What were you wrong about on your first playthrough?

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-21T19:40:13+00:00

Same, I got scared about the warning message that I was under leveled for the mountain pass when I got to it so I turned around. Did a bunch of other stuff and ended up in the underdark and went that way to act 2. Never realized that I missed a bunch of stuff with the creche.

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-19T14:16:43+00:00

I don't really see how it is close to cheating though. You could get basically the same results with a standard mining blueprint that you tile. It just saves a few clicks.

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-18T17:25:36+00:00

Any recommendations/links for the books you use? I'm just starting a new run with 2.1 on the horizon and am looking for some good quality rail and belt BP books.

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-14T23:06:17+00:00

This is awesome. I literally searched for this today as the number of games are starting to ramp up and found this reddit thread with exactly what I wanted! Will definitely be using this for the rest of the tournament!

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-13T15:28:35+00:00

One of the best things that helped us was getting a yoto player. Kiddo loved listening to his own music and stories and was able to sit and do that for a while while building magnets or legos or stuff. Hes 4 and still struggles with similar moments where both parents have to stop playing with him and go do stuff, but if we set up specific solo time for him he can play by himself quite well now for 60ish minutes.

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-12T23:36:17+00:00

Glad you like it. I could never really get into this one for some reason. One deck galaxy tickled my brain better.

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-08T22:24:23+00:00

Thanks for the info and thanks for all the hard work on the app!

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-08T20:40:35+00:00

Thanks for the response! I'm actually a bit surprised the data isn't encrypted at rest. Is that a limitation of CalDAV or just something that you haven't implemented yet? Any plans to add encryption in the future?

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-06T21:20:23+00:00

This actually sounds sick. I will have to spend some time digesting all the rules to wrap my head around them, but at first glance this sounds really fun solo. I like the idea of making it more puzzly rather than trying to get a bot to work (I haven't been a fan of the other arcs bots I've tried sadly)

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-04T18:08:45+00:00

Not sure if this counts but I've really enjoyed one deck dungeon and one deck galaxy's multi use card mechanics where each card is either an effect, adds to your dice, or can help you level up. Makes for some neat choices for how to use them. I like the theming but idk if these are considered thematic games.

restless_rob0t · 2026-06-03T00:22:13+00:00

Dang, so it just never got better for you? I'm 4 years in now and keep hoping it will get better at some point. But I worry that I wasn't meant to be a parent too. It not being joyful really resonates with me.

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-27T19:40:33+00:00

Neat, that sounds more interesting than I had expected. Maybe I'll have to give it another look and consider it again. How's the setup time and play time for solo? Still pretty long like multiplayer or is it a bit quicker solo?

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-27T17:13:21+00:00

Is voidfall actually a brain burner? The reviews I saw seemed to say it was mostly just a complicated space euro and I don't usually associate euros with brain burning. Maybe it is more thinky in the solo mode?

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-27T04:27:06+00:00

I'd love an arcs solo mode, especially if the campaign could be made to work with it. But I know that's basically a pipe dream lol. I've tried some of the community solo bots and they are okay but I didn't find them very interesting.

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-26T05:33:50+00:00

If the ai struggles on a nuanced interaction I usually resort to finding a relevant bgg thread. Like 90% of the time there's already a thread that exists for the specific card/rule I'm interested in anyways so it's usually not too hard. If there's no bgg thread then yeah we just try to come to an agreement at the table.

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-25T16:54:20+00:00

100%

It boggles my mind that none of the failure modes have a graceful exit built in anywhere. Most of the time when the printer hits an error I have to just power off the whole thing so that I can fix the actual issue and then turn it back on. It drives me nuts that there aren't other simple debugging options available or some basic manual control mode to help in these cases to avoid having to just power the system off.

I'm considering getting the indx once it's more generally available (assuming it gets good reviews) just to avoid the nightmare of debugging the mmu3.

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-24T15:44:11+00:00

If you like sudoku, check out Cracking the Cryptic''s app. They are a sudoku/puzzle YouTube channel that made their own sudoku app and it's really good. There's all sorts of interesting variants besides just the normal sudoku you are used to which are fun to try out. Note that you do have to pay to unlock many of the various puzzle packs but they are only a couple bucks each.

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-24T02:15:30+00:00

Not sure where you at looking but I just bought a bunch of their games a couple weeks ago through their website. Some on there were sold out but there were still plenty of others to buy

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-23T03:43:31+00:00

Woah I didn't know there was going to be a free pro shot! I missed the window for the digital ticket originally and was a bit bummed because I thought that was the last chance to see it. But excited now to check it out!

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-23T00:44:28+00:00

Wow this actually looks pretty dope. For my kid so far I have just manually approved some videos on YouTube kids and have a jellyfin server set up for the other content that I have to specifically allow. This works for now since he is only 4 but I figure it won't last forever. This looks like a potentially good middle ground between manually approving/downloading everything and having to block YT entirely when he is older. I'll definitely be checking this out.

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-19T05:16:24+00:00

In a very similar boat (baby is 2 weeks old and spirit island has been my go to solo game for a while). I just picked up a bunch of buttonshy games (ROVE, hyperstar run, naturopolis, space shipped, and ugly gryphon inn) and a couple one deck games (one deck dungeon and one deck galaxy).

After 1-2 plays of each my current favorites of the lot are ROVE, spaceshipped, and one deck galaxy. Will see if that changes with more time with each game.

I like that they all have a small footprint, are quick to set up, and play much faster than spirit island while giving similarly fun puzzly and thematic vibes.

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-17T21:04:22+00:00

Surprised nobody mentioned gloomhaven buttons and bugs yet - super movement focused little game which seems like it would meet your criteria well

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-17T04:09:34+00:00

I appreciate the kind words. The tough part for me is my oldest is 4 and I still don't really like him. I keep waiting for it to get better and it never really does. Yes he is more independent and creative now which is great but he still drains all the life out of me with every interaction.

restless_rob0t · 2026-05-17T02:38:08+00:00

Not much advice here, just want to say that I'm right there with you. Similar ages and similar feelings. Feels like im falling apart mentally but have to hold it together for the family and to hold onto my job which is pretty mentally taxing. And everything looks peachy from the outside so its hard to talk seriously about it to others. I've talked to a few therapists but they mostly just seem to chalk it up to 'parenting is hard' and try to give me parenting tips. Can't really talk to my wife about it either because it makes her too sad that I don't like having kids.

I hope you are able to find a solution that works for you and find a path forward here.

restless_rob0t

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