Twitter Week: 2010-02-19

2010-02-12 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@jdhuntington http://tr.im/NIhE 75 white, 100 red, 77 green, 50 black, 26 purple for a $20K bank with clean splits at $8K/10/12/20K #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Actually I ordered a few more of each colour to have as spares. One white arrived shattered, so this was a Good Idea. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Err, and that’s 25 purple, not 26. I’ll get some pics up soon-ish (very backlogged). #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Lastly, beware that ProGen 80s without stickers can be broken with only moderate force. Losses are guaranteed. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
Hummingbirds are nesting by the front door again: http://twitpic.com/12mrm8 #
@andsoerinsaid: You think 40yr old software engineers don’t throw temper tantrums like two-year olds with too much sugar? Ha! I wish. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Lack of personal bandwidth sucks, and yet is the only life-state I really enjoy. Somehow this contradiction is supposed to be poetic? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-19

2010-02-12 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@jdhuntington http://tr.im/NIhE 75 white, 100 red, 77 green, 50 black, 26 purple for a $20K bank with clean splits at $8K/10/12/20K #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Actually I ordered a few more of each colour to have as spares. One white arrived shattered, so this was a Good Idea. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Err, and that’s 25 purple, not 26. I’ll get some pics up soon-ish (very backlogged). #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
@jdhuntington Lastly, beware that ProGen 80s without stickers can be broken with only moderate force. Losses are guaranteed. #18xx in reply to jdhuntington #
Hummingbirds are nesting by the front door again: http://twitpic.com/12mrm8 #
@andsoerinsaid: You think 40yr old software engineers don’t throw temper tantrums like two-year olds with too much sugar? Ha! I wish. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Lack of personal bandwidth sucks, and yet is the only life-state I really enjoy. Somehow this contradiction is supposed to be poetic? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-10

2010-02-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@BrenoKummel I thought France was fine, & not nearly as easy as its beginner description suggests. Italy was too chaotic for my taste. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I suspect it will, but really only if you’ve no need to run local applications or do heavy data entry. #iPad in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel AoS:Germany is good. Well worth it. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Aye, AoS:Holland is good too. Tell me what you think of AoS:Sun/London some time. I suspect London will work well for you. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Are you up to printing your own AoS maps? I could throw a few of my later designs at you. They’re not small changes. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Which version did you print? My PDFs are correctly scaled if printed unscaled. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@clearclaw BTW: How much AoS have you played? in reply to clearclaw #
@BrenoKummel If it was one of my PDFs from BGG, just make sure you print with no scaling. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel AoS:London will kill you if you don’t really grok when to use other’s track. For AoS:Sun you have to grok auction control. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Nice stats. Give me a shout in another dozen or so games and I’ll give you a crack at my maps. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yeah I’ll play HT eventually. Several local fans. It seems very tactical though. Not a fan of 10 ways to make VPs games either. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Now I have them stashed somewhere....(AoS maps – actually know where, but need to re-verify versioning etc) in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I slept thru Saturday’s gamesday. I may not have much sympathy. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm I view Amazon & Macmillan as inequitable systems that must change. In the short-term I side with Macmillan as the more fragile. in reply to jesnellm #
@gilhova Woot! #
@BrenoKummel Yes, especially with the NdM in 18MEX or PRR/B&O in 1830. Sometimes there is not much available/better to invest in. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In 1870, yes, to steal a presidency. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel That is for ME to take the presidency in 1870. Or,as you say, to move a presidency from a winner. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid None at all, all weekend. Nyahh! Tonight is #18xx night. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not sure what #18xx we’ll play. Maybe 1848 or 1860. We’ll decide as a group. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I last played on Tues. Will play tonight, tomorrow, Thurs & probably Saturday. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm: I trust publishers with retail price-fixingbecause the next wave is authors direct to retail and then direct to consumer. #
@jesnellm: By the time any wanna-be incumbent tries to balance, they’re hit by the next wave. Just have to keep waves coming fast enough. #
A good starting discission of social networks vs content sites as business models: http://is.gd/7vCtZ #
