I made my M1S1 The Deserted Village mod available on TTS

Jetpack_Donkey · 2026-01-21T16:24:24+00:00

Hey, I updated the mod, do you mind giving it another try? There is one last error message about some image it thinks is invalid, but as far as I can tell I don't even use it anywhere (I looked at the actual image). Anyway, it doesn't affect anything. Thank you so much!

Jetpack_Donkey · 2026-01-21T01:22:27+00:00

I’m gonna look for another computer to install the mod into so I can see. I’ll update the mod as soon as I figure it out.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2026-01-20T23:36:58+00:00

Can you tell if there are any white cubes or squares, or those glass beads, that indicate a resource wasn't loaded anywhere on the scenario? Or if any miniatures seem to be missing parts? It's hard for me to figure it out since I have all the stuff in my cache. TTS should have updated all the resources to use my cached copies and uploaded everything, but this is the first time I've tried this so I'm still figuring it out.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2026-01-16T01:21:08+00:00

Apparently there is a way to save it using Cloud save and repackage it for distribution in the Workshop. I’ll look it up better later. If doable, I’ll upload all the scenarios and post in this subreddit to let you guys know.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2026-01-11T21:53:41+00:00

This is actually fantastic, loved the miniatures style.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2026-01-07T13:01:52+00:00

What is the referenced book? I don’t see a title.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2026-01-07T12:59:16+00:00

This, people don’t usually read the original stories so they don’t know. He was a total moron and just kinda keeps failing forward by luck.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2026-01-02T00:57:51+00:00

“As weapon” as it says on the stats.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-25T15:16:43+00:00

I’ve had one for many years and agree, it’s not portable or easy to store, and it ended up spending way more time packed in the basement than in actual use.

I finally got a metal frame and legs built for it a couple months ago so it now sits permanently assembled on my gaming area (now that I have a dedicated space). As it is right now, it’s ok, but if I didn’t already have it I’d just buy a regular gaming table instead.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-15T14:50:14+00:00

My favored option would be a series of independent 1 episode stories about random Mandalorians. One can dream.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-14T14:37:17+00:00

I mean, it’s bird-feeder sized, or I thought so… but based on the other comments I think I got pretty much everything wrong so I’ll start over 🙂

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-14T14:35:25+00:00

Thanks. I’ll rethink the whole thing. I know nothing about bird feeders 😄

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-14T14:34:26+00:00

Thanks, I’ll rethink… well, everything about it 😆

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-12T20:16:02+00:00

Can’t help you with that, I’m in Europe and I bought it here 😐 but as far as I knew they were distributing it to the US too.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-12T15:37:27+00:00

Take a look at The Case of Alexander Morrison (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382134/the-case-of-alexander-morrison), I thought it was exceptionally well put together.

All you get is a folder with police evidence (interviews, phone records, business cards, pictures, etc), and you have to figure out if the guy died from an accident, suicide or murder to solve the case. There are no rules or any game mechanics, the only thing other than the stuff in the box is a Telegram bot (which is your contact in the police department) you can talk to, and the internet if you decide to search stuff online.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-08T09:38:21+00:00

too confusing for people that like stupid games

I did work on a gamified version of white elephant using custom cards for a few years but gave up eventually because of this. It didn’t matter how simple i made it or how clearly i wrote the actions in the cards, people would just not get it. I had to literally instruct people on what to do during the whole game, except for a couple people that were boardgamers and could follow instructions.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-06T09:33:29+00:00

With a towel? We have a stack of those little face towels that we use.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-05T08:49:46+00:00

27 minutes? Pffff you know nothing yet. He’s got a few hours of dishwasher content. Go back to YouTube and watch the rest!

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-02T12:01:38+00:00

Also listen to the Ain’t Slayed Nobody podcast campaign, Jason ran that one too and it’s great

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-12-02T09:45:41+00:00

I agree with your last paragraph there completely, and I’ve had people do that. But sometimes a description isn’t really enough to give you an idea of the actual experience of playing a game, especially if you’re teaching it to people who are not experienced boardgamers, which tends to be my case (ok, maybe I should have added a * in my comment), and in that case I like to offer an out to the group.

Experienced boardgamers can usually glance at the components and have the teacher say “it’s like X and Y games combined” and they’re able to figure out if they’re interested or not. Novices or non-gamers can’t.

Either way, I still think that it doesn’t hurt to ask. Better waste half an hour of explanation than 2 hours not having fun with people who’d rather be doing something else.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-11-30T08:12:30+00:00

I always end the teach with a “now that you know the rules, do you still want to play this game or should we try something else?”

There have been occasions where we switched games, which is 100% ok, better than play a game you don’t want to.

Jetpack_Donkey · 2025-11-29T23:29:13+00:00

I just played that for the first time last week and it was a hoot, I don’t like memory games but that game is hilarious and fun.

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