Christopher Child

Guys…. Cribbage FTW. That game is what bridged me from a game COLLECTOR to a PLAYER. My in-laws taught me. My best memories; summer nights on the porch with a beverage, listening to the baseball game and the crickets, pegging 15’s and runs…. Playing after Thanksgiving dinner… Happiness.

I love you guys.

I was thinking “oh, the meeples in Burgle Bros are cool!” But then I heard someone say that they are annoyed by putting stickers on meeples…

If Tim wasn’t such a grump you’d have won.
😜

We had Russia on the ropes.

They were crippled by sanctions.

They had made minimal headway into Ukraine.

Putin had to survive a military uprising within his own ranks.

He was down to pleading for conscripts from North Korea.

Then he played his ace in the hole.

Donald Motherfucking Trump.

"The new US administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely coincides with our vision."

- Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson

Add this to the growing list of things you never thought you'd see in your lifetime.

He says and does incredibly reckless things every single day and republicans spend the rest of the day walking it to a less crazy place.

This is not governance. It's not leadership.

It's dancing to the whims of a madman.

Jesus Christ. Anxiety attacks and stomach in knots for the last 48 hours. Depression and anxiety are doing me in. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person who understands just how incredibly fucked we are as a country, and how imperiled the world is.

That too.

No. Because they are the largest demographic that voted for tRump, and nada one of them that I know of, including my own family, could explain what specific policies he was for or against, despite the fact that he wore his policies on his sleeve: Autocracy, retribution, unchecked power.

I blame the uneducated people, and most of them are white males.

The American public and the Senate Judiciary Committee deserve to see the Matt Gaetz report.

Repost if you agree.

pretty much

This cartoon is spot on.

Yup.

Yes

It’s easy to decide, but impossible to make happen.

It’s simple: anyone who cheats customers, vendors, and partners will cheat you. Anyone who betrayed his wives will betray you. Anyone who constantly lies will lie to you.

They are all going to be disappointed.

Depressed as hell. Nobody around me, other than my wife and kids, seems to understand the absolute monster they elected. Climate? Screwed. Autocracy? Just wait. Joining Ru$$!@ and NK in a war against Ukraine? Nukes? Yeah. We’re so screwed. But hey, nobody’s taking your guns away…

I’m so glad to know that you guys feel the same way as I do about the orange man. It’s been a long and lonely week.

Wow! I didn’t figure that out about Adam. Cooool!
It really is of its time. Funny thing is that he was the mildest, completely modest and honorable man in the world. Such a great guy; I miss him every day.

@boardgamehottakes.bsky.social all your talk about PanAm the Boardgame has gotten me into Brag Mode. My grandfather was an original pilot in the PanAm organization and was a BADASS one, too. His heroism is documented in Fasten Your Seat Belts! History and Heroism in the Pan Am Cabin a.co/d/h7RTYRV

Some more of the Xmas haul. FYI, if you have any interest in the Unmatched series, Barnes and Noble has the two Jurassic Park boxes for $12 each. A steal!!!

Today’s game from under the Christmas tree was my Most Desired Game off the Christmas list: Le Havre by Uwe Rosenberg.

I ended up with a good haul of #boardgames this Christmas: Le Havre, Scout, War Chest (including two expansions), Merchants and Marauders expansion, Marvel: Crisis Protocol, and Summoner Wars. In addition, I got my wife Dice Throne Adventures AND Season 2, Dragonkeepers and High Society!

Just finished bottling and labeling this year’s batch of Christmas Mead. I’m proud of not only the mead itself, which is clean and easy on the palate, but of the label design I created.

I would LOVE to hear a hot take on INIS. It’s a great game, imho, but it’s so different from other similarly weighted games that I empathize with those that just don’t “get it.” That still doesn’t make them RIGHT, though…😜

Lost Cities gets “L.” Hands down.

Kingdomino has never lost its charm, but honestly? K2 may surpass it. I’ve only played it twice, but I LOVED it!!!

Jamaica!!! With the expansion, it’s super silly fun!!!