tiffanyleigh.bsky.social
Pop™. Genderqueer game show host, Game of BLANKS @gameofblanks.bsky.social. Film, books, horror, board games, various, sundry. She/They. NYC. 🏳️⚧️ https://mxtiffanyleigh.bio.link/
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Protip: If you follow a big account that claims to be an investigative journalist or reporter, but they never credit any other source for their reporting, and/or their reporting is always on the side of doom, then they're not a journalist. They're an op-ed writer.
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💣💥🔥🥵💖
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I'm never a "take video" concert goer but "This Modern Love" is an all timer and was their last song in the encore
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I saw their first ever US show touring on Silent Alarm at Bowery Ballroom in early 2004 so going full circle was moving. They haven't missed a beat in 20 yrs 💖
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I dug being able to include a clear punk set of three albums in this grid 😊
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Hyperballad is my favorite Bjork song so it's difficult for me to leave it off
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Tell me your bio says "Twitter refugee" & that you're gooning hard for Blue No Matter Who engagement without telling me
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I bet my thinking was that "Post" was coming in 1995 so I "saved" her for that grid 😊
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😊
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They were oversaturated back in the day but there are a few No Doubt songs I can never quit, including "Sunday Morning," "Spiderwebs," and "New"
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As always, fire up Canva and make your Immaculate Grid o' Nine if I missed *your* best alternative album of 1995 www.albumoftheyear.org/genre/2-alte...
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I can't see this being a grid where someone chooses three and says to themselves, "I'm happy with that"
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I really dug that it's more complex + more to do, but doesn't feel Frankensteined onto it, nor does it feel like my cognitive load of the game state differed. It was still "how do I get this resource/type of meeple" and retained the meditative and pleasing state of longer turns meeple-maxxing.
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Paging @danthurot.bsky.social - I would be curious if you ever try The Anarchy what you think of it as a more complex spiritual smurf and write to Hadrian's Wall. And if the history it de(picts) - see what I did there? - gives you a dopamine hit 😊
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Those pieces are also very nice. They look like dice but have a bit more weight and heft to them since you aren't rolling them, so they feel great.
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And there's now a separate deck that lists random outcomes for all the various minigames whenever you opt in and need to draw to see how you did.
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Starting resources is now in its own deck where these cards are drafted by players to start each round. They also include one of the 5 endgame goals you will lean into at the bottom of each.
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In Hadrian's Wall a single card included starting resources each round, and random outcomes of several "minigames" including a tetris shape for the Scout board, a number from 1-6 for the Trading House, the Gladiator strength, & Pict attacks. This multi-usefulness of cards is upgraded in The Anarchy
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1st full play including the teach (2p). So not really an accurate runtime. Our games of Hadrian's are quick after achieving fluency so I bet this gets quicker, but possibly a bit longer per game than HW b/c more resources + "tower defense" element, which is more detailed than the Pict attacks.
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The Anarchy doesn't have that problem. Everything is useful, even mini-game areas where you are subject to the vagaries of card draws. I liked that there was an embarrassment of VP riches. I do have a few "on rails" strategies w/Hadrian's but w/the Anarchy it feels like there are multiple VP paths.
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Having played Hadrian's Wall 20+ times I found that I wholly ignored certain areas. Namely, the Gladiator Arena where you train workers to fight via (luck of the) card draw.
After spending tons of resources to build & train workers over multiple rounds, the juice was never worth the squeeze.
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I liked it. But I would not suggest trying this out of the gate unless or until you have played Hadrian's Wall first. The teach is essentially "it's like Hadrian's Wall, except there's a lot more new stuff going on." So if you are fluent in playing Hadrian's Wall, this will be an easier game to grok
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I think it was specifically a complaint from a centrist Dem acct complaining that bsky won't last because public figures can too easily get criticized or bullied off the site. Which seems like a "them" problem or skills issue.
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Someone posted a Take about it that broke containment
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Facebook isn't a social media platform anymore. It's a digital Spencer Gifts: tacky (AI) baubles & slop to keep you idly present, passive, scrolling.
They don't want you clicking external links or talking to friends b/c they don't want you to leave, or to stop looking. Humans disrupt FB's mission.
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It might be! I primarily promote my GORGEOUS trans takeover parties on Fet. But I also promote my Game of Blanks live show and my monthly Bsky Board Game nights too.
And there are more than a few Fet-friendly game nights scheduled there with regularity. So plenty of overlap on the Venn diagram 😊
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The future of neck wearables that techbros want
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I was mostly all-in before seeing @itsquinns.bsky.social how-video, but that obvs sealed the deal
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Anecdata: I posted a "what is everyone wearing this weekend to my GORGEOUS party" poll in the event and in two hours have gotten 800+ views, four comments, and 23 votes 👀
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🥵
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I can't wait to play this, and have so many opportunities and groups that would love it; so happy this came in advance of my Hot Board Game Summer 🔥
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Meta's business suite (lol) is bananas to navigate. It's hostile architecture. It makes no sense.
FetLife's never tinkered w/their template b/c it still centers social human interaction as its core loop. Chronological timelines. Likes & comments. Photos. Videos. Groups. Blogs. For free.
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Facebook isn't a social media platform anymore. It's a digital Spencer Gifts: tacky (AI) baubles & slop to keep you idly present, passive, scrolling.
They don't want you clicking external links or talking to friends b/c they don't want you to leave, or to stop looking. Humans disrupt FB's mission.
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They've added these features over the past year. Previously I crossposted to dozens of related Fet groups, spacing out posts & editing posts so I wouldn't be flagged as a cut-and-paste bot spammer.
I didn't love crossposting, but it was the only way to amplify. Now it's all baked into "Events."
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On FetLife I can:
• 1-click duplicate past event copy
• Automatically invite all RSVP'ers from past events
• Create discussion threads which I use for "hotel info," "pre-event makeover options," "ride share/room share," and an all-purpose "connections/network"
• Create polls for social engagement