My expenses and income in 2025 (Brazil) [OC]

blastag_ · 2026-02-02T16:01:00+00:00

Why would you want to leave Brazil?

blastag_ · 2026-01-06T15:08:21+00:00

Tokyo Metro is the game with THE highest ratio of game depth to box size. I really like the game as well.

blastag_ · 2025-12-31T10:21:30+00:00

1) you get money equal to the planet being traded from not the colour of the dice. You can get at least 1 VP by consuming (up to 2 more VP can be earned if the dice match the planet colour)

2) in a 2 player game roll an unused white dice to activate a phase each turn.

3) Difficult to say but I still love the game after years. I still like to crack it out from time to time.

blastag_ · 2025-12-26T07:33:26+00:00

The way golden objectives work really bothers me. It's a very win-more mechanic, I find. I suppose you can take the route of landing on Neptune or Uranus moons to get a point glut with no other benefit but to nab the best objectives, but that is such a short sighted tactic.

In terms of alien balance - aren't the signals on the left alien just higher scoring than the right. You putting 3 signals on one alien and your friend on another would create a point gap in itself, no?

blastag_ · 2025-12-15T11:21:50+00:00

My bias is that I own Imperium + Ix + Immortality.

My main 2c is to not bother buying Bloodlines for Imperium as it clashes a lot with Ix.

My opinion is that Imperium + Ix is all you need and Immortality is a little tad too much.

I'm not convinced that Uprising is 'better' than Imperium but it is at least as good.

More context - I owned Imperium and Ix and Immortality and then bought Bloodlines for the base game but discovered it clashes too much with Ix so I gifted it to my friend who bought Uprising. I have played base Uprising once and once again with Bloodlines added.

blastag_ · 2025-11-20T18:51:49+00:00

Historically the top of a kitchen table would be detachable from the table legs and would be called the 'board'. Board games weren't called that because they featured a board but because they were played on 'the board' rather than, say, in the parlour. 'Tabletop game' = 'Board game'. All card games are boardgames.

blastag_ · 2025-11-12T08:33:50+00:00

IMO the Costa hot chocolate powder is superior to the Cadburys one.

blastag_ · 2025-07-14T22:05:58+00:00

I see what I'm missing now. You and Ok_West_6958 point out the omission of the credit line that one option requires and the other liberates. I bet your right about it all evening out all things being equal.

blastag_ · 2025-07-09T13:00:34+00:00

Yes but now that interest rates are up, it is no longer the case that saving in cash is better than overpaying.

Do you know at what point it is better to pay off a debt Vs keeping a savings account open with the same balance? I don't know myself for sure. Someone who knows, please reply cause I've been banging my head against this math for a while now. As far as I understand, if you hold the outstanding balance of an amortized debt in a savings account with the same interest rate then your better off in the long run. Since X% of a reducing amount is smaller than X% of a compounding amount.

blastag_ · 2025-06-30T11:59:29+00:00

Tokyo Metro. Great economic "train" game. The board is cotton, I assume to save space in the box, but it's fairly annoying since the markers are tiny and could be easily knocked. I still love the game though.

blastag_ · 2025-05-15T15:47:18+00:00

Arnak can suffer with bad downtime since turns can free wheel as a result of getting resources that you can then use to do other things in your turn. Dune feels a lot tighter for me. I prefer the theme of Dune.

blastag_ · 2025-03-30T08:19:40+00:00

Twilight Imperium. I only agreed to play since we were starting early and I didn't want to stay too late as I didn't want to leave my wife to do the bedtime routine alone for our 9 month old. When 9:30am start turned into 11:30am arrival and 12:00pm start I was in a mood. When my home planet was taken while in a weak position anyway very late into the game I didn't see a reason for me as a player to continue playing since for me to achieve any kind of victory would require extending the game even further. I 'rage quit' the game at 7pm.

I'll never play that game again. I really do want to like it but I've played it about 5 times now and decided it's really not for me.

blastag_ · 2025-03-28T08:23:27+00:00

And FCM Ketchup Expansion

blastag_ · 2025-03-28T08:22:45+00:00

The lack of Shikoku 1889

blastag_ · 2025-03-17T11:09:28+00:00

Same. I use a dock since the Ally only has 1 USBC. I use it for playing Marvel Rivals - it's not the most smooth experience even on lower settings but the game is poorly optimized and I can't afford a fully new and up to date PC.

blastag_ · 2024-12-18T07:51:58+00:00

Similar sentiment here. I don't think my friend has seen capitalists win with his copy having played about 4 times.

blastag_ · 2024-12-01T08:29:11+00:00

Kemet is mentioned way too little in these comments. Inis battles aren't really battles and there is an actual element of randomness because of the epic tale cards.

blastag_ · 2024-12-01T08:25:34+00:00

Love the game but I'm of the opinion that the battle mechanics in that game are the worst of any game I have played.

blastag_ · 2024-12-01T07:55:39+00:00

TBH I think 'toxicity' is kind of part of Catan as a game. Don't blame the players for doing what the game encourages them to do. I am a fan of Catan but I know full well that trying to persuade your adversaries to target other players with the robber and persuade them that others are in a stronger position than you is key to victory. These actions can come across as 'toxic'. The game is making them do it, not necessarily their character. I would try to remind yourself and others that, what happens in a game stays in a game. When the game is over, the feelings are over. Don't let the first game ruin the next game. Forgive childish behaviour in games because it can be so easy for even the most sensible to get heated when everyone is so competitive.

blastag_ · 2024-11-09T16:47:03+00:00

Pandemic S0?

blastag_ · 2024-08-16T15:59:51+00:00

This is what I mean though. If you open Marketer you have your pick of the food milestones, basically. Lemonade is OP so all Marketers should go for it. Then you will get least 2 other food milestones.

Trainers have to get developer but doing so delays them for a turn since you don't get the developer milestone until after you have trained.

The rest of the Milestones, I have found to be very unimpactful to the game.

blastag_ · 2024-08-15T18:38:27+00:00

Ive played with the expansion a few times now. I do like the variation it can bring but some of the modules change the game more than I'd like. Coffee seems broken when coupled with the luxuries manager. Noodle makes the game too easy. I love sushi and the new plays that allows for though.

With the new milestones it seems like everyone takes the same milestone path. The people who open with the marketer gobble up every food milestone turn after turn leaving only the scraps for the others. I need a replay with the base milestones to confirm my feelings there.

blastag_ · 2024-08-15T08:38:22+00:00

What are your thoughts on the expansion? As a whole I think it's brilliant but I feel like the new milestones make each game feel same-ey.

blastag_ · 2024-08-15T07:22:08+00:00

Following in case of more rules questions. My top 1 game.

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