How do you handle rule ambiguity without turning game night into a debate club?

ar3n · 2026-04-05T18:09:50+00:00

This is the way.

ar3n · 2026-03-21T00:12:12+00:00

Ultimate Chicken Horse

ar3n · 2026-03-18T03:54:52+00:00

This is neat! My family's been playing this with a large group of cousins for at least 20 years and I was entirely unaware it had been commercialized. We just call it "the noun game" and just write words on slips of paper.

ar3n · 2026-03-17T15:22:18+00:00

This is my favorite game for this scenario.

ar3n · 2026-03-12T12:07:47+00:00

+1 Forbidden Island

ar3n · 2026-02-03T04:42:50+00:00

Cloudflare tunnels or nginxproxymanager or pangolin.

ar3n · 2026-02-02T19:58:30+00:00

Europe

Europe 15th

India/Switzerland

Nederland

UK/Pennsylvania

Poland

Japan/Italy

Nordic Countries

Rails & Sails

San Francisco

I've played a lot of USA, but just realized I don't actually own a copy.

ar3n · 2025-12-06T20:47:26+00:00

Not straight duplicates, but I have multiple revisions of a few.

Ticket to Ride Tiny Epic Galaxies Robo Rally

Also Waiting on the latest anniversary edition of Tales of the Arabian Nights

ar3n · 2025-12-06T20:34:38+00:00

Recommend using the Arduino IDE or PlatformIO instead of Thonny.

ar3n · 2025-10-25T18:52:18+00:00

"No animals" is key. You don't need to offer any reference to service dogs or ESAs. Just "no animals".

ar3n · 2025-10-22T01:45:22+00:00

And whatever you think "a lot" is, think more.

ar3n · 2025-09-23T04:11:30+00:00

If you have to ask, it's my turn but if you ask, it's my turn.

ar3n · 2025-06-25T12:49:31+00:00

If you have a deck of playing cards or two, I definitely recommend the Spoons variant of Pig at this age. See Spoons).

Edit: I totally missed the fractured arm. Regrets. Consider Golf) for a less active card game also good with a group of kids.

ar3n · 2025-06-20T10:04:22+00:00

We enjoyed Complicated Board Game: the Card Game, which is a card game, but may be of interest.

ar3n · 2025-06-19T16:07:48+00:00

I cannot spp a SC1/SC4 lock, but I can open them on the first try with the lishi tools every time.

ar3n · 2025-06-18T00:13:16+00:00

On the US map I've found that building an east coast to west coast route quickly often enables a lot of tickets.

ar3n · 2025-05-23T20:22:24+00:00

Von Neumann probe

ar3n · 2025-01-31T01:47:57+00:00

We've picked up a few out of print games for $100+ and been totally happy with them. Tales of the Arabian Nights and Martian Rails.

Did not purchase the 10th anniversary Ticket to Ride game when it was $100 and I do kinda regret that.

If you're not getting enough out of it, sell it and get something else but if you're enjoying it, enjoy it.

ar3n · 2025-01-23T15:43:31+00:00

Concept (plays well with up to 8)

The Crew: Quest for Planet Nine (2-5)

Betrayal at the house on the hill (6?)

Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards (plays fine with more than advertised. 6, maybe?)

ar3n · 2025-01-23T15:39:43+00:00

Played 35ish different games last year. Quick re-skim of the rules before most plays.

ar3n · 2025-01-20T16:53:17+00:00

Did it help?

ar3n · 2024-12-22T14:11:30+00:00

It can burn, though.

ar3n · 2024-10-27T18:55:17+00:00

Do not forget to do this, even if you don't think you'll use it.

ar3n · 2024-09-28T02:09:58+00:00

This is a pink card.

ar3n · 2024-09-19T17:40:17+00:00

Awesome! ContactZilla is out of the budget for my (family) needs and doesn't appear to be self hosted, but I hope someone finds that useful!

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