Jackson Pope // Eurydice Games
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Gamer & maker. One half of @eurydicegames.bsky.social with Paul Willcox. Crafting encouragement at #CraftWednesday. he/him
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FlickFleet space battle dexterity game
FlickFleet is a fast, fun space battle dexterity game from Eurydice Games
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We make FlickFleet on a laser-cutter in Paul’s garage. And we’ve been doing so for 5 years! It’s got an average of 8.0 on BGG and is ‘Must-Play’ according to Tabletop Gaming Magazine 🎉 eurydicegames.co.uk/games/flickf...
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If you like indie Scifi/Fantasy with romance, adventure, sword/sorcery, necromancers/monsters, reluctant hero MMC, genius-level FMC, blend of science/magic, and an epic battle of good vs. evil, you'll enjoy my book:
"Archblade: Legend of the Defiler"
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"Archblade: Legend of the Defiler"
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November 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
If you like indie Scifi/Fantasy with romance, adventure, sword/sorcery, necromancers/monsters, reluctant hero MMC, genius-level FMC, blend of science/magic, and an epic battle of good vs. evil, you'll enjoy my book:
"Archblade: Legend of the Defiler"
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"Archblade: Legend of the Defiler"
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Exodus by Peter F. Hamilton is one I haven’t seen mentioned yet! The sequel is coming out next year, too.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Exodus by Peter F. Hamilton is one I haven’t seen mentioned yet! The sequel is coming out next year, too.
Thanks for all the book suggestions! Will keep me busy for a while :)
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thanks for all the book suggestions! Will keep me busy for a while :)
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The Wayfarers by Becky Chambers.
Three Body Trilogy - Liu Cixin
Many other good ones named by others too!
Three Body Trilogy - Liu Cixin
Many other good ones named by others too!
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Wayfarers by Becky Chambers.
Three Body Trilogy - Liu Cixin
Many other good ones named by others too!
Three Body Trilogy - Liu Cixin
Many other good ones named by others too!
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I see 'The Expanse' and 'A Memory Called Empire' are covered, so I will go with Emily Tesh's 'Some Desperate Glory'
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I see 'The Expanse' and 'A Memory Called Empire' are covered, so I will go with Emily Tesh's 'Some Desperate Glory'
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Unless I missed it, I haven't seen James S A Corey's Expanse books (starting with Leviathan Wakes) recommended. Space opera at its finest across 9 thick volumes.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Unless I missed it, I haven't seen James S A Corey's Expanse books (starting with Leviathan Wakes) recommended. Space opera at its finest across 9 thick volumes.
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Seconding Arkady Martine & the Vorkosigan Saga by Bujold (so good). The Expanse (books) are terrific and have a great tv adaptation of the first 6 books. Banks ofc.
I did quite enjoy a lot about revelation space (series), though I have some gripes with it it is a really unique & interesting take.
I did quite enjoy a lot about revelation space (series), though I have some gripes with it it is a really unique & interesting take.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Seconding Arkady Martine & the Vorkosigan Saga by Bujold (so good). The Expanse (books) are terrific and have a great tv adaptation of the first 6 books. Banks ofc.
I did quite enjoy a lot about revelation space (series), though I have some gripes with it it is a really unique & interesting take.
I did quite enjoy a lot about revelation space (series), though I have some gripes with it it is a really unique & interesting take.
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My top three:
Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons
The Vanished Birds - Simon Jimenez
Salt - Adam Roberts
Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons
The Vanished Birds - Simon Jimenez
Salt - Adam Roberts
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My top three:
Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons
The Vanished Birds - Simon Jimenez
Salt - Adam Roberts
Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons
The Vanished Birds - Simon Jimenez
Salt - Adam Roberts
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(Bujold cont'd) either The Warrior's Apprentice or The Vor Game, feat. Miles Vorkosigan, physically disabled, clever, 2 tons of chaos in a 16-oz package. One of the most convincing "military tactical genius" characters ever. I plan to avoid any GALAXY he's in because of the damage blast radius. :)
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
(Bujold cont'd) either The Warrior's Apprentice or The Vor Game, feat. Miles Vorkosigan, physically disabled, clever, 2 tons of chaos in a 16-oz package. One of the most convincing "military tactical genius" characters ever. I plan to avoid any GALAXY he's in because of the damage blast radius. :)
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Ah! With Weber, you probably want On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington series) - milsf/space opera. For Bujold, you can either start with ~prequels Cordelia's Honor (Shards of Honor + Barrayar), which has intrigue, civil war, and plot-critical SHOPPING or... (more)
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ah! With Weber, you probably want On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington series) - milsf/space opera. For Bujold, you can either start with ~prequels Cordelia's Honor (Shards of Honor + Barrayar), which has intrigue, civil war, and plot-critical SHOPPING or... (more)
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I also stan for "Blood Music" - I like both the story and the novel (which gets quantum mechanical in a delightfully bonkers way the story didn't have space for), but the novel involves the most poignant, heartbreaking, beautiful use of a can opener in fiction EVER.
