donio 3w ago • 100%
It's been mostly Isaac as usual but I picked up Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate yesterday and I like it a lot. It's a fast-playing roguelite with a neat idea that's implemented well. The game mechanics remind me of Hoplite on mobile.
The game is currently on sale and has a free demo. It has good controller input and low resource use, a great fit for the Deck.
donio 1mo ago • 100%
Trump and his handlers just before the debate:
Handler: Mr President... (he insists on being called that by his people) - before you go out there I want you to promise again that you won't bring up the thing about people eating cats and dogs...
Trump: yeah, fine
Handler: Remember how we talked about this? And how you promised that you won't bring it up no matter what happens?
Trump: Yeah, fine, whatever.
donio 1mo ago • 100%
Just doing Cave Spinner things.
donio 1mo ago • 100%
I have little sympathy for people like the author who knowing all this continue to give content to that site. And I don't care about their excuses.
If you don't like that the new owner has turned your favorite pub into a nazi bar then maybe you should stop spending your money there.
donio 2mo ago • 100%
I avoid giant boxes of minis so my biggest is A Feast for Odin. With the expansion it's a pretty full box and I love every bit of it.
Smallest is probably Squire for Hire or Dragons of Etchinstone. Small deck games like the Buttonshy ones but in more compact folding envelopes. I also have a few Pack O Game games: DIG, ORC, BUS, maybe those are smaller by volume.
donio 3mo ago • 100%
I've been using NetGuard for many years to block net access for apps that shouldn't need it. I haven't noticed any impact on battery life and haven't run into issues other than what one might expect (for example when it turns out that the blocked app refuses to run without network access)
Didn't know about RethinkDNS, looks neat, will give it a try sometime.
donio 3mo ago • 100%
For what its worth hardened wouldn't have saved you from the recent openssh RCE. It may or may not save you from the next one.
Staying on top of GLSAs and making sure that you don't misconfigure your system is probably more important.
donio 4mo ago • 100%
I think links should be fine and useful in this case, I'd just avoid affiliate tags and such.
donio 4mo ago • 100%
Not a huge fan of inserts and I end up tossing them more often than not but the basic Res Aracana insert is one that I find exemplary. It doesn't make the box larger than it needs to be, it has room for both expansions and most importantly it serves as an ergonomic storage tray during the game.
I've seen third party inserts that looked tempting but they were too expensive and organized things differently from the way I liked. In particular I like to bag together everything that a given player color needs for their setup, that way I can just hand everybody their own bag for their personal setup.
My favorite accessories are a couple of very cheap sectioned trays that I use as component trays for almost every game and some simple card holders for games that need it.
donio 4mo ago • 100%
I picked this up about 2 months ago. Took me about 100 hours before I could put it down.
donio 4mo ago • 100%
Backpack Battles. It's an inventory management based auto-battler. Chill game and I like spatial puzzle a lot.
The game uses the Godot engine and it runs great on the deck. The UI is very smooth and thoughtfully designed.
A neat thing about the battle system is that it's fully asynchronous. No matchmaking delay and it even works offline. I believe it works by preloading a number of opponent-builds at the beginning of the run.
donio 4mo ago • 100%
Nice, now just another year to go while they fix it to run well on the Steamdeck.
donio 4mo ago • 100%
Just don't end up as the this guy
or Futurama's version of it
donio 4mo ago • 100%
donio 4mo ago • 100%
We've been playing Carnegie a bunch. The game works great at all player counts but I really like it at 2-players. It's highly interactive so it's easier to keep a close eye on a single opponent and the neutral discs you add at lower player counts help guide early game strategic decisions. Very cool action selection and I really like the worker "lifecycle" and the route building too. Great BGA implementation.
donio 4mo ago • 100%
I will try to live by these rules IRL too.
donio 5mo ago • 100%
Too much if I am honest about it. Currently obsessed with DRG: Survivor and I've put in an embarrassing number of hours in the last couple weeks.
donio 5mo ago • 100%
It depends. If there is any money on the line or don't want to burn bridges then I'd do the smart thing, whatever that is. Otherwise I'd just skip it.
donio 5mo ago • 100%
I just checked the Quick Start rules in the rulebook, looks great! Really glad that they have included that. Reminds me of the similar rules in Baseball Highlights 2045 or Space Base and I always play with those.
Artist: Zombie Nation Song: Kernkraft 400 Release date: 20 October 1999 [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernkraft_400) [Original mix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE2Cs7Ks2Zg) [Album version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE2Cs7Ks2Zg) [Better quality version of the radio edit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48apI4bpnSo)
Someone else's project I saw in my Mastodon #boardgames feed.
I am familiar with TCG basics, dabbled in Magic, played many boardgames. I am curious about Lorcana but so far all I know about it is that it's a Disney themed TCG. What makes the game intriguing to you? What are some unique aspects of it? Anything you don't like about it? How much do I have to be into the theme to enjoy it? How much would I have to spend to enjoy the game 2p with my partner?
According to an r/modcoord post this subreddit was another one where the admins wholesale removed the current mod team and now they are looking for replacements.