Simon
@simonmarks74.bsky.social
Mostly here for the board games
Lighting Designer by profession and passion, collector of unread eBooks (about 150) and unplayed RPGs (30?). At least I’ve played almost all my boardgames.
Lighting Designer by profession and passion, collector of unread eBooks (about 150) and unplayed RPGs (30?). At least I’ve played almost all my boardgames.
That’s great to hear.
I’ve got the Hardback version of the original and I’m happy to get the printed version of the revised
Just not at $80.
Off I go to back the game…
I’ve got the Hardback version of the original and I’m happy to get the printed version of the revised
Just not at $80.
Off I go to back the game…
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
That’s great to hear.
I’ve got the Hardback version of the original and I’m happy to get the printed version of the revised
Just not at $80.
Off I go to back the game…
I’ve got the Hardback version of the original and I’m happy to get the printed version of the revised
Just not at $80.
Off I go to back the game…
As in 50-100% of the cost of the book.
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As in 50-100% of the cost of the book.
Currently it lists shipping costs to the UK as being $20-$40. If it’s being shipped from Italy, that seems a lot.
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Currently it lists shipping costs to the UK as being $20-$40. If it’s being shipped from Italy, that seems a lot.
Did miss you at Fantasycon and Bridge Command?
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Did miss you at Fantasycon and Bridge Command?
The more I try and imagine “western medieval society but with magic” the more I realise that just everything would be different.
Warfare, trading, aristocracy, social structures - all of it would be totally upended by any sort of common magic.
Warfare, trading, aristocracy, social structures - all of it would be totally upended by any sort of common magic.
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The more I try and imagine “western medieval society but with magic” the more I realise that just everything would be different.
Warfare, trading, aristocracy, social structures - all of it would be totally upended by any sort of common magic.
Warfare, trading, aristocracy, social structures - all of it would be totally upended by any sort of common magic.
“Can my local priest cast ‘Create Food and Water’?”
“Uhhh”
“Because if they can, feudalism falls apart when food and land become unbound from each other. We get wars over Clergy rather than land.”
“Uhhh”
“Because if they can, feudalism falls apart when food and land become unbound from each other. We get wars over Clergy rather than land.”
November 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“Can my local priest cast ‘Create Food and Water’?”
“Uhhh”
“Because if they can, feudalism falls apart when food and land become unbound from each other. We get wars over Clergy rather than land.”
“Uhhh”
“Because if they can, feudalism falls apart when food and land become unbound from each other. We get wars over Clergy rather than land.”
I have a reply, half joke and half serious, for when people say they are free speech absolutists.
“Everyone is in favour of free speech until I sell their credit card details online”
No one is in favour of speech that harms them, but what about speech that harms others?
“Everyone is in favour of free speech until I sell their credit card details online”
No one is in favour of speech that harms them, but what about speech that harms others?
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I have a reply, half joke and half serious, for when people say they are free speech absolutists.
“Everyone is in favour of free speech until I sell their credit card details online”
No one is in favour of speech that harms them, but what about speech that harms others?
“Everyone is in favour of free speech until I sell their credit card details online”
No one is in favour of speech that harms them, but what about speech that harms others?
As I mentioned elsewhere, net migration is 430,000 people.
October 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As I mentioned elsewhere, net migration is 430,000 people.
Just as a note, net migration is 430,000.
October 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just as a note, net migration is 430,000.
Good job there is no way at all of using free software and Amazon’s own “Send to Kindle” option.
No way at all.
No way at all.
October 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Good job there is no way at all of using free software and Amazon’s own “Send to Kindle” option.
No way at all.
No way at all.
That’s a brutal Meta analysis.
By pretty much every metric they found rent controls make things worse for everyone. Including people in rent-controlled properties.
Ouch.
By pretty much every metric they found rent controls make things worse for everyone. Including people in rent-controlled properties.
Ouch.
October 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
That’s a brutal Meta analysis.
By pretty much every metric they found rent controls make things worse for everyone. Including people in rent-controlled properties.
Ouch.
By pretty much every metric they found rent controls make things worse for everyone. Including people in rent-controlled properties.
Ouch.
Is it all of them?
I’m guessing all of them.
I’m guessing all of them.
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Is it all of them?
I’m guessing all of them.
I’m guessing all of them.