@jesnellm: You don’t think private editors will become a viable business model (as a degraded form of the current publisher model)? #
@jesnellm: Absolutely, and even today that’s one of the traits that separates the professionals from the wannabes. #
@andsoerinsaid: I have heard of Munchkin. I must be prime beef. #
@andsoerinsaid: Bugger. I was about to charge gender discrimintion. Hmm. I’ve also played Uno…and Go Fish! I’m a slam dunk baby.. #
RT @timoreilley Without a doubt the best post yet on #ipad, @VenessaMiemis: Overhyped Flop or Great Design Thinking? http://bit.ly/a3nFUs #
@endgameoakland Please check if Container: 2nd shipment is in your channel again. I think it should be, and I’d like a copy. #
Men, women, risk-taking, self-affacement, and bald lies made to come true: http://is.gd/7zmt7 I have lived and seen this story many times. #
@EndGameOakland: Okay, thanks for checking (Container 2nd Shipment) #
@snicholson: Welcome back Scott. #
@andsoerinsaid Hold on. Fantasy? Dear gods above. Munchkin! Chez Geek! Killer Bunnies! Ninja Burger! LCR! FluXX! Munchkin Train Bunnies! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar: Aye the pimp thread is a good ‘un. Like laundry flapping in the breeze, you get to see everything. #
@andsoerinsaid: Freeze your bra? This is some trick I’m dolefully unfamiliar with. #
@andsoerinsaid And what, iced nipples in the morning when they put it on? Don’t think I get the gag. /clueless in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Dig up Jacob Butcher for a Java dude. He’s a PITA but worth it. in reply to peterpham #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-10

2010-02-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@BrenoKummel I thought France was fine, & not nearly as easy as its beginner description suggests. Italy was too chaotic for my taste. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I suspect it will, but really only if you’ve no need to run local applications or do heavy data entry. #iPad in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel AoS:Germany is good. Well worth it. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Aye, AoS:Holland is good too. Tell me what you think of AoS:Sun/London some time. I suspect London will work well for you. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Are you up to printing your own AoS maps? I could throw a few of my later designs at you. They’re not small changes. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Which version did you print? My PDFs are correctly scaled if printed unscaled. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@clearclaw BTW: How much AoS have you played? in reply to clearclaw #
@BrenoKummel If it was one of my PDFs from BGG, just make sure you print with no scaling. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel AoS:London will kill you if you don’t really grok when to use other’s track. For AoS:Sun you have to grok auction control. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Nice stats. Give me a shout in another dozen or so games and I’ll give you a crack at my maps. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yeah I’ll play HT eventually. Several local fans. It seems very tactical though. Not a fan of 10 ways to make VPs games either. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Now I have them stashed somewhere....(AoS maps – actually know where, but need to re-verify versioning etc) in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I slept thru Saturday’s gamesday. I may not have much sympathy. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm I view Amazon & Macmillan as inequitable systems that must change. In the short-term I side with Macmillan as the more fragile. in reply to jesnellm #
@gilhova Woot! #
@BrenoKummel Yes, especially with the NdM in 18MEX or PRR/B&O in 1830. Sometimes there is not much available/better to invest in. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In 1870, yes, to steal a presidency. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel That is for ME to take the presidency in 1870. Or,as you say, to move a presidency from a winner. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid None at all, all weekend. Nyahh! Tonight is #18xx night. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not sure what #18xx we’ll play. Maybe 1848 or 1860. We’ll decide as a group. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I last played on Tues. Will play tonight, tomorrow, Thurs & probably Saturday. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm: I trust publishers with retail price-fixingbecause the next wave is authors direct to retail and then direct to consumer. #
@jesnellm: By the time any wanna-be incumbent tries to balance, they’re hit by the next wave. Just have to keep waves coming fast enough. #
A good starting discission of social networks vs content sites as business models: http://is.gd/7vCtZ #
@jesnellm: You don’t think private editors will become a viable business model (as a degraded form of the current publisher model)? #
@jesnellm: Absolutely, and even today that’s one of the traits that separates the professionals from the wannabes. #
@andsoerinsaid: I have heard of Munchkin. I must be prime beef. #
@andsoerinsaid: Bugger. I was about to charge gender discrimintion. Hmm. I’ve also played Uno…and Go Fish! I’m a slam dunk baby.. #
RT @timoreilley Without a doubt the best post yet on #ipad, @VenessaMiemis: Overhyped Flop or Great Design Thinking? http://bit.ly/a3nFUs #
@endgameoakland Please check if Container: 2nd shipment is in your channel again. I think it should be, and I’d like a copy. #
Men, women, risk-taking, self-affacement, and bald lies made to come true: http://is.gd/7zmt7 I have lived and seen this story many times. #
