Ben #ActNow 🔥🌳🌊
@benaldo.bsky.social
People+planet-centred Service Designer / Product Manager
Service Manual & Service Standard, GDS, DSIT
Woke
he/him
Service Manual & Service Standard, GDS, DSIT
Woke
he/him
And today, 5 hours of Hegemony. It promises so much, but.... I don't think we're playing it very smartly.
Matt, who played the working classes and got double the points of anyone else, would disagree.
Still, nice to sit around eating crisps and doing colourful admin all afternoon.
#boardgames
Matt, who played the working classes and got double the points of anyone else, would disagree.
Still, nice to sit around eating crisps and doing colourful admin all afternoon.
#boardgames
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
And today, 5 hours of Hegemony. It promises so much, but.... I don't think we're playing it very smartly.
Matt, who played the working classes and got double the points of anyone else, would disagree.
Still, nice to sit around eating crisps and doing colourful admin all afternoon.
#boardgames
Matt, who played the working classes and got double the points of anyone else, would disagree.
Still, nice to sit around eating crisps and doing colourful admin all afternoon.
#boardgames
Time for another photo of Dune Imperium: Uprising, and another assertion that it's the best game.
Especially when I win by a point after an epic comeback.
#boardgames
Especially when I win by a point after an epic comeback.
#boardgames
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Time for another photo of Dune Imperium: Uprising, and another assertion that it's the best game.
Especially when I win by a point after an epic comeback.
#boardgames
Especially when I win by a point after an epic comeback.
#boardgames
Huang was great, but both my opponents disliked the conflict, so it didn't exactly come to life this time.
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Huang was great, but both my opponents disliked the conflict, so it didn't exactly come to life this time.
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Huang was great, but both my opponents disliked the conflict, so it didn't exactly come to life this time.
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Huang was great, but both my opponents disliked the conflict, so it didn't exactly come to life this time.
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Easier to get your head around than Tigris and Euphrates. More straightforward battles. Maybe a bit less subtle, nuanced and varied? V good tho.
I really liked it tho. 8/10.
#boardgames
Zaytoun stuff looks good for Christmas presents.
'Zaytoun is a social enterprise founded in 2004 to support the resilience of Palestinian communities through fair trade.'
zaytoun.uk/products/
'Zaytoun is a social enterprise founded in 2004 to support the resilience of Palestinian communities through fair trade.'
zaytoun.uk/products/
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Zaytoun stuff looks good for Christmas presents.
'Zaytoun is a social enterprise founded in 2004 to support the resilience of Palestinian communities through fair trade.'
zaytoun.uk/products/
'Zaytoun is a social enterprise founded in 2004 to support the resilience of Palestinian communities through fair trade.'
zaytoun.uk/products/
That's my pumpkin effort.
November 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
That's my pumpkin effort.
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I just ran 4k. And played tennis this morning. Golf yesterday. Tennis the day before. Somehow still overweight. Absurd.
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I just ran 4k. And played tennis this morning. Golf yesterday. Tennis the day before. Somehow still overweight. Absurd.
I would pay good money to watch The Last Jedi without the green milk milking and slurping moustache milk cow alien nonsense.
Nearly as bad as Binks.
Nearly as bad as Binks.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I would pay good money to watch The Last Jedi without the green milk milking and slurping moustache milk cow alien nonsense.
Nearly as bad as Binks.
Nearly as bad as Binks.
My dad died of MND. I really feel for Lewis Moody and those who care about him.
But this headline, ffs.
He hasn't been 'singled out'. And his 'braveness' on pitch doesn't make his MND crueller than for anyone else.
Also not sure what 'men' has to do with it, but that's a different matter.
But this headline, ffs.
He hasn't been 'singled out'. And his 'braveness' on pitch doesn't make his MND crueller than for anyone else.
Also not sure what 'men' has to do with it, but that's a different matter.
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
My dad died of MND. I really feel for Lewis Moody and those who care about him.
But this headline, ffs.
He hasn't been 'singled out'. And his 'braveness' on pitch doesn't make his MND crueller than for anyone else.
