Iain Cheyne
@cheyne.net
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Avoiding politics and playing
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Iberian Railways I love cube rail games but this one fell a little flat. You start off with €0 and have to take loans to do anything. 👍 Instead of the richest player winning, there are victory point conditions.👎 👎 Overall it's fine, but there are so many excellent cube rails games.
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about 12 hours ago
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Wyrmspan Exactly what it says on the tin. Slightly more complex version of Wingspan with pink dragons. (The dragon with the head of a pufferfish is laughably bad.)
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about 13 hours ago
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Power Grid Spain & Portugal I'm pretty sure this map was not tested properly. At step 2, weak windfarms are added and gum up the auction. No one wants them and only one is deleted each round. Ruins the game. 🤦♂️ What was FF thinking?
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about 16 hours ago
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A Few Acres of Snow We had a lovely time learning this deck building war game about The French and Indian War. It's subtle. Deep complexity emerges in the gameplay, not in the rules.
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Origin Story I first thought this is a game that just uses tricktaking as a mechanism but I was wrong. At its core it is a fairy simple trick taker.
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Arnold Rauers
9 days ago
Someone threw out this 1992 Game of the Year, cycling themed racing game. „Um Reifenbreite“ a pretty good german pun on the phrase „um Haares breite“. Which means as close as the thickness of a hair. 🚲
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Rory Muldoon
14 days ago
Hi
#portfolioday
I’m Rory, a designer and illustrator for games. I like shapes, angles and motifs. Work shown is a series of mint tin games illustrated for Alley Cat Games.
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Konstantinos Dimopoulos
26 days ago
Considering changing my main PC's OS to Linux myself...
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I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop/
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Cave Troll Always a good time. I prefer my old version without minis as cardboard counters are easier to recognise.
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26 days ago
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Karnak Assemble structures to match contract cards scored at the end. Claim contracts early to get bonus cards, but then opponents can wreck your structures. In the end game I was blocked. I could not complete any contracts and I could not get any more pieces. Boring and frustrating.
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26 days ago
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Before the Wind This little card game is *much* better with 3. Each player can pick an action card but if you want another player's action you can bid for it. They have to pay you to keep it or they can sell. Tense decisions.
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27 days ago
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Rory Muldoon
27 days ago
KARNAK My first exposure to a Jasper Beatrix /
@dvcgames.bsky.social
game. Lots of table talk (and table groans). Love how chaotic it looks after a few turns. Really glad I managed to find a copy of this in the UK.
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Android Mainframe An update to the old paper and pencil game Dots and Boxes. Plays quickly and there's plenty of skill but it's fundamentally just Dots and Boxes. Dan Thurots review is spot on.
spacebiff.com/tag/android-...
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29 days ago
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Gurwinder
30 days ago
1. 1% rule: In online communities, around 1% of users produce almost all of the content. As such, what you see online is not representative of humanity, but merely of a loud, obsessive (and often narcissistic) minority. Social media is literally a freakshow.
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Clank Catacombs Love this. The push your luck element of getting out of the dungeon before the dragon kills you is superb. You're circling around the exit in the end game trying to scrape up a last artifact before you bail while watching everyone else.
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30 days ago
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about 1 month ago
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Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space Professional production of a hidden movement print and play game. Using pen and paper would be just as good. Captain Sonar is much more tense and interesting because of the time limit and having to work with your teammates.
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about 1 month ago
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Karuba This came out a couple of years before Railroad Ink and I'm sure it was inspired by Karuba, as you are connecting two opposite sides of the board in a very similar way. If you like one you'll like the other but you do not need both.
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about 1 month ago
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Alariko
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Imhotep Boats are ferrying stone to the pyramids. You have to make sure that your stones are generating the most victory points. Once all stones are placed score a round and repeat. Lots of turn order shenanigans, which makes it very interactive. Quick and intuitive. Recommended.
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about 1 month ago
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Happy Christmas
about 1 month ago
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Rebel Princess Hearts with special powers and cute art. You can't go wrong with a foundation this solid but Hearts is a cruel game when you're playing with different skill levels.
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about 1 month ago
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@megacrit.com on Bluesky
In the spirit of the season, Slay the Spire is on sale at it's steepest discount yet--90% off!! 🎁✨ Don't miss out on the merry Merchant's generosity and grab it (or gift it!) before the Steam Winter Sale ends on January 5! Just a few months left to try it until StS2 is out 🤫
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lmdomvajys5p6tr7ay77uvtz/post/3malumbyzis2o
about 1 month ago
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Mega Crit - Slay the Spire 2 Coming March 2026! ⚔️
about 1 month ago
In the spirit of the season, Slay the Spire is on sale at it's steepest discount yet--90% off!! 🎁✨ Don't miss out on the merry Merchant's generosity and grab it (or gift it!) before the Steam Winter Sale ends on January 5! Just a few months left to try it until StS2 is out 🤫
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Kutná Hora At first I thought this was going to be a dessicated point salad experience, and I was right, but it wasn't as unintuitive or slow as it looked. I like the points market which fluctuates depending on players actions. I would play again.
