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The Silent and the Ironclad characters facing the Time Lord act 3 boss

Benji and I finished up our first fun run of Slay the Spire the Board Game tonight by absolutely demolishing the Time Lord
We both built some murder decks in the third Act
Such a great game!
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It's one of my favourite ballparks
So gorgeous

A big Lego Monkey Palace on the table

Elsie wanted to play Lego Monkey Palace today
So we got to play with Lego and I snuck out the win
Such a fun table presence

They are my two favourite teams, so this is a dream series

Oh snap! What a pull

An absolutely epic battle
So excited to watch my two favourite teams battle it out in the ALCS
I've got tickets for game 5

The Mariners using 3 of their starters game 5 to make it through to the ALCS feels so good for the Jays

I mean, 15 innings is so many innings for a deciding game
It's so amazing for the Jays
But I also love the Mariners, so this is killing me

But I want the Mariners to win and this game is killing me

Oh, Berry Punch would be my jam

Fancy Castles of Burgundy on the table

Played the fancy Castles of Burgundy last night with the vineyard and shield expansions
I didn't do much with the vineyard and grabbed one shield, so I didn't do much with them
Then I came in last, sooooooo...

Piles of prototyping materials on a table

Piles of prototyping materials on a table while hands grab at items

I'm running a game design jam at my school today
We're into the prototyping phase of the day
So many reused components

I'd love to, but life is so busy right now. I'm barely finding time to do my own show lately

Episode 262 with Quinten – Kinfire Council, Up or Down?, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and The Order of Giants Indiana Jones and the Great Circle expansion Episode 262 with Quinten – Kinfire Council, Up or Down?, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and The Order of Giants Indiana Jones and the Great Circle expansion Direct Download or Media Player…

Episode 262 is here and Quinten is back!
We give first impressions of Kinfire Council by @kevinwilson42.bsky.social & @incredibledream.bsky.social and our review of Up or Down? by @capstone-games.com
Plus Hollow Knight: Silksong and the new Indiana Jones DLC
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You'd think he'd do some research before calling a game
I mean, Yesavage has played in every level on his skyrocket trip here
He's a top 100 prospect...

That was supposed to say cold America...

Oh, cool.
Enjoy come America, haha

Haha, nice! I'm a little bit far from Vancouver.
Are you coming for work?

We went to Cannery (carrot beer was weird in an almost good way), HWY 97 (banana beer was solid), Abandoned Rails (raspberry black IPA was not good), and Barley Mill, but they were sold out of their beer.
Hoping Yellow Dog will be better on Tuesday

Yeah, the theme of the fest was "weird beers" but nothing was that good.
I love weird beers, but none were good enough
We're going back on Tuesday with friends to the other 3 breweries in hopes they will be better.

Flowers in a crib board because there were no pegs at this brewery

Lins and I are out on a date night for Beer Fest in Penticton
No beer has been good so far, but crib is fun

Game of his life!
Hopefully only for about a week or so when he has an even better one in the playoffs, haha

I mean, this lineup looks like the b squad for them
Looks good as a Jays fan

Just One on the table with some snacks

We were supposed to play Kids on Bikes tonight, but we forgot our character sheets at home
So we're playing Just One

Wow, isn't this the first time he has been on the IL in his career?
Or at least since 2019?

Woo! Congrats on this big change, dude.
Good luck

a man in a red hat is fishing in a pond Alt: a man in a red hat is fishing in a pond

We finished our 4p game of Fishing at lunch today
It's such a wild trick taking game
It's a weird balance of losing tricks to get better cards, but timing it out so you have a great last couple hands
If you like trick taking games, it's definitely worth trying

The Silent and the Ironclad running through Act 2 of Slay the Spire the Board Game

Benji and I continued our Tuesday night Slay the Spire run
Act 2 was a tight one, but we pulled it off
I only had 1 HP left when I spent all my potions to finish off the boss
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There's a certain kind of ideologue who wants you to believe the public education system is "in the grip" of school teachers. That educators control nearly every aspect of not just schools but the government.

They are liars and weirdos. They are lying to you and are very weird about democracy.

Woo! Congrats, gents!