Iain Cheyne

I just used Universal Android Debloater GUI to clean up my wife's Xiaomi phone. Nice hardware, but *horrible* software. https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater 😌🕊 #android

Caesar's Empire I'm surprised this hasn't been more popular. You set up trading routes across the Roman Empire collecting trade goods to make sets. It's family friendly, looks good on the table and there's plenty of skill. Maybe it's because there's no luck? 🤷 #boardgames

Fjords This multiplayer semi-abstract feels like a throwback. It's easy to learn and it takes half an hour. It's a far better game than Carcassone, although it has some of the nastiness of Hey, That's My Fish #boardgames

Cardiologist seeing young, fit men on TRT having massive heart attacks. Not proof, but... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsKTfFQFqc

Big Shot I bought the Playte reprint of Big Shot by Alex Randolph. The small box unfurls into the board. Check out their eBay store which ships from Korea. It's an excellent, tight 30 minute mix of auction and area control. Reminds me of For Sale or High Society but with area control. If you win auctions you can force areas to be scored in your favour, giving you money for more auctions. You can't sit back and play it safe but you can't over-commit either. #boardgames

My set of 100 of Ruben's Mini Chips showed up. #boardgames

Long and great day yesterday at Age of Steam UK (http://ageofsteamuk.com) 30 people showed up in St Albans and played AoS all day. I managed 3 games: Portugal, Mexico and France 2078. Such a great system.

An otter swimming next to my rowing club on the Thames.

Werewolf We had a dinner party and as the UK has been gripped with Traitors frenzy I decided to run a Werewolf game. I printed this version off BGG and it worked brilliantly. Voting is too structured and the cards aren't much good, so I bought Ultimate Werewolf for next time. #boardgamegeek

The highlight of Handycon was playing Blood on the Clocktower on Halloween. It's basically Werewolf for gamers. I had a blast. I was the Slayer and killed the Demon - just based on his furtive body language. I wouldn't want to play this every week, but playing with 15 excited people and an experienced moderator was superb. £116 for a copy is pretty steep too. #boardgames

Struggle of Empires Old-school Martin Wallace. Everyone bids for alliances at the start of each phase - which varies the game flow cleverly. Also, the top VP position in each area is shared so there's little incentive for spite. I like few 5 hour games, but it's so well done that it doesn't bother me. The rules are a bit fiddly in places but I think it was cleaned up in later editions. #boardgames

Pax Porfiriana Had an awesome play of Pax Porf at Handycon. Both of knew the rules, so we were straight into it. One of the cards is of Caryl Ap Rhys Pryce. A a 24-carat chancer. A real life equivalent of Flashman in Pax Pamir. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Ap_Rhys_Pryce Love everything about this game except the messy rules. #boardgames

Silos Beautiful production, plays quickly and plenty of skill. Unfortunately it's abstract and unintuitive. Maybe better if the theme was completely stripped away in favour of the most usable production? @Simpike@mastodon.social romped home with the most societal power emblems. #boardgames

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nostr.band is a pretty good search engine, but it's not brilliant for profile search. I can't exclude mostr.pub profiles for example. I think there is a better one but I can't find it. 🤔

We beat Fate of the Fellowship last night on the 7th attempt. Such an amazing game. I think it's streets better than War of the Ring, which feels turgid in comparison. I have done a total 180⁰ on co-op games. They can be superb experiences. #boardgames

nostr:npub1syjmjy0dp62dhccq3g97fr87tngvpvzey08llyt6ul58m2zqpzps9wf6wl I'm getting this error when I try to zap? > Zap failed: no info event (kind 13194) returned from relay The settings UI tells me that Minibits connected with NWC successfully. I disconnected and reconnected but I still get the error.

Trains This game with an ungoogleable name is very solid. Play cards to make a simple rail network. Build your deck as in Dominion or Clank. I got the 2014 AEG Black Friday Box edition, which is usually cheaper than the original. #boardgames

Pax Porfiriana I played a solo game to refresh my rules as there is no way I could remember how to play such a messy game otherwise. I still love it. Steeped in theme but interactive and fast-playing. #boardgames

Orbit This has been a big hit in the club. We think it might be the most consistently replayed game we've ever had - definitely among middle-weight games. It's not obviously by Reiner Knizia, no auctions or weakest-link scoring. It's a race game to visit all planets but they are moving around on orbits, propelled by player cards. You can mess the leader up but only temporarily and only at your own expense. Everyone has enjoyed its simplicity and playability. #boardgames