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Host of the long-running BoardgamesToGo & WargamesToGo podcasts. Proud parent of trans & cis daughters.šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļøšŸ‘©šŸ½ā€šŸ¤ā€šŸ‘©šŸ¼ Discord: https://discord.gg/vxEG9bMPdx BoardgamesToGo.com
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We chuckle every time. And I always say aloud to the room when playing my wife, ā€œSheā€™s done me in.ā€ :)
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Loved watching this, Joel. Thanks. Your suggestions and reasoning were super interesting. Even whenā€”especially whenā€”you werenā€™t sure yourself.
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I tried Patterns at BGGcon. I liked it and want to try again, though I prefer Mandala.
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To continue to reminiscence...to find more than one half-shelf of hobby games we had to drive to another city to find a proper Game Store. Sacramento had one in Birdcage Walk (outdoor mall). They also had Viking Hobby. San Francisco had the best of all, Gamescape. Still there. www.gamescapesf.com
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That was an awesome store! I had two high school buddies from Lodi who went to UC Irvine, so we visited the place. In fact, one friend Sean worked there. This would've been ~1986.
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TJ Tacos in Escondido tj-tacos.com
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There are no photos of ā€œmyā€ shop online, and it changed into something else decades ago. That pic is from ANOTHER Hobby Hut that looks so similar, and closed in Fargo, SD in 2022. As a grade schooler I did the plastic plane models. By Jr High I moved to Ogre, GEV, and The Fantasy Trip
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How was Keywood? Thatā€™s a rare one
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Ah, I missed Mogul!
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Thatā€™s fair. Iā€™ve only played it a few times, but probably more than a hundred online (turn-based) at Yucata. Itā€™s a great 2-player strategy game in that format.
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I donā€™t know of a way, and I wish there was one. Iā€™m in the same boat. Iā€™ve ended up Muting some people I like to follow, but with so much reposting I canā€™t take it.
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Hey cool! I picked up Founding Fathers myself at a used game marketplace earlier this year. I remember liking it on Yucata.
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Be sure to match three symbols, have enough wooden train tokens, and go for some unplanned walks. Letā€™s Go! šŸ‡ÆšŸ‡µ
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An oldie Iā€™ve kept. Would love to get Ausgebremst back to the table again.
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Wow, Bill, that's a lot of Texas! When did great-grandfather go there? šŸ¤˜
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I think Martinā€™s scoring (more for French cities) puts a thumb on that scale. If both sides develop, France (usually) wins. Why do you think he did that? Maybe just game balance, but maybe with a thought toward global imperial economics beyond the actual game & map. Iā€™m not sure.
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I like doing that as the French, too. The Brits have to see that coming and fight!
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Oh, waitā€¦you BOTH have forts. This will force Britainā€™s hand to the military.
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Oh, thatā€™s a cool play with the French focused on Settlements while the British expand west to Oswego. I predict raiding comes next