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Just watched Ocean by David Attenborough. Amazing, exhausting, emotional, and in places utterly awful to watch. Youngest found bits hard going, I cried, eldest said he felt inspired despite how hard it was.

Mostly warning people, if you're like me gird your loins. It is a tough watch. #saveourseas

15.05.2025 21:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'd laugh if I wasn't so close to crying! You nailed it.

04.02.2025 08:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Finally got round to reading #fourthwing by @rebeccayarros.bsky.social . It stands alone but I might have started sooner had I realised the main character has hypermobility. I mean sure... I'm not gonna be riding dragons or anything but still good to see. #representationmatters

04.02.2025 08:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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28.01.2025 13:56 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

I would but despite yelling it loudly (literally) they just won't listen

28.01.2025 13:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

I can't imagine how fearful (sensible)!people in the USA are right now. It's scary enough from across the pond!

25.01.2025 18:51 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Today we tried After Us which I won at the Rising of Chicanery games day.

It's a very pretty game which took very little time to learn, and you're evolving primates!

Overall a fun game, easy to learn with beautiful illustrations by @catchupgamer.bsky.social

16.01.2025 21:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I've been trying to work out what it is that doesn't quite sit right about the Chihuahua card from Dog Park by Birdwood Games (which is an excellent game, with beautiful art work). Mabel would like to volunteer to be the next model anyway.

14.01.2025 07:22 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is excellent! And to be honest I was a little horrified that no one else at the table knew it 😄

13.01.2025 21:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Got the chance to teach Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig by @stonemaiergames.com It's such a brilliant game with an interesting mechanism, both cooperative and competitive. It was everyone else's first time (5 other people) and after a slow start they soon got to grips with it.

12.01.2025 18:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If it helps I know plenty of people in the UK who look at states such as California as bastions of hope against the crazy some US states are in favour of. Sorry that you're all having such an additional amount of rubbish to deal with at such an awful time.

12.01.2025 11:02 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah you're not wrong. I was trying to describe the gameplay mechanisms yesterday to Tony so may steal that. I tried the star wars pandemic before Christmas and enjoyed it, but I preferred this for both gameplay and theming.

12.01.2025 10:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tried Reign of Cthulu yesterday for the first time from the same pandemic realms by @zmangames.bsky.social

It's been a while since I played Pandemic and I usually avoid the hardest settings. But we lost. It felt close but I'm not sure if that's accurate. Very much enjoyed it, either way!

12.01.2025 09:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still not got round to trying this yet. Not really sure why! My other half would appreciate the effort to gain a wombat card 😊

12.01.2025 09:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I can only imagine how much harder that makes it. Sorry you've got that to deal with on top of everything else.

11.01.2025 09:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hope you're doing the same. It's not much more fun this side of the pond if I'm honest.

11.01.2025 09:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0