noted hermit
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i am bw, I weave and bake bread and used to make pots. I drink a lot of tea and play a lot of board games solo. agender, they is better than he but really just bw. in tx for awhile.
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ENDURANCE. I love this game for multiple reasons: its argument against the inevitability of history, its willingness to be strange, but most of all its dedication to fortitude. Everything about it is chilly. spacebiff.com/2023/03/23/e...
They Survived
One of the big questions in wargame design is how one ought to simulate the range of possible outcomes. Take the Battle of the Bulge. Should a designer concede to playability by pretending that the…
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November 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
ENDURANCE. I love this game for multiple reasons: its argument against the inevitability of history, its willingness to be strange, but most of all its dedication to fortitude. Everything about it is chilly. spacebiff.com/2023/03/23/e...
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Because I’ve been bad at the self-promotion this year: Tomorrow is the last day of the Hollandays sale for Hollandspiele.
They published my games Striking Flint and Heading Forward as well as many other games.
This is your annual chance to get a discount on them.
hollandspiele.com
They published my games Striking Flint and Heading Forward as well as many other games.
This is your annual chance to get a discount on them.
hollandspiele.com
Hollandspiele
European and UK customers: our games are available exclusively at Second Chance Games. We no longer sell to Europe through our own site.
We are a small weird publisher that specializes in small weird ...
hollandspiele.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Because I’ve been bad at the self-promotion this year: Tomorrow is the last day of the Hollandays sale for Hollandspiele.
They published my games Striking Flint and Heading Forward as well as many other games.
This is your annual chance to get a discount on them.
hollandspiele.com
They published my games Striking Flint and Heading Forward as well as many other games.
This is your annual chance to get a discount on them.
hollandspiele.com
And in other other news, my DOTA2 team has been looking so good in Wallachia. After a really rough last year it’s nice to see them finally coming together. Turns out when you take two of the most aggressive early game teams and semi combine them you uh, can win a lot once you gel a bit. Micke
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
And in other other news, my DOTA2 team has been looking so good in Wallachia. After a really rough last year it’s nice to see them finally coming together. Turns out when you take two of the most aggressive early game teams and semi combine them you uh, can win a lot once you gel a bit. Micke
In other news I found a used copy of this game for 10 bucks online and went ahead and got it. I care so little about wars in general but care about the Russian civil war more than most others. So found my first hexes and counters to try.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2998
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2998
Reds! The Russian Civil War 1918-1921
Reds versus whites fight for control over all Russia.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
In other news I found a used copy of this game for 10 bucks online and went ahead and got it. I care so little about wars in general but care about the Russian civil war more than most others. So found my first hexes and counters to try.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2998
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2998
I used to really love the holidays and since realizing I’m autistic it makes a lot of sense why, I slowly moved all my holidays to be solo ones and they were days I could be on my own and unmask in ways I never knew how to do and didn’t even understand I needed. Everyone was busy, I could respond in
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I used to really love the holidays and since realizing I’m autistic it makes a lot of sense why, I slowly moved all my holidays to be solo ones and they were days I could be on my own and unmask in ways I never knew how to do and didn’t even understand I needed. Everyone was busy, I could respond in
oh no, I drank this last night and now I’m awake at 4 am
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my storage admittedly is not perfect but I don’t think this has aged particularly interestingly. Which is too bad as there’s quite a lot left. I remember I got this because I was scared of buying the
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my storage admittedly is not perfect but I don’t think this has aged particularly interestingly. Which is too bad as there’s quite a lot left. I remember I got this because I was scared of buying the
Chill, Baby 2019 Manzhuan Huangpian Raw Puer Tea by Bitterleaf Teas — Steepster
Reviews and information for Chill, Baby 2019 Manzhuan Huangpian Raw Puer tea from Bitterleaf Teas on Steepster, a community of tea lovers.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
oh no, I drank this last night and now I’m awake at 4 am
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my storage admittedly is not perfect but I don’t think this has aged particularly interestingly. Which is too bad as there’s quite a lot left. I remember I got this because I was scared of buying the
steepster.com/teas/bitterl...
my storage admittedly is not perfect but I don’t think this has aged particularly interestingly. Which is too bad as there’s quite a lot left. I remember I got this because I was scared of buying the
I was really tempted to get my first hexes and counters but financial wisdom prevailed so made my modest little order to support a publisher I love. I am very curious about Hartfield!!
big recommend for Endurance and Heading Forward and This Guilty Land and Comet oh and Striking Flint! also
big recommend for Endurance and Heading Forward and This Guilty Land and Comet oh and Striking Flint! also
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I was really tempted to get my first hexes and counters but financial wisdom prevailed so made my modest little order to support a publisher I love. I am very curious about Hartfield!!
big recommend for Endurance and Heading Forward and This Guilty Land and Comet oh and Striking Flint! also
big recommend for Endurance and Heading Forward and This Guilty Land and Comet oh and Striking Flint! also
Q-Up is both a triumph and a nightmare of a video game. And I am pretty sure the latter is intended. I got to Novice w/ medic and it was at times miserable in exactly the way forcing yourself to climb ladder in multiplayer games is. Jack on Side Story called it Hell and they were exactly right.
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Q-Up is both a triumph and a nightmare of a video game. And I am pretty sure the latter is intended. I got to Novice w/ medic and it was at times miserable in exactly the way forcing yourself to climb ladder in multiplayer games is. Jack on Side Story called it Hell and they were exactly right.