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I also stan for "Blood Music" - I like both the story and the novel (which gets quantum mechanical in a delightfully bonkers way the story didn't have space for), but the novel involves the most poignant, heartbreaking, beautiful use of a can opener in fiction EVER.
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AFAIK Green only writes male protagonists BUT every one of his FEMALE characters is a complete person with agency. My gateway drug was his fantasy Blue Moon Rising, which DOESN'T slut-shame Princess Julia. Everything I know about plotting, I learned from Blue Moon Rising. I have that book MEMORIZED.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
AFAIK Green only writes male protagonists BUT every one of his FEMALE characters is a complete person with agency. My gateway drug was his fantasy Blue Moon Rising, which DOESN'T slut-shame Princess Julia. Everything I know about plotting, I learned from Blue Moon Rising. I have that book MEMORIZED.
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- Simon R. Green's Deathstalker Saga. Unabashed over-the-top pulp with a heart, quietly & thoroughly inclusive (queer characters etc). A mild-mannered yet superpowered historian leads a rebellion against an Evil Empress. Turns out the work BEGINS after her downfall!
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
- Simon R. Green's Deathstalker Saga. Unabashed over-the-top pulp with a heart, quietly & thoroughly inclusive (queer characters etc). A mild-mannered yet superpowered historian leads a rebellion against an Evil Empress. Turns out the work BEGINS after her downfall!
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- Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun is gender-bent Alexander the Great IN SPAAAACE. Delicious epic stakes and thinky worldbuilding. I stan for The Wily Persephone forever.
(Trust me, if I am not discussing YOUR fave, either I couldn't chase it down in SOUTH KOREA or I ran out of Bluesky chars. :p)
(Trust me, if I am not discussing YOUR fave, either I couldn't chase it down in SOUTH KOREA or I ran out of Bluesky chars. :p)
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
- Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun is gender-bent Alexander the Great IN SPAAAACE. Delicious epic stakes and thinky worldbuilding. I stan for The Wily Persephone forever.
(Trust me, if I am not discussing YOUR fave, either I couldn't chase it down in SOUTH KOREA or I ran out of Bluesky chars. :p)
(Trust me, if I am not discussing YOUR fave, either I couldn't chase it down in SOUTH KOREA or I ran out of Bluesky chars. :p)
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Oh goodness! Decisions. :3 I'll pitch 3 completely different ones.
- Douglas Hill's Galactic Warlord - older kids' book & childhood fave, tight writing: the dying last survivor of a mercenary "race" seeks revenge on his people's destroyers. I get chills just thinking of the opening 3 decades later.
- Douglas Hill's Galactic Warlord - older kids' book & childhood fave, tight writing: the dying last survivor of a mercenary "race" seeks revenge on his people's destroyers. I get chills just thinking of the opening 3 decades later.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Oh goodness! Decisions. :3 I'll pitch 3 completely different ones.
- Douglas Hill's Galactic Warlord - older kids' book & childhood fave, tight writing: the dying last survivor of a mercenary "race" seeks revenge on his people's destroyers. I get chills just thinking of the opening 3 decades later.
- Douglas Hill's Galactic Warlord - older kids' book & childhood fave, tight writing: the dying last survivor of a mercenary "race" seeks revenge on his people's destroyers. I get chills just thinking of the opening 3 decades later.
