Brain Bear

You're kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.

I'd say my odds are 60/40.

Nice variety! Innovation is a lot of game in a small box.

As for deck building games, holy heck, that's a big pool of options.

My most recent addition is the G.I. Joe deck building game, which sounds like an IP grab, but is a really nifty co-op design that feels like playing out a storyline. (Rulebook sucks, though, so tutorials and errata are a must.)

I like it so much, I own it! It's a dice manipulation game, like Sagrada, but MORE.

Shut it down. Shut it down forever, Charlie Brown.

*If you get this reference, you earned a cookie.

One perpetual criticism I see of Donald Trump since his first presidency is his mental decline, evidenced when he speaks.

I disagree. He sounds the way he always has, bloviating and inane.

You mean he spoke on something he didn't truly understand? Stop the presses!

Indubitably.

Thanks!

I think deep study would be required to differentiate the many sub-groups and regional dialects of the UK, let alone get away with mimicking them.

One of my passive hobbies* is identifying people's country of origin when I see a photo online. I was pleased to confirm that you are in fact from the UK, as I immediately pegged these folks as British.

*Board gaming is my active hobby.

How about just, as a culture, teaching them to be responsible and respectful? If "boys will be boys," they may continue to be indefinitely, for no one's benefit but their own.

Grok please jangle some shiny keys in front of my face. Nuance level zero

It's so hard to make line up everything the way you want, you really have to keep all the goals in mind to maximize your points at the end. Good luck!

*by "another player" I mean an additional player.

Oh, gawd, are we going to have to protect her at all costs? The writers really decided to mix things up this season.

Thank goodness we can soon reclaim the true meaning of MTG:

Magic the Gathering

Unless she's planning something to keep her in the spotlight. She wouldn't do that, now, would as she?

YouTube video by Associated Press LIVE: Trump and Mamdani meeting at the White House

Trump still plays the hero, but in cooperation with a man decried by MAGA voters and mouthpieces as a dangerous Muslim communist (1 of 3 ain't bad). They're incredibly respectful, even chummy, toward each other and their shared interests as political leaders. SO WEIRD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw...

We need overwhelming pushback.

For anyone who thinks this doesn't concern them, bless your benighted heart.

So much for Signal's signature safety.

My friend considering his options during the second epoch (round) of our second game of Elysium tonight.

My second game winning tableau after scoring. Three level legends (sets of same numbers) netting me all three level bonuses. I saved most of my transfers until the last two epochs (rounds), because so many had ongoing or unactivated benefits.

It took almost 5 years to get this back to the table. I hope the next session will be much sooner, and with another player.

I realized I might possibly sell this to my rummy playing relatives, as a sets and runs game!

...with a few extra bells and whistles.

#Elysium by #SpaceCowboys #boardgames

This is the difference of whether you're in a cult or not.

40s and rainy? In November? Heaven.

I would call this one "Vigor."

Did they think wooing MAGA was going to cause those shoppers to show up in droves that vastly outnumbered their past customers? Cowards. Foolish cowardice, is what they choose.

And, maybe, if they hadn't acted like a frightened animal when conservatives condemned them for celebrating Pride or implementing DEI measures, maybe they wouldn't have lost the support that came with that more progressive demographic.

A CNN article screengrab entitled "Target may have hit rock bottom" by Nathaniel Meyersohn.

See, I don't want Target to fail.
I want them to be better, a company that MN can be proud of.

YouTube video by The Smashing Pumpkins - Topic Here Is No Why (Remastered 2012)

In honor of it's 30th anniversary, allow me to note my favorite song from Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness:
"Here Is No Why"

It wasn't one of the hits, but it's the one that pops into my head most often all these years later.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03M...

Two packages of A Christmas Story branded fudge on a store shelf, one chocolate and one chocolate walnut. The screencap faces of Ralphie do not match the scene where he utters the phrase also printed on the box: "OHHH... FFFFUDGE!!"

I was tempted when I saw this. If only they had used the actual face he made when he said what he said. That lost them a sale!

Great. Another thing for my bootlicking senator to bend over backwards to condone.

To his kind, dystopian futures are the goal.