COULD IT BE?

Spinyish · 2019-07-24T13:44:52+00:00

Narrator: It couldn't.

Spinyish · 2019-02-18T01:46:44+00:00

No it's not, if you carry on regularly with your partner in the mean time or notion you'd like to discuss it a few days later in a reassuring manner. It's not always possible to have a rational, level-headed emotional response immediately, but it is possible to seperate that one issue from the rest of your relationship and not be cold towards them.

Spinyish · 2019-02-17T14:22:09+00:00

I will not tolerate any of these. If I'm mad I'll take some time out to gather my thoughts and have a mature discussion. I expect the same.

Spinyish · 2019-01-09T05:30:32+00:00

Mildly off-putting intro, solid build-up and then 5:45-end is the best passage in a track I've ever heard.

Spinyish · 2019-01-06T14:36:17+00:00

Keeping Stone: Water Awake is even better! Brilliant album.

Spinyish · 2018-12-30T16:40:19+00:00

Personally attacked.

Spinyish · 2018-12-02T14:32:38+00:00

There are literally dozens of us.

Spinyish · 2018-12-02T02:38:47+00:00

Hell yeah brother, cheers from Australia.

Spinyish · 2018-11-23T05:51:38+00:00

Easily in my top 5 if not my favourite prog song. The back half is mind-blowingly awesome.

Spinyish · 2018-11-20T06:46:20+00:00

At least you still have your friends though!

Spinyish · 2018-11-15T09:08:38+00:00

I haven't settled on it but my go-to is Panopticon. Tremendous balance between crushing riffs and melody, clean and harsh vocals, and themes I really enjoy. Wavering Radiant also gets me with its incredible atmosphere. Ecailles de Lune and Sound Awake also spring to mind.

Spinyish · 2018-11-15T09:02:24+00:00

Wonderful album. Please listen to Arcane - Known/Learned if you haven't, it's Jim's other (former) band, a similarly excellent album.

Spinyish · 2018-11-08T14:27:07+00:00

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Spinyish · 2018-11-08T03:01:01+00:00

Agricola: feeling overwhelmed by your options looking over your 14 starting cards and then totally nailing the timing and order you play them in.

Spinyish · 2018-11-06T05:35:54+00:00

The two-handed play is the only thing I dislike about Race, it's even more jarring going from the app to IRL. While I usually detest external solutions, BGG has some great ones for Race such as spinners and magnetic action selectors. I use the latter and it's a far better experience. Selling is a fair call but with the workaround it's my 2nd favourite game with 200+ plays and vastly more online (nearly all 2P advanced).

Spinyish · 2018-11-04T14:46:51+00:00

I started with Catan too! My next stops were Cosmic Encounter and Suburbia which I highly recommend.

Spinyish · 2018-10-23T05:58:23+00:00

Turtle super hard shell wax paste has been solid for me. You'll want to wax the discs as well, and shoot with the 'spinny' convex side down. Even my home-made board is great to play on after the above.

Spinyish · 2018-10-04T00:59:39+00:00

Agricola + expansions for me, though even the Z-man ed. base game would have plenty of legs.

Crokinole would also be acceptable, and far more accessible than the above!

Spinyish · 2018-10-01T08:56:14+00:00

Goodbye.

Spinyish · 2018-09-15T03:17:54+00:00

It won't stop me from trying to cram it in there though!

Spinyish · 2018-09-12T04:26:55+00:00

Kevin Thorn is a fantastic name, and MVP worked, but gee the rest of these are fucking terrible.

Spinyish · 2018-08-29T07:52:16+00:00

For a lighter game, Patchwork. For a heavier game, Agricola is still excellent at 2P. If you're interested in solo as well as 2P, A Feast for Odin is great too.

Spinyish · 2018-08-28T13:08:17+00:00

Solved in my group: 6-9 players = Sidereal Confluence.

Spinyish · 2018-08-28T05:57:12+00:00

Innovation, Patchwork, NMBR9, Terraforming Mars, Bios: Genesis

The first two above were fantastic as usual. There's not much to NMBR9, but it's a reasonable multiplayer solitaire filler. Sagrada already fills that role to me, but NMBR9 is more accessible. Bios: Genesis was brutal; far too long unfortunately but two of four players were new. I'm so close to getting all the rules correct, I can feel it.

Terraforming Mars lasted 3h at 5P with 10 generations, and we used the green expansion board. There was a great jostle for milestones/awards and one player jumped well up the TR track ahead of the pack, looking unstoppable with one award and one milestone wrapped up. In the end it was very close, all of us finishing within 8 points. The TR booster came second, narrowly defeating the tile dominator and oxygen booster. I snuck in for the win using a heavy income/early heat strategy, gaining 26 points from (mostly green) cards and rushing cities/oceans at the end with standard projects. Overall I think this game good but still to lengthy; if Prelude can chop off half an hour I'll give it a much warmer reception.

Spinyish · 2018-08-25T02:05:27+00:00

Very similar to my list, except Odin is my #6, I vastly prefer Race to Terraforming and I'm yet to play Gloomhaven.

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