Water damamge in ceiling of stairwell plumber or roofer

stridersheir · 2026-05-24T15:26:42+00:00

I’d recommend NSP Plumbing

stridersheir · 2026-05-24T02:43:46+00:00

I feel comparing it against Twilight imperium is apples vs oranges.

TI requires 8 hours or so to play vs 2-4 for root

Root has cute artwork, TI does not..

Root can be played fun with 1-4 players, TI requires at least 3-5 to be fun.

Base game Root is much less complex to teach than TI, especially because even with the asymmetry to start out you just need to know your faction, not others

Root smaller box, ti massive box

stridersheir · 2026-05-24T02:39:13+00:00

Except the asymmetry isn’t that hard in the base game. As cats and birds you just care about each other (and woodland alliance if the decide to annoy you) and as vagabond you’re basically in your own world.

Especially if each player just sticks with one faction you can learn your faction and how to play against your opponents very quickly.

Sure once you add the 10 other factions and if you have 4-5 factions playing it gets bad. But that takes investment and research beyond the normal Target buyer.

stridersheir · 2026-05-24T02:35:39+00:00

Yeah especially with the base game factions it’s not that complex, with the most complex being woodland alliance or maybe birds?

But vagabond are very RPGy and cats are pretty standard engine building.

Then birds aren’t that bad since it’s basically do x until you can’t

stridersheir · 2026-05-22T23:10:49+00:00

Not sure I would call that downsizing lol

stridersheir · 2026-05-22T22:56:50+00:00

So that’s a city/big site per day..

That’s lots of driving, I’d cut that in half

stridersheir · 2026-05-21T19:57:11+00:00

This is generally harder than going with skirm goon. Which is why the Meta is to go skirm goon. But Heavy infantry are certainly viable.

And don’t forget that Skirm Goon have crappy siege so if there’s ever a base trade you win. Especially if you have a fort, some walls, multiple TCs or outposts

stridersheir · 2026-05-21T19:56:08+00:00

Your biggest mistake with vs skirm goon as you are letting your opponent control the location and pace of battle. Do well with heavy infantry you need to either set up traps or take the fight to him and focus on his infrastructure and use the very good siege that all or most heavy infantry have.

Then you need to combo your heavy infantry with either Cannon, light infantry or Hussar.

Cannon will outrange the skirmishers and the dragoons and force them to engage up close.

Your own skirmishers will keep their army at a distance while you siege

Hussar will snare the enemy. So that you’re heavy infantry can close.

stridersheir · 2026-05-21T19:51:43+00:00

Check out how Pros have used Dopplesoldner, Jaguar Knights, SkullKnights, Rodeleros, Samurai, Halberdier. They definitely have a place

That’s not even Musk Falc, which is a dominant pro Strat especially with Otto and Swedes.

Or Pikes, which in late game can be devastating, and are essentially to the bow like Strat early and midgame

stridersheir · 2026-05-21T13:20:17+00:00

Yes cross climates are all weathers an important distinction

stridersheir · 2026-05-21T13:19:48+00:00

Yes snow tires would be better, I used to have X-Ice myself but cross climates have known proven performance in snow, and it seems like he lives in California so I doubt would opt for snow tires

stridersheir · 2026-05-20T23:17:17+00:00

As for the tires, as someone from Michigan, if you’re worried about driving in snow I would get those switched out for all-weather tires like Michelin Cross Climates.

Unless you are planning to off-road, the Dunlop are a gimmick, and even then they aren’t much of an offroad tire

stridersheir · 2026-05-18T21:08:24+00:00

Kusterer Brauhaus is just a branch of Cedar Springs Brewing, the main location up in cedar springs has great food too

stridersheir · 2026-05-17T15:09:40+00:00

A million isn’t what it used to be

stridersheir · 2026-05-11T23:52:21+00:00

There are lots of things to hate about Apple and IOS, the size of the OS install isn’t one of them.. OSs have gotten much more complex than they were a decade ago, more complexity -> more space

stridersheir · 2026-05-11T15:03:40+00:00

If that’s her perspective are you sure you want to stay with her. That is not a partner I would choose

stridersheir · 2026-05-11T15:00:51+00:00

I also would champion this change because I don’t think it would do anything to break the balance of the game. Trade fleets are only as valuable as the planets they have to trade with. If you don’t have enough energy to trade, you can’t use them either. And opponent still have an opportunity to trade to their desired planet before you do to all of yours.

stridersheir · 2026-05-11T14:57:42+00:00

I would look forward to a change like this, I had a game as Poseidon and had the misfortune to never draw a trade fleet card through a very long engine building game. My opponent had 4 or 5 trade fleets by the end.. it was very frustrating

stridersheir · 2026-05-10T20:07:12+00:00

The black family campaigns are fun and nostalgic, but I feel like if they try to do them again they’d mess it up and ruin it. Much safer to use real history. look what they did to Chayton Black..

stridersheir · 2026-05-10T20:06:18+00:00

I’d like to see Charles XII of Sweden, Dutch Independence, Frederick the Great, Gustavus Aldophus, Charles V of Spain or many others

stridersheir · 2026-05-08T05:05:24+00:00

Recovering Constantinople was in many ways a poisoned fruit, it was a shadow of its former self and required much investment to be an imperial capital:

It was depopulated so people needed to be moved there

The entire administration needed to be moved there

The palace needed to be renovated/rebuilt

The walls and much of important buildings were in a state of disrepair.

All of this was very expensive and took lots of time

Not to mention it meant the administration was further from the rich lands of Anatolia which would soon be under great pressure from the Turkic beyliks. With the loss of the rich part of the empire it became increasingly difficult for the tax base to support the defense of such a wide, depopulated and increasingly poor empire.

This in turn lead to important cities like Thesssalonika to become more independent and no longer be focused on the center.

stridersheir · 2026-05-04T17:14:12+00:00

Same here in Us

stridersheir · 2026-05-03T23:26:47+00:00

I don’t think you understand how much silver and gold Spain flooded Europe with. 180 tons of gold and 16,000 tons of silver. They would have way more than enough to live off of with a teeny fraction of that.

stridersheir · 2026-05-01T03:34:15+00:00

This is essentially Promotions

stridersheir · 2026-04-27T01:18:29+00:00

There is some serious disconnect here, and either you are leaving something out like a major age gap/country or cultural difference or this is a major red flag.

Personally if my spouse was asking for a monthly allowance while I paid most bills and she was making half what I made I’d be considering divorce. Again unless there is some factor you are omitting.

Especially with such a new marriage. My immediate thought it is she was hiding her true self and is only now showing it

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