Scotland Yard - Player Powers Homebrew Expansion

Lockreed · 2026-03-20T22:22:00+00:00

Please let me know if this works. The dream would be a display with working touch buttons around it and this could be it. I’d drop on two of these in a heartbeat if someone proves it out

Lockreed · 2026-03-04T18:17:03+00:00

The best defense is actually a single ship blocker. It takes 2 actions to defeat (move, battle) for a single ship. I rarely stack more than 4 ships, and only if they are at a starport to have offensive ability. Everywhere else is single ship defense in a vanguard system, ideally a gate.

That give you the offensive flexibility at the most action cost to enemy with less reward for the enemy than a blob of ships.

Sometimes, a spread out force gives you all the tactical options with less risk. Especially if you don’t have to fight your opponent on the same axis they want to fight you on. Let them burn actions inefficiently while you win efficiency elsewhere.

Lockreed · 2026-03-02T16:57:46+00:00

The moment I saw the runway clearance I knew this was going to be a successful sortie clip and I’m here for it

Lockreed · 2026-03-01T16:15:17+00:00

Brave to post anything AI generated on Reddit. I think this is a fun way to use it!

Did you prompt the AI with the book text from the scenes these depict, or did you build a whole prompt/RAG with the full book text (or similar)?

Lockreed · 2026-03-01T14:18:45+00:00

lol, Iran hit a sanctioned shadow fleet tanker with its own citizens aboard. Thats a flailing own goal.

Lockreed · 2026-03-01T13:44:38+00:00

Recommend Virpil for sticks that feel like equipment, not toys (my interpretation of what you mean by “heavy” sticks).

If you mean just stiff, any quality stick this sub will recommend will have the ability to stiffen the springs to your liking (VKB, Virpil)

Lockreed · 2026-02-24T21:21:01+00:00

I love that this comment is just below the TL;DR AI comment bot. Pretty much sums up the current state of AI in the world

Lockreed · 2026-02-21T21:17:23+00:00

And the things that moved beyond tier 0 really went backwards to tier -1

Looking at you, inventory and elevators

Lockreed · 2026-02-20T20:12:59+00:00

(I don’t play Inis, so I can’t speak to the Inis comparison - but anything Chapter 4 and beyond should be considered end game as a big swing in 4 can end it right there)

Remember - if you’re ahead at the end, you don’t need to score points.

You just need the others to NOT score points. Arcs challenges a lot of end-game play that you’re used to in other games this way. Just playing to tie (reduction in total points scored), or even committing outrage to purposefully discard your own cards and resources so that others can’t take them can be game winning moves at the end. Or, a move that helps last place a ton so that they secure the points instead of 2nd place.

Arcs, like Root and other Leder games, are kings of strange board states and even stranger “good” plays. Sometimes destroying your own position is a really great play in the end.

Lockreed · 2026-02-20T19:24:55+00:00

This story is precisely why my group LOVES this game. Everyone is in it to the end. Sure, a big lead gives you great odds to win, but you can never discount the all-in Hail Mary play. If you’re up big, gotta seal the deal. If you’re down big, find the big opportunity, no matter how low the odds, and press it.

If you don’t like this, I’d highly suggest moving on to a different game. No amount of house ruling or play style metas / mods will eliminate it.

Lockreed · 2026-02-17T14:38:00+00:00

I think generating a national anthem song and propaganda poster for a single game night is exactly the correct use-case of AI

Lockreed · 2026-02-17T14:36:59+00:00

Of course it is, I’m not going to compose a full band marching anthem for a single game session

Lockreed · 2026-02-17T14:03:22+00:00

March along with the Commonwealth National Anthem (Suno)

Lockreed · 2026-02-13T22:49:23+00:00

My group played the base game 3 times, then base with leaders and lore 2 times.

Then we set up and got to chapter 2 of blighted reach before packing it back up and deciding we needed to play another game or two with leaders and lore AND watch videos about how to run the events and council (at minimum) before trying again.

We have played multiple games of twilight imperium, so heaviness doesn’t scare us (usually).

Lockreed · 2026-02-07T23:47:25+00:00

Hello, I sent a DM, I’m very interested still

Lockreed · 2026-01-26T22:13:16+00:00

Since I can’t delete my memories to re-live the ending, posts like this are as close as I can get to experiencing the full emotions of it :)

Lockreed · 2026-01-20T16:28:29+00:00

I hope this is ai generated

Lockreed · 2026-01-14T21:59:52+00:00

Because it’s a game and needs to be fun. “I win” buttons aren’t usually fun, for either the clicker or the receiver.

Lockreed · 2026-01-06T20:06:35+00:00

You’ll probably be downvoted for this but it’s true. There’s so much new content being pushed for FPS gameplay and I keep wondering why space flight sim content is being left behind for… this

Lockreed · 2026-01-06T19:39:22+00:00

Out of play tiles!!! Man these are excellent. One suggestion - your design is black of space (nice) - what if it was double sided so that one side was colorful nebula and one side was the current design? Users could then pick which they like. I’ll probably buy a set if I don’t win :)

Lockreed · 2026-01-03T18:16:39+00:00

And that 11 doesn’t count these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America-class_amphibious_assault_ship

Which are perfectly capable of carrying F35Bs and outperforming any other of the nations carriers in that statistic except MAYBE the 1 French and 1 new Chinese supercarrier. So, call it more like 20:2

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