I'm getting to be around that age and you can really start to see people who are descending into that endless misery pit and people who are doing okay. It is kinda sad when you meet up with someone and all they want to do is retell stories from 20 years ago.

I considered 1848 but the rules surrounding gages between provinces seemed burdensome to teach then later enforce. I did buy 1864 Railway Mania. I got a great deal on a shrink wrapped copy from a friend of mine. For now I have my cube railroad games. I'll get to my 18xx collection eventually.

Cool thank you. I bought 46 because it is basic and forgiving. I haven't been able to convince anyone to play more than a couple of time. I haven't been able to play 1830 at all. I'm looking forwards to getting something like 1856.

I think it still holds up. I've been playing Caylus on and off for over 10 years now and I'm still not tired of it. I tend to introduce a lot of newer people into board gaming and Caylus is the game I break out when Everdell time is over.

I'm slowly getting into 18xx games what makes you chose 1856 over say 1846 or 1830?

Caylus
Brass Lancashire
Irish Gage
Dominion-With lots of expansions of course
The Castles of Mad King Ludwig
Twilight Struggle
Carcassonne
Twilight Imperium
Love Letter
Fire In the Lake

Out and out science fiction and super heroes seem like very separate generas but they have lots in common. The heroes would have some small tech/magic/physical advantage and they take down threats. It could harken back to early resistance moments against the dragons.

To help me with this I use things like National Writing Month to help me get the focus I need to actually get my projects past the "pile of notes" phase.

I'm not even good at math. But I do have a pretty good idea of what would be needed to program a robotic hand to do the alphabet in ASL. I can't do it, but I know where to start and how I'd go about it. I should finish my daily word count goal instead of being here.

Recent changes in slang has made this article very funny.