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
a little electoralism as a treat tonight
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
a little electoralism as a treat tonight
It’s finally cooling down in Texas and now all I want to do is drink raw puer I’m so excited for this little cake I probably shouldn’t have spent money on but looooooooooook at that tea 😍
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It’s finally cooling down in Texas and now all I want to do is drink raw puer I’m so excited for this little cake I probably shouldn’t have spent money on but looooooooooook at that tea 😍
I got two vaccines today and it only took 2.5 hours at an in network pharmacy and three phone calls in which every human involved said oh yeah this is covered, but the computers were telling everyone that for some reason for me in particular it was going to cost 250 dollars out of pocket.
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I got two vaccines today and it only took 2.5 hours at an in network pharmacy and three phone calls in which every human involved said oh yeah this is covered, but the computers were telling everyone that for some reason for me in particular it was going to cost 250 dollars out of pocket.
hello and welcome back to bw posts about dota 2 to no one
the international was rough as a liquid fan. They won 2024 but didn’t even get past the group stage this year. Then they let sabrelight go, which makes sense to me. I liked him but it never seemed to gel fully. Then Insania retired.
the international was rough as a liquid fan. They won 2024 but didn’t even get past the group stage this year. Then they let sabrelight go, which makes sense to me. I liked him but it never seemed to gel fully. Then Insania retired.
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
hello and welcome back to bw posts about dota 2 to no one
the international was rough as a liquid fan. They won 2024 but didn’t even get past the group stage this year. Then they let sabrelight go, which makes sense to me. I liked him but it never seemed to gel fully. Then Insania retired.
the international was rough as a liquid fan. They won 2024 but didn’t even get past the group stage this year. Then they let sabrelight go, which makes sense to me. I liked him but it never seemed to gel fully. Then Insania retired.
I understand intellectually and on some sense affectively that the cruelty is the point, but jesus christ, the destruction of the office that enforces special ed laws is so brutal. The harm this will cause, the massive amount of work it will take to get things back to the current not good state...
October 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I understand intellectually and on some sense affectively that the cruelty is the point, but jesus christ, the destruction of the office that enforces special ed laws is so brutal. The harm this will cause, the massive amount of work it will take to get things back to the current not good state...
a keffiyeh plus autism skeleton with automatic rifles feels very important to me as we near the the end of 2025
October 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
a keffiyeh plus autism skeleton with automatic rifles feels very important to me as we near the the end of 2025
family is away for a few days so I get to try a bigger scenario on the downstairs table, tomorrow we’ll see if I succeed
October 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
family is away for a few days so I get to try a bigger scenario on the downstairs table, tomorrow we’ll see if I succeed
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October 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
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October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
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BREAKING: Israel has intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla vessels Alma and Sirius, according to activists onboard.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
BREAKING: Israel has intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla vessels Alma and Sirius, according to activists onboard.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba
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Here’s the official live, with over 60k people watching. Please join us, western witnesses are the only thing that may stay Israel’s hand.
www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...
www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...
October 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Here’s the official live, with over 60k people watching. Please join us, western witnesses are the only thing that may stay Israel’s hand.
www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...
www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...
apparently in a posting mood, but also grateful I stumbled across people like Dan when I got into the hobby, who write and think about games in this expansive way, that is trying to understand the entire package, its context, its history, what it's trying to do, what it does well or fails at, etc.
For today's article, I'm just griping about why "fun" is a bad word for critics. spacebiff.com/2025/09/30/a...
Anti-Fun
There’s one word I try to never use when writing about board games. The F-word. No, not that one. “Fun.” There it is. My critical curse word. Today I want to talk about why “fun” isn’t an especiall…
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October 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
apparently in a posting mood, but also grateful I stumbled across people like Dan when I got into the hobby, who write and think about games in this expansive way, that is trying to understand the entire package, its context, its history, what it's trying to do, what it does well or fails at, etc.
I’m reading the rules to Cross Bronx Expressway because my copy arrived today and god games are so good and so cool and so fascinating. There’s so much care and attention here and I’m very excited to dig in and start playing later this week.
www.gmtgames.com/p-953-cross-...
www.gmtgames.com/p-953-cross-...
GMT Games - Cross Bronx Expressway
Cross Bronx Expressway
www.gmtgames.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I’m reading the rules to Cross Bronx Expressway because my copy arrived today and god games are so good and so cool and so fascinating. There’s so much care and attention here and I’m very excited to dig in and start playing later this week.
www.gmtgames.com/p-953-cross-...
www.gmtgames.com/p-953-cross-...
today I spent a long time on the phone talking about ttrpgs and narrative and affect theory and how much I love the Berlant book I’m reading. friday I saw 7038634357 live and it was incredible.
yesterday was two years of me being here and it’s been a hard couple of years but the last week was nice.
yesterday was two years of me being here and it’s been a hard couple of years but the last week was nice.
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
today I spent a long time on the phone talking about ttrpgs and narrative and affect theory and how much I love the Berlant book I’m reading. friday I saw 7038634357 live and it was incredible.
yesterday was two years of me being here and it’s been a hard couple of years but the last week was nice.
yesterday was two years of me being here and it’s been a hard couple of years but the last week was nice.
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Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'
September 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'
I haven't pursued a diagnosis for like 900 million reasons, but the latest eugenics from this miserable place's government is mostly making think about how realizing I'm autistic only made my life better even as it has also been a very tough few years. But I have so much more understanding
September 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I haven't pursued a diagnosis for like 900 million reasons, but the latest eugenics from this miserable place's government is mostly making think about how realizing I'm autistic only made my life better even as it has also been a very tough few years. But I have so much more understanding