@EndGameOakland: Okay, thanks for checking (Container 2nd Shipment) #
@snicholson: Welcome back Scott. #
@andsoerinsaid Hold on. Fantasy? Dear gods above. Munchkin! Chez Geek! Killer Bunnies! Ninja Burger! LCR! FluXX! Munchkin Train Bunnies! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar: Aye the pimp thread is a good ‘un. Like laundry flapping in the breeze, you get to see everything. #
@andsoerinsaid: Freeze your bra? This is some trick I’m dolefully unfamiliar with. #
@andsoerinsaid And what, iced nipples in the morning when they put it on? Don’t think I get the gag. /clueless in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Dig up Jacob Butcher for a Java dude. He’s a PITA but worth it. in reply to peterpham #
@andsoerinsaid Ahh, that makes more sense. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar Nothing very original in 18IO. The charter auctions may absord any balance problems. Or not. First game tonight. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel I agree. It is the balance of early commitment to a pure vs mixed strategy, but that commitment is the stategy. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@scottredracecar Big 18IO concern is Charter reservations. Too strong & too stylising, especially with incremental capitalisation? #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@scottredracecar Other fear is auctions are degenerate due to strongly typed positions & company pairs - so bidding fails midgame. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel It is hard to absord first mover penalty & commit to a stategy before you know the direction the game will develop. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid: All of them? All at once? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-10

2010-02-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@BrenoKummel I thought France was fine, & not nearly as easy as its beginner description suggests. Italy was too chaotic for my taste. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I suspect it will, but really only if you’ve no need to run local applications or do heavy data entry. #iPad in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel AoS:Germany is good. Well worth it. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Aye, AoS:Holland is good too. Tell me what you think of AoS:Sun/London some time. I suspect London will work well for you. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Are you up to printing your own AoS maps? I could throw a few of my later designs at you. They’re not small changes. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Which version did you print? My PDFs are correctly scaled if printed unscaled. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@clearclaw BTW: How much AoS have you played? in reply to clearclaw #
@BrenoKummel If it was one of my PDFs from BGG, just make sure you print with no scaling. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel AoS:London will kill you if you don’t really grok when to use other’s track. For AoS:Sun you have to grok auction control. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Nice stats. Give me a shout in another dozen or so games and I’ll give you a crack at my maps. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yeah I’ll play HT eventually. Several local fans. It seems very tactical though. Not a fan of 10 ways to make VPs games either. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Now I have them stashed somewhere....(AoS maps – actually know where, but need to re-verify versioning etc) in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I slept thru Saturday’s gamesday. I may not have much sympathy. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm I view Amazon & Macmillan as inequitable systems that must change. In the short-term I side with Macmillan as the more fragile. in reply to jesnellm #
@gilhova Woot! #
@BrenoKummel Yes, especially with the NdM in 18MEX or PRR/B&O in 1830. Sometimes there is not much available/better to invest in. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In 1870, yes, to steal a presidency. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel That is for ME to take the presidency in 1870. Or,as you say, to move a presidency from a winner. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid None at all, all weekend. Nyahh! Tonight is #18xx night. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not sure what #18xx we’ll play. Maybe 1848 or 1860. We’ll decide as a group. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I last played on Tues. Will play tonight, tomorrow, Thurs & probably Saturday. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm: I trust publishers with retail price-fixingbecause the next wave is authors direct to retail and then direct to consumer. #
@jesnellm: By the time any wanna-be incumbent tries to balance, they’re hit by the next wave. Just have to keep waves coming fast enough. #
A good starting discission of social networks vs content sites as business models: http://is.gd/7vCtZ #
@jesnellm: You don’t think private editors will become a viable business model (as a degraded form of the current publisher model)? #
@jesnellm: Absolutely, and even today that’s one of the traits that separates the professionals from the wannabes. #
@andsoerinsaid: I have heard of Munchkin. I must be prime beef. #
@andsoerinsaid: Bugger. I was about to charge gender discrimintion. Hmm. I’ve also played Uno…and Go Fish! I’m a slam dunk baby.. #
RT @timoreilley Without a doubt the best post yet on #ipad, @VenessaMiemis: Overhyped Flop or Great Design Thinking? http://bit.ly/a3nFUs #
