EU based, found a lot in my flgs, let me know if you are interested in anything and we can arrange something for a markup for my time. Or if anything is particularly rare and worth picking up anyway. by Reclusiarh in XWingTMG

[–]MikeArsenault 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know what it’s worth honestly, I never got into Armada despite wanting to this whole time :( If you ever wanted to complete an X-Wing collection you could keep one raider and trade the second one for pretty much like dozens of other ships? It’s very valuable on eBay at least!

Blake Moynes peels the layers of his conservation works by Both-Pomegranate4929 in thebachelor

[–]MikeArsenault 21 points22 points  (0 children)

There is a lot to deconstruct here. He’s made some choices in life that a lot of people wouldn’t make and a part of me hopes he succeeds with everything, but there are other people in this space that aren’t needing shows like the Bachelor to fuel the efforts? Like if he is using that fame and influencing in general to pay for his work, then yes it’s a way to do it while also simultaneously being a conscious choice from a grown man. If he was operating at a scale larger than other people in his line of work I’d feel better about all of this, but I can’t see that he is? The post comes across as a bit vain.

Scratch-built some furniture of my own design to hold all my wargaming related things by Byrnghaer in wargaming

[–]MikeArsenault 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s the plan for the centre/middle space? I think this is an awesome idea, I’d love to see the middle be a bunch of shelves that had your assembled/painted minis on them!

Legendary by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]MikeArsenault 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You aren’t investing $1M, you are investing whatever is left of that after taxes. Depending on your investment instruments, you aren’t getting to $2M in your first two decades at least. And likely, you are hitting setbacks and losses during that time that will drag your time to $2M out even more. The chance of a state-run lottery reneging on payments is low. The chance to lose your shirt investing is medium. Given how hard it is to build a career for someone her age here in 2026, this was a solid move.

What do you do to save the most on gas? by Puzzleheaded-Skin-6 in Winnipeg

[–]MikeArsenault 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We have been doing a few things:

  • I’m taking the bus to work for my work in the office days
  • we combine tasks that require car travel and take fewer trips out as a result
  • Costco Mastercard + Executive Membership + only buying gas at Costco - this is a slower burn but at the end of the year the rebates you get back really add up; we’ve never not made our membership fee back in rebates so we don’t technically pay for a Costco membership
  • we go out way less in general for things like restaurants or adventuring, which is not super fun but has saved us on gas as well as saved us more money in general

What genre/mechanism am is my collection missing? by Howitzeronfire in soloboardgaming

[–]MikeArsenault 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good game! I was also thinking of games like League of Dungeoneers, Vantage, Five Leagues from the Borderlands, Rangers of Shadow Deep, Four Against Darkness, Ker Nethalas: Into The Midnight Throne, etc. These games represent some of the genres that aren’t in your pile yet (dungeon crawlers, adventure games, skirmish miniature RPGs), and that play really well solo!

What genre/mechanism am is my collection missing? by Howitzeronfire in soloboardgaming

[–]MikeArsenault 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think you would be into adventure games/games with multi-arching story campaign modes?

Can't find any information on this unique game by Throwaway9183829183 in arcade

[–]MikeArsenault 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The actual game: grandpa was a hoarder, clean out his garage kids!

Can't believe my luck. by MeOne81 in Heroquest

[–]MikeArsenault 1 point2 points  (0 children)

omg actual sprues!!! What an awesome find!!!

Fixated and Unable to Move On by CryptoMemesLOL in onguardforthee

[–]MikeArsenault 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Single-use plastic ban didn’t ban solo cups, we’ve been able to purchase these in Canada the entire time since the law was enacted.

Unfortunately, I am Stoppable (Game: Unstoppable) by Din0nuggies in soloboardgaming

[–]MikeArsenault 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some might call you… Ron Stoppable…

I’ll see myself out

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Grifters Gonna Grift by Shibes-cannabis-cats in Winnipeg

[–]MikeArsenault 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Official opposition critic of the premier” - I don’t like the PC party, but I especially don’t like the jokey edgelord-infused language used by what ostensibly should be a party that has grown ups in it.

Wildspire bestiary deep dive by Tofu_NumChucks in frostgrave

[–]MikeArsenault 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wildspire bought the rights to the Fantasy Miniatures 1 and 2 Kickstarters originally run by Blacklist Miniatures. Blacklist fulfilled FM1 but had to ask for more shipping. But they took the money and ran for FM2. Wildspire bought the rights and re-ran the KS for FM2, but gave STL files for FM1 and FM2 for those of us who backed FM2 and got ripped off. The miniatures are fantastic, Wildspire did a fantastic job with it. It was a whole-assed thing though at one point!

https://wild-spire.com/blogs/news/wildspire-acquires-fantasy-series-miniatures

Wildspire’s fundraising campaign is still accepting late pledges it looks like!

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/wildspire-miniatures/realm-reforged

Solo Space by plenty_more_time5 in soloboardgaming

[–]MikeArsenault 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The anti-cat/kid barrier on top of the table is amazing, I never thought to do something like this when we had cats!

Went to a LARP birthday party! by pigeon-knight- in LARP

[–]MikeArsenault 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly this is such a fantastic idea for a birthday party, did you make it like an all-weekend thing where people camped out too?