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

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    Scythe has been my family’s main game for a couple years now. There’s enough randomization each game to keep it fresh. One warning: it’s not totally balanced. Two factions are noticeably stronger...

    Scythe has been my family’s main game for a couple years now. There’s enough randomization each game to keep it fresh.

    One warning: it’s not totally balanced. Two factions are noticeably stronger than the others, and the expansion factions are agreed to be the hardest. Still fun, though.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on MLB trade deadline discussion thread in ~sports.baseball

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    I hope Ohtani gets traded not just because I hope to watch him in the playoffs but also because I have no idea what would go in a trade package for such an exceptional player. He might be the best...

    I hope Ohtani gets traded not just because I hope to watch him in the playoffs but also because I have no idea what would go in a trade package for such an exceptional player. He might be the best hitter AND best pitcher to be traded this deadline!

    2 votes

  3. Comment on What are some short story collections you'd recommend? in ~books

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    His other volume, Exhalation: Stories, is also good!

    His other volume, Exhalation: Stories, is also good!

    4 votes

  4. Comment on With an unbelievable perfect score on Saturday, Magnus Carlsen seized the lead by a three-point margin at the Grand Chess Tour: SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2023 in ~games.tabletop

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    And even Messi, as legendary as he is, has been compared to Ronaldo throughout his career. Magnus is peerless— so inarguably better than his contemporaries that the debate about the best player...

    And even Messi, as legendary as he is, has been compared to Ronaldo throughout his career. Magnus is peerless— so inarguably better than his contemporaries that the debate about the best player can’t even happen despite the contemporaries themselves also being better at chess than anyone who came before them. He’s unreal.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is available now in ~tech

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    Two things stand out so far: there’s no chronological feed, and you’re forced to see posts from people you don’t follow. Both keep it from replacing twitter for me, since I use it mostly for...

    Two things stand out so far: there’s no chronological feed, and you’re forced to see posts from people you don’t follow.

    Both keep it from replacing twitter for me, since I use it mostly for real-time sports and news updates

    9 votes

  6. Comment on Pokemon.com launches official forums in ~games

  7. Comment on Boost for Lemmy has been listed in Play Store in ~tech

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    I’ve tried a few I forget the names of through TestFlight rather than the AppStore, but my favorite so far is a web app called wefwef: https://wefwef.app I just wish it were an app of its own

    I’ve tried a few I forget the names of through TestFlight rather than the AppStore, but my favorite so far is a web app called wefwef: https://wefwef.app

    I just wish it were an app of its own