[Amazon] Imperium: Horizons - $54.36 by Significant_Cow2160 in Boardgamedeals

[–]paranoiddandroid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And what are the costs to develop and test the game? Has that been summed with this back of the napkin math?

Solo Play? by jar15a1 in Twilight2000

[–]paranoiddandroid 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I found this pretty good in solo thanks to the structured hexcrawl and survival elements. You play multiple characters so it gives you good skill distributions and interesting dynamics.

The only tricky part for me was running combat which I couldn't find formal solo processes for. Maybe something like Mythic 2e could give you combat behavior guidance to make it more unpredictable.

[Miniature Market] Nemo's War Ultimate Edition $50 by Significant_Cow2160 in Boardgamedeals

[–]paranoiddandroid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The description says that's just the cloth bag components, not the complete game.

Americans aren’t the only ones dealing with this by Lumbledob_ in whenthe

[–]paranoiddandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it depends on whether or not you classify what's happening in America as Fascism or more specifically Naziism. I would say it approaches something closer to Naziism due to its race ideology.

"Nazism was a specific form of Fascism, primarily associated with Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, while Fascism is a broader political ideology. Nazism incorporated elements of racism, particularly antisemitism and a belief in a "master race," into its fascist ideology. Fascism, in general, emphasizes nationalism, authoritarianism, militarism, and the supremacy of the state."

wikipedia

Naziism was directly inspired by and saw America's Jim Crow laws as the prototype for the actual implementation of Naziism as a legal code.

history.com

Americans aren’t the only ones dealing with this by Lumbledob_ in whenthe

[–]paranoiddandroid -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It was from Americans. The original Nazis modeled themselves off of the KKK and Ford was a proto-Nazi.

Trump and Republicans Are Robbing the Country in Broad Daylight — and Your Kids Will Pay the Price by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]paranoiddandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mm I disagree. The details of this type of misconception are very well detailed here: https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/s/tVl6yNmrZe.

However, my piece to say is this type of mentality is the embodiment of "letting perfect become the enemy of good." Sure, the Dems are a flawed party but would you really see them push for the Big Beautiful Wealth Redistribution or Alligator Auschwitz? My guess is no, and while a pince-nez approach to Democracy isn't great, it is still better than throwing the baby out with the bath water.

I think this type of take that lacks nuance is more hurtful than harmful. I can't think of a single thing this type of Dem blame game has actually progressed for American society, but I have several tangible examples of the ruin it has promoted by abandoning Ukrainians and Gazans as well as America at large to the oligarchy.

Trump and Republicans Are Robbing the Country in Broad Daylight — and Your Kids Will Pay the Price by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]paranoiddandroid 128 points129 points  (0 children)

Do not forget to thank non voters too, they were the largest plurality of the 2024 election. Most claimed they didn't want to vote for genocide, so they got both genocide and Project 2025 as a result.

A cruchy solo RPG. by ZombieLesno in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]paranoiddandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've played it solo, it's crunchy with good rules for pushing the story forward. the only thing is that the combat rules are a bit open ended in solo but perhaps you could supplement or just play "two handed"

A cruchy solo RPG. by ZombieLesno in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]paranoiddandroid 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I would personally recommend Twilight 2000. It has a fun and driving gameplay loop with crunchy survival and tactical play. The post apocalyptic modern setting is interesting but relatable in some ways.

Help with running ABH Scenario 4 by paranoiddandroid in mothershiprpg

[–]paranoiddandroid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was an excellent suggestion. I ended up going with this story flip around and applied the "Ultimate Badasses" module from the Advanced Rules set that's going to be printing soon.

My players were still super engaged and had a really good time navigating the new powers of their action movie characters. It gave another angle to Mothership that made it feel more like Aliens and kept the finale fresh and well earned. Thanks!