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Tanya Huff's Confederation of Valor (?) series
Elizabeth Moon's Vatta series
Jack McDevitt's A Talent for War (esp if you stan for classical history)
Greg Bear's Hardfought
Timothy Zahn's Cascade Point
Andre Norton, period
Karin Lowachee's Warchild
Cordwainer Smith's "The Game of Rat and Dragon"
Elizabeth Moon's Vatta series
Jack McDevitt's A Talent for War (esp if you stan for classical history)
Greg Bear's Hardfought
Timothy Zahn's Cascade Point
Andre Norton, period
Karin Lowachee's Warchild
Cordwainer Smith's "The Game of Rat and Dragon"
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Tanya Huff's Confederation of Valor (?) series
Elizabeth Moon's Vatta series
Jack McDevitt's A Talent for War (esp if you stan for classical history)
Greg Bear's Hardfought
Timothy Zahn's Cascade Point
Andre Norton, period
Karin Lowachee's Warchild
Cordwainer Smith's "The Game of Rat and Dragon"
Elizabeth Moon's Vatta series
Jack McDevitt's A Talent for War (esp if you stan for classical history)
Greg Bear's Hardfought
Timothy Zahn's Cascade Point
Andre Norton, period
Karin Lowachee's Warchild
Cordwainer Smith's "The Game of Rat and Dragon"
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Peter F Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy
EE "Doc" Smith's Lensmen series
Glen Cook's The Dragon Never Sleeps
Anne Mason's The Stolen Law
Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch series
CS Friedman's In Conquest Born
Debra Doyle & James Macdonald's Mage War series
(this is my fave subgenre of all time)
EE "Doc" Smith's Lensmen series
Glen Cook's The Dragon Never Sleeps
Anne Mason's The Stolen Law
Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch series
CS Friedman's In Conquest Born
Debra Doyle & James Macdonald's Mage War series
(this is my fave subgenre of all time)
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Peter F Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy
EE "Doc" Smith's Lensmen series
Glen Cook's The Dragon Never Sleeps
Anne Mason's The Stolen Law
Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch series
CS Friedman's In Conquest Born
Debra Doyle & James Macdonald's Mage War series
(this is my fave subgenre of all time)
EE "Doc" Smith's Lensmen series
Glen Cook's The Dragon Never Sleeps
Anne Mason's The Stolen Law
Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch series
CS Friedman's In Conquest Born
Debra Doyle & James Macdonald's Mage War series
(this is my fave subgenre of all time)
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A Memory Called Empire / A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A Memory Called Empire / A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
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James SA Corey's Mercy of Gods
Gordon R Dickson's Dorsai Cycle (esp. Soldier, Ask Not)
Samuel R Delany's Nova
Poul Anderson's Tau Zero
Joan D Vinge's Snow Queen
Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series
Scott Westerfeld's Risen Empire
Neal Asher's Polity series
Alastair Reynolds' Slow Bullets
Gordon R Dickson's Dorsai Cycle (esp. Soldier, Ask Not)
Samuel R Delany's Nova
Poul Anderson's Tau Zero
Joan D Vinge's Snow Queen
Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series
Scott Westerfeld's Risen Empire
Neal Asher's Polity series
Alastair Reynolds' Slow Bullets
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
James SA Corey's Mercy of Gods
Gordon R Dickson's Dorsai Cycle (esp. Soldier, Ask Not)
Samuel R Delany's Nova
Poul Anderson's Tau Zero
Joan D Vinge's Snow Queen
Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series
Scott Westerfeld's Risen Empire
Neal Asher's Polity series
Alastair Reynolds' Slow Bullets
Gordon R Dickson's Dorsai Cycle (esp. Soldier, Ask Not)
Samuel R Delany's Nova
Poul Anderson's Tau Zero
Joan D Vinge's Snow Queen
Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series
Scott Westerfeld's Risen Empire
Neal Asher's Polity series
Alastair Reynolds' Slow Bullets
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Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks.
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Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice. A colossal warship AI is betrayed & trapped in a single human(ish) body, and goes on a quest for vengeance. A fantastic & thoughtful world witha really cracking story.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice. A colossal warship AI is betrayed & trapped in a single human(ish) body, and goes on a quest for vengeance. A fantastic & thoughtful world witha really cracking story.
Also really enjoy Yoon Ha’s Machineries of Empire series.
Simon R Green's Deathstalker Saga series
Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun + sequel
Douglas Hill's Last Legionary series
Margaret Weis's Star of the Guardians series
CJ Cherryh's Faded Sun
Max Gladstone's Empress of Forever
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (light novels)
(ask me about any of these!)
Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun + sequel
Douglas Hill's Last Legionary series
Margaret Weis's Star of the Guardians series
CJ Cherryh's Faded Sun
Max Gladstone's Empress of Forever
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (light novels)
(ask me about any of these!)
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Also really enjoy Yoon Ha’s Machineries of Empire series.
I like space operas. Hit me with your sci-fi book recommendations! Please RP for more ideas!
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I like space operas. Hit me with your sci-fi book recommendations! Please RP for more ideas!
God I love Mondays now I’ve gone down to 4 days a week. Done 20,000 steps and ticked a load of jobs off my todo list including the Exodus from Reynoldsworld translation grid - unlocking French and Italian translations of it :)
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
God I love Mondays now I’ve gone down to 4 days a week. Done 20,000 steps and ticked a load of jobs off my todo list including the Exodus from Reynoldsworld translation grid - unlocking French and Italian translations of it :)
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