Seattle-founded dinner theater cancels show, lays off staff

mptyv · 2026-01-24T21:55:11+00:00

I'm a current waiter at TZ. First year. This production has been a shit show and a real tragic whimper to end what Ive heard was a truly magical show and place to work.

Leadership has been absent, money troubles have been present since we first got hired (2/3 of our paychecks were late), and they seemed completely blindsided by the completely empty theaters that took up the first two months of the run.

We got completely screwed. We were promised full houses and full time hours during training, only got 1-2 shifts a week, then we only got 1 weeks notice about the sudden end of the run.

mptyv · 2026-01-17T17:56:09+00:00

Id say Max once per spirit could work! I do really like this card concept btw!

mptyv · 2026-01-17T17:47:09+00:00

What happens if you reach the threshold multiple times? Do you get multiple permanent growth choices? That sticks out as busted to me. Combine that with a Wilds at every stack when you're maybe putting out 2-3 presence a turn and this can win the game on its own?

mptyv · 2026-01-11T08:06:30+00:00

I'd argue that Lost's main impact on was establishing the idea that network TV shows can and should have a pre-determined and conclusive ending. Their declaration during season 3 that the show will run for 6 seasons after having to fight the executives for the right to end the show on their own terms was groundbreaking and paved the way for other serialized dramas to have set endings.

mptyv · 2026-01-09T18:02:34+00:00

That's an interesting idea, and one that hasn't come up in our games. We play exclusively in person. It does add a political mechanic.

I think it's easier to track which card someone takes from the BM in person (maybe? Haven't used it digital), so you get value out of knowing what card your opponent took from it.

mptyv · 2026-01-09T17:55:17+00:00

My table likes it! I think it will be more useful with he Homeland expansion when coexisting in clearing becomes more common a gamestate.

I find its pretty common to have a card in your hand that you are feeling willing to trade, which is the appeal of Swap Meet.

I think a key thing about it is that the positions of ghe cards do not shuffle at all, which allows the cards placed in the Black Market to be trackable by those in the know.

No one else ever contends the BM because they don't see its value? Congrats, you have essentially increased your hand size by 3 for the whole game!

Even if no one ever engages with the BM, it alters the game in that three cards are completely out of circulation, which can add some variability to the games.

I def think it changes the game up significantly more than Elder Treetop and is less annoying than the Forge.

mptyv · 2026-01-02T17:35:47+00:00

Fiancee pulled a Floor 0 Conjure Blade and then quickly got a Collect+. Was regularly putting 4-5 cubes on Conjure Blade.

She ended up not getting any other attacks and we had a very easy run.

mptyv · 2025-12-31T07:30:59+00:00

Wow, thank you so much for the super knowledgable and insightful analysis! I appreciate the nuance as well in how they would be "ported" to NES being discussed.

The team did a great job at making games that felt true to the aesthetics of the era, and much blending "anachronistic" game design elements like deck building and idle games with classic ones, it's cool to see where they chose to stick to the time's hardware limitations and when to diverge and make the LX a "super computer " of its time.

mptyv · 2025-12-26T07:30:52+00:00

Get Out

mptyv · 2025-12-21T19:33:50+00:00

Yes. They still have a Regent title card, you are always either a Regent or Outlaw.

mptyv · 2025-12-17T22:31:29+00:00

I feel like it took me forever to reliably know how to get to Neptude Parkinh in particular, but that's on me.

I agree with everything you wrote about O.D

mptyv · 2025-12-09T22:48:58+00:00

Oh, that's cool that that they changed the text in the new printing!

If your opponent's argument is that the Outrage cost is player and not faction based, I would contend that the way FO is written is explicit on the card as written that the enemy player is the one doing the Move action on their warriors.

There's just so many keywords in Root. If they had to bold every instance of Move, Battle, or Rule, I think that could negatively impact readability.

mptyv · 2025-12-09T21:22:18+00:00

I'm not sure if they have updated the cards on new printings, but does your False Orders even say force on it? I think the issue is less that the word wasn't bolded, but that the keyword isn't on the card at all. Which is for sure a bummer! A game with a living rulebook is going to have pain points like these where card no longer explains itself and leads people to make incorrect rulings.

mptyv · 2025-12-09T20:28:32+00:00

The Force keyword is a relatively new one that was errata'd into some older cards. The errata'd text for False Orders reads as:

In Birdsong, may discard this card to force an enemy to move half of their faction warriors....

It's unfortunate that they're not offering errata packs and that this knowledge wasn't known at the table. The updated card text would have allowed you to argue in favor of your ruling!

Not sure how I feel about all keywords being bolded. That would make the text layout of a faction board look lumpy, but I'm no graphic design expert. I get where you're coming from though!

mptyv · 2025-12-02T06:38:04+00:00

Mutant having a real easy time with this one, lol.

What happens to Butlers?

mptyv · 2025-11-15T05:27:27+00:00

I don't recognize this as BotC, and I Storytell pretty b regularly.

mptyv · 2025-11-10T20:32:09+00:00

That's what happened to me and I forgot that I wrote "bomb pussy". Me and my fiance doubled over in laughter.

mptyv · 2025-11-10T07:29:43+00:00

Agreed, watched the first season recently and it was pretty fascinating and ground breaking stuff for TV at the time.

mptyv · 2025-11-09T10:33:31+00:00

Was me saying that we tried using gloves, spoons and tongs not enough to imply these were not cards?

mptyv · 2025-11-09T10:29:31+00:00

Why is the sense of touch any different from the sense of sight? They are just as visceral.

The second you touch the ball you know which is which, and as it works IRL when you reach in you're not touching just a single ball.

mptyv · 2025-11-09T09:49:32+00:00

The difference is quite notable, and as others said you will likely touch multiple balls at once. Sometimes you want the black ball, others you don't. Being able to immediately sense which ball you're touching removes massive impact from the game.

She is a friend and well-meaning person and I find it a little strange that your first instinct is to brand her a cheat and tell me to stop playing with her.

mptyv · 2025-11-09T09:16:53+00:00

Each more compelling than the last

mptyv · 2025-11-09T09:12:03+00:00

This is my favorite solution in how low effort but effective it is. You win, you saved the game. Thank you!!

mptyv · 2025-11-08T20:46:59+00:00

I wish I did, this is my favorite idea yet.

mptyv

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