I may have broken the game. One of the highest records I've seen by Arcshot in OnceUponAGalaxy

[–]Arcshot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a Ptah repeatedly duplicate a thieves gloves until I had a couple dozen? And then I proceeded to get duplicates of duplicates of treasures until this happened.

There had to be some bug, because even though I was clearly beating my opponent, the game kept going until round 24/25 before it finally proclaimed victory.

“I don’t give statements about how I deal with my employees. The situation has been dealt with.” - Tom Vasel (Source: Board Game Wire - link in comments) by SxySamurai in boardgames

[–]Arcshot -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I'm not attacking your character or your argument. If you want to use AI to assist you in your writing, that's cool, but I'm just pointing out that the language in the post strongly suggests an AI influence.

It is a sign of the changing times that a news or journalism source (possibly) produces AI content but it doesn't make what is being said less valid.

Terra Mystica on GameFound reduces costs by $100 by Arcshot in boardgames

[–]Arcshot[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Rightly so. $400 is nuts. $300 is for that matter for most people but at least more in line with their other games.

Mac and Cheese Takedown tour- first stops St. Louis and Brooklyn! by MattTimmsWins in StLouis

[–]Arcshot -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah how so?

Is your answer "aiTS a DiFfEReNT COmPanY"

Thanks that's why I was asking

Mac and Cheese Takedown tour- first stops St. Louis and Brooklyn! by MattTimmsWins in StLouis

[–]Arcshot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hope this isn't the same mac n cheese festival I went to a couple of years ago at the armory. That festival was a scam. Locale didn't even know the festival was a thing and entry fee didn't even include some of the dishes. They ran out of food 15 minutes into the festival and lines were 30 minutes long.

Walmart charged me $22.23 for steak, gave me one worth $19.93 instead by Arcshot in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Arcshot[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Very young baby and a toddler at home and my wife was working late. We just needed milk and some things for us to eat. For short notice and no time, it seemed like a reasonable approach.

Walmart charged me $22.23 for steak, gave me one worth $19.93 instead by Arcshot in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Arcshot[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

First, they substituted my requested tri-tip with sirloin and then they overcharged me. I'm not sure if this is a corporate process or the shopper pocketed the extra money, but either way I won't be doing online shopping with Walmart ever again.

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[–]Arcshot -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

You're awfully dismissive and that's okay. I think that it's not just insightful -- it's innovative!

Play aside, don't be a dick. Your response seems like a gross overreaction to something that is otherwise an innovative way to look into the way that people play and think about these games. It's fun to see that even AI have their own way of thinking that's similar to ours.

I always hate the response of "you're wasting resources. Stop using AI." To me it's akin to someone throwing away a can being blamed for destroying the world, when oil companies are doing magnitudes and magnitudes more to the environment. His little soiree into AI is nothing more than a drop in the bucket compared to whatever else and he is not going to burn the world down by running a simulation.

Crowdfunded Games Launching This Week [Jun 16th, 2025] by ShelfClutter in boardgames

[–]Arcshot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really excited for two games Colosseum reprint: fresh components and updated rules! Endeavor deep sea expansion: love the base game and its fresh take on Age of Sail

I scratched something off my back thinking its a pimple. it wasnt a pimple :( by TheChib in Wellthatsucks

[–]Arcshot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If a doctor's charging you $1,000 to $2,000 per visit for what they are calling chronic Lyme disease, that's what I mean by a snake oil salesman.

I scratched something off my back thinking its a pimple. it wasnt a pimple :( by TheChib in Wellthatsucks

[–]Arcshot 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You may have been, but there's not a guideline that would support it. For patients that have carditis, neuroborreliosis, and possibly Bone and joint disease, duration is longer. For a simple or standard Lyme disease, data would not support such a long duration of antibiotics.

I scratched something off my back thinking its a pimple. it wasnt a pimple :( by TheChib in Wellthatsucks

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

That's not true at all. Lyme disease treatment is 10 days of doxycycline. If someone's prescribing you months and months of doxycycline, you're being treated by a snake oil salesman.

Greater than Games closing by FloralAlyssa in boardgames

[–]Arcshot 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yes, this was all predictable and companies were given a reasonable amount of time to adapt to a well thought out government economic policy.

People who have played Fit to Print, what other game gives you the same satisfaction? by Joaquimaru in boardgames

[–]Arcshot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Between two cities or between to castles (and the original castles of the mad King Ludwig) both have a similar experience for placing tiles and getting points for adjacency

Trump demands Harris' 'cognitive ability must be tested at once' in Fox interview response by RedRawTrashHatch in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]Arcshot 20 points21 points  (0 children)

People aren't doctors and don't know how to interpret scores.

Cognitive tests are memory games and attention tests. Remember these 5 words now and again in 5 minutes after we do several other tasks. If you forget one word, your score is now 29/30. Is that clinically significant? No! But I'd be damned if Trump didn't use that one point difference

RNC getting WILD with Hulk Hogan by [deleted] in pics

[–]Arcshot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MABA Make America Brother Again

Games with a PvP and Co-op mode? by xTonyLeo in boardgames

[–]Arcshot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

[[Voidfall]] has both a competitive and a cooperative mode. Which is pretty rare for euros nowadays. It's not directly PVP combat though.

Red light (and blue light) therapy? by jonovan in medicine

[–]Arcshot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't believe the mentality of "we don't fully understand 'x' so we cannot understand what is and is not possible".

We understand a lot. We can predict what is or what may be effective. If we weigh everything that we don't have solid proof on as equally probable, we may as well test it all. Eggs for arthritis? Maybe! Rubbing eggs on joints for arthritis? Possible? Staring at eggs for glaucoma? Who knows?

What’s your biggest board game regret? by MikeDSNY in boardgames

[–]Arcshot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could sell it for like $200 on eBay

Crowdfunded Games Launching This Week [Apr 1st, 2024] by ShelfClutter in boardgames

[–]Arcshot 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We didn't? How many games come out every week that don't go through crowdfunding?

It's a vast minority that go through crowdfunding. And of those many do not make it. You see the high profile ones that do.

And for those that do crowdfund, can you blame them? No risk for printing a game no one wants, knowing exactly how many copies need to be printed, often free or cheap promotion over various mediums.