@endgameoakland Please check if Container: 2nd shipment is in your channel again. I think it should be, and I’d like a copy. #
Men, women, risk-taking, self-affacement, and bald lies made to come true: http://is.gd/7zmt7 I have lived and seen this story many times. #
@EndGameOakland: Okay, thanks for checking (Container 2nd Shipment) #
@snicholson: Welcome back Scott. #
@andsoerinsaid Hold on. Fantasy? Dear gods above. Munchkin! Chez Geek! Killer Bunnies! Ninja Burger! LCR! FluXX! Munchkin Train Bunnies! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar: Aye the pimp thread is a good ‘un. Like laundry flapping in the breeze, you get to see everything. #
@andsoerinsaid: Freeze your bra? This is some trick I’m dolefully unfamiliar with. #
@andsoerinsaid And what, iced nipples in the morning when they put it on? Don’t think I get the gag. /clueless in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Dig up Jacob Butcher for a Java dude. He’s a PITA but worth it. in reply to peterpham #
@andsoerinsaid Ahh, that makes more sense. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar Nothing very original in 18IO. The charter auctions may absord any balance problems. Or not. First game tonight. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel I agree. It is the balance of early commitment to a pure vs mixed strategy, but that commitment is the stategy. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@scottredracecar Big 18IO concern is Charter reservations. Too strong & too stylising, especially with incremental capitalisation? #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@scottredracecar Other fear is auctions are degenerate due to strongly typed positions & company pairs - so bidding fails midgame. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel It is hard to absord first mover penalty & commit to a stategy before you know the direction the game will develop. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid: All of them? All at once? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-10

2010-02-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@BrenoKummel I thought France was fine, & not nearly as easy as its beginner description suggests. Italy was too chaotic for my taste. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I suspect it will, but really only if you’ve no need to run local applications or do heavy data entry. #iPad in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel AoS:Germany is good. Well worth it. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Aye, AoS:Holland is good too. Tell me what you think of AoS:Sun/London some time. I suspect London will work well for you. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Are you up to printing your own AoS maps? I could throw a few of my later designs at you. They’re not small changes. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Which version did you print? My PDFs are correctly scaled if printed unscaled. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@clearclaw BTW: How much AoS have you played? in reply to clearclaw #
@BrenoKummel If it was one of my PDFs from BGG, just make sure you print with no scaling. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel AoS:London will kill you if you don’t really grok when to use other’s track. For AoS:Sun you have to grok auction control. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Nice stats. Give me a shout in another dozen or so games and I’ll give you a crack at my maps. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yeah I’ll play HT eventually. Several local fans. It seems very tactical though. Not a fan of 10 ways to make VPs games either. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Now I have them stashed somewhere....(AoS maps – actually know where, but need to re-verify versioning etc) in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I slept thru Saturday’s gamesday. I may not have much sympathy. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm I view Amazon & Macmillan as inequitable systems that must change. In the short-term I side with Macmillan as the more fragile. in reply to jesnellm #
@gilhova Woot! #
@BrenoKummel Yes, especially with the NdM in 18MEX or PRR/B&O in 1830. Sometimes there is not much available/better to invest in. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In 1870, yes, to steal a presidency. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel That is for ME to take the presidency in 1870. Or,as you say, to move a presidency from a winner. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid None at all, all weekend. Nyahh! Tonight is #18xx night. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not sure what #18xx we’ll play. Maybe 1848 or 1860. We’ll decide as a group. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I last played on Tues. Will play tonight, tomorrow, Thurs & probably Saturday. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm: I trust publishers with retail price-fixingbecause the next wave is authors direct to retail and then direct to consumer. #
@jesnellm: By the time any wanna-be incumbent tries to balance, they’re hit by the next wave. Just have to keep waves coming fast enough. #
A good starting discission of social networks vs content sites as business models: http://is.gd/7vCtZ #
@jesnellm: You don’t think private editors will become a viable business model (as a degraded form of the current publisher model)? #
@jesnellm: Absolutely, and even today that’s one of the traits that separates the professionals from the wannabes. #
@andsoerinsaid: I have heard of Munchkin. I must be prime beef. #
@andsoerinsaid: Bugger. I was about to charge gender discrimintion. Hmm. I’ve also played Uno…and Go Fish! I’m a slam dunk baby.. #
