Ben #ActNow 🔥🌳🌊
@benaldo.bsky.social
People+planet-centred Service Designer / Product Manager
Service Manual & Service Standard, GDS, DSIT
Woke
he/him
Service Manual & Service Standard, GDS, DSIT
Woke
he/him
First play of Lost Ruins Of Arnak at #boardgames club at the Raven in Welshpool last night. Bit convoluted but fun. Would happily play again. Not a patch on Dune Imperium tho.
7.4/10, 7.7 cos I won.
7.4/10, 7.7 cos I won.
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
First play of Lost Ruins Of Arnak at #boardgames club at the Raven in Welshpool last night. Bit convoluted but fun. Would happily play again. Not a patch on Dune Imperium tho.
7.4/10, 7.7 cos I won.
7.4/10, 7.7 cos I won.
Great job, thanks Evri - delivered!
To our wheelie bin, by the looks of it, in among the rubbish, 600m away.
To our wheelie bin, by the looks of it, in among the rubbish, 600m away.
December 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Great job, thanks Evri - delivered!
To our wheelie bin, by the looks of it, in among the rubbish, 600m away.
To our wheelie bin, by the looks of it, in among the rubbish, 600m away.
Fair enough, Evri, I see from your photo that you did indeed try to deliver my parcel.
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Fair enough, Evri, I see from your photo that you did indeed try to deliver my parcel.
November was a good #boardgames month. I enjoyed it.
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
November was a good #boardgames month. I enjoyed it.
Good to see gendered crackers at the school fair again this year. Tradition! Wonder what's in them. Guns and dolls?
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Good to see gendered crackers at the school fair again this year. Tradition! Wonder what's in them. Guns and dolls?
Another fine delivery by Evri.
Still, at least they're not Hermes - do you remember them? They were rubbish!
Still, at least they're not Hermes - do you remember them? They were rubbish!
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Another fine delivery by Evri.
Still, at least they're not Hermes - do you remember them? They were rubbish!
Still, at least they're not Hermes - do you remember them? They were rubbish!
Viticulture Tuscany edition, 8.5 out of 10. 9 when I win. #boardgames
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Viticulture Tuscany edition, 8.5 out of 10. 9 when I win. #boardgames
And today, 5 hours of Hegemony. It promises so much, but.... I don't think we're playing it very smartly.
Matt, who played the working classes and got double the points of anyone else, would disagree.
Still, nice to sit around eating crisps and doing colourful admin all afternoon.
#boardgames
Matt, who played the working classes and got double the points of anyone else, would disagree.
Still, nice to sit around eating crisps and doing colourful admin all afternoon.
#boardgames
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
And today, 5 hours of Hegemony. It promises so much, but.... I don't think we're playing it very smartly.
Matt, who played the working classes and got double the points of anyone else, would disagree.
Still, nice to sit around eating crisps and doing colourful admin all afternoon.
#boardgames
Matt, who played the working classes and got double the points of anyone else, would disagree.
Still, nice to sit around eating crisps and doing colourful admin all afternoon.
#boardgames
Time for another photo of Dune Imperium: Uprising, and another assertion that it's the best game.
Especially when I win by a point after an epic comeback.
#boardgames
Especially when I win by a point after an epic comeback.
#boardgames
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Time for another photo of Dune Imperium: Uprising, and another assertion that it's the best game.
Especially when I win by a point after an epic comeback.
#boardgames
Especially when I win by a point after an epic comeback.
#boardgames
Huang was great, but both my opponents disliked the conflict, so it didn't exactly come to life this time.
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Huang was great, but both my opponents disliked the conflict, so it didn't exactly come to life this time.
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Huang was great, but both my opponents disliked the conflict, so it didn't exactly come to life this time.
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Huang was great, but both my opponents disliked the conflict, so it didn't exactly come to life this time.
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Zaytoun stuff looks good for Christmas presents.
'Zaytoun is a social enterprise founded in 2004 to support the resilience of Palestinian communities through fair trade.'
zaytoun.uk/products/
'Zaytoun is a social enterprise founded in 2004 to support the resilience of Palestinian communities through fair trade.'
zaytoun.uk/products/
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Zaytoun stuff looks good for Christmas presents.
'Zaytoun is a social enterprise founded in 2004 to support the resilience of Palestinian communities through fair trade.'
zaytoun.uk/products/
'Zaytoun is a social enterprise founded in 2004 to support the resilience of Palestinian communities through fair trade.'
zaytoun.uk/products/
That's my pumpkin effort.
November 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
That's my pumpkin effort.
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I just ran 4k. And played tennis this morning. Golf yesterday. Tennis the day before. Somehow still overweight. Absurd.
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I just ran 4k. And played tennis this morning. Golf yesterday. Tennis the day before. Somehow still overweight. Absurd.
I would pay good money to watch The Last Jedi without the green milk milking and slurping moustache milk cow alien nonsense.
Nearly as bad as Binks.
Nearly as bad as Binks.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I would pay good money to watch The Last Jedi without the green milk milking and slurping moustache milk cow alien nonsense.
Nearly as bad as Binks.
Nearly as bad as Binks.
My dad died of MND. I really feel for Lewis Moody and those who care about him.
But this headline, ffs.
He hasn't been 'singled out'. And his 'braveness' on pitch doesn't make his MND crueller than for anyone else.
Also not sure what 'men' has to do with it, but that's a different matter.
But this headline, ffs.
He hasn't been 'singled out'. And his 'braveness' on pitch doesn't make his MND crueller than for anyone else.
Also not sure what 'men' has to do with it, but that's a different matter.
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
My dad died of MND. I really feel for Lewis Moody and those who care about him.
But this headline, ffs.
He hasn't been 'singled out'. And his 'braveness' on pitch doesn't make his MND crueller than for anyone else.
Also not sure what 'men' has to do with it, but that's a different matter.
But this headline, ffs.
He hasn't been 'singled out'. And his 'braveness' on pitch doesn't make his MND crueller than for anyone else.
Also not sure what 'men' has to do with it, but that's a different matter.
I had higher hopes. Hopefully October will see more #boardgames.
October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I had higher hopes. Hopefully October will see more #boardgames.
Why are the Ryder Cup kits / outfits / costumes so often so grim?
September 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Why are the Ryder Cup kits / outfits / costumes so often so grim?
Singing along to a bit of Take That, and one of the worst lyrics in history.
'Then a voice I once knew answered in a sweet voice'
Voice voice voice.
Ruddy heck, Barlow.
'Then a voice I once knew answered in a sweet voice'
Voice voice voice.
Ruddy heck, Barlow.
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Singing along to a bit of Take That, and one of the worst lyrics in history.
'Then a voice I once knew answered in a sweet voice'
Voice voice voice.
Ruddy heck, Barlow.
'Then a voice I once knew answered in a sweet voice'
Voice voice voice.
Ruddy heck, Barlow.
I just had an email saying the Clans Of Caledonia 'Industria' expansion that I helped kickstart a couple of years ago now is on the MANILA MAERSK, container EODU2071482, eta Oct 7 into Felixstowe. #boardgames
Currently in the Indian Ocean, passing Madagascar. www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...
Currently in the Indian Ocean, passing Madagascar. www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...
September 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I just had an email saying the Clans Of Caledonia 'Industria' expansion that I helped kickstart a couple of years ago now is on the MANILA MAERSK, container EODU2071482, eta Oct 7 into Felixstowe. #boardgames
Currently in the Indian Ocean, passing Madagascar. www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...
Currently in the Indian Ocean, passing Madagascar. www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...