Orapa Mine is a puzzly little brain burner of a board game

We've played it several times already usually enough rounds each session so each player can have a turn designing the puzzle

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Daughter and son-in-law came over tonight which means... board games! She requested roll-n-writes and specifically another go at Orapa Mine with picks ending up as:

1 game of Welcome To (lost)
3 rounds of Orapa Mine (won x2)
1 game of Koala Rescue Club (won, 1st time playing)

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Roller coaster of emotions over the arrival of Dragon Eclipse

🤩 at arriving a day early

😬 seeing 30-40 minute unboxing guide

😍 unpacking the gorgeous minis

😭 at the hour it actually took to unbox

☺️ looked through all the sorted bits

Now to schedule game day!

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Game day with oldest kiddos including Beacon Patrol, Trailblazers, Welcome To and Quacks of Quedlinburg (not pictured)

Didn't win any of them; fun times regardless 😊

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Also got in a game of #Faraway where the cards most certainly conspired against me... could NOT find the 2nd plant icon I needed so my entire lineup only scored 4 points... Fortunately my sanctuaries came through allowing a narrow victory

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Got in a game of #Flamecraft with youngest son while lady folks were out and about.

💙 gained a small lead in early game and then took off mid game as ❤️ hit a slump. Late game ❤️ started scoring several shop upgrades but 💙 had a couple big payoffs at the end that sealed their win

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16 in the house this morning celebrating Christmas with family and friends ❤️

My mother has great taste in head gear

#Christmas

Our annual Christmas treasure hunt will be the biggest it's ever been this year with 11 participants each after tiny sticky notes with the numbers they need to figure out their final gifts.

ChatGPT has been a huge help as I simply do not have the brain space to create all the clues needed...

#ai

Final 10 hours for Behold: Rome (Deluxe Edition) by Joe Klipfel currently crowdfunding on The Game Crafter:

www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/be...

I've played several of Joe's in-hand games and they are phenomenal; certainly excited to play this one as well.

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A house up the road from a ways from us has a huge light display each year that animates to music they broadcast over an FM transmitter; its always a highlight for the kiddos

First snow of the season in central North Carolina

Setting up for our first play of Dead Cells

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Updated my guides and reference cards in Screentop to include changes to rewinding time and difficulty adjustments for Just in Time:

screentop.gg/@s3rvant/Jus...

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Setup for Just in Time my abstract cooperative time-travel game.

Unfortunately ran out of time to actually get in a session tonight 🥲

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Made a couple loaves of mozzarella garlic bread for an early Thanksgiving gathering today 🤤

#bread #baking #cooking #thanksgiving