RT @timoreilley Without a doubt the best post yet on #ipad, @VenessaMiemis: Overhyped Flop or Great Design Thinking? http://bit.ly/a3nFUs #
@endgameoakland Please check if Container: 2nd shipment is in your channel again. I think it should be, and I’d like a copy. #
Men, women, risk-taking, self-affacement, and bald lies made to come true: http://is.gd/7zmt7 I have lived and seen this story many times. #
@EndGameOakland: Okay, thanks for checking (Container 2nd Shipment) #
@snicholson: Welcome back Scott. #
@andsoerinsaid Hold on. Fantasy? Dear gods above. Munchkin! Chez Geek! Killer Bunnies! Ninja Burger! LCR! FluXX! Munchkin Train Bunnies! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar: Aye the pimp thread is a good ‘un. Like laundry flapping in the breeze, you get to see everything. #
@andsoerinsaid: Freeze your bra? This is some trick I’m dolefully unfamiliar with. #
@andsoerinsaid And what, iced nipples in the morning when they put it on? Don’t think I get the gag. /clueless in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Dig up Jacob Butcher for a Java dude. He’s a PITA but worth it. in reply to peterpham #
@andsoerinsaid Ahh, that makes more sense. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar Nothing very original in 18IO. The charter auctions may absord any balance problems. Or not. First game tonight. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel I agree. It is the balance of early commitment to a pure vs mixed strategy, but that commitment is the stategy. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@scottredracecar Big 18IO concern is Charter reservations. Too strong & too stylising, especially with incremental capitalisation? #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@scottredracecar Other fear is auctions are degenerate due to strongly typed positions & company pairs - so bidding fails midgame. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel It is hard to absord first mover penalty & commit to a stategy before you know the direction the game will develop. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid: All of them? All at once? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-10

2010-02-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@BrenoKummel I thought France was fine, & not nearly as easy as its beginner description suggests. Italy was too chaotic for my taste. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I suspect it will, but really only if you’ve no need to run local applications or do heavy data entry. #iPad in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel AoS:Germany is good. Well worth it. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Aye, AoS:Holland is good too. Tell me what you think of AoS:Sun/London some time. I suspect London will work well for you. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Are you up to printing your own AoS maps? I could throw a few of my later designs at you. They’re not small changes. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Which version did you print? My PDFs are correctly scaled if printed unscaled. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@clearclaw BTW: How much AoS have you played? in reply to clearclaw #
@BrenoKummel If it was one of my PDFs from BGG, just make sure you print with no scaling. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel AoS:London will kill you if you don’t really grok when to use other’s track. For AoS:Sun you have to grok auction control. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Nice stats. Give me a shout in another dozen or so games and I’ll give you a crack at my maps. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yeah I’ll play HT eventually. Several local fans. It seems very tactical though. Not a fan of 10 ways to make VPs games either. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Now I have them stashed somewhere....(AoS maps – actually know where, but need to re-verify versioning etc) in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I slept thru Saturday’s gamesday. I may not have much sympathy. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm I view Amazon & Macmillan as inequitable systems that must change. In the short-term I side with Macmillan as the more fragile. in reply to jesnellm #
@gilhova Woot! #
@BrenoKummel Yes, especially with the NdM in 18MEX or PRR/B&O in 1830. Sometimes there is not much available/better to invest in. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In 1870, yes, to steal a presidency. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel That is for ME to take the presidency in 1870. Or,as you say, to move a presidency from a winner. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid None at all, all weekend. Nyahh! Tonight is #18xx night. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not sure what #18xx we’ll play. Maybe 1848 or 1860. We’ll decide as a group. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I last played on Tues. Will play tonight, tomorrow, Thurs & probably Saturday. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm: I trust publishers with retail price-fixingbecause the next wave is authors direct to retail and then direct to consumer. #
@jesnellm: By the time any wanna-be incumbent tries to balance, they’re hit by the next wave. Just have to keep waves coming fast enough. #
A good starting discission of social networks vs content sites as business models: http://is.gd/7vCtZ #
@jesnellm: You don’t think private editors will become a viable business model (as a degraded form of the current publisher model)? #
@jesnellm: Absolutely, and even today that’s one of the traits that separates the professionals from the wannabes. #
