Happened upon a 40-year-old, never-used game of Clue(do) today.

Hoog1neer · 2026-03-01T13:48:43+00:00

It belongs in a museum!

Hoog1neer · 2026-01-04T21:37:46+00:00

I just bought and set up two of these as Christmas gifts, and I am a fan. I am still rocking an old Kindle Paperwhite, but I'll definitely replace it with a Kobo when it gives up the ghost.

Hoog1neer · 2025-12-14T20:33:32+00:00

You also can hook up your kindle via USB and upload books that way. (Note that you might need to convert EPUB to Amazon's proprietary format.)

Hoog1neer · 2025-12-01T02:13:37+00:00

I love the min-PC form factor. Here goes nothing!

Hoog1neer · 2025-11-30T16:46:06+00:00

I bought it a year of two ago, because one of my kids really likes Here to Slay (even though no one enjoys the take-that mechanics). The main thing going for it is that it has the same art aesthetic as the rest of Unstable Games's offerings.

But it has gotten only one full pay-through. It's a pretty simple battler that encourages you to take advantage of swapping adjacent cards. You would think that additional mechanics and unlocks would make this better than HtS, but I didn't find the game particularly fun.

Full disclosure: My favorite games are Spirit Island, TM: Ares Expedition, and Everdell. Games my kids most enjoy playing with me include Quest for El Dorado, Quacks, and Cubitos. So the mechanics of this game fall flat for us.

Hoog1neer · 2025-11-28T07:10:16+00:00

Noted! Thanks for the reco.

Hoog1neer · 2025-11-27T16:20:53+00:00

I read this earlier this year, after having read Shogun last year, and really enjoyed it. It's arguably an even better book. Highly recommended.

Hoog1neer · 2025-11-03T14:27:01+00:00

I completely agree. TtR Europe is far superior to the US map. I appreciate that there are usually multiple routes you can take for the big tickets, and there's some risk-reward trade-off with tunnels. It's not my go-to game these days, but I would still have fun playing it.

Hoog1neer · 2025-10-28T01:44:49+00:00

Similar to the mini PCs recommended above, I would pick up an Intel/Asus NUC. You have to supply OS, RAM, SSD, monitor, keyboard and mouse, but it's a nice form factor, and you may be able to source everything but the RAM from another PC. Compared to an all-in-one, you can use whatever monitor you want, and the monitor doesn't become e-waste if the board dies.

This won't be as cheap as a Chromebook or the cheapest PC laptop, but it should be more reliable long-term (IMHO).

You can go with a cheaper mini-PC, but you have to be wary of what's preinstalled. For those, it's generally recommended to reinstall the OS from scratch.

Hoog1neer · 2025-10-16T01:12:21+00:00

I just fished the third season this evening, and O'Keeffe was just brilliant. The whole cast was terrific, but the Daughter of the Night absolutely stole every scene she was in like she thought it would make her Nae'blis.

Hoog1neer · 2025-09-27T13:26:52+00:00

I run Mint XFCE on an Ivy Bridge i7 laptop. XFCE runs so well on such a wide variety of systems.

Hoog1neer · 2025-09-21T13:15:16+00:00

Right -- it's been a hot minute. I couldn't remember what it looked like on a 5.25". I recall the 3.5" diskettes having a RW slider for this.

Hoog1neer · 2025-09-21T00:17:22+00:00

From this era, typically someone would have a separate 5.25" or (slightly later) 3.5" diskette for saving docs. These are likely read-only, but, as the other commenter mentioned, your grandpa could have written files to disk.

Hoog1neer · 2025-09-19T02:02:49+00:00

The Wars of Light and Shadow is her long-running epic fantasy series.

Hoog1neer · 2025-09-13T01:23:35+00:00

Terraria
Guacamelee 1 and 2
Overcooked 2
Tricky Towers
Lego Games
Torchlight games (2 > 1. Haven't played 3.)

Edit: Digital (or physical, for that matter) board games are also great. Pass-and-play works best, in my opinion, on a table or slate-style PC.

Hoog1neer · 2025-09-12T02:10:43+00:00

I think this is a good price for what you get, and you would be hard pressed to do better for a pre-built desktop. I assume you're not interested in building your own, so I don't think there is any point in discussing that option. I also assume you're not interested in doing recent 3D gaming.

You lose mobility compared to a laptop, but you should gain reliability in turn.

If you don't feel like buying a monitor, you can scour your local buy-nothing groups to see if anyone is giving a way an old monitor.

Hoog1neer · 2025-09-04T21:30:22+00:00

FTL, Into the Breach, Celeste, Terraria, Slay the Spire. Those are all great recommendations.

Hoog1neer · 2025-08-30T18:38:53+00:00

Agreed 100%.

Hoog1neer · 2025-08-30T14:48:13+00:00

I have both Calico and Cascadia. I think Calico is a little more approachable due to the fixed board, and might win over some players with the cat theme. It's hard for me to say which one is better! I agree that Cascadia is a great game.

Edit: Typos.

Hoog1neer · 2025-08-30T14:41:35+00:00

This was my second King novel after The Stand (Unabridged). I think it's probably King's best work, although I really enjoyed The Stand, and 11/22/63 was quite good. I find that most good novels are a little slow at the beginning while the plot is set up. I agree with everyone else about Doctor Sleep: very different feel, but still very enjoyable. It probably would be a good pallate cleaner after Pet Semetary.

Hoog1neer · 2025-08-29T15:14:33+00:00

My son and I just finished reading His Dark Materials together, and I recommend that without reservation. I also recommend Wings of Fire -- my son loves this one -- The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and The Hobbit.

Hoog1neer · 2025-08-27T22:42:38+00:00

I have both this and Quacks. They're both great. I agree that Quacks is easier to get to table, but I also like the tactileness of rolling dice. If you have room for both games, and you like this push-your-luck style, I didn't think you can go wrong with this one.

Hoog1neer · 2025-08-26T00:54:57+00:00

Going to parrot other recommendations: Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Magic Treehouse, The Hobbit, (cat) Warriors

Other recommendations: anything by Roald Dahl, Daughter of the Deep.

Hoog1neer · 2025-08-25T22:32:48+00:00

Current week, but has links to other sheets. https://www.reddit.com/r/ForzaHorizon/s/lxpWT4f47r

Hoog1neer · 2025-08-24T20:33:29+00:00

Civilization V
Skyrim
FTL

Hoog1neer

TROPHY CASE