Jason Batchelor

Define “bad turn,” perhaps?
If I learn something from mistakes that led to me having a bad turn: cool.
If the game is up front that players are going to have a rough time, then ok.
Resigning players to never getting to play the game is a great way to discourage replays, IMO. See: Catan.

(FWIW, I'm trying to outline them for a friend who has an interest in building a business around BG manufacture in the US. TOTALLY get it if you don't have time with the upcoming campaign to get into this but maybe another follower has time and a link?)

I remember the posts going off back when the tariffs were announced, but I am wondering if you know of anyone who compiled a comprehensive guide to these challenges? I can find critiques so far, but nothing outlining the hard costs of setting up manu here. TIA, and GL with the new RtDT campaign!!!

Oh, I didn’t expect to feel feels even getting to meet Brian Colin, the designer of Rampage, Spy Hunter and Discs of Tron. I saw him at the beginning of the con, didn’t get to check in later to see, but I hope he was well loved and appreciated over the course of the weekend.

The guests were all fantastic! DC Douglas was hilarious at his table, too.

Tbf, I brought my own copy, didn’t even think to make it an announced event because, well, life has been complicated recently. Hopefully you had a great time with the Arcade Pit however!

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I am now into month 15 of being unemployed.

My wife just lost her job due to budget cuts last week.

I’m still looking for gainful work in web dev, but I’m also great at proofreading, or, could help with code reviews.

In the meantime, she’s got a GoFundMe. gofund.me/d6009243d

Mass Effect Priority: Hagalaz set up on the table and ready for action!

Over the weekend, at Pittsburgh Gaming Expo, I also got to teach a few people the basics of Mass Effect Priority: Hagalaz. I think I gave people a nice boost to get their own copy to the table, and I had several people stop by to look who had never seen it. @ithayla.bsky.social

Sent a few more new players your way, @restorationgames.bsky.social , this weekend! Good luck on the upcoming campaign for Return to Dark Tower!

Players making the some strategic plans in Return to Dark Tower. Relic Hunter doing their thing and collecting All the Things by the second month. Spymaster zipping around. Brutal Warlord gathering the mass legions.

Another angle on Return to Dark Tower, as players contemplate their next steps.

Teaching some people about @restorationgames.bsky.social Return to Dark Tower at this weekend’s local gaming convention, Pittsburgh Gaming Expo!

(Not a paid demo, I just love the game enough I want the next KS to go gangbusters!)

Aww, missed ya, then! Alright, be safe wherever you are!

@br00taldan.bsky.social hey there, long time no see! Might you have any suggestions for the best book store or hobby store in the Orlando area? We’re down here until Friday!

There are two there that I’ve never seen, but holy cow, I haven’t heard anyone refer to Young Sherlock Holmes, a firmly under rated movie, imo!

That word is high on my list of words to avoid, both in spelling and in real life use.

It seems that roast was served in your household today.

Though my favorite IP is probably Shadowjog.

One
Stay
Might Stop
Jester of Tokyo
Mix Up
Cellars and Geckos

7 Nifties
Power Brick
Mansion of Frustration
Return to Shadowed Shack

Strangely, while I read most of Pern up to ATWoP, almost all the Ship Who Sang series, and the Sassinak series with Elizabeth Moon, I never got into Crystal Singer, not sure why.

Very few of us are "simple" humans; while I was too young to get the nuances of the homosexual takes in her books, I was more impressed with her strong(er) femme protagonists, though I was also unaware at the time how unusual that was at the time her books were published.

She definitely carved her own path, but it’s one I feel modern writers tread with no thought to her work.

But shouldn’t we be discussing that instead of just burying it? GRRM gets away with far worse, but he obviously has gotten a pass.

Maybe unrelated, maybe not: is there any good explanation out there for why Anne McCaffrey seems to be all but forgotten compared to current writers? I’ve felt for a long time that current “fandom” owes part of its existence to the way she cultivated community, but rarely see her credited.

Well, actually

Courtiers could work as a group name.

Thinking about this, I think I would define small talk as anything that serves more to allow the initiator to hear themselves talk than to show any true interest in the person they are talking at.

This has big “some of my best friends are board gamers” energy.

“Have you looked for clarification on ChatGPT?”

“Bob” is very obviously taken.

K-pop Demon Hunters was a fun show!