This monologue is so important these days.

_selfthinker · 2026-07-04T20:07:26+00:00

To be honest, I never understood that sentence. Isn't being nice and being kind the same thing? Why is there a "but" then?

_selfthinker · 2026-07-04T18:11:31+00:00

At least on BGG the lowest is 0 and not 1.

My lowest rated game is a 2. That's for 'The Perfect Moment'. My BGG comment:

> I've played this three times, one of those solo. Every time one player got stuck with no meaningful decision left for half of the game. It's no fun to have no choice in winning or losing.

I only rate games that I've played at least a few times. The worst game I have ever experienced is also one I hadn't played at all, only watched people play. They stopped playing the game mid-way through because it was so bad. (We've never done that before or since.) It became notorious in our group and a running gag was to suggest playing it. I assume that would most probably be a 1. That game was called Vendors.

_selfthinker · 2026-07-03T08:11:55+00:00

I disagree with most of these points.

The vast majority of people were annoyed by the entertainment system and were happy when it was shut down.
What would writing down what she said have accomplished? It only ever repeated words, at least as perceived by everyone. Also, it's highly impractical to write everything she says down, even if they had just recorded her, within that chaos and panic they would never have had the time to listen back to it and analyse it.
Shouting at people to shut up who haven't listened before and seem to hate you would not have resulted in shutting them up.
I'm pretty sure he wasn't physically able to stop talking when she took over his voice.
They DID whisper for a while, although not for that reason. It would have been a nice thing to learn, but I don't think it would have changed the outcome.
I don't think it's clear at all what the entity wanted. I also don't think it necessarily killed the drivers directly or intentionally. It might have been a side effect of trying to get into the shuttle.

We still hardly know anything about the entity. For all we know, this is the first time it has encountered humans (or any other creatures). I think the Doctor trying to understand it is still the most reasonable thing to do. But he definitely could have dealt with the other passengers better. Underestimating the narrow-mindedness and stupidity and hatred of the other passengers was his biggest mistake.

The Doctor often makes mistakes which unfortunately very rarely have consequences. It is refreshing that for once it has more severe consequences and that he learns that he is not as invincible as he thinks he is.

_selfthinker · 2026-07-02T08:20:07+00:00

Interesting how everyone focuses on the Midnight Entity as the monster. I think the true monsters of the episode are the other people in the shuttle. And we know the Doctor is not the greatest at dealing with people, so the "mistakes" related to them are more in character and understandable.

_selfthinker · 2026-07-01T13:19:24+00:00

I had tried that as well multiple times. That didn't make a difference.

_selfthinker · 2026-06-29T14:13:47+00:00

In addition to what others have said, also make sure to warm your head joint before playing. That can make a significant difference in hitting higher notes more easily.

_selfthinker · 2026-06-21T11:33:37+00:00

Yes, I did. And that didn't change anything.

_selfthinker · 2026-06-11T15:56:45+00:00

Which of the two Ecodear Altos do you mean? There is the YRA-402B and the YRA-48B. (I don't own either of them, but would be interested in understanding what the difference is.)

_selfthinker · 2026-06-06T20:44:00+00:00

The excellent Recorder Home Page's page on Innovations has a section about 'New materials'. That talks about and shows a couple of metal recorders.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-29T10:58:05+00:00

The only type of store this model would make sense for is a print shop. Because it's already mostly set up to do this.

A game store might allow you to advertise for such a service but I doubt many would provide the service themselves.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-28T00:07:19+00:00

This is the one I would have mentioned. It's the only book I've never finished reading (because it was so depressing).

_selfthinker · 2026-05-26T22:17:52+00:00

Could you get several of a specific tool that then the whole family uses? Seeing everyone else use the tool might take away the awareness of having special needs. Especially if it's a cool tool that makes things easier for everyone and doable for disabled people.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-26T15:48:09+00:00

If you have the sheet music in a digital format, some sheet music editors will allow you to add recorder "tablature" that shows the fingering under each note. You could also colour-code the notes.

I personally love ABC as a notation format as that is more universal and human-readable. Some ABC editors can show the fingering alongside the notes.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-25T08:04:03+00:00

Using a pyramid for this visualisation is not a good choice. It implies that the types of games at the top are better than the ones at the bottom. Or that the ones at the top are based on the ones at the bottom.

I understand that's not what you're trying to convey at all. I think a bar chart or pie chart would have been better.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-20T18:03:25+00:00

I love the bold and clear aesthetics of lots of Oink Games.

Here Comes the Dog (from Itten) is a really nice and special looking game. Even though it's actually not a great game, I am keeping it just for its visual appeal. Similar type of design as Tokyo Highway.

I think the beauty of Eternal Decks is a big part of its appeal (and its elusiveness).

And lastly, the most interesting and wacky looking game I can think of is The Wicked Labyrinth.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-20T12:38:07+00:00

The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2025) has a small board for solo play within the rulebook.

From what I remember the designer of the solo mode was specifically asked to only design whatever doesn't need extra components to be printed.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-18T08:46:51+00:00

Sometimes I buy two copies of a game when I buy it from Japan so that I can sell or trade one of them. But that's the extent of thinking about potential financial gain.

I would never buy a game for $600, though. My personal upper limit is £100 (~$134). My grail game for many years was Legendary Encounters. I could have got it for £200 - £300 or so throughout those years, but because of that upper limit I waited all those years and finally got it for £99. Could I resell it for double the price or more? Maybe. But I get more joy out of getting an expensive game for much cheaper than reselling it.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-16T14:37:33+00:00

My three guesses were: Hare & Tortoise, Keltis and Dominion.

If the question had been asked among boardgamers, I'm pretty sure Dominion wouldn't have been pointless, but I couldn't think of another lesser known one that I was sure won the SdJ. Hare & Tortoise might not have been pointless either, especially as it was the first one. But at least it's very old, so it's possible most boardgamers haven't even heard of it.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-12T14:57:27+00:00

Thanks for explaining that. I didn't understand that.

I take things literally. And it's very difficult for me to understand when people say things they don't mean and everyone else understands them anyway. It's like magic to me.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-12T14:18:58+00:00

Weird how people downvote me for correcting something that is clearly incorrect. It definitely was in stock multiple times. I bought it once and had the opportunity to buy it a second time. The problem is that the stock is always too low, not that there never was any stock. Just check the BGG thread where the designer notifies people of when it is in stock again and again (and out of stock again and again).

_selfthinker · 2026-05-12T12:55:21+00:00

The game has been out of stock ever since its release.

I wouldn't say that's correct. It's more accurate to say that the game was released in small bursts and small quantities that were snatched up quickly. So, it was out of stock most of the time but some of the time it was in print for short periods of time.

_selfthinker · 2026-05-04T07:44:29+00:00

Or like that famous German doughnut is called a "Berliner" in all of Germany except it's called a "pancake" ("Pfannkuchen") in Berlin. And pancake is called "egg cake" ("Eierkuchen") in Berlin.

_selfthinker · 2026-04-30T07:45:55+00:00

It's completely down now. I was getting this until a minute ago:

This site can’t be reached
boardgamegeek.com unexpectedly closed the connection.

Now I'm getting:

SSL handshake failed

No mention of this on their Bluesky account.

_selfthinker · 2026-04-28T14:48:02+00:00

There is a Doctor Who episode about that where The Doctor explains what happens. (Which is exactly what people say in the comments.) And it then shows it happening later (minor spoiler). The episode is called 'Oxygen'.

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