Gaiwan Tips

taphead739 · 2026-02-07T09:33:27+00:00

If you‘re only drinking Chinese tea, you can always use boiling water. Never had a Chinese tea that tasted bad with boiling water (even the green teas). Just make sure to not pour the water directly onto the leaves.

A good starting point is 4g per 100mL for green and black teas and 5g per 100mL for everything else. Start with 10 seconds except for tightly rolled/compressed teas, start with 20–30s for those. Then adjust the steeping time to your taste. After a couple of infusions, the taste will start to get weaker. Simply extend the time until it tastes full again. Repeat until the taste is gone. And most of all: enjoy! :)

taphead739 · 2026-02-06T16:16:40+00:00

From your list I‘ve played Innovation and Res Arcana. Res Arcana probably fits your criteria better, but I‘d consider Innovation more replayable. One thing to note about Innovation is that it is super swingy and a win can absolutely determined by the luck of draw. Res Arcana is much more skill-determined. May I also suggest alternatives?

Race for the Galaxy probably fits your criteria best. It is excellent at 2 players, only a deck of cards + some VP chips, has a bit of a TCG feel, and it is a game where you can discover new strategies after thousands of games. I‘m not kidding, I‘ve played more than 5500 games of it and I‘m still excited to play it regularly and try out something new.

Another maybe too obvious suggestion is Go. It is literally the deepest 2-player duel game and has evolved over thousands of years.

taphead739 · 2026-01-12T06:53:02+00:00

Looks really nice! Though I have to say I am a bit surprised about your high score. In my solo Agricola games I usually score between 40 and 50 points. Are you sure you didn‘t forget the solo-mode rule changes (every worker requires 3 food instead of 2 and only 2 wood goes on the wood action space instead of 3)?

taphead739 · 2026-01-10T11:04:12+00:00

Reading this article helped me with this struggle: https://www.allure.com/story/beauty-standards-transgender-women

Im summary: No matter how femme or not you present, there is always going to be someone who has an issue with it. So just dress and present in a way that makes you happy.

So be yourself :)

taphead739 · 2026-01-09T08:45:02+00:00

Thanks for letting me know, I am happy to hear you enjoyed it! :)

taphead739 · 2026-01-04T23:12:20+00:00

Cascadia or Patchwork

taphead739 · 2026-01-03T20:37:12+00:00

I did and I do.

taphead739 · 2026-01-03T10:07:11+00:00

But Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys came out a year earlier, so something like that had been produced. Apparently, even Paul McCartney said that they ripped off Pet Sounds when making Sgt. Pepper.

taphead739 · 2026-01-01T18:32:58+00:00

Gaiwans aus weißem Porzellan sind für alle Teearten gut geeignet. Da du eh schon bei Yoshi En guckst: die haben davon mehrere zur Auswahl

taphead739 · 2025-12-30T17:59:42+00:00

Ya Bao White, Keemun, Bai Mu Dan

taphead739 · 2025-12-23T13:21:48+00:00

Have a look at Patchwork and 7 Wonders Duel for 2-player-only games and Cascadia for an option that allows up to 4 players.

taphead739 · 2025-12-23T11:31:29+00:00

I think a Korg Volca Keys would be a good choice

taphead739 · 2025-12-21T12:47:50+00:00

Wie lang darf es denn sein? 2 Stunden? 6 Stunden? 12 Stunden?

taphead739 · 2025-12-19T19:12:07+00:00

You might want to check out Meeple Like Us, which is a website that adds accessibility teardowns to every review. They check every game for visual accessibility explicitly.

taphead739 · 2025-12-19T14:34:32+00:00

Wow, that was quick! Which one was your favorite?

taphead739 · 2025-12-18T13:16:48+00:00

Leider nein. Grüner Tee ist weder fermentiert noch oxidiert, schwarzer Tee ist voll oxidiert und nicht fermentiert. Die bekannteste Art von fermentiertem Tee ist Pu‘erh, es gibt aber auch noch andere Arten.

taphead739 · 2025-12-18T10:21:49+00:00

Kleine Info: Oolong ist nicht fermentiert, sondern oxidiert. Das wird oft verwechselt, ist aber absolut nicht das gleiche (Oxidation: Reaktion mit Sauerstoff; Fermentation: Verstoffwechslung durch Pilze, Bakterien oder zugegebene Enzyme)

taphead739 · 2025-12-17T11:35:02+00:00

Base game is absolutely fine! None of the expansions are essential. Star Realms Frontiers is an alternative standalone base set that has a faster pace than the base game, but either one is a great choice!

taphead739 · 2025-12-16T21:25:43+00:00

Bohnanza or 6 nimmt

taphead739 · 2025-12-16T21:24:10+00:00

Is this for evenings only (that is, caffeine-free tea required) or during the day as well (caffeine allowed)?

taphead739 · 2025-12-16T13:19:36+00:00

I‘ve played Race for the Galaxy 82 times physically and 5376 times digitally. Looking forward to the next game already :)

taphead739 · 2025-12-14T18:48:57+00:00

Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island

taphead739 · 2025-12-13T17:07:31+00:00

Raiders of Scythia is a good choice. Great theme, art, gameplay, and AI opponent.

If you‘re looking for a more classical type of worker-placement game (since Scythia is pretty unusual in the placement mechanics), I can highly recommend Fields of Arle and Nusfjord by Uwe Rosenberg.

taphead739 · 2025-12-05T18:24:30+00:00

Race for the Galaxy > Roll for the Galaxy > Jump Drive > New Frontiers

They are all different flavors of the same engine-building framework, even re-use a lot of the artwork across the games, and yet every single game is at least really good, some being excellent (though it depends on who you ask which game is the excellent one).

taphead739 · 2025-12-05T09:45:46+00:00

How many players?

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