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Harriet Cooper
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French/German to English translator:
Board games, literature, international development.
Written reviews, playtesting, rules editing.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Started badly 😬
I can see us losing this game of Sub Terra...
Game of Sub Terra on a table. The 5 meeples are almost trapped in a 6-tile cave with a Horror - i.e. a monster that will chase them
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Exploding Kittens board game. This is literally called the "chaos" side of the board. I lost both times. Story of my life. 🤦 (facepalm emoji)
Board game in the Exploding Kitten range. You must follow a route without landing on an exploding kitten space, and you can use your cards to alter outcomes. The board has flipped to a bright red side with a hell theme.
September 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh - staying alive, staying alive...
Second playthrough and the scores were 16-16-15-15
GG everybody 🕺
End of a game of K2, a tabletop game about climbing mountains.
September 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Tonight's gaming: K2. First playthrough. Enjoying it so far, but then no-one has fallen from the mountain and plummeted to their death yet.
Totally different from yesterday's Happy Little Dinosaurs.
Partway through playing a board game about climbing the mountain K2.
September 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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First time playing Railroad Tiles this evening. Came 4th with 44 points. GG though
Completed player transport network in Railroad Tiles, a board game based on Railroad Ink
July 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Annoyingly, I miscalculated - should've placed the grey tile on the right...
July 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Playing Azul Duel for the first time. Think it's now my fave Azul.
I'd probably order them as:
1. Duel
2. Summer Pavilion
3. OG
4. Sintra
Game of the Azul: Duel board game, a 2-player tile placement game.
July 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Yey! Victorious again! My blue sheep got the most grass. (Battle Sheep.)
Completed game of Battle Sheep. The blue sheep won because they claimed most territory.
May 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Just won at Rattus Cartus because the other two players went bust with too many rats at the end. I knew it would be low so only had 3 rats. Hahahahaha
Yeah I'm a bad winner ... but I don't often get the opportunity to gloat. So I'm making the most of it 🙃
Game of Rattus Cartus. The players need to have 4 or fewer rats at the end in this game, but that number is hidden until final scoring. I don't have as many points on the scoreboard as the other two players, but they both went bust with too many rats. I only had 3 rats.
May 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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[1830] Harrie's railway empire is going okay, so far. Trains are getting a bit pricey now. My corporations are Erie, and Chesapeake & Ohio. It's only our 4th game I think. Does anyone recommend playing near New York etc, or have any tips there? Everyone seems to struggle with that area of the board.
Money and trains for me two corporations in the game 1830. My linked railway tracks near Lake Erie, in the game 1830.
April 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Poor, neglected robins...
A long line of 8 Robin cards, during the board game Cubirds. You need 6 robins for a small flock and 9 for a large flock.
March 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Joyride plus snacks...
Playing the board game Joyride. Four cars are racing around a junk yard. There is a packet of rice crackers in the middle of the board.
March 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Work-life balance ;-)
A laptop is perched on the corner of a dining table covered by a game of Arkham Horror that is unfinished.
February 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Arkham Horror. I probably shouldn't have picked a character that requires me to roll 6s each time.
Game of Arkham Horror in progress.
February 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The Last of Us, this evening. Good so far
Partway through the board game The Last of Us.
February 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Joyride. First time playing this evening. GG. Am currently in the lead but I'm sure that will change very shortly...
The board game Joyride. Four cars are racing around a dirt track.
February 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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I thought I did okay at Earth, with 219 points, but still third place (299-258-219). My two opponents both have doctorates in maths, so winning is hard in my house 😂
Game of engine-builder Earth. Player table of cards. The board game Earth.
January 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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You'd have thought the BBC could afford a Zoom subscription ...
January 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Happy new year everyone! First week: complete. Quick update of games played over the Christmas-New Year break:
* Farsight
* 1830 (whole days were sucked into the abyss with this one, but good fun)
* Catan
* Bitoku (initial playthrough)
* Jaws (surprise gem)
January 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Happy Holidays everyone, whatever you're celebrating :) !
December 20, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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The weekend was *very* windy here in the south of the UK. 3 roads in my small town were blocked by trees, and 1 took down some power lines (didn't affect us though). So we stayed in & played Blood Bowl (1-1) + more Worms :D
Bring on the Chrimbo-Limbo gaming! (LOTR mega-game, usually, or X-Wing)
A game of Blood Bowl, which is a tabletop game resembling rugby. There are two teams of miniatures: dwarves and some ugly-looking nurgles.
December 9, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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It's been a weekend of blowing things up. Worms (KS).
I tucked it away ready for someone's November birthday. Was well worth the wait.
Yeah, me and Worms go WAY back... 😄
Tile-based, tabletop version of the 1995 computer game Worms.
November 17, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Booyah! Player before me got 28 points and I was on track to get 27, but with my final turn I draw a 4 that was already met. Huzzah!
*insert victory dance*
October 17, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Takenoko.
I zoomed ahead at the beginning but everyone else is catching me quickly...
October 17, 2024 at 8:40 PM