Also not sure what 'men' has to do with it, but that's a different matter.
But this headline, ffs.
He hasn't been 'singled out'. And his 'braveness' on pitch doesn't make his MND crueller than for anyone else.
Also not sure what 'men' has to do with it, but that's a different matter.
I had higher hopes. Hopefully October will see more #boardgames.
October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I had higher hopes. Hopefully October will see more #boardgames.
Why are the Ryder Cup kits / outfits / costumes so often so grim?
September 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Why are the Ryder Cup kits / outfits / costumes so often so grim?
Singing along to a bit of Take That, and one of the worst lyrics in history.
'Then a voice I once knew answered in a sweet voice'
Voice voice voice.
Ruddy heck, Barlow.
'Then a voice I once knew answered in a sweet voice'
Voice voice voice.
Ruddy heck, Barlow.
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Singing along to a bit of Take That, and one of the worst lyrics in history.
'Then a voice I once knew answered in a sweet voice'
Voice voice voice.
Ruddy heck, Barlow.
'Then a voice I once knew answered in a sweet voice'
Voice voice voice.
Ruddy heck, Barlow.
I just had an email saying the Clans Of Caledonia 'Industria' expansion that I helped kickstart a couple of years ago now is on the MANILA MAERSK, container EODU2071482, eta Oct 7 into Felixstowe. #boardgames
Currently in the Indian Ocean, passing Madagascar. www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...
Currently in the Indian Ocean, passing Madagascar. www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...
September 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I just had an email saying the Clans Of Caledonia 'Industria' expansion that I helped kickstart a couple of years ago now is on the MANILA MAERSK, container EODU2071482, eta Oct 7 into Felixstowe. #boardgames
Currently in the Indian Ocean, passing Madagascar. www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...
Currently in the Indian Ocean, passing Madagascar. www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/deta...
I have immediately called an early lunch and
September 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I have immediately called an early lunch and
Another cracking Dune Imperium - Uprising, with the Bloodlines expansion. Such a good #boardgame. The theming, balance and options are brilliant, altho you still need the luck of the draw, but hey.
A couple of hours well spent, every time, even 2 player.
And great distractionism.
A couple of hours well spent, every time, even 2 player.
And great distractionism.
September 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Another cracking Dune Imperium - Uprising, with the Bloodlines expansion. Such a good #boardgame. The theming, balance and options are brilliant, altho you still need the luck of the draw, but hey.
A couple of hours well spent, every time, even 2 player.
And great distractionism.
A couple of hours well spent, every time, even 2 player.
And great distractionism.
I announced that I don't need any more #boardgames, so why do people keep making such tempting looking new ones?
September 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I announced that I don't need any more #boardgames, so why do people keep making such tempting looking new ones?
Enjoyed August's #boardgames, including first play of the v good Brian Boru.
September 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Enjoyed August's #boardgames, including first play of the v good Brian Boru.
Yeah let's have a garden party to celebrate the end of the school holidays and invite local and miles-away friends, and spend days faffing with the garden
August 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yeah let's have a garden party to celebrate the end of the school holidays and invite local and miles-away friends, and spend days faffing with the garden
Our gorgeous friendly beech tree fell to storm Bradley, earlier this year.
Today they made it safe, at least.
And it's still glorious and giving life.
Today they made it safe, at least.
And it's still glorious and giving life.
August 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Our gorgeous friendly beech tree fell to storm Bradley, earlier this year.
Today they made it safe, at least.
And it's still glorious and giving life.
Today they made it safe, at least.
And it's still glorious and giving life.
Oxfam shop in Whitby getting their christmas cards on the shelves.
August 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Oxfam shop in Whitby getting their christmas cards on the shelves.
Here's hoping that dramatic win from the jaws of defeat sparked enthusiasm for more Lord Of The Rings Duel For Middle Earth in my boys...
#boardgames #bgstats
#boardgames #bgstats
August 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Here's hoping that dramatic win from the jaws of defeat sparked enthusiasm for more Lord Of The Rings Duel For Middle Earth in my boys...
#boardgames #bgstats
#boardgames #bgstats
August 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM