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startplayer.bsky.social
Boardgames, baking, geocaching, poker, coeliac, trying to draw and learn Italian. 🏳️‍🌈
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I loved Treasure Hunt when I was younger. I never realised at the time that a TV show fronted by two women and a gay man was as groundbreaking as it was for the times.
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See this #boardgames designers and publishers. THIS is what 90ish% of tie break rules should be. Not some arbitrary thing.
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Those scores are way to high. A winning score is about 70-80. Or maybe that’s that the evil way I play it!
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Oh this won’t be good! It’s half an idea based of an Italian idiom. Imagine the bag has a giant wolf’s mouth on players out there hand inside. Otherwise I’m just borrowing a few idea from other push your luck and write type games and throwing them at it.
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Fun fact…. In Italian rollercoasters are called Russian Mountains. In Russian they are called American Slides.
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I agree with what you wrote about taking rests. Every days I would just stop for an hour after the halls close to relax. I didn’t feel the crazy burnout I usually do. Next year I’m prob in a hotel further away so might not be able to.
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Whilst I’m learning Italian I’m finding specific phrases that only make sense in that language and finding myself wanting to make a game about it. If I make a push your luck game called ‘In Bocca al Lupo’ don’t be surprised.
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I’ve learnt when pitching publishers are mentally working out a production cost. Know exactly what components and amount of artwork it needs.
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A place called Sugar Daddy’s in Edinburgh. I am now in near by park fighting the sugar coma effects.
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I’m wondering if any of the customers are aware of that link!
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That is some lovely local knowledge.
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It’s so busy there. Many people I see and exchange a few sentences! But yes not said hello in ages!
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I finally watched a rules video. I really want to try Gibberers, only thing that put me off was there didn’t seem to be a lose condition? It feels important to me in co-op that we can fail. I need some jeopardy in my co-ops!
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Really interesting stuff. The feedback I found myself giving a lot at UKGE was to ask ‘what decisions do you want me to make?’ It felt a lot of what I tested was ‘turn over a card and something happens’
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Really glad you enjoyed it. It’s such a fun game to demo to people. @markr8games.bsky.social
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Travelling down I was making up game ideas including a co-op with da limited word use rule. I was then told about Gibberers which sounded a bit like it. So I _really_ want to try that one.
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Oh wait I just I typed that in first message. Should say “middle of day”. Probably. I don’t know how to type it seems!
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I can’t unsee this now
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At midday they’ve only been on 4 hours, So no change required.
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I took 8 pairs of socks this year and changed them mid day. I don’t regret this at all. Will absolutly start doing next time. However I took to many clothes. I didn’t wear the hoodie once and that look up lots of value space.
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There liars dice so they make total sense!