Only a splotter game could have a situation where there's uncertainty about which component is the worst ever.

There's also the point that knowing *who* wrote the code affects how you deal with it. If you're reviewing problematic code you need to teach the author what's wrong and what's better, so they can improve.

We need a rule that says we're only allowed to play a number of games that fits exactly on the image grid!

Email worked well enough. Maybe it helped that for most changes my reaction is "yeah, whatever", so there's not so many that need discussion. Either way, it was so much better than dealing with squiggles on print outs for my first books!

Do you need another post for your 18xx.games plays?

Going through copyedits is such a grind, definitely one of the least-fun parts of writing. It is much easier however when they are in the form of git diffs.

Probably was

It's pretty stunning to think people can think life in Britain was better in the *70s*.

That's certainly a reasonable concern

We seem to be talking past each other. As ever, trying to have a sensible conversation on internet comments generates more heat than light.

Ah - yes the article says more. I shouldn't attempt to rewrite the article in bluesky comments