“Yeah, we can get Age of Steam done in 2 hours.”

The little sub that could!

Yeah, you’re allowed to curse on the internet. Be free! It is bullshit when this happens.

“In further news, strange link between board games and train motifs also explained.”

Hard to find much info on this. Looks like some kind of dice game?

BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/438266/va-mourir-sur-mars

Unboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrMlC231JQI

To be honest, if you had access to the equipment that would be a lot more practical way to make this. Get a piece of square bar stock of your chosen metal, cut it into cubes, and then engrave and polish. That said, most people don’t have that kind of stuff just lying around. Maybe if you’ve got access to a makerspace or a shop thru work or some really, really good friends.

Got Bohnanza and Resistance placed this week. We discussed whether or not Bohnanza should be considered a board game, card game, or go into a third, new category called a “bean game.” It was a four player game and decently close. I think Bohnanza holds up at 4, but I wouldn’t want to play it at any less. My hot Uwe Rosenberg take has always been that Bohnanza is his best game, but that’s probably not true. After all, there’s Mamma Mia and at least a few others that contend for the title.

Resistance is my cult of the old pick for social deduction. It’s less convoluted than Secret Hitler, doesn’t need a GM like BOTC or Werewolf, and has more depth than One-Night Ultimate Werewolf. It’s a tightly designed game that expects a lot from the players and needs repeat plays to appreciate. It’s short enough that it doesn’t feel excessive to run it 2-3 times back to back. In my opinion, the best way to play is with the plot cards expansion. It does need a little more than just the base rules to be interesting, and I like the democatic element of powers being handed out to people during the game instead of being chosen beforehand.

I’m a big Rotarycraft fan. I even made a modpack for it called Rotary Skies, though it was released so late after 1.7.10 that it didn’t get much attention. Still, good times.

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I’m big on the cult of the old. I’d rather play one game ten times than ten games one time, and I think that if a game can’t hold up to at least five plays it isn’t worth owning. Of course, if other people want to spend their money on that kind of stuff, it’s fine, but I like to keep my collection small and replayable. In my opinion, the best board games get better with repeated plays because that’s when you can really get into the strategy.

Side note, but I also really hate the idea of legacy games where you just have to throw the thing out once you’re done.

Live free or die, birbs

Can’t believe it’s been 8 years since Civ6 came out! I still remember people being mad about Civ5 changing stuff from Civ4.

I suppose we’re overdue, though. There were only six years between 5 and 6, five between 4 and 5, and four between 3 and 4.

Cool! I think whether or not this works will vary from case to case, but I’m glad you got it working.

Very handsy boy

New Mandela effect just dropped.

No, I always remember it being a forge mod, since the 1.15 days at least. Not sure what to tell you. Maybe they discussed Fabric but went with Forge in the early stages? Maybe you’re thinking of being frustrated with it not being a Fabric mod and having to install Forge? Maybe you’re thinking of another mod entirely?

Hadn’t heard of it before, but looks neat! RPG-style packs are cool but sometimes get ignored in the sea of tech and magic packs.

RLCraft is definitely a modpack, ha. Don’t be afraid to change packs if you end up getting frustrated, since I’ve heard that unfair deaths are pretty common. You could also do stuff like turn KeepInventory on.

Beautiful! Great to see trains in minecraft. I know it’s been done before, but Create does it while keeping in the spirit of the game by having you build it however you want in game.

PopTop. Railroad Tycoon 2&3 and Tropico 1&2. They got bought by 2K, which eventually killed the studio. The Railroad Tycoon series is dead. Tropico is still around, but I’m not excited about the latest interation. Some of the guys tried to kickstart a new Railroad Tycoon but it didn’t fund. Phil Steinmeyer was an underrated developer, though I believe he’s retired today.

It’s too bad it worked out that way. I think they could have been on the level with Paradox as far as strategy games are concerned, but focusing more on economic games, city builders, and the like. On Steinmeyer’s blog he said he didn’t think there was demand for heavier games anymore about mid 00s. That might have been true then, but so many games out now prove that wrong.

I waited for most of them to leave first. I do have a good crossbow tower setup, but the problem is that crossbows aren’t effective against undead.