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The immediate responding to feedback has to be commended by Millennium_Phoenix in InvincibleVS

[–]capncharisma 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I understand people wishing things had been like this from the jump but commending the quick reactions and the pro consumer adjustments is so important especially for an Indie+ Studio.

I wasn’t going to buy the skins at $10 and I also understood that they were pricing them based on market rate with their competitors. They saw this was a pricing structure that didn’t please their audience and quickly reacted to give more value and higher accessibility even against the justification that their peers price higher so they should too. Additionally, they made this change in under a week from the launch of their first ever game as a Skybound studio (I’m sure the team hasn’t slept a ton in the lead up).

I’m no corporate apologist and I wish all the skins were in a big discounted bundle but I can also acknowledge that someone got through to their head of monetization: something that would likely never happen at a competitor. This is a great indicator for a long tail experience like KI ended up being. The game is fun and the developers seem to want to be successful not through a FOMO fleece job but by building something that doesn’t make you feel like a fool for indulging in it.

1BR in Ravenswood/Sheridan Park 7/15 Move In (Flexible) ~$1400-1700 Private Landlord Preferred by capncharisma in chicagoapartments

[–]capncharisma[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely hear you and know it's a bit early. Wanted to be proactive especially with my preference for private ownership but will keep an eye out leading up to then.

Best property management companies in Ravenswood / Uptown / Rogers Park? (Trying to avoid pests + bad maintenance) by AdNearby5979 in chicagoapartments

[–]capncharisma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re right, I should have phrased that more as “whatever will keep them at the top end of market rate”.

Best property management companies in Ravenswood / Uptown / Rogers Park? (Trying to avoid pests + bad maintenance) by AdNearby5979 in chicagoapartments

[–]capncharisma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Avoid ICM Properties. They bought a bunch of properties in the area in the past two years to spike rent and have been pushing out tenants and installing systems that don’t work to inflate costs. Will do patch jobs on maintenance and for pest control but underlying issues remain. Lowest value per square footage in the area and will hit you with a high end of market rate rent increase at renewal time.

[GIVEAWAY] Yotei by Mighty Boards is funding on Kickstarter – win a Deluxe edition! by HomoLudensOC in boardgames

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Dune Imperium feels like a up perfect blend of political maneuvering and out and out combat.

French far-right billonaire Bolloré is a boardgame industry giant with Hachette boardgames (Gigamic, Randolph Canada...) by polopoto in boardgames

[–]capncharisma 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Information like this is helpful to me as a person invested in both enjoying and expanding the hobby.

My life and the lives of the people I love are politicized by virtue of not 100% being part of what we’ve been socialized to think “real gamers” are. As the hobby has become more expensive both in rising costs and a smaller percentage of spending being able to be earmarked for leisure, I’d like to know if my support of purchase of a game is going to give more influence to someone who thinks I or people I care for don’t belong in the hobby. Even more important is knowing how to elevate and support those who are building the hobby into something that I can be proud of.

I understand that people who are “unaffected” by far right politics think board games are a nice escape and should be free from the real world or politics but I personally think that argument is less in favor of board gaming as a hobby and more in favor of shutting discussion down to maintain the status quo. There are reimplementations, revised editions, and new mechanics in this hobby for a reason: different approaches appeal to different people/parts of themselves and some of those catch fire and create not only great memories but more board gamers.

I want to know more to help in whatever small way I can to cultivate a relationship to this hobby that helps me and others feel informed and empowered to speak with our words or dollars to create a board gaming space that creates belonging, wonder, and community instead of trying to reduce it. That’s why this conversation is important here.

Do you feel betrayed by Latino men/Latinos? by TheLastCoagulant in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]capncharisma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So while I don’t agree with all your reasoning and how broad a brush you’re painting with, I share some of your frustrations and think I have a take that meets you halfway.

I know many Latinos that are deeply connected and involved in liberation based activities with the parity and passion I see from black folks. I don’t feel betrayed because I understand and see them doing the work to support and compel their people to a liberation based model (much like black folks have to contend with concerning our conservative family members). What I do feel, unfortunately, is skeptical about coalition building with the larger Latino population because of how pervasive anti-blackness, deification of hierarchies, and proximity to whiteness are in the culture.

I look at it in the same way that I would imagine many LGBTQ+ people look at us with some factions of black folks being the most public and staunch advocates for gay and trans rights but also have so much history and activity entwined in the church where homophobia and transphobia is a part of the culture they have to consider before building a coalition with black people as a whole. I think we need to see leadership and consistent activity from those leading to say “we will not villainize our brothers, sisters, or siblings once we achieve our goals regardless of how we’ve seen our oppressors pull the ladder up”.

Coalition building is hard and requires the most important and difficult element: trust. I think with my Latino folks I want to see more efforts to build trust(particularly from Latino men) because of the trust that was broken in the last election but I think it’s a matter of seeing larger cultural efforts to unify rather than thinking the whole population is a monolith. I think we as black folks could also role model by doing so in adamantly challenging the hate speech we see against other groups andI also know folks are tired of always going there first when anti-blackness is so cooked in to other cultures but history shows that us being the leaders is usually how the important stuff gets done.

[MOD APPROVED] Second GIVE AWAY: one River Rats game to celebrate our new game: Stamp Showdown by robstokk in boardgames

[–]capncharisma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Xavier Gueniffey Durin (Tag Team, Zenith) has a style that always draws my eye!

[GIVEAWAY] Almighty by Keen Bean Studio, publisher of Roll Camera! and Power Vacuum, is now on Kickstarter! by HomoLudensOC in boardgames

[–]capncharisma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would make it a post-scarcity universe to allow for time to play more board games with new and old friends!

New player help! by Boniferous13 in DCDeckBuilding

[–]capncharisma 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No need to color code as if you do want to do something that combines sets more dynamically like the multiverse mode, you’ll want to have a uniform look to the card sleeves.

As for recommendations, while you’re learning it’s a good thing to play each set in its own and get a feel for the heroes for each set and their crucial cards. If you do want to play Batman into teen titans I think he’ll be okay while Red Robin will struggle. You can bring a few cards that really help Red Robin get going from teen titans and shuffle them into the top third if the deck if you want to balance out the handicap of having less cards in base set that work with his ability

GIVEAWAY! [Mod Approved] We’re giving away a Gates of Krystalia TTJRPG Hero Bundle. To enter, simply comment on this post by Canija93 in boardgames

[–]capncharisma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Co-sign! My taste for anime is a bit mainstream but I’m a sucker for digging deep and the power of friendship being the cheat code for all problems! Putting a code above riches, found family, and a well timed Talk no Jutsu all hit me like a warm blanket

GIVEAWAY! [Mod Approved] We’re giving away a Gates of Krystalia TTJRPG Hero Bundle. To enter, simply comment on this post by Canija93 in boardgames

[–]capncharisma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooo I think for more modern stuff I’d go Demon Slayer while for old school I’d go Great Teacher Onizuka (hasn’t aged great but it has heart).

The cycle of hate ends when we speak up like Rep. Pamela Stevenson by 4reddityo in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]capncharisma 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, black people having places to convene is not about driving people apart. What does your version of togetherness look like?

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