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occasional co-host for The Train Rush, an infrequent outlet of train game media https://thetrainrush.com/

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Joe @joecomotive.bsky.social · May 6

Joe spent a delightful afternoon visiting an ashram and Craig devoted a productive hour to digesting the canon of Western philosophy via Wikipedia.

With their bona fides established, our hosts of the podcast present ruminations on 18 India, accompanied by suggestions for further thematic reading.

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Joe @joecomotive.bsky.social · 3d

Step into the Nineties!

Highest Klaxx score on this machine in the world ever.

A screen from Klax.
"Play Klax klean. Klaxxers don't need drugs!"

An on-screen advert for the official Klaxx t-shirt, available when ordered before Dec 31 1990.

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Joe @joecomotive.bsky.social · 19d

Maybe I'll bring it along to AoS Con UK. Along with other hyped classics, like PanzerZug.

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Joe @joecomotive.bsky.social · 19d

I've heard so much hype for this from various social circles over the past 10 years, I'll finally give the new edition of this game a chance.

(And probably sell it when it doesn't live up to expectations.)

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Joe @joecomotive.bsky.social · Sep 13

(Followed by Original Vadis and Too Many Cooks, not pictured).

Joe @joecomotive.bsky.social · Sep 13

And she was awarded 2nd place in the National Best Hat Awards.

View of Dogs of War miniature with big hat, the board game in the background.

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Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · Sep 7

Happy 38th birthday, KNIGHTMARE, the hardest game show on television! In 1987, Treguard the Dungeon Master welcomed the first team of adventurers to his blue screen labyrinth. Losers didn’t just fail, they 'died': blades, spikes, and bottomless pits abounded. "Ooh, nasty..."

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Joe @joecomotive.bsky.social · Sep 7

Train Games from Start to Finish!

This old advertisement hints that Dutch Intercity may have been the first in a system of "InterCity" games, presumably different from the Riding series.

And the Prairie games are sold as "rather sophisticated". 😃

An old advertisement with prices for old Winsome Games games and some description of each series.

Joe @joecomotive.bsky.social · Sep 7

Stopped this "classic" by "Martin Wallace" from being sold too cheaply on eBay by buying it myself. There's some logic to this, I'm sure.

At least it encouraged a post-storm walk to the post office in the sunshine.