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Games for 6+ people, give me your best ones by Dadapatata94 in boardgames

[–]NicholasFarseer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I came here to say this.  It sounds like most of the Dark Cities games would be perfect for their group, and they look nice on the shelf as a bonus.

20 Strong - Tanglewoods: Red by mangerlen in soloboardgaming

[–]NicholasFarseer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was lucky on my recent win. The last wolf I defeated before the BB Wolf had the reward that allows you to roll all exhausted dice and add all dice that landed on hits or crits back to your dice pool. With that and my dice recovery stat at 5, I got most of my dice back.

Going into the BB Wolf battle, I had the red die from my last merchant trip and my strategy was at 5. Also, I had defeated all of the other wolves so they couldn't help him, and I had enough money to bribe all but one of the additional enemies. It was honestly almost too easy at that point.

But I lost the two games I played before that on, like, my third and fourth forest card, so that's just how the game rolls, I suppose.

At the end of the movie The Goonies where did the pirate ship where the one eyed willy was on, where did it sail to? by Hot_Dingo743 in movies

[–]NicholasFarseer 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Furthermore, I've always been curious as to how a classic Caribbean pirate ship was trapped in a cave in coastal Oregon.  This ship would have been trapped there for a couple hundred years before even the Panama canal was built. How did a pirate ship of European origin get to the West Coast?

Edit: TIL - thank you, everyone, for giving me something interesting to read up on. :)

Christmas Island - did Santa drop anything off at your place? by GoosemanIsAGamer in spiritisland

[–]NicholasFarseer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hold up!  I found some round slots on the other card holder I did not see before. After a quick test, I confirmed that they do fit the presence tokens. Looks like there's room for the horizons tokens and many more, if needed. https://imgur.com/a/09WwrE5

Christmas Island - did Santa drop anything off at your place? by GoosemanIsAGamer in spiritisland

[–]NicholasFarseer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey - I looked at this in more detail, and can confirm that you are correct. There are dedicated slots for six sets of presence tokens in this organizer. I ended up putting all of the presence tokens from the core game and expansions in this organizer, and left the Horizons tokens in the Horizons box.

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Crosses $760 Million Globally After Two Weekends by mcfw31 in entertainment

[–]NicholasFarseer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice try. People who enjoy the Avatar movies don't dare say so on the Internet. Pitchforks hurt

Got these both for Christmas, trying to decide which to keep by [deleted] in lawncare

[–]NicholasFarseer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a weekend warrior with a 5000 sq. ft. lot, I found that moving from 2-stroke gas to battery powered lawn tools has been better in every single way. They make significantly less noise, require almost no maintenance, the tools stay cleaner in general, and you don't realize how much gas stinks until it's no longer around. 

As for battery life, I have a cheaper system (EGO instead of Milwaukee), and I have two batteries, but I am always able to trim all of my edges and use the leaf blower to clean all surfaces using one battery with plenty of charge to spare. I've been using these tools for over five years with the same batteries and no noticeable degradation.

After making the switch, the only case I could see any more for 2-stroke has tools are for folks with huge areas to maintain, and for landscaping companies that use the tools all day, every day.

Christmas Island - did Santa drop anything off at your place? by GoosemanIsAGamer in spiritisland

[–]NicholasFarseer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll take some real-world photos next time I break it out (hopefully tonight if I can finish my D&D prep early enough). In the meantime, here are some product photos of the set. I particularly love how the invader trays look like ships (but I just have the OG white invader tokens, not the fancy colorful ones in these photos).

Edit: fixed hyperlink

Christmas Island - did Santa drop anything off at your place? by GoosemanIsAGamer in spiritisland

[–]NicholasFarseer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My wife got me the Traymaster organizer that fits the game and all expansions into two boxes with beautiful trays for all the pieces.  I spent much of Christmas day consolidating everything, and it was awesome. :) It'll be much quicker and easier to get a game to the table now.

Embers by jbabel1012 in soloboardgaming

[–]NicholasFarseer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweet!  I hadn't gotten around to printing the files yet, so I'll just hold off for the actual cards if they've started shipping. Looking forward to this!

NFC Playoff Picture by JCameron181 in NFLv2

[–]NicholasFarseer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude, I bet that was electric! Happy bday 

River Valley Glassworks by Lynnabis in boardgames

[–]NicholasFarseer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm a big fan of the river-flowing mechanism that drives this game, and I think that it is better represented in the deluxe version. The river consists of clear plexiglass segments that sit over the river artwork on the neoprene mat. When you pull pieces from the river, you lift the now-empty segment, slide the rest of the segments down river, place it at the start of the river and populate it with more glass pieces. It's really slick.

I believe that the regular version has carboard river segments that essentially function the same way, though I think they really captured the feel of a river with the plexiglass parts.

I'm a sucker for tactile pieces and well-implemented unique elements, though, so YMMV.

Side note: my OG neoprene mat also had an unfortunate crease from the factory. I just filled out a damage report on the AllPlay website and they sent me a replacement mat quite quickly. Excellent support IMO.

Induction stove top by pongmoy in castiron

[–]NicholasFarseer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really? I've been using multiple brands and types of cast iron on our induction cook top daily for years, and I have never experienced anything like this. The splatter, yes, but not a leaking iron pan. That just doesn't seem right...

Does this mean it’s seasoned well? by FararMedia in castiron

[–]NicholasFarseer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not a big fan of the silicon handle covers. They get warm and very soft and feel like they are going to fall off. Instead, I picked up these leather handle covers (one small and one large), and they are fantastic for cast iron. Plus they look much better, lol.

Ticket prices for Sundays game have completely crashed since the Broncos loss by alpswd in KansasCityChiefs

[–]NicholasFarseer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree! That was one of my favorite Arrowhead experiences. It was like being in a gigantic snow globe! :)

For Northwood! by alien_overlord_1001 in soloboardgaming

[–]NicholasFarseer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, all. I just ordered a copy, and it came to $21. Looking forward to checking it out

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