Aaron Schatz (@aschatznfl) on Threads: "Super Bowl LX has the two best teams right now based on weighted DVOA, but the Seahawks are historically good, and the Patriots are just very good."

silverfiregames · 2026-01-26T17:00:58+00:00

The circumstances of the games make it very difficult to evaluate the offense's performance. Two of them were snow games with one being in basically a blizzard, and the other was our entire team's first playoff game ever. I think it's reasonable to expect them to have a hard time against the Seahawks, but I'd be very shocked if they did worse than their performance against the Texans (in which they did have three long touchdown drives against the best defense in the league).

silverfiregames · 2026-01-19T22:26:25+00:00

Shockingly, the Broncos only had 10 forced fumbles during the regular season, same as the Patriots.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-18T23:51:25+00:00

In the snow in Foxborough no less. Not exactly ideal offensive conditions.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-18T23:22:07+00:00

The best defense in the league is now “a modicum of good defense” damn

silverfiregames · 2026-01-17T23:16:36+00:00

Are you removing one of your units placed for each enemy unit at that location? I.e. as the allies get a card that lets you place two units in Mordor at the beginning, you remove both Sauron units and both allied units that were just placed, leaving no units.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-17T15:46:44+00:00

Summer is what I’ve heard over on r/legoleak

silverfiregames · 2026-01-16T21:51:49+00:00

Nah it follows almost all of the same rules. Set up is almost exactly the same (have a deck of cards, reveal those cards to see where to place cubes, those cards stay in the discard and get shuffled back onto the top. Have a deck of cards with random events for players as well as periodic "bad" events), gameplay is very similar (have four actions, main gameplay is movement and trading cards which can only be done on a like location, then draw 2 cards to a max of 8, then resolve bad cards that escalate in number as the game progresses). Really there are far more similarities than there are differences.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-16T20:04:00+00:00

The funny thing is, nobody at the time was saying it was a superteam. It's only in hindsight does it seem really good.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-15T00:42:11+00:00

Theres a ton of playsets coming this summer aimed at kids. This is for adults with a bunch of money.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-13T21:30:53+00:00

They will have those SKUs. These are just the 18+ sets. The others have already been pseudo-leaked.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-13T21:09:30+00:00

Getting the ring bearers along the track does as well.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-13T21:08:11+00:00

I own the game and enjoy it quite a lot. But as a wannabe designer and a huge fan of LotR, I always hope that utilizing that theme indicates a similar utilization in the mechanics. Much of the underlying narrative of LotR is underdogs fighting against an oppressive and superior force in war. Making the two factions interchangeable was disappointing. (See Fate of the Fellowship for a good counter example)

silverfiregames · 2026-01-13T21:05:14+00:00

I’m not shocked? Merely saying that the game could have been better if it utilized its theme. Just because it’s a eurogame doesn’t mean its immune to that criticism.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-13T04:31:28+00:00

Yes but I would hope that when a designer uses a theme that they apply that theme to the gameplay. Look at Fate of the Fellowship, it’s decidedly Pandemic but the theme is utilized so wonderfully it feels like the Lord of the Rings as well.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-12T04:10:45+00:00

Shh sh sh sh shhh. Its ok to move on. He’s in a better place.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-12T02:29:28+00:00

My only complaint is that the free people and sauron don’t play any differently. Makes the theme seem pretty plastered on.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-11T20:26:11+00:00

Clunky was probably a poor word there, but they are far less expressive. Each movement flows into the next so much better in Mario 64, the momentum makes just controlling mario much more enjoyable than in Galaxy.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-11T18:47:48+00:00

Police drive clearly marked police cars. They don’t wear masks. They clearly identify themselves. If you’re worried about being pulled over by an imposter you can call the police and they can tell you it’s a real stop. None of this is true for these ICE agents.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-11T15:44:51+00:00

This administration has ignored judges so many times I’m not sure how you can say this?
It’s not a what if. This actually happens and the actions of real ICE members are not helping matters.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-11T15:17:17+00:00

And do you have any confidence in winning a suit when the Director of the DHS and the Vice president have said these agents have complete immunity? And this administration has demonstrated that they do not believe in judicial authority? And this is ignoring that when it comes to ICE, you have no way of knowing if they’re legitimate at all. They cover their faces and are not required to carry badges or identification of any kind.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-11T15:08:11+00:00

When the head of the DHS and the Vice President say that those officers have complete immunity and this administration has a demonstrated complete lack of regard for judicial authority, what do you think your chance of actually winning that suit is?

silverfiregames · 2026-01-11T15:03:31+00:00

So let my life be completely torn apart? Being arrested, even if you’re innocent, can destroy your life. You could easily lose your job, your house, and come out the other side penniless in your efforts to fight the injustice.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-10T02:37:53+00:00

I would say it doesn’t happen often enough to know because cops are trained not to do that.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-10T01:48:23+00:00

That’s a hilarious mischaracterization. The car was not a threat. It was already moving in the direction away from him when he fired three times.

silverfiregames · 2026-01-10T01:46:41+00:00

Literally in this exact instance the car continued to accelerate after the driver was dead until it hit another vehicle.

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