I don't know if it's intentional, but the setup reminds me a *lot* of Guinan on TNG. Though as far as I know she wasn't a god, heh.

(I'm treating it that the permanent Slow status means the Knife takes the equivalent of 6 turns to attack)

Bosses are so often single target HP sponges immune to status effects, and over 6 turns the Vine Saber will do 3x damage, but the Knife will do 10x damage.

I agree it's obvious - @gamertonberry.bsky.social wins this one 😎

(I'll give you that the Vine Saber is good for random battles though.)

If we assume for a moment the professor is being genuine (and not a scam artist), this reminds me of a book in The Elder Scrolls called The Importance of Where 🤔

The moral of the story was, I think - if you want credit for your accomplishments, you need irrefutable proof, not just words.

My apologies; I probably should have said in reference to/inspired by? 🙂
(And made it clear I meant just this particular story)

This is based on a meme/viral tweet:

I want to say I really appreciate the alt text you add to your comics?

I don't have any kind of visual impairment so I don't *need* them, but the added details to the comic are always worth checking out 😁

(Ahh... wait, if we're including board games then Catan bumps off FFVII Rebirth. Unfortunately. 😆)

That would be...

FTL (specifically the Multiverse mod)
Slay the Spire
C&C Generals: Zero Hour
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

I'd dispute *best*, but it didn't deserve one tenth of the hate it got. It's a solid game with a great combat system.

Too short though (imo), the unlockable cutscenes are a cool idea but I would've liked a longer game too.

Nice - enjoy! This is one of my favourite games, it's got a few flaws I'd fix given the chance (particularly some obtuse minigames) but I still play this every now and then 😁

I think DQ was overhated, for sure. I really liked the combat system.

My main complaint is that the game was relatively short, as it was designed to be replayed several times? I would've loved to have time on the overworld, maybe even have it be the second half of the game 😅

Vile slander!

We can't get a turbo ether from the kid if we steal that gil!

... Oh, right. And it'd be mean to steal from a little kid. That too.

Trick question - no-one and nothing is better than Laguna 😎

You can be second though 😉

Then a few years later little old ladies are doing it for fun during their tea breaks.

(To paraphrase Pratchett 😉)

Doesn't that happen *because* Zidane, Steiner and Vivi smoked (a) weed?