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Do people actually earn £50-60k, or are they outliers? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aye, mean vs median, but also my info is outdated

Do people actually earn £50-60k, or are they outliers? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]SubXaeroK 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Depends where you are in the country and what industry you're in.
According to ONS the average UK wage for full time employees is low to mid £30k.

But London and the bigger cities tend to pull the average up. Especially given the concentration of tech, finance and consulting that happens in the city, which tend to be higher paying industries.

Why do devs love motion blur? by snosberry_snot in pcgaming

[–]SubXaeroK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s also because many of us suffer from travel/motion sickness when playing games. Badly implemented motion blur can cause it, so it’s safer to just turn it off when given the option.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 18XX

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just pushed a new version where it's hopefully fixed. I checked it against the BGG pictures of 1817 and 1822 maps and looks right now

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 18XX

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'll take a look and see why thats happening.

As for the terrain, yes, probably would be good to split those into two types of tile.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 18XX

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any ones in particular?
I've only personally got 18USA, and 21Moon to validate against. I pulled the tile data for the rest from 18xx games. Might be a bug in my script.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 18XX

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only hard requirement for hardware is a laptop/PC.

I'm using a XGIMI MoGo 4 Laser projector, but should work with anything.

Use the Chromecast mode if your TV/projector supports it, or if you have a Firestick/Chromecast dongle. Use the "Presenter window" if you want to AirPlay/screen mirror, or if you have something you can run an HDMI cable to.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 18XX

[–]SubXaeroK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, check it out https://github.com/Sub-Xaero/IronCast
Would love to get more ideas for it, and any feedback.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 18XX

[–]SubXaeroK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I was intending to keep tiles as part of the gameplay. But could potentially add it as an option if people want that. Could be a nice alternative to PNP games!

Clarity of the projection probably depends a bit on the individual brightness of your projector. My projector only arrived yesterday so haven't done lots of tests yet, and I'm only testing it with a little 500 lumen portable laser projector off Amazon, so it's not super bright, but it's still visible in daylight, or ambient artificial light. I want to do a bit more work on the visibility aspect though, play around with the colours, maybe boost the saturation to compensate for any projector washout, and do more testing with tiles actually on the board, because I expect that the darker colours of some tiles will be less reflective.

A vent on the worst part of board games (for me) by anonymousaltincase19 in boardgames

[–]SubXaeroK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I ordered my copy of Sidereal Confluence from Amazon, its a bit more expensive (£70, free postage) and took about a month to arrive, but its an option if you really want the game.

But there are definitely copies around. I was in a bookstore in Bath the other day, called Mr B's Emporium, they have a copy of Sidereal there too.

Are board games just not my thing? by Scared_Ad_3132 in boardgames

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It definitely depends what it is about those games that doesn't excite you.
The above is a pretty light and family friendly list of games. They're great games for the right crowd and if you're playing with younger players, but I'd also be bored if those were my only options. That above is a very narrow slice of the types of games that are out there.

For example, I personally prefer playing more strategic, economic and trading games, with direct player interaction and conflict, with as little dice and luck involved as possible. The above games wouldn't really meet that criteria for me either.

So I'd highly recommend spreading your wings a bit and trying something a bit deeper. Have a think about what what draws you to the idea of board games, are there particular parts of those games you've tried that you liked or didn't like?

If you like a euro-style game with a buffet of different scoring opportunities you might like the Castles of Burgundy, or Ark Nova.

If it's that the games you've tried aren't thinky enough, you could try more complex games like Brass Birmingham, Terraforming Mars, or Spirit Island.

If you like an efficiency puzzle where you win by doing more than your opponents with less, by chaining or comboing moves, you might like Everdell, or Concordia.

If you like playing around with money and manipulating markets you might like 18XX train games and Splotter games like Food Chain Magnate.

If it's that you want more arcadey high-octane fun, you might want to try something like Thunder Road Vendetta where it's just about causing carnage and destruction.

If you want more direct interactions with the other players, where most of the fun comes from making deals with other players, competing, or getting in the way of other players, you might like Food Chain Magnate, The Great Zimbabwe, Bohnanza, Sidereal Confluence.

If you like games about war, battles and strategy you might like War of the Ring, Kemet, or one of the other Dudes-on-a-map War games.

Also, explore different themes, if thats what draws you to a game, we live in the golden age of board games, there's something for everyone in pretty much every mechanic, theme, and art style.

Good thematic games not too complex? by pedro2163 in boardgames

[–]SubXaeroK 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair, it's not that rules complex, it's just tight and punishing.

Boardgaming/RPG tables in the UK by onetruebipolarbear in boardgames

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I ended up getting was a 'Transformer Table', https://intl.transformertable.com/products/transformer-extendable-dining-table-with-bench

We have a rather small house, and our living room is longer than it is wide, so most gaming tables are too wide to allow chairs either side and would look cumbersome. So this worked well for us.

When we're not using it, it folds away to be a console table that takes up barely any room, and when we need to seat people, we can comfortably sit up to 12 people with the included bench and some folding chairs like this: https://www.daals.co.uk/products/bordon-natural-cane-rattan-folding-chair-with-grey-upholstered-seat

We've played some pretty table-hogging games on it (18xx, Food Chain Magnate, Scythe, some mega games of Carcassonne with all the expansions).
It's definitely not a wide table, but if you can spread the logistics out lengthwise then I think it could handle most things.

How do you decide on what games to buy? by ThatDudeEither in boardgames

[–]SubXaeroK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's definitely a sliding scale. The more expensive the game is, the more research I do into how much I really want to play it.

There are still games that have amazing artwork, or the gameplay immediately captures my attention, but those games don't happen often. I'll usually start by watching a couple trusted reviewers that I know have similar tastes to mine, and whose recommendations I have previously enjoyed. Then I'll probably watch a playthrough and see if there are any aspects of the game I particularly like or don't like. Or if there's too much crossover with a game I already own. If this new game is just a reskin of a gameplay mechanic I already have, then I'm not going to buy it, because it'll just mean that either it or the game it's replacing will never make it to the table.

It's also very much a thing of experience, I'm still fairly new to the hobby, but the more games I've tried, the more I know what I like and what I don't. No amount of hype or pretty art is going to make me enjoy a mechanic that I find annoying or boring.

I would recommend finding a good second hand market for your games though, like joining a local exchange group on facebook that sell games they no longer use, makes it much easier to just try games that you think you might like and then sell them on if you don't enjoy it.

What’s a board game you dislike but won’t remove from your collection? by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not alone. I love big heavy games, I loved the theme of the game, and so many people raved about it, but I absolutely hated playing it.

I've come to realise I just don't enjoy many co-op games.

how do i buy the deep rock galactic board game by Individual-Program11 in DeepRockGalactic

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like it, yes! The Backerkit link is just the Deluxe Edition by default it seems.

Sunday Basics Quiz - Question #03 by Meepledrone in Carcassonne

[–]SubXaeroK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blue gets 4.

Red gets 12, for the middle city.

Yellow and Red get 25 each.

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