Burn them with fire. The exposed feet, I mean. Nobody wants to see or smell that while they are trapped in the flying bus.
