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Finally got Speakeasy, the new Lacerda, to the table. 11 turns is not a lot of time to get your engine going, even with helper cards and there being more than 1 action per turn. This is definite a game that will reward multiple pl... https://literal.blog/2025/11/04/finally-got-speakeasy-the-new.html
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Finally got Speakeasy, the new Lacerda, to the table. 11 turns is not a lot of time to get your engine going, even with helper cards and there being more than 1 action per turn. This is definite a game that will reward multiple pl... https://literal.blog/2025/11/04/finally-got-speakeasy-the-new.html
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this is why i watch videos of people telling ICE agents to get the fuck out of their cities
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
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Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
this is why i watch videos of people telling ICE agents to get the fuck out of their cities
Played Tea Witches this week. A worker placement/resource management game of cute art and very bad tea puns. So, so many bad tea puns. Are there good ones?
Anyway, there is enough variety in mechanisms to be interesting, and while... https://literal.blog/2025/10/17/played-tea-witches-this-week.html
Anyway, there is enough variety in mechanisms to be interesting, and while... https://literal.blog/2025/10/17/played-tea-witches-this-week.html
October 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Played Tea Witches this week. A worker placement/resource management game of cute art and very bad tea puns. So, so many bad tea puns. Are there good ones?
Anyway, there is enough variety in mechanisms to be interesting, and while... https://literal.blog/2025/10/17/played-tea-witches-this-week.html
Anyway, there is enough variety in mechanisms to be interesting, and while... https://literal.blog/2025/10/17/played-tea-witches-this-week.html
Test setup of Escape Plan by Vital Lacerda while I review the rules for a play this Wednesday (hopefully!). The heist is over, now the team has split up and is making their getaway. You have 3 days to grab the loot you’ve hidden and g... https://literal.blog/2025/10/11/test-setup-of-escape-plan.html
October 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Test setup of Escape Plan by Vital Lacerda while I review the rules for a play this Wednesday (hopefully!). The heist is over, now the team has split up and is making their getaway. You have 3 days to grab the loot you’ve hidden and g... https://literal.blog/2025/10/11/test-setup-of-escape-plan.html
Played The White Castle for the first time in over a year. It was definitely better than my first play. We also played with the Matcha expansion, which while interesting, just made for a longer game without adding enough of a chang... https://literal.blog/2025/10/03/played-the-white-castle-for.html
October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Played The White Castle for the first time in over a year. It was definitely better than my first play. We also played with the Matcha expansion, which while interesting, just made for a longer game without adding enough of a chang... https://literal.blog/2025/10/03/played-the-white-castle-for.html
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🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
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EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!
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Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor
The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!
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Playing a couple of older games. At 3+ players, The Great Heartland Hauling Company is brutal. It doesn’t take much space, and I might play again some day, but for now it’s going back on the shelf. Hoping to get Belfort out this week... https://literal.blog/2025/09/29/playing-a-couple-of-older.html
September 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Playing a couple of older games. At 3+ players, The Great Heartland Hauling Company is brutal. It doesn’t take much space, and I might play again some day, but for now it’s going back on the shelf. Hoping to get Belfort out this week... https://literal.blog/2025/09/29/playing-a-couple-of-older.html
Setting up Shackleton Base for a 4-player game. Preparing to teach this next game night at my FLGS. It looks like a lot, but the complexity is in the interactions & decisions, not the mechanics. Can’t wait for our first play.
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Setting up Shackleton Base for a 4-player game. Preparing to teach this next game night at my FLGS. It looks like a lot, but the complexity is in the interactions & decisions, not the mechanics. Can’t wait for our first play.
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if you’re allergic to bananas do you go into bananaphylactic shock
September 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
if you’re allergic to bananas do you go into bananaphylactic shock
Been too busy playing games and other things to read this week. Played 7 games (6 unique) last night at our local FLGS game night. Clearly we targeting faster, lighter weight games this week. Can recommend Knitting Circle: a Calico ... https://literal.blog/2025/09/04/been-too-busy-playing-games.html
September 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Been too busy playing games and other things to read this week. Played 7 games (6 unique) last night at our local FLGS game night. Clearly we targeting faster, lighter weight games this week. Can recommend Knitting Circle: a Calico ... https://literal.blog/2025/09/04/been-too-busy-playing-games.html
Finally played Railroad Tiles with an expansion. My son absolutely stomped me. This is a fun tile-laying adaptation of Railroad Ink. @horribleguild.bsky.social knocked it outnof the park with this.
August 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Finally played Railroad Tiles with an expansion. My son absolutely stomped me. This is a fun tile-laying adaptation of Railroad Ink. @horribleguild.bsky.social knocked it outnof the park with this.
