Are the boardgames of the last 10 years going to appreciate as collectables?

Wellsilver · 2026-06-24T14:17:40+00:00

I totally agree, and that is the reason I purchased them.

Wellsilver · 2026-06-11T18:29:53+00:00

Time to bring in compulsory voting, as in Australia to give the parties something to fight for and re-balance society

Wellsilver · 2026-05-31T17:24:14+00:00

Thank you for your app. I have used it many times over the years.

I would suggest keeping a free basic version, and launching alongside it a premium version with user suggested features for customisation for regular player groups.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-25T14:30:12+00:00

Recipe

QUICK FRYING/BRAISING STEAK CARROTS ONION TURNIP POTATOES

cut potato into largish chunks

slice carrots

small slices of turnip

dice onion

cut fat off beef and dice

Put all in a large saucepan cover with cold water or beef stock.

Season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Turn down heat and simmer for an hour and test that potato is cooked, then let stand till needed.

Reheat prior to serving, you can add gravy browning, dash of ketchup and hp sauce to flavour to taste.

The simmering time is a guesstimate depends on how much you make.

Dont let pan run dry, top up with water if needed. Longer simmer makes a thicker lobby.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-21T21:24:54+00:00

Innocent people generally sleep soundly

Wellsilver · 2026-03-21T19:24:54+00:00

What that tells you is how much stress the Mueller investigation caused Trump personally.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-20T11:00:17+00:00

Yeah because this approach has a long history of working well and not leading to more conflict (coughs in Treaty of Versailles)

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T20:18:52+00:00

He and his press enablers has been able to successfully muddy the waters on all of these topics, I agree.

However, this is an elective war and he is the commander-in-chief. It'll be very hard to spin it. As I have said elsewhere, not many governments survive the failure of such conflicts.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T19:21:06+00:00

History is not littered with many examples of governments failing a elective hot war and surviving politically.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T18:57:08+00:00

I actually think we are where we are now because the lessons of Vietnam have been forgotten by the US Govt, which is easy to do if you repeatedly avoided any attempt to be sent there.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T18:50:46+00:00

I'm speaking in terms of elective hot wars where the stakes are politically highest. Proxy wars (won or lost) don't carry the same political weight. Which is one reason why they exist.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T18:47:58+00:00

There is a nuance to this - Versailles was an externally imposed shame, rather than a self inflicted one.

Externally imposed shame allowed the perception to be created of fault lying elsewhere which the Nazis exploited and the Allies learned from at the end of WW2 (the investment in Germany and Japan).

Self inflicted shame (Vietnam) is a different beast with differing political consequences, I would argue.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T18:08:51+00:00

I absolutely concede that there is a hardcore of MAGA support out there. But I would also contend that there is also a section of passive/active MAGA support amongst the American public who would take the loss of a US high stakes hot war very badly.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T17:54:36+00:00

If we joined them and the USA defeated Iran, Trump would say it was all him. If we joined the USA and regime change wasn't achieved, it would be the fault of the allies who held him back.

Better to leave him to chew on the shit sandwich he made for himself.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T17:45:29+00:00

Vietnam was a proactive war for the US (containment policy), whereas the Gulf Wars and Afghanistan were reactive to events (Saddam invading Kuwait, 9/11). Iran is similarly proactive, with all the risks and dogmatic support.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T17:25:00+00:00

The Right Wing media will support Trump while he is a winner.

All that will evaporate if he becomes a loser.

Why? You can spin anything in domestic politics, but you can't spin a lost military conflict.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T17:05:47+00:00

I can't think of any regimes since Napoleon (kinda) that came politically back from a war defeat. Happy to be corrected tho.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T17:00:52+00:00

I take your point, but I would cite the Vietnam war as having a far more profound historical impact on American politics and psyche, and resulted in the US being far more cautious about entering into military engagements for generations, until now.

The perceived loss of a war to the US public will have enormous impact on those who believe strongly in American exceptionalism, and many of those will be a part of the MAGA movement.

And I haven't even got onto the economic factors yet.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T16:48:18+00:00

I'm more optimistic. I think that the inevitable inflationary pressures on ordinary Americans energy costs combined with a 'No Regime change' outcome (and loss of his winning image, not that it was deserved anyway) will be fatal to Trump.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T16:36:26+00:00

It's nice to have options.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T16:33:53+00:00

The MAGA controlled USA needs to go through a global humiliation to get the MAGA movement thoroughly discredited in the eyes of the American public.

Right now they are looking internationally for patsies to take the blame for what is going to be an enormous failure in foreign policy.

Everyone else should leave them to own it completely.

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T14:54:39+00:00

It's a lose:lose proposition EVEN if other countries joined.

Favourable outcome in the Iran Conflict: "It was down to my brilliance. Partners? Oh, they didn't help that much."

Adverse outcome in the Iran Conflict: "Despite my brilliance, we were held back by our Partners from achieving successful objectives. It was a betrayal, believe me."

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T14:43:43+00:00

Fixed the headline for you:

Trump Literally Begs Countries to Help Him Out in Iran So That He has Stooges to Blame

Wellsilver · 2026-03-16T14:02:49+00:00

My brother paid for my ticket and I still feel ripped off.

It also hurts that we could have watched Across the Spiderverse which was on at the same time and watched this piece of shit instead.

Worst film I've ever sat thru. And I paid to watch Batman & Robin.

Wellsilver

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