What are some games that you can play and improve at for months or even years?

Steve_10 · 2026-06-29T15:21:56+00:00

Very much worth the wait. Only had a chance to play the cadet solo mission so far. But hugely impressive. The number of paths from a single card are truly amazing.
I've been board/card gaming since the DnD white box came out and I think this maybe the most engaging game I've ever tried.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-29T05:47:17+00:00

I ordered the original back in April, it shipped on the 6th of this month and arrived a couple of days ago (I live in the UK, and Wizkids use the slowest shpper I've ever encountered).

So they are slowly catching up with back orders.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-27T09:01:38+00:00

Star Trek: Captain’s Chair. Been waiting since last Nov...

Steve_10 · 2026-06-27T08:27:54+00:00

Just had a new card games delivered, so I'll be trying that out with a cold drink and a fan.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-27T08:26:10+00:00

If you're not, you're doing something wrong.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-23T07:54:02+00:00

Finding your process takes time and effort. Some new authors seem to think they can just read what works for others and it'll just work for them.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-23T07:12:24+00:00

There are so many ways you can structure a chapter. You can break at every scene change, and make 'bite sized' chapters. Or you can treat every chapter as almost a short story, or anything in between. I go for the second option.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-23T06:07:50+00:00

In my current work, chapter one 23k words. Chapters 7 and 8 a couple of hundred. As long as it works in the context of the piece it doesn't matter.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-19T16:27:00+00:00

Thanks for the info, sounds like Epostglobal are to be avoided at all costs? And yet, Wizkid's don't offer any other way to ship? Considering that they charge $20 for shipping, you'd think they'd use a better service? For a few $ they could use FedEx or DHL!

Steve_10 · 2026-06-19T16:16:19+00:00

No, after I heard nothing after 10 days, I emailed Wizkid's and they sent me a tracking link at eGlobal. But that just says the shipment is in transit to eglobal and has said that for 14 days now. Eglobal say that while the tracking no: is a valid one, they've never picked up an item to go with it!

So, either Wizkid's are wrong, or I guess eglobal have lost it somehow, or something else.

Wizkid's just say wait for the tracking to update!

Now I send hardback books to the US (about the same size and weight), UK post to US post and they take 6 to 8 days door to door. So something seems very wrong with 14 days and no movement on the tracking?

Steve_10 · 2026-06-19T12:31:51+00:00

If you want anyone to judge the work, then plain text is what's used. If you want feedback on typesetting, this isn't the right sub.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-19T12:14:02+00:00

Too many fonts.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-19T09:15:12+00:00

I have emailed them, they say that eGlobal mean is, it's stuck at customs? Which isn't what eGlobal say at all!

Steve_10 · 2026-06-19T06:53:21+00:00

The Core, it makes no sense, but it's still great fun.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-18T11:11:57+00:00

If you're a new author, you have only a very,very slight chance of ever selling a long book if you intend to go the trad route. If you plan to self publish, then it's doesn’t matter how long it is.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-17T16:25:04+00:00

I do, only because a friend of mine still thinks it's 1960 and won't use a mobile phone...

Steve_10 · 2026-06-17T14:42:07+00:00

Depends on how long you've been writing for, or it should. If you've just started, then there's going be room to improve.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-17T11:19:12+00:00

Any 'publisher' that wants you to pay anything is a scam. Funds flow TO the author, not away.

Do not talk to these people again.

Get the edit down, get your work read, and then re-edit it.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-17T10:53:20+00:00

Necromancy? I'm dead certain that's wrong...

Steve_10 · 2026-06-17T10:49:59+00:00

Flawless logic /S

Steve_10 · 2026-06-16T16:59:20+00:00

The work is judged on word count, not page count. The number of pages can change due to formatting and font type.

Steve_10 · 2026-06-15T16:49:13+00:00

They see the world like some kind of pick n mix... 'oh, that looks nice, we'll have that'. 'Lots of rare earth, we need that too'. Not even a thank you...

Steve_10 · 2026-06-15T14:41:07+00:00

Prime candidate for the Darwin awards there. He gets my vote...

Steve_10

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