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about 1 month ago
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Bomb Busters I was keen to play this limited communication deduction co-op game as it won the SdJ. It's as good as you'd expect. Simple, fast but with enough depth. It's not as basic as The Mind and it doesn't require trick taking knowledge like The Crew.
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about 1 month ago
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Wes Fenlon
about 1 month ago
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Container goes up in my estimation every time I play. Two of us bid hard early on and it looked like we were running away with it but we ran out of money and the two low bidders cleaned up...
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about 2 months ago
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20 years of Reddit. How did that happen?
about 2 months ago
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I bought 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM for £68 in July. It's now £266.
about 2 months ago
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I just used Universal Android Debloater GUI to clean up my wife's Xiaomi phone. Nice hardware, but *horrible* software.
github.com/0x192/univer...
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about 2 months ago
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Andy Kelly
about 2 months ago
Digging through some old screenshots and found these photos I took of Loch Lomond in Scotland and then recreated in MS Flight Simulator.
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Pip
about 2 months ago
HOT TIP! Loads of people just use their google calendars to find out what they’re doing on any given day, so instead of running the gauntlet of ADHD texting to set up a hangout, just shove a calendar invite their way with instructions for them to suggest another time if it doesn’t suit.
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Alariko
about 2 months ago
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Carol LaGrow
about 2 months ago
The Kickstarter for the new
@25thcentury.games
edition of The Six of VIII is live! Only $10. 10 games on this KS, including two Knizia reprints. Lots to choose from.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
add a skeleton here at some point
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Postmark Games
about 2 months ago
52 Duels is now LIVE on Kickstarter! ⚔️ Unique Heroes 🧙♀️1-2 players head to head ❤️ Play with a standard deck of cards
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
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Dan Thurot
about 2 months ago
Some production shortcuts notwithstanding, Fate of the Fellowship is perhaps the finest Lord of the Rings game I've played, a tremendous adaptation that captures Tolkien's masterwork in under two hours. My review:
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Legend Became Tabletop
Countless players and critics have already pointed out that Matt Leacock’s Fate of the Fellowship is magnificent, and there will be no hot takes here. I’d call it the finest Lord of the…
https://spacebiff.com/2025/12/01/fate-of-the-fellowship/
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Owen D. Pomery
2 months ago
What have I been consuming in 2025? Let's all head down to the KIOSK and find out >>
kiosk.substack.com/p/hot-wrecks
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Caesar's Empire I'm surprised this hasn't been more popular. You set up trading routes across the Roman Empire collecting trade goods to make sets. It's family friendly, looks good on the table and there's plenty of skill. Maybe it's because there's no luck? 🤷
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2 months ago
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Fjords This multiplayer semi-abstract feels like a throwback. It's easy to learn and it takes half an hour. It's a far better game than Carcassone, although it has some of the nastiness of Hey, That's My Fish
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2 months ago
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Medlife Crisis (Rohin)
2 months ago
I am encountering yet more men on testosterone having huge heart attacks. Bear in mind I’m only on call 1/12th of the time (ie my rota has 12 consultants) and yet I’ve now seen 5 men in the last couple of months who’ve had STEMIs in their 40s and 50s. All very fit and *externally* in great shape
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Cardiologist seeing young, fit men on TRT having massive heart attacks. Not proof, but...
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Testosterone Therapy and Heart Attacks
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsKTfFQFqc
2 months ago
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Big Shot I bought the Playte reprint of Big Shot by Alex Randolph. The small box unfurls into the board. Check out their eBay store which ships from Korea. It's an excellent, tight 30 minute mix of auction and area control. Reminds me of For Sale or High Society but with area control.
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2 months ago
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Will Judd 威廉
2 months ago
Here's a quick deals round-up, including some direct links to deals I haven't had a chance to write up yet (but will do soon):
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Good afternoon, here are the best Black Friday PC and console deals we've spotted so far from Day 1
Here are Eurogamer's best tech deals of Black Friday Monday, the 24th of November. Take a look at our highlights, including PS5 consoles and PC peripherals.
https://www.eurogamer.net/tech-good-afternoon-here-are-the-best-black-friday-pc-and-console-deals-weve-spotted-so-far-day-one
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Kyle Ferrin 🧙♂️✍️
2 months ago
A couple more frosty friends.
#cataphracts
#vanitera450
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My set of 100 of Ruben's Mini Chips showed up.
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2 months ago
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Long and great day yesterday at Age of Steam UK (
ageofsteamuk.com
) 30 people showed up in St Albans and played AoS all day. I managed 3 games: Portugal, Mexico and France 2078. Such a great system.
2 months ago
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