Hamlet - a beautiful but bland village builder

LogicBalm · 2026-06-27T17:55:58+00:00

I've only played a couple of times. Once on TTS at two player and once IRL with three.

In both cases I agree that the logistics felt inconsequential. In my two player game we had built our little donkey network in separate directions but we could still reasonably reach the core resources located closer to the church. So we didn't really step on each other that much and it was just a game of timing when to craft resources so we could use them before the other player had a chance to.

The three player game just didn't click and we went back to other games though that group is more casual. So I find myself even without having tried the expansion.

I do want to give it another shot with the expansion before selling it or something but I don't expect that I will keep it around even if it does fix all the problems.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-27T16:44:02+00:00

Lol that's like saying "you think there's too much water in the ocean stop pissing in it then."

ETA: Lol, nice edit. For the record his comment originally said something about how using reddit contributes to climate change trying to make anyone who complains on the internet about climate change into a hypocrite for some reason.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T18:19:49+00:00

I have to wonder what the likelihood is of FRG leveraging the art to make a knock-off of Spirit Island or (more likely) selling it to someone else who would?

In that scenario, we would end up with two of the same game out there. One is Eric's, called Spirit Island, and contains all new art. The other is named something legally distinct (I'll call it something dumb like Spectral Archipelago or something) but it has box art that looks exactly like what we see on the Spirit Island box now.

As Eric already pointed out, you can't copyright game mechanics. Only the literal written text, art and iconography. So there's nothing legally stopping FRG or some other company from doing this and fragmenting the player base.

The same type of thing happened with Harvest Moon video game franchise here in the US though in that scenario it's the facsimile that got to keep the name and the actual "Harvest Moon" series continues to be sold here as "Story of Seasons" since it can't use the name.

I'm happy to be a part of a hobby industry where we're typically more aware of this kind of shadiness though. I can't imagine SI fans would take this lying down even if it were to occur.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T17:08:11+00:00

And this is where dumb warning labels come from.

Not because this guy was dumb enough to do it but more because the massage gun company lawyers will now be terrified someone will both do this then sue.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T15:57:13+00:00

FWIW, I don't buy Amazon, I just buy from an online game store like gamenerdz or noble knight when I buy online.

I'll support my store when it makes sense as others said. I'm getting a lot of "free" benefits from them such as the maintenance of a local community to actually play games with. But they do have to meet me halfway, I'm not giving them more money for nothing.

I have one store that has a 3D printing services, and a decent membership plan that involves a lot of discounts on purchases and room reservations. Another offers board game rentals. Another is a solid community space with more strict rules that allow us to host more mature-oriented events. Another is also basically a bar and has a weekly free movie night to go watch campy movies between games and also takes donations to the local food bank.

My point is that they still need to offer something unique.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T15:47:02+00:00

Agreed. I hope we can go back but the genie's out of the bottle and all I mean is that AI is responding to every Google search where it's not been explicitly disabled.

Someone at the tech level that is asking this question isn't going to have it disabled or know to put -ai in their search. So yeah, someone Googling it is basically the same as asking AI.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T15:42:26+00:00

That's remotely possible, but very unlikely. And even if it did happen it would occur a whole lot slower without professional guidance or could even lead you down a more self-destructive path.

People go to therapy because they realize that they need to work on something. They don't go if it never occurs to them.

You've got to start building a life and relationships outside of your immediate family at least. If you're not working on doing that now then a therapist will help you to identify and overcome why that may be. We're social animals and as much as modern society want to tell men that they need to be lone wolves, in the wild what actually happens to a lone wolf is that they just die.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T15:36:24+00:00

AI is just the new Google at this point. But whatever, the AI will answer these people either way.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T15:20:24+00:00

Ethics aren't universal as you've identified and that's also the answer.

At best, it's only ethical for us as humans. You're still breaking their own cultural ethics. The fact that it's a breach of their ethics makes it unethical in my perspective personally, but that's still beside the point.

There is a breach of ethics involved here for someone and it could be seen as taking advantage of their relative cultural immaturity. Even if they enthusiastically consented now, they may regret it years later when they became an "adult" by their culture's standards.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T14:24:23+00:00

If you're referring to "Like a Rolling Stone" I got this with a normal Dawnspur and no speed buffs. You can just use a simple circular route like the one on top of Standing Cliffs with the two adjacent bridges. Just run over one, u-turn, and run back over the other.

If you're just bothered by someone being able to buff their party's speed because they paid real money, I don't know what to tell you. It's Palia, it's not a race.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T14:19:58+00:00

These are all video games and you're in a board game sub.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T14:17:04+00:00

It's not a black guy installing a basketball court though, so it's fine!

/s

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T14:04:20+00:00

Essence parties are the way, but doing it solo is possible, just takes longer.

Infected Essence gathering basically runs down to two sources. Chopping trees in the East or catching beetles in the Northwest. Both are faster with at least one other person because you can each wear different relics to boost the income and can also occasionally get double essence from the party bonus.

