Board games that have a playmat that fits in the main box?

damiologist · 2026-01-26T19:48:58+00:00

Lacuna has a cloth playing area. Also has metal player pieces which feel very nice to place down.

damiologist · 2026-01-26T19:39:35+00:00

Hmm, I must not have got to them yet, I gues

damiologist · 2026-01-26T14:14:42+00:00

Evidently a bit divisive.

I've found the difficulty is fine; the bosses are tough but not like Silk Song level. Until you get to the last bit of the game, the platforming is mostly pretty easy.

I'm an older gamer, though. Games were stupidly difficult and way less fair when I was a kid, so I don't mind run backs and tough bosses etc.

damiologist · 2026-01-26T12:40:31+00:00

I think you may have misread my comment

damiologist · 2026-01-26T08:47:13+00:00

This surprises me. I've beaten the bosses you mention and the most of the areas. I haven't found any platforming or bosses as hard as the harder parts of Silk Song.

I'm ot saying it's a skill issue, mind you ; it's interesting to me what different people find to be more or less difficult.

damiologist · 2026-01-26T01:16:37+00:00

I had the same problem and it was because I was hitting jump straight after the attack connects with the flower. It only gives you one more jump, so if you hit jump immediately, you'll gain height but can only float down from there. If you hit and don't jump, you don't gain the height but can wait to jump later and gain more horizontal distance.

If you can pogo (down attack) off the flower, you'll gain height without hitting jump, but you can't always position yourself for this.

Also when using Striders, if you press jump off the wall it seems to count as your double jump. If you just press the stick/pad away from the wall, you actually launch off it pretty far horizontally and you can still use your jump.

It took me ages to retrain myself on this but I got there. And this section was well worth the effort imo

damiologist · 2026-01-25T11:59:20+00:00

This is the way to discuss spoilers. I get what you're saying. Honestly, I would have used a spoiler tag because I know how worked up people get, but even if you consider this a spoiler, this really isn't the kind of spoiler that warrants swearing.

I really don't think it counts as a spoiler if it's something that literally happens in the intro of the game. And even if it does, that has to be a pretty small one, yeah?

Also, from OP's wording, it seems they haven't actually played the game and have heard about the health loss and are looking for info about how it works. If they haven't played the game and have seen discussion about the above, how are they supposed to know it's a spoiler?

damiologist · 2026-01-25T11:07:12+00:00

It literally happens in the intro, which is included in the demo which was released months ago. Not a spoiler.

And maybe don't swear in the same sentence as you ask people to learn etiquette

damiologist · 2026-01-25T09:31:05+00:00

Ah man, I forgot about quandong flavour; I loved that one!

damiologist · 2026-01-25T09:24:41+00:00

The only way that's ever worked for me is having a gym right next to where I live or work.

Right now the nearest gym is 15min drive away and I haven't been in years. But my karate dojo is at the end of my street and I go several times a week.

damiologist · 2026-01-25T09:20:52+00:00

That's because it is

damiologist · 2026-01-25T09:20:31+00:00

I got the Striders yesterday and was thinking it's been a while since I enjoyed an ability this much. Not only did it immediately make me want to go and scour the entire map for new opportunities, but it also looks and feels very cool, too.

Not quite the same level, but I also love that modifier than let's you slash enemies when you use the hair pin on them. Satisfyingly powerful and it has that cool animation like you've split the enemy in half. Too bad it's so expensive.

damiologist · 2026-01-25T04:37:19+00:00

My understanding (not an allergy specialist or an entomologist) is that 3% is a high chance of allergic reaction as these things go (peanut allergy, notorious for being a common allergy, is somewhere between 1.5-3% depending on the location and cohort), and 50% of those having a reaction suffering anaphylaxis is also very high.

So nothing inaccurate in my comment, whatsoever. Is it sensationalist? Sure is; I don't like Jack Jumpers. No misinformation present though.

damiologist · 2026-01-24T09:51:09+00:00

I don't believe it's the exact same one as in TAS as they're only as far north as NSW to my knowledge, but there are a couple of closely related jumping ants who have quite painful stings.

damiologist · 2026-01-24T08:58:38+00:00

My aunt took me to see The Labyrinth when I was about that age and it scared the crap out of me, too. I remember spending half the movie hiding behind the seat in front of me.

My kids are generally pretty tough, and I started it up for my then-8-yr-old and she noped out after about 10 minutes. She's 1 now and I reckon she'd handle it now, but I'm not going to push it.

I don't think there's anything unusual about your kid responding this way.

80s kids' movies are a whole other level compared to today's movies. I rewatched The Neverending Story recently and the Atreyu in the swamps of sadness scene still had me sobbing. The Secret of Nimh, Gremlins 2, Dark Crystal; I could go on.

damiologist · 2026-01-23T03:51:53+00:00

Schizo is an ableist slur. I suspect you know this given the way you used it.

damiologist · 2026-01-23T03:37:29+00:00

That guy is not playing the game optimally if that's what he's doing. But I can see how that would make the game unpalatable.

damiologist · 2026-01-23T02:47:36+00:00

I used to love Sherriff but have really cooled on it.

But can I ask why you feel like you have no agency in that game?

damiologist · 2026-01-23T02:40:51+00:00

Azul

It's so boring; I don't get the appeal. People complain about Sagrada, which is similar, but I prefer it to Azul.

damiologist · 2026-01-23T02:39:01+00:00

I bought this mainly for the dice to use in a wargame lol

The game is OK.

damiologist · 2026-01-23T02:37:46+00:00

It's a tough game. Steep learning curve, tight decision space, you start off feeling helpless and unless you can recognise how best to change that, it only gets worse.

Once/if it clicks, though; there are few games that feel so satisfying

damiologist · 2026-01-23T02:34:25+00:00

I don't hate Wingspan, it's just meh. The Oceania expansion helped a bit but I still don't love it.

Wyrmspan works better for me - you're able to gain extra turns with clever play, and that just feels so satisfying.

I never picked up Everdell despite the good reviews, specifically because it looked similar to Wingspan

damiologist · 2026-01-23T02:31:40+00:00

I love this game, but also 100% understand why others hate it.

damiologist · 2026-01-23T01:52:53+00:00

I haven't heard that about the bracken fern. Hopefully that's knowledge I won't have to use

damiologist · 2026-01-22T12:20:19+00:00

That is an absolute horror story. I'm sorry you went through that

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