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⌈ Secret Post #5256 ⌋

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Board Games

[(Anonymous)]

Who wants to talk about board games? I'd like to talk about board games~

Re: Board Games

[(Anonymous)]

Has anyone else here played Mysterium? I've played it once or twice and really enjoyed it, but it's... It's a game that really needs at least four people, and a pretty solid chunk of time, *and* it's really hard to explain to newcomers.
[for those unfamiliar: one person plays a ghost while the other players are mediums. The ghost uses surreal visions to communicate (you get a stack of cards with surreal art to hand out), with the goal of communicating the who, where and how of your murder]

Re: Board Games

[philstar22]

I love board games, but sadly no one else in my family does (besides Scrabble, which is fine, but not my favorite), so I never get to play. Once COVID is well and truly behind us, I may try to find a board game group in Dallas that I can play with.

Settlers of Catan is my absolute favorite game. I was introduced to it in college and have loved it ever since.

But I played a lot of games as a kid with anyone who would play with me. Candy Land, Monopoly, Clue, Life, Risk, Scrabble, Checkers and Chess, Chinese Checkers, Connect 4, Boggle, Jenga, Mastermind, Chutes and Ladders, Trouble, Sorry, Apples to Apples, all sorts of card games, Dominoes, and Rook.

I collect Monopoly sets (I Have Cat Lovers Monopoly, Dogopoly, Treehouse of Horror monopoly, 3 different Star Wars monopolies, Doctor Who Monopoly, Bostonopoly, a Croatian one, regular Monopoly, and the Mega Edition) and then various other nerdy versions of games (I have Star Wars Life, Star Wars Risk, Star Wars and Star Trek Trivial Pursuits, and

The ones I'd still like to get are Lord of the Rings Monopoly (there seem to be multiple versions, I'd love em all), Hobbit Monopoly, Star Trek Catan, regular Catan, Star Wars Clue, Doctor Who Clue and Risk and Monopoly and Trivial Pursuits, The Hobbit board game, the Buffy board game, MCU Risk, Avengers Monopoly, LOTR Risk, War of the Ring game, Journeys in Middle-Earth game, Dune: Imperium, Scythe (a really fun steampunk game), Gloomhaven (supposedly the best RPG game), and the Isle of Cats.

And then I want a Cards Against Humanity deck, an Apples to Apples deck, and a Rook deck (Rook is a family tradition on my dad's side).

Someday when I actually have a full time job and money. Yup, really love playing board games. Never really got into video games, but board games are a whole lot of fun.

Re: Board Games

[(Anonymous)]

I don't care what you say, Stay Alive! from the '80s rules for all time for me. :)

Re: Board Games

[(Anonymous)]

Bah, misfired this comment down thread... posting it where it belongs!

I love LOVE big ridiculous resource management games like Terraforming Mars and to a lesser extent Agricola, but time is always an issue and I haven't gotten to play either in years. :'(

My parents, both in their late 60s, have really taken a liking to a lovely engine builder game called Wingspan, and it's opened them (and my aunt and uncle, who they've infected with Wingspan) up to the whole world of board games. We enjoy playing that if we have an hour and a half, or when time is short, a few rounds of Splendor. There are so many little card deck based games I'd love for them to try, but -I- haven't played enough of em even

Re: Board Games

[(Anonymous)]

They're fun!

Taboo is always a good time! Cards Against Humanity, a friend introduced me to Red Flags (which is hilarious when played with the right people-- you need to bring your game and get ready to argue that your steaming pile of shit is better than other steaming piles of shit lol), recently played The Loser Game, which honestly hit many nerves with all of us playing lol that one gets in a bit deep, and i recommend playing with people you're close to or people you'll never see again.

I miss Parcheesi! And I used to play Monopoly for hours :)

Re: Board Games

[rudehannibal]

My brother bought his kids the Blockbuster game for Christmas and we play it constantly now. It's so fun and we have watched so many movies as a family over the years that we're (the adults) really good at it. The kids not so much but they enjoy playing a lot anyway even if they don't know most of the movies. When we were kids, we used to go to the actual Blockbuster and get three movies to watch over the weekend and we'd eat Little Caesar's and watch the first two on Friday night. So playing this is like coming full-circle and it's a big deal for us and we get all misty-eyed over a board game lmao.

We also play the hell out of Ticket to Ride (so many different versions, both physical and on the playstation). And Jackbox which isn't really playing a board game but it's the group game idea and it's really fun.

Re: Board Games

[(Anonymous)]

I miss playing board games. My family and friends used to play Monopoly, Cops and Robbers, Trivial Pursuit, Jägersro (horseracing game) and one game where you have to spend 1 million on stuff the fastest to become the sole heir to a fortune. Don't know what the international title would be but the Swedish one is "Sätt sprätt på en miljon."

What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Tell us!

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm fucked!
I travelled interstate for the first time since January last year so I could meet my three month old niece, and three days before I was going to go home there was a Covid outbreak. It spread quickly enough that a lock down has been put in place, so... I'm stuck here. At least a week, maybe two.
I have an online exam this weekend and I don't have a desk. I've tried talking to my university and everyone I talk to tells me to talk to someone else.
Also I've only got like... 6 more days of my meds. That's including antidepressants and ADD meds.

I am really, really fucked.

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Watching the Simpsons. Gonna make tacos for dinner.

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Had a rough day at the daycare I work at. Got thrown up on, had to cut gum out of my hair, and then a kid bit me, so I had to fill out a report and go get a tetanus shot. At least tomorrow’s Friday.

