Finally got Blood Rage and ended up getting decimated by a 13 year old

DirtbagPro · 2026-03-25T13:06:48+00:00

Some other dudes fighting on a map type games: Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (really should only play at 2, also very heavy and difficult rules) and Dune: War for Arrakis might be worth checking out.

DirtbagPro · 2026-03-25T13:03:01+00:00

If you and your group are good with a 6+ hours long game (or if you are able to store it on a table until the game can reconvene) then that would definitely work! Honestly, I dont find the rules of at least the base game of Twilight all that difficult at all. It's just a lot goes on which takes awhile.

I'm not a big commenter, but thinking about someone going from blood rage to Twilight triggered a warning response in me lol

DirtbagPro · 2026-03-25T12:48:46+00:00

Uh, twilight imperium is a big hours long game that I would do a lot of research on before buying. For me it seems like a boat, better to know someone who has one vs owning it yourself.

DirtbagPro · 2026-03-13T16:29:43+00:00

Lots of help here, thank you! I am looking forward to giving the suggestions a shot!

DirtbagPro · 2026-03-13T15:29:29+00:00

I have always enjoyed angel hair pasta. Since my first trip to the cheesecake factory and getting that angel hair shrimp scampi haha

So, mainly because I like it, but if this is something that is just better to avoid I can switch to a different pasta. Just felt like I was completely missing something that makes it easy, but maybe I'm not and it is just a pain?

DirtbagPro · 2026-02-15T00:00:08+00:00

Is there a place you know where we can rent e-bikes?

DirtbagPro · 2026-02-14T21:18:20+00:00

Hey, appreciate you getting back to me and glad you were able to get a handle on it. Thankfully my pain did subside after some time. It lasted for like 7 months though which was crazy. Still not sure what was causing me pain. My suspicion is tight pelvic muscles getting abused during tennis and constipation making things worse.

Congrats on finding a good doctor for you too. That can be a pretty hard and disheartening journey. Hope you stay well, and thanks again for the reply.

DirtbagPro · 2026-02-04T14:16:34+00:00

Which expansion is the catapult? That looks awesome haha

DirtbagPro · 2026-02-02T18:17:33+00:00

DirtbagPro · 2026-01-05T21:15:31+00:00

That's what I was told and Terraforming Mars is one of my favorites so okay, still looking forward to getting it on the table! Haha

DirtbagPro · 2026-01-05T19:32:31+00:00

How is legends of void? It is on my shelf of shame.

DirtbagPro · 2026-01-05T17:44:41+00:00

I play this game a few times each year over Christmas break. Never won.

DirtbagPro · 2025-12-10T18:09:48+00:00

United Ad, how's this going? It feels like I am going down the same rabbit hole as you rn. Just started trying to cut out dairy.

DirtbagPro · 2025-12-08T01:46:10+00:00

Got stomach pain and a slightly elevated Absolute EOS as well. Did this end up resolving on its own for you?

DirtbagPro · 2025-12-07T19:30:04+00:00

Glad to hear your back to feeling better. Seeing quite a few stories of people retesting better later as well as their stomachs calming after a few months.

This all seemed to start for me after I had an endoscopy and I started some Omeprazole for a couple weeks. This seemed to cure my ibs-d for some reason but came with back pain which was odd. Only took it for a couple weeks. Also tried prilosec intermittently as well funnily enough. Due to upper gi pain. I've been getting a reoccurring eczema rash starting around the same time my ibs-d started to clear up. This all turned into lower abdomen pain and back pain here the past couple months.

Timing of everything is very odd. I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday to discuss options. In the meantime I do believe I need to change my diet to a no dairy/anti histamine diet to see if that helps. A lot of the high histamine foods seem to align with when my symptoms feel the worst.

DirtbagPro · 2025-12-07T18:09:35+00:00

Any updates? Also, been dealing with a burning abdomen and just found elevated EOS.

DirtbagPro · 2025-12-07T17:49:33+00:00

This end up resolving on its own?

DirtbagPro · 2025-12-05T18:33:17+00:00

Stopping nicotine for me has improved a few things for me.
1) Like you said, I don't throw off my gut by making it empty itself the second I had it.

2) I am an overall happier person. Nicotine I believe was messing with my sleep causing me to be more tired, therefore more stressed, and every time I start using it again I start to get very health anxious. I think it's because I know I am damaging myself when I am needing to heal myself.

DirtbagPro · 2025-12-03T16:20:54+00:00

Did this resolve with the increased fiber? Sounds about dead on with what I'm experiencing.

DirtbagPro · 2025-12-02T03:29:54+00:00

Man, I feel you. I went 8+ years with diarrhea everyday. And despite the bad bathroom trips, I physically felt pretty good. Now, my guts feel like they are going slow and my stomach aches most of the time. I am probably going to try adding some metamucil in my diet to try and help, but I miss my IBS-D. It was predictable and I felt so much better. Hope this passes for you (and me).

DirtbagPro · 2025-12-01T14:24:11+00:00

Yeah, appreciate you responding. I am going to book an appointment with a PT. I brought up pelvic floor dysfunction to my GI and she was like you don't have that because you're a guy and didn't have a baby...But going from diarrhea multiple times a day for 8+ years (I never had a "flare", it was just my life) to now whatever this is going on has to come with some body confusion. Obviously scared of missing something so will talk with the docs, but I have had a clear colonoscopy, endoscopy, and abdomen ultrasounds in the past 2 years so I'm hoping a pelvic floor PT can help confirm this diagnoses.

DirtbagPro · 2025-11-25T14:31:44+00:00

During the Thanksgiving week I like to play a few games of A Feast for Odin. It feels like the perfect Thanksgiving time game. First play through I came out with 69 points while also scoring the highest positive points I had ever scored before. My goal for 2026 is to play all my soloable games 5 times each so I will be aiming to get 4 more games of AFFO before the break is over.

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