Finished the Drowning Empire trilogy. Solid epic fantasy, cool world building. I enjoyed, and it wasn’t as long as some of these epic style stories can be. A few things were telegraphed fairly early, but they didn’t ruin ... https://literal.blog/2025/08/10/finished-the-drowning-empire-trilogy.html
August 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Finished the Drowning Empire trilogy. Solid epic fantasy, cool world building. I enjoyed, and it wasn’t as long as some of these epic style stories can be. A few things were telegraphed fairly early, but they didn’t ruin ... https://literal.blog/2025/08/10/finished-the-drowning-empire-trilogy.html
I actually re-read the whole series of books after watching the new TV show. Still great books. Murderbot and ART are still assholes. Still highly recommended.
Finished reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 📚
Finished reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 📚
August 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I actually re-read the whole series of books after watching the new TV show. Still great books. Murderbot and ART are still assholes. Still highly recommended.
Finished reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 📚
Finished reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 📚
The 3rd book of the Midsolar Murders continues the hijinks of our murder mystery author who has the murders come to her. Even in space! Mur Lafferty continues to write great multi-genre fiction, effortlessly blending sci-fi and whodunnit.
Finished reading: Infinite Archive by Mur Lafferty 📚
Finished reading: Infinite Archive by Mur Lafferty 📚
July 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The 3rd book of the Midsolar Murders continues the hijinks of our murder mystery author who has the murders come to her. Even in space! Mur Lafferty continues to write great multi-genre fiction, effortlessly blending sci-fi and whodunnit.
Finished reading: Infinite Archive by Mur Lafferty 📚
Finished reading: Infinite Archive by Mur Lafferty 📚
Fun alternate world setting with notes of Verne and Wells. And old fashioned serials. Quite enjoyable easy reads.
Finished reading: The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells 📚
Finished reading: The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells 📚
July 30, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Fun alternate world setting with notes of Verne and Wells. And old fashioned serials. Quite enjoyable easy reads.
Finished reading: The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells 📚
Finished reading: The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells 📚
Next time I need a medical procedure, I want to go to a children’s hospital. They treat their patients more like humans than my experience in most adult clinics, actually explain everything that is going to happen in plain language, and are kind. Also, scented masks (root beer!) and adhesive remover
July 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Next time I need a medical procedure, I want to go to a children’s hospital. They treat their patients more like humans than my experience in most adult clinics, actually explain everything that is going to happen in plain language, and are kind. Also, scented masks (root beer!) and adhesive remover
Currently reading: The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells 📚
July 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Currently reading: The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells 📚
This was a fun read. Very trans, very queer, much violin. I highly recommend it. Ryka’s writing style is breezy and easy to read, even when describing the incredibly strange situations her characters find themselves in.
Finished reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 📚
Finished reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 📚
July 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This was a fun read. Very trans, very queer, much violin. I highly recommend it. Ryka’s writing style is breezy and easy to read, even when describing the incredibly strange situations her characters find themselves in.
Finished reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 📚
Finished reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 📚
tap tap…is this thing on? Oh, it’s me! I haven’t posted in quite awhile. Been busy doing other things I guess. I think I will probably try and post more of the reading, and games played, and just in general. We will see.
July 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
tap tap…is this thing on? Oh, it’s me! I haven’t posted in quite awhile. Been busy doing other things I guess. I think I will probably try and post more of the reading, and games played, and just in general. We will see.
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Attacking all of you because I CANNOT BE ALONE
January 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Attacking all of you because I CANNOT BE ALONE
And I am now current on the Cosmere. This last book was a wild ride, and I can’t wait to see where Brandon Sanderson takes us next.
Finished reading: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Finished reading: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
December 13, 2024 at 4:53 AM
And I am now current on the Cosmere. This last book was a wild ride, and I can’t wait to see where Brandon Sanderson takes us next.
Finished reading: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Finished reading: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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Well, it’s time to embark on the end of the first half of the Stormlight Archive. I am curious to see how this part of the story is wrapped up. So much happened last book.
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
December 6, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Well, it’s time to embark on the end of the first half of the Stormlight Archive. I am curious to see how this part of the story is wrapped up. So much happened last book.
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Kauri was a great asymmetric game of colonization and survival, where every faction felt different enough to be interesting, but not so complicated the teach went on for hours and we were ever really lost. Highly recommend if Root is too muach or too long for your group.
December 5, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Kauri was a great asymmetric game of colonization and survival, where every faction felt different enough to be interesting, but not so complicated the teach went on for hours and we were ever really lost. Highly recommend if Root is too muach or too long for your group.