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[philstar22]

Today has been the worst. My mom told me groceries were coming between 7 and 9, so I set my alarm for 6:30 and woke up at 5:45. Turns out the groceries are actually tomorrow.

Woke up nauseous and with a massive migraine.

And we've had installation/repair men here since 9, so I haven't been able to go back to bed. I finally took a quick trip to Walgreens 30 minutes ago to get my Tramadol refill. My dad had asked me earlier to wait until the workmen left, but I finally couldn't stand the pain anymore, threw up, and begged my mom to talk him into being okay with me going.

Pain and nausea are less now but still there. I'm in my bedroom with my kitty now, though, because she needed attention. If the workmen need anything, they know I'm in here. As soon as they leave, I'm going to sleep.

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[kaijinscendre]

My insane neighbors are doing insane neighbor things again. -__-

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm planning to try taking my cat outside with his leash and harness for the first time while I'm at my parents' house this weekend (I live in an apartment and they have a nice yard.)

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[pantswarrior]

Done with work for the week, thank goodness. ...That's really about it. Weather got chilly today and I feel horrible but took a little walk in the park just now anyway, saw/smelled lots of nice flowers, probably in bed for the night unless I decide to go kick someone out of a PoGo gym before sleep.

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Still dealing with insomnia, worry, and a loss of appetite from depression due to something I don't want to mention and cannot sue for.

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

finally broke down and set my doctor yet another message begging for help, and this time threatened self-harm to get her to move on it. it's not a lie; I've been binge drinking myself into blackout just to be able to sleep. long and short of it is, I've been suffering some sort of sinus problem for six solid months and it's not going away, no OTC meds can alleviate it, and I can't even get in to see an allergist for another 2 months. In two months I might actually hurt myself rather than suffer any longer.

it's all in the sinus, only in the sinus. no cold symptoms, no covid symptoms, no fever, nothing but a stuffed, runny, painful, inflamed nose and sinuses. she treated me with antibiotics just to rule out an infection. it did nothing. I'm about ready to cry except I know that that would just send even more mucus into my nose. I feel bad nagging her for the third time to try to find something that solves the problem sooner than waiting 2 more months for an appointment or a test but I'm fucking desperate.

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Spent too much money on plants when I took the train up the coast to visit my uncle and we met at a nursery. Need to pot stuff up tonight and keep critters from eating it. Have more house cleaning to do, but I'm tired and sore and don't wanna. I want a nap.

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Anon on the verge of a breakdown here (one of many):
Managing somehow but with a fuckload of work to do. Due date: tomorrow. My client is going to be pissed off tomorrow when she finds out I didn't manage to save her ass this time.

Night classes are worse than ever. I tried telling my peers that I can't, on top of having classes Mon-Sat and assignments and tests every other day, organize a schedule because they can't bother to share theirs, and if they don't, I won't work on my part and so not only my grades will get screwed but also, and more importantly to them, they will have to overwork to compensate for me as well.
They don't like me for reasons beyond my control (something like, I'm too old and some old people before me fucked up big time or whatever) so they think they're teaching me a lesson by making me break down. Nah chill out I've been fucked over enough in this life already lol the only lesson you're teaching me by doing that is that you too are a piece of shit. But. Whatever.

Other than people making me lose my mind by being utterly irrational, I'm fine. Chilling here, trying to keep the cortisol levels just below a total memory loss and there's another tab with my class and yet another with one of two assignments I will have to finish by tomorrow (my brain can barely function properly enough to eat, ofc I can't think straight to learn this in 2 hours).

Great times (tm)

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm fucking starved for conversation, isolated, and going crazy, and my own parent would rather watch TV and films than sit and talk to me or do something with me.

Re: What’s happening, FS?

[cakemage]

I had a lumbar epidural this morning to deal with a herniated disc. The sedation never kicked in and it burned like hell all the way down both my left and right sciatic nerves. Hopefully it'll help in the long run, though. The last one I got in my neck didn't, but maybe this one will. Fingers crossed.

Also, a few weeks ago I discovered that a stray cat had babies in my backyard, and ever since then she and they have been living in my dad's office, getting cuter every day. We named the mama Parker and may be keeping her depending on how she ends up getting along with our other two cats, Chi and Maya. We're also most likely going to keep two of the kittens. They're all unbelievably adorable and getting more adventurous, playful and affectionate by the day, although their love for climbing up my legs is also increasing on a daily basis. It's like they're five tiny Hobbeses and my calf-meat is Calvin coming home from school. Still, they're impossible to stay annoyed with 'cause they're so damn endearing. I'll gladly put up with the bad kind of shredded calves in exchange for getting to have them in my life for however long I get to.

Oh, and by the way, don't worry! The ones we keep will be indoors-only and will be spayed/neutered as soon as it can safely be done, and the ones we re-home will only be given to people who will also keep them indoors and spay/neuter them.

Based on 3

[(Anonymous)]

What are your favorite pairings in small fandoms or just small within their fandom?

[(Anonymous)]

I love LOVE big ridiculous resource management games like Terraforming Mars and to a lesser extent Agricola, but time is always an issue and I haven't gotten to play either in years. :'(

My parents, both in their late 60s, have really taken a liking to a lovely engine builder game called Wingspan, and it's opened them (and my aunt and uncle, who they've infected with Wingspan) up to the whole world of board games. We enjoy playing that if we have an hour and a half, or when time is short, a few rounds of Splendor. There are so many little card deck based games I'd love for them to try, but -I- haven't played enough of em even