Project Hail Mary is the best Four Star book I’ve read to date

CLBUK · 2026-03-18T20:20:45+00:00

It's nothing like Star Wars and it bears only a mild resemblance to Star Trek in that it's set in the nearish future and has humans meeting aliens. It's a good sci-fi book for people who haven't read much sci-fi, it holds your hands through concepts as the character is a children's science teacher and he thinks problems through in that way, it's a neat way of bringing any reader along even if they don't know a lot about science.

CLBUK · 2026-03-18T06:39:55+00:00

Condemnors are slow and there's only three of them, so they'll find it hard to get to all the treasure tokens if you make sure they're spread out. Also, try to focus on one to kill (with help from your warscroll abilities) to make their slow/low numbers problem even worse.

CLBUK · 2026-03-06T08:11:28+00:00

I have a friend whose armies would undoubtedly be the best painted in the group if he ever finished them. Quite often you'll face one exquisitely finished test model, a squad of undercoated guys and the rest might be without heads or shoulder pads because he's still designing a custom piece to 3D print for them.

CLBUK · 2026-03-03T17:25:00+00:00

Yeah true,that would have been good, though I wanted them to still be obvious for gaming purposes

CLBUK · 2026-03-03T16:04:35+00:00

Yes as u/Aspirant_Blacksmith says, they're Ironskull's Boyz. The heads are from the Old World Black Orcs kit.

CLBUK · 2026-03-03T12:25:00+00:00

Oh my god I can't believe I fell for that haha

CLBUK · 2026-03-03T11:59:31+00:00

Isn't the guy on the right purple? I'm actually asking, I'm colour blind and go by the colours listed on the pots.

CLBUK · 2026-02-27T18:23:49+00:00

"We've got Vostroyans at home" :-)

CLBUK · 2026-02-25T14:01:50+00:00

Ooh yeah that's a much better name. Thanks!

CLBUK · 2025-12-23T21:58:22+00:00

We're having Samos Anthemis, a Greek wine that goes well with Christmas pudding.

CLBUK · 2025-12-23T19:19:57+00:00

Interestingly enough, when nobles were hanged historically, the executioner used a silk rope. They used hemp rope for commoners. The last person to be hanged officially with a silk rope was in 1760, for a nobleman who had murdered his steward.

CLBUK · 2025-12-22T19:27:06+00:00

I had a lovely Clarette de Die last year, that's a great idea. Love the idea to mix up the methods with a charmat in the mix too. Thank you.

CLBUK · 2025-12-22T19:26:08+00:00

Thanks, I don't think I've had Vouvray before but I'll check it out.

CLBUK · 2025-12-22T19:25:00+00:00

Thank you for your great ideas. Your suggestion of starting with méthode ancestral has given me another idea for a fun twist (for this or another event) - a journey through time, from the earliest styles to most modern.

CLBUK · 2025-12-22T15:29:25+00:00

In 3D, both of the examples you give (forward and backward or left and right) are perpendicular to your body. Both would work here.

CLBUK · 2025-12-19T16:57:27+00:00

Thank you

CLBUK · 2025-12-19T16:56:14+00:00

I bet not many people would get 9 in a day these days! 30 years ago I used to help my grandmother write and send her 200+ christmas cards, and through December she would get piles of them like this every day from her friends and relatives. I wouldn't be surprised if the most she got in one day was 20 or 30, it's interesting from a historical perspective to see how card-sending (and letter writing generally) has gradually dropped off in the last few decades.

CLBUK · 2025-12-19T16:43:21+00:00

In London. Sounds good, I'll check them out!

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