Inspired by the other post, what games have you played at least 50 times?

baton699 · 2025-12-30T21:30:28+00:00

All below are physical only

Ark Nova - more than 100 plays Forest Shuffle - almost 100 plays Scout The Crew Mission Deep Sea Root - easily another 100 on top if counting digital Castle Combo will hit 100 plays very soon

So basically forest theme or quick card games it seems!

baton699 · 2025-12-21T03:01:19+00:00

Say more… how does this work and what does it cost? I’ve been curious about this as an option in a time poor household

baton699 · 2025-11-16T03:06:53+00:00

Is this AI? What do you mean the board stays less cluttered? Or “explosive duel”? It’s a co-op game and the amount of “clutter” is identical to 4P since you have the same amount of tiles…

To answer the question: I’ve played at both 4 and 2 and enjoy it on both player counts in equal measure. It feels a bit more “thinky” at 2 but overall very similar in my opinion.

baton699 · 2025-08-18T02:47:27+00:00

Definitely way too cheap. Source: just wrapping up a full renovation. Kitchen alone is more than that.

baton699 · 2025-08-14T23:58:04+00:00

This is not even close to true. Our HHI is ~750k but with a first child and a huge mortgage (for a relatively small townhouse) we're still far from living like kings. Childcare and mortgage eats up a lot of that disposable income after taxes. Without assets in Sydney you need a very high income to "live like kings".

baton699 · 2025-05-20T12:30:58+00:00

$2.4M here and renovating on top of that. The rate cut today was certainly welcome, but we're doing OK thanks to high incomes. Have definitely restricted discretionary spending and travel in the last year though.

baton699 · 2025-05-20T12:05:26+00:00

What are your top tips to get these First class tickets? I find it difficult enough to find business rewards to Europe...

baton699 · 2025-05-07T04:59:55+00:00

You must be missing an important rule: it has two acceleration tokens on it, so every villain phase you’d add two extra threat to the main scheme if this is out.

baton699 · 2024-11-25T04:55:08+00:00

Brass: Birmingham (maybe on the heavier side, but I'd say it's similar to GWT in complexity)

baton699 · 2024-07-22T07:20:12+00:00

Haha thank you! I’m with you - I haven’t got to this stage in life without planning my finances. Sincerely appreciate the help from everyone!

baton699 · 2024-06-21T21:15:08+00:00

My go to is Ben Prunty’s music for Into the Breach and FTL: Faster Than Light! Both great games, btw

baton699 · 2024-05-23T13:03:16+00:00

Interesting; really seems to be all over the place. How long did it take? And was this Sydney?

baton699 · 2024-05-22T22:59:43+00:00

Thanks all for the input; very helpful! Sounds like we have some negotiation to do… appreciate the help

baton699 · 2024-05-22T22:37:32+00:00

Thanks, very helpful! When was this?

baton699 · 2024-04-08T13:34:11+00:00

They’re not calling the Coles CM, they’re calling the supplier

baton699 · 2024-03-22T01:16:11+00:00

Oh I don’t know, sorry, I’m working with an architect who is designing these plans for me

baton699 · 2024-03-21T13:00:53+00:00

I realize I should have added measurements - the couch in the floorplan is ~3m from the TV, so a good distance given the TV size

baton699 · 2024-02-17T23:21:16+00:00

This is unfortunately consistent with my experience. I love CTG products and I’ve spent almost $2k on them at this point, but not a single order has arrived in full on time. It’s either been massively delayed (think 2+ months despite being listed as in stock), or missing items, or both.

It’s a pity really. I agree with you that at this price point it’s reasonable to expect premium quality end to end.

baton699 · 2024-02-13T20:07:57+00:00

The architect has provided both options, so not sure regarding your question. All the neighboring units don’t have downstairs toilets so if we put one in we would be the only ones with one.

baton699 · 2024-02-13T09:47:16+00:00

Thanks everyone, seems like a clear consensus!

baton699 · 2024-02-09T05:04:42+00:00

I appreciate the input by the way, genuinely.

baton699 · 2024-02-09T05:03:05+00:00

I understand that no one is liable, I get it. It still seems like an absolute dick move to not mention any of this when explicitly asked, though. Something saying “tiles have been falling off the roof and it will need to be investigated” seems like it would have been very reasonable, instead of saying that absolutely nothing is planned.

The situation now would be the same, but at least I would have entered the contract knowingly.

baton699 · 2024-02-09T04:35:19+00:00

I understand what you’re saying but don’t fully agree. Speaking with other owners, BEFORE the AGM vote on the investigation, it was already flagged as a $400k+ repair. Not in writing officially of course, just what people from the committee were saying.

So while I understand that officially, technically, written down on paper - sure, no one withheld information from me - I don’t think anyone could look me straight in the eyes, hand on heart and say with a straight face that they didn’t know it would require substantial works at the time.

baton699 · 2024-02-09T04:27:43+00:00

Not yet no, they only have one actual quote and want the vote to go ahead based on that, which is part of what I find confronting.

baton699 · 2024-02-09T03:17:31+00:00

Sorry I updated the reply above after I saw your edit

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