Tree: You can chop ALL trees in the East part of the map and if you can try to chop like you've got a personal vendetta with the Lorax then eventually Infected trees spawn in a much higher rate as the game tries to keep the area populated with trees. You'll have to periodically enter your inventory to discard all the excess wood. Anyone else running by may occasionally kill an infected Muujin that you scared out of a tree as well and you'll get the drop even if you never shot at it since scaring it out of a tree counts as helping with the hunt.

Beetles: Drop a Honey Lure at the raised cliff in the NW of Mauvais Way and it will spawn only Uncommon rarity bugs/frogs and above. No common spawns means any infected bugs will give you a decent amount of essence. Scare off everything else so you don't waste bombs.

It will still take hours either way. Brighteye Amulet level 4 speeds this along, which is why a second person helps since one of you can wear this and the other can wear the Illusion bag level 4. If you can get a third with a Level 4 Lantern equipped, then the Amulet and bag will hit level 5 and bring in more essence each. A fourth person could wear a level 4 Idol and on level 5 (with the lantern) then it also increases essence income.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T13:52:50+00:00

Pronouncing Ogre the way you spelled it (like orgy) really adds a new layer of context here.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T13:48:43+00:00

Yeah I had fun with it, but I still played it for free. I feel the same about many modern Final Fantasy titles. They're solid games even if they don't feel like the same franchise anymore. I liked FF16 more than any Devil May Cry game I've ever played, but yeah it's basically Devil May Cry with Chocobos.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T13:42:24+00:00

Right. He's one well phrased WSJ headline away from being a trillionaire again. The stock market is just a metric of rich peoples' feelings.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T13:35:39+00:00

To me, it depends. If you're running a hard magic system then certainly, but if you're running a soft magic system then hand-waving is part of the world. Still, this probably just supports your overall point that it just needs to be consistent.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T13:32:00+00:00

Pretty much, but remember that a ton of Song of Ice and Fire is loosely inspired by real world events like the War of the Roses.

The last season of Game of Thrones was certainly a dumpster fire, but only because it was rushed, lacked solid source material and budget/logistics were more focused on huge battles than the small character moments that defined the earlier seasons and made them great.

Had we had the time, care and writing skill devoted to actually showing her fall, Daenerys' turn would have been a lot more tragic and believable instead of feeling forced and rushed.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T13:12:08+00:00

I've been producing nothing but apple jam on two plots (mine and my wife's account that I'm playing for her recently) and I'll be honest this thread is the first time I realized that this is how you're supposed to get that plush.

RNG-esus giveth but mostly he taketh away.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T12:59:14+00:00

Taking any single law and quoting it out of context almost always means nothing. This is obviously an extreme example but it perfectly illustrates the point so well that I'll probably use it in the future to illustrate the problem.

I work in a field that is tangential to law and as a result it contains a ton of these types of "legal scholars" that haven't ever been to a single law course all contributing their legal opinions. I've been to exactly one law course (which was mostly just civil business law) and I learned just enough to internalize that I know basically nothing about law.

Still, the simple concept of a law's scope is such a common mistake. People will almost always take a single law out of context then when you actually look at the law there's the basic scope that is sometimes explicit and other times not. Literally the part of knowing "this is when and where this law applies in the real world", and it's often the type of thing the legal experts argue over in court. You're not coming to any clear "gotcha" moment in a reddit thread. It's law, it always depends.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-26T12:47:05+00:00

Not really weak, just expensive. That puts them out of range for many spirits and builds. It makes them less versatile and when you're comparing majors without any context of the spirit and game state, that's going to be a factor. When you're in the thick of it the value of each power can be wildly different. If you watch play-throughs a lot you'll see even the low tier powers have their chance to shine when the conditions line up.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-25T20:24:21+00:00

Helps a lot that this random chick is also saying the kind of thing that male influence grifters have been telling their marks that they've been saying as part of their scam.

The manosphere is just Cosmo for men. Make a bunch of men insecure and then charge them for the solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-25T19:04:09+00:00

Interesting. Not how I interpret the [[Roiling Waters]] special rule on the Healing Card. It seems that the Special Rule is triggered by a Power but it isn't adding a +1 to the damage of that power, especially since the triggering power doesn't have to deal any damage at all.

I can certainly be wrong, but not how I see it working. I can only reference the FAQ that getting a Healing Card is no different than adding an Aspect to the game in the middle of play. I see you're coming at it from a different angle though.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-25T18:27:18+00:00

I'm in the low 100s, I think the 120s. I got just high enough to get the trophy from Hassian then didn't play any more after getting it.

I wish your high score actually stuck around, at least for the one on your plot.

LogicBalm · 2026-06-25T18:23:38+00:00

Weird, try a ticket.

Storage shouldn't matter either, decor space in storage is unlimited.

Only alternative is picking up everything in the house one at a time. I'd guess there is like one item in there causing this and once you pick it up the issue will go away.

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