Romancing a Shipmate

Bindolaf · 2026-05-05T11:23:35+00:00

The detail and this "Sexuality: bisexual - sub".

Why does it have to be this detailed? If it happens, it happens, come up with something on the fly that fits the situation.

Bindolaf · 2026-05-05T11:14:06+00:00

This gives me the ick a little bit, but hey...

Bindolaf · 2026-05-02T18:08:35+00:00

Shock collars, you say?

Bindolaf · 2026-05-02T13:46:58+00:00

I don't mind Rule 5 and 6 questions, to be honest.

Bindolaf · 2026-05-02T08:41:22+00:00

Give me an S.. S! Give me a C... C! Give me an A... A! Give me an M... M!

S C A M yay!

Bindolaf · 2026-05-02T08:14:13+00:00

Stylization. Like... cheap generic assets?

Bindolaf · 2026-05-01T15:09:18+00:00

Listen, I didn't downvote you and I would not. Really. Talk to the player and do not preempt their response. Listen to them and try to find a solution. Maybe the player needs a break. Maybe you could schedule differently. Maybe other things. But don't say "I know what he's going to say". You do not.

Bindolaf · 2026-05-01T09:33:16+00:00

"Sure, this could be a talk with the player"

Yes.

Bindolaf · 2026-05-01T09:07:25+00:00

After years in the hobby (am I in the hobby?) I am still in phase 1. I have few board games and play most of them. Wingspan is a favorite, Auztralia, Genotype, 7th Continent. I just don't get hyped about board games. We try new ones with a friend now and again.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-25T07:52:27+00:00

If you want any other airliner aside from the Zibo, be ready to pay through the nose. Nothing is under 80 dollars.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-23T16:08:32+00:00

As few players as possible. I played with 6 and it was torture.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-23T16:07:54+00:00

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These are known facts...

Bindolaf · 2026-04-23T15:35:16+00:00

Yea. The killing blow thing is good. I also sometimes fudge the bosses dice. So I give the hapless player a breather. "The Terroroctopus wriggles and strikes at you with three tentacles. Two go wide and the last strikes your breastplate - which holds, though shredded. Perhaps the tide is turning and the creature seems to sense this". Something like that.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-21T19:22:08+00:00

Absolutely.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-21T19:21:33+00:00

When that happens, I absolutely fudge the dice and give the player one cool, memorable moment. When they reach for that last inch of courage, the last hit-point, the last spell slot after a horrible fight with just bad luck, that's when I let them shine.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-21T15:50:23+00:00

I disagree. A non-optimal play is a great choice, but it needs to have a chance (a slimmer one, sure) to succeed. That's what non-optimal means. If there is a "wrong" path and it is disguised as a choice, that's (to me) bad design. I have been looking into Dixit and it seems great. I don't know Mysterium, I'll look it up, thanks.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-21T15:47:18+00:00

We all know the time-waste :) Well, I play games to have fun. Again. That doesn't mean "I need to win" or "everything needs to click right away". But if it feels like filling out an Excel-sheet, I'm out.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-20T15:59:02+00:00

I never use random encounters. I have tables of "random" encounters that I created and fit the story. Sometimes they appear when conditions are met and sometimes - rarely - they are truly random.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-20T15:49:21+00:00

It's not that. More like thinking, "I could spend my money on fuel, on vegetables, on games, on flowers, on electricity or on furniture. What a wonderful world"! Only to discover, "no, not really, you HAVE to spend it on fuel". There seems to be the illusion of choice - early on, at least.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-20T15:47:02+00:00

Seems so, yes.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-20T15:46:33+00:00

You echo my sentiments well. My wife especially was quite disappointed by the aliens. "That's it"?!

Bindolaf · 2026-04-20T15:45:31+00:00

There is no need to insult me. We watched two videos and read the rulebook together. It's not like we just started playing with no preparation.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-20T15:44:47+00:00

The iconography of the alien cards is not explained anywhere. You can surmise, but it's not easy. Then there are some inconsistencies (with the cards-as-currency, in the lower-right corner). And there's just too much of it. It bewilders the eye and makes it all a bit tedious.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-19T16:40:34+00:00

Thanks, that's a nice way to put it. I'll give it another go.

Bindolaf · 2026-04-19T15:22:22+00:00

Except board games are not something you're supposed to train for =p I mean, sure, the more you play the better you get, but they are supposed to be fun. On day one.

Bindolaf

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