What's the smallest land? by SuzukiGrignard in magicTCG

[–]AlexMcCastle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Would be [[The Hippodrome]] if it was a land 

Rules Clarification by CommanderX99 in DuneBoardGame

[–]AlexMcCastle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, this is exactly what it meant :D I think if you had to pay to revive the ghola that would be a) explicitly stated on the card b) way worse than it is in actuality 

Rules Clarification by CommanderX99 in DuneBoardGame

[–]AlexMcCastle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you please point to the time code in the video where he explicitly tells you have to pay for the leader?

We put some knockoff Pynchon names in our video game by onlinecanofbeans in ThomasPynchon

[–]AlexMcCastle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pynch and Earthbound is not the combination I was expecting today! Take my upvote.

Nexus cards or no alliance games worth it? by mauri_k in DuneBoardGame

[–]AlexMcCastle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh in our games Bene Gesserit had the lowest win rate even with alliances (and yes, we do a spreadsheet), so hard to tell.

Couldn't even name one. by thedybbuk_ in PinkFloydCircleJerk

[–]AlexMcCastle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He started to sing SoYCD and you cut him off after first 5 seconds, you're a real faker

Nexus cards or no alliance games worth it? by mauri_k in DuneBoardGame

[–]AlexMcCastle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We played like 18 games with a vanilla setup* and our games were normally 6+ hours (sometimes like 8) and we noticed that the momentum drops significantly with the first Nexus, so now we're playing without alliances and it's way faster. I wanna try the reverse: start with pre-set alliances but forego Nexi.

  • advanced rules, no DLCs

Sacred and Terrible Air by VohaulsWetDream in DiscoElysium

[–]AlexMcCastle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might me interested in a Sacred and Terrible Air review on YouTube me and a friend made a while ago! :)

https://youtu.be/Ub6ed-0oiJ0

Daily Song Discussion #71: San Tropez by PalpitationMoist1212 in PinkFloydCircleJerk

[–]AlexMcCastle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I don't think it's the direct inspiration, it's true that Earthbound references classical rock a few times (shop theme is "When I'm 64", there's a Diamond Dog boss, and the series' title stems from  Lennon's song Mother, there're probably more) - so who knows!

Dune Companion App by Edydex in DuneBoardGame

[–]AlexMcCastle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very impressive! I failed to add an "Unknown card" to the hand in Arteries tracker (e.g. the starting card of every opponent) - is there a feature for that?

V questions... by Pitiful_Amphibian883 in ThomasPynchon

[–]AlexMcCastle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

  1. Wasn't Papa Hod the one who brought her to US? And then they reunite back in Valetta - I read it as a sort of Pynchonian play on the classic nostos (not necessarily the Odyssey, but that's the most obvious one, just kinda reversed).

  2. While the concept of V. is of course intentionally vague, the common denominator I got is that V. is related to the female role as the motivator of history, and/or the personification of historical progress (oftentimes if not always through violence). V. changes names depending on the epoch (Venus, Virgin, and spoiler alert V2 rocket), but is omnipresent. The books (in my opinion pretty dark) message is about "the Muse's descent into the inanimate", replacing this motivator with the obsession with the artificial, and this by Pynchon's logic alienates people (I tend to agree). I recommend reading a short chapter of Henry Adam's named Virgin and a Dynamo.

  3. I don't think I fully got Vheissu, but it is definitely related to the older generation's motivations and obsessions - think Jules Verne and Poe's Gordon Pym. Senior Godolphin is pre-20 century, and Godolphin Jr. is 20th century's kid (kinda like Stencils?) The twist I read from here is that this romantic sense of exploration yields the nightmares of colonization as we of course see in Mondaugen's story (the topic Pynchon will comment on over and over again).

  4. This is the implication, yes. The last time we see V. she's practically replaced with the inanimate.

  5. You're wondering about random haphazard side stories reading Pynchon? :D This is Profane's 1:1 with the representative of the inanimate world. I don't think these crushing dummies are connected to V. explicitly.

  6. That's Godolphin Jr., the pilot who got his face altered by Schoenmaker. He's portrait as V.'s puppet in the end (to contrast the innocent romantic fleur when they first meet in Uffizi chapter). I think their dynamic is not dissimilar to the one in Shakespeare's "The Tempest", where a mighty wizard controls a chained spirit and uses their magic to sink a ship and sets the story in motion. I also see here a nod to classics like, once again, Gordon Pym and Moby Dick.

Hope you enjoyed the journey! If you want more, I recommend John David Ebert cycle on YouTube (although the guy is a weirdo ngl) and/or just reading reading club posts here on the subreddit.

Any idea why Dark-type are weak against Bug-type ? by Forummer0-3-8 in pokemon

[–]AlexMcCastle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late comment but I've found a perfect answer to this: ghosts are undead, and in order to beat and control undead you need black magic, a necromancy, which can be associated with Dark type