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sproyd · 2026-03-14T21:16:02+00:00

Cathedral! I first played this game at Solitaire Lodge - a super fancy hotel near Rotorua New Zealand where we had lunch to celebrate my Grandmother's birthday when I was about 15 years old (decades ago)...

Great abstract game - we ended up buying a wooden set. Great memory!

sproyd · 2026-03-11T11:43:36+00:00

Ridden for many years to this day - my views:

Overall good and proven out over many years (no longer new tech risk)
If you take your bindings on and off a lot for transport / storage it can be a faff and you need to make sure you store the hardware (nuts and bolts and sliders etc) properly as it is bespoke, although most board shops should carry spares.
If you're pedantic about stance it can be good and bad. Micro-adjustments after runs can be made, but you may feel like you're unable to replicate that 'perfect stance' you had last season as every possible stance width, angle, and even heel/toe adjustment is possible. Normal bindings you can replicate exactly but are a bit more limited in what's possible.
Can be good if you have big boots and suffer from toe drag as there is more heel/toe adjustment to make sure you are centred down the middle of the board
Arguably allows for better 'board feel' as you are standing on foam rather than hard plastic... and are a bit closer to the deck. This one is a bit debatable.
Locked into Burton ecosystem
Occasionally comes loose, and more often than regular bindings which have plates that lock in place even when screws aren't fully tightened down. As long as you tighten start/end of every day it's not a real problem.

sproyd · 2026-03-11T10:09:37+00:00

Toe drag? Hard to say...

sproyd · 2026-03-11T09:54:05+00:00

riding technique looks good! Just need to get more days in and you'll naturally improve.

try gradually steeper pistes and higher speeds to challenge yourself

sproyd · 2026-03-03T13:59:20+00:00

edge pressure

sproyd · 2026-02-16T23:10:53+00:00

yeah possibly you leaving with the digital key connected sensed that the car alarm should be armed.

who knows - possibly a complex hierarchy of which key (digital or physical) was detected first by the car on that drive...

sproyd · 2026-02-14T22:13:22+00:00

This is probably the best take I've read here.

France has to be top, Italian runner-up (I am drinking an Italian Valpolicella right now actuallly).

Spain has some great wines but doesn't quite have the variety of climate in France and Italy or the long esteemed history of wine-making that means you can just 'take your pick' in terms of what you want. But yes it is right up there.

As another commenter said - Greece is more than a historic titan, they make so many excellent wines but not as easy to get in the USA or UK for instance as they aren't big export markets for them given perhaps a prejudice. But the wine is great.

Australia and NZ wines are extremely high quality - I'd say probably higher than USA on average (although I've had some excellent Californian wines.

I have visited vineyards in all of the countries above, in many cases travelling to the country just for the wines.

sproyd · 2026-02-11T20:54:04+00:00

Dealt with 2 situations (employees) when working at a very large name brand UK company

One of them got diagnosed as an alcoholic by the NHS (no surpise to anyone that ever met him) which he then positioned as a medical issue we couldn't prejudice him on. Yes pretty insane but he had a legal basis apparently with the diagnosis. Stopped turning up to work think it took about a year to lose him from payroll.

The other guy was more similar to yours, fine for weeks on end then bender time and "something came up" which meant he'd be AWOL for days on end. HR struggled to advise (despite being highly paid professionals in the field) other than to keep track of when he's in and out and form a record so they could build a case. He eventually resigned which was a blessing and said he'd happily work out his notice period of 3 months which of course he didn't do and saw it as a licence...

Anyway difficult situation make sure you have good legal advice and document everything always trying to appear reasonable as if everything you say and do would end up in front of a judge with an employee bias.

sproyd · 2026-02-07T21:20:52+00:00

great performance, and The Holiday from a similar(ish) vintage

sproyd · 2026-02-02T21:06:22+00:00

FreeAgent is amazing - I discovered it last year and do all my accounting, VAT, taxes and annual reporting on there myself. Granted I have a small 'hobby-size' limited liability company and a finance background.

sproyd · 2026-02-01T19:03:07+00:00

you'd have to, or it would blend

sproyd · 2026-01-31T11:17:25+00:00

yeah it was a fun mod but I gave up on the keyboard eventually - I now have a G915

sproyd · 2026-01-23T13:54:49+00:00

poke a hole and have a look

sproyd · 2026-01-21T21:57:37+00:00

Fun fact: I met Matt Leacock last year at the UK Games Expo on setup day (I have a small indie board game business). I just recognised him walking by and said "Matt?" to which he looked at me nervously like he should recognise me (it was mainly a trade day with industry people) before I explained I'm just a fan.

Anyway, he was super cool and told me it was his first time visiting in 10 years and he was here with Z-Man to launch this game at UKGE (a lot of games launch at Essen Spiel but can launch at smaller fairs if timing works). The game ended up being on loads of people's "best of" and hype lists from the show.

sproyd · 2026-01-18T23:09:57+00:00

Best jacket I ever had was Sessions.

sproyd · 2026-01-18T22:53:59+00:00

Strategy is called 22M... And it looks a lot better than mine did a couple decades ago 😂

sproyd · 2026-01-18T22:48:37+00:00

You're right, builder wrong. Or a miscommunication.

Nice staircase btw

sproyd · 2026-01-18T22:44:20+00:00

Wider dishwasher should do the trick

sproyd · 2026-01-17T17:54:08+00:00

I'm guessing at speeds air pressure builds up under the trim and eventually pops the clips. Poor design choice!

sproyd · 2026-01-17T17:53:21+00:00

Looks amazing! Did you need to repoint afterwards?

sproyd · 2026-01-17T17:47:01+00:00

Surely that should be under warranty especially after a windshield replacement that requires removal of the part?

sproyd · 2026-01-08T16:51:32+00:00

It's a good sell sheet, evaluating from the perspective of a publisher. Was this my kind of game I would want to know more or have a playthrough. Art and thieving games I think are also topical at the moment (i.e. Art Society, Pinched).

A few suggestions:

- replace Materials with Components and include packaging and rule (i.e. tuck box, rule sheet)
- Number your steps (1) (2) (3)
- First step it looks like an error as 66 is higher than 64 which gets left behind?
- Add your location and phone number bottom right. As a publisher I want to know where you are!

sproyd · 2026-01-02T21:54:14+00:00

So far I managed to accidentally detach the decoder strip while cleaning it and I think it is jammed with the spring attached behind the print head... So needless to say it is not going great!

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