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  1. Comment on What are your favorite board games to play solo? in ~games.tabletop

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    Any of Button Shy's -Opolis games are convenient and challenging solo experiences. Under Falling Skies has more to set up but has loads of replayability and can really conjure tension.

    Any of Button Shy's -Opolis games are convenient and challenging solo experiences. Under Falling Skies has more to set up but has loads of replayability and can really conjure tension.

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  2. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~travel

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    I bow to your experience and fully understand your argument but my visit to Berlin on my honeymoon was one of the most culturally enriching experiences I could ever have hoped for. We stayed in...

    I bow to your experience and fully understand your argument but my visit to Berlin on my honeymoon was one of the most culturally enriching experiences I could ever have hoped for. We stayed in Prenzlauer Berg and we're spoiled for choice when it comes to eating and drinking. We visited day spas and art galleries - Liquidrom and Hamburger Bahnhof, both repurposed train stations. The Stasi Museum was chilling and a brilliant act of preservation both of evidence and history. Teufelsberg, the Olympic stadium, and Grunewald will be repeatedky visited by us on our future visits. The cafe culture and evidence of a healthy work/life balance in the population made for a very relaxing atmosphere. The architecture throughout the city is fascinating and its public transport infrastructure makes it a pleasure to stroll around aimlessly. Konnopke's Imbiss is my heaven. Again, I can't speak for other German Cities but I found Berlin to be a wonderful and rich city to visit and I will be going back there as often as life allows.

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  3. Comment on What is your favorite board or card game for seven or more players? in ~games.tabletop

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    Captain Sonar Two teams of four, a submarine per team and an island peppered ocean to track each other down in. Each team member has a role. Engineers try and keep the systems running, first mates...

    Captain Sonar

    Two teams of four, a submarine per team and an island peppered ocean to track each other down in. Each team member has a role. Engineers try and keep the systems running, first mates bring weapons and stealth online, radar operators listen for the movements of their opponents and try to work out their position and captains take plot the course and take actions based on what everyone else has achieved. It's in real time and it really ramps up the tension. Great for team building I imagine as everyone working together is essential for success and everyone can take a leadership role.

  4. Comment on What's on your spice rack? in ~food

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    A few outliers I've not seem but often use *Kaffir lime leaves *Dried bitter orange peel *Fenugreek *Nigella *A number of anise flavours - aniseed, chervil, star anise and ajowan. *Long pepper I...

    A few outliers I've not seem but often use

    *Kaffir lime leaves
    *Dried bitter orange peel
    *Fenugreek
    *Nigella
    *A number of anise flavours - aniseed, chervil, star anise and ajowan.
    *Long pepper

    I shop regularly at the spicery, a Bristol based online spice traders who have an amazing range, letterbox friendly packaging and useful freebies.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Can we cross the UK's 2nd largest city without using a single road? in ~hobbies

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    I'm a huge fan of Geowizard but lately I've been conflicted. Here in the UK there's been a lot of uproar about a social media personality trespassing inside people's homes and raising ruckuses in...

    I'm a huge fan of Geowizard but lately I've been conflicted. Here in the UK there's been a lot of uproar about a social media personality trespassing inside people's homes and raising ruckuses in shops and town centres. The personality is a young, black male - which I believe is relevant as the most vituperative of their opponents are the Mail and other tabloids who are notorious for fomenting xenophobia. There have been calls to put them in prison. I see this hatred towards the tiktoker and as a homeowner can understand the violation that they've committed but how far removed are Geowizard's videos from this? I was disturbed when he went through the grounds of a retirement building block as I wondered if there were vulnerable people in there. Yet I still watch, cheer him on as he ingeniously creates desire paths through brick, mortar and barbed wire. As an advocate of the right to roam and a hater of the right-wing press in this country I am conflicted between championing Geowizard's expeditions and the vilification of the tiktok Herbert. I totally understand that criminal damage, terrorising shoppers and occupying people's homes are beyond the pale but Geowizard has committed albeit milder, similar acts. This is not a judgement on either party and in fact I'm grateful that these episodes of trespass have occurred so that I can examine my position on private property, domestic and commercial and the right to roam. I'm just flagging up my conflict and would be interested in hearing other opinions on it.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on What board games have you played this week (to 19th June)? in ~games.tabletop

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    So far, Cascadia and Under Falling Skies. My appreciation for UFS increases each play. I realise that the luck element should be frustrating but I think it fits the theme and I enjoy poring over...

    So far, Cascadia and Under Falling Skies. My appreciation for UFS increases each play. I realise that the luck element should be frustrating but I think it fits the theme and I enjoy poring over all of the suboptimal options I have. I played half a campaign before my curiosity took over and I opened all of the modules but I think I'm ready to go back and play a campaign properly now.