@andsoerinsaid: I have heard of Munchkin. I must be prime beef. #
@andsoerinsaid: Bugger. I was about to charge gender discrimintion. Hmm. I’ve also played Uno…and Go Fish! I’m a slam dunk baby.. #
RT @timoreilley Without a doubt the best post yet on #ipad, @VenessaMiemis: Overhyped Flop or Great Design Thinking? http://bit.ly/a3nFUs #
@endgameoakland Please check if Container: 2nd shipment is in your channel again. I think it should be, and I’d like a copy. #
Men, women, risk-taking, self-affacement, and bald lies made to come true: http://is.gd/7zmt7 I have lived and seen this story many times. #
@EndGameOakland: Okay, thanks for checking (Container 2nd Shipment) #
@snicholson: Welcome back Scott. #
@andsoerinsaid Hold on. Fantasy? Dear gods above. Munchkin! Chez Geek! Killer Bunnies! Ninja Burger! LCR! FluXX! Munchkin Train Bunnies! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar: Aye the pimp thread is a good ‘un. Like laundry flapping in the breeze, you get to see everything. #
@andsoerinsaid: Freeze your bra? This is some trick I’m dolefully unfamiliar with. #
@andsoerinsaid And what, iced nipples in the morning when they put it on? Don’t think I get the gag. /clueless in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Dig up Jacob Butcher for a Java dude. He’s a PITA but worth it. in reply to peterpham #
@andsoerinsaid Ahh, that makes more sense. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar Nothing very original in 18IO. The charter auctions may absord any balance problems. Or not. First game tonight. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel I agree. It is the balance of early commitment to a pure vs mixed strategy, but that commitment is the stategy. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@scottredracecar Big 18IO concern is Charter reservations. Too strong & too stylising, especially with incremental capitalisation? #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@scottredracecar Other fear is auctions are degenerate due to strongly typed positions & company pairs - so bidding fails midgame. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel It is hard to absord first mover penalty & commit to a stategy before you know the direction the game will develop. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid: All of them? All at once? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-10

2010-02-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@BrenoKummel I thought France was fine, & not nearly as easy as its beginner description suggests. Italy was too chaotic for my taste. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I suspect it will, but really only if you’ve no need to run local applications or do heavy data entry. #iPad in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel AoS:Germany is good. Well worth it. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Aye, AoS:Holland is good too. Tell me what you think of AoS:Sun/London some time. I suspect London will work well for you. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Are you up to printing your own AoS maps? I could throw a few of my later designs at you. They’re not small changes. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Which version did you print? My PDFs are correctly scaled if printed unscaled. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@clearclaw BTW: How much AoS have you played? in reply to clearclaw #
@BrenoKummel If it was one of my PDFs from BGG, just make sure you print with no scaling. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel AoS:London will kill you if you don’t really grok when to use other’s track. For AoS:Sun you have to grok auction control. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Nice stats. Give me a shout in another dozen or so games and I’ll give you a crack at my maps. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yeah I’ll play HT eventually. Several local fans. It seems very tactical though. Not a fan of 10 ways to make VPs games either. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Now I have them stashed somewhere....(AoS maps – actually know where, but need to re-verify versioning etc) in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I slept thru Saturday’s gamesday. I may not have much sympathy. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm I view Amazon & Macmillan as inequitable systems that must change. In the short-term I side with Macmillan as the more fragile. in reply to jesnellm #
@gilhova Woot! #
@BrenoKummel Yes, especially with the NdM in 18MEX or PRR/B&O in 1830. Sometimes there is not much available/better to invest in. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In 1870, yes, to steal a presidency. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel That is for ME to take the presidency in 1870. Or,as you say, to move a presidency from a winner. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid None at all, all weekend. Nyahh! Tonight is #18xx night. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not sure what #18xx we’ll play. Maybe 1848 or 1860. We’ll decide as a group. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I last played on Tues. Will play tonight, tomorrow, Thurs & probably Saturday. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm: I trust publishers with retail price-fixingbecause the next wave is authors direct to retail and then direct to consumer. #
@jesnellm: By the time any wanna-be incumbent tries to balance, they’re hit by the next wave. Just have to keep waves coming fast enough. #
A good starting discission of social networks vs content sites as business models: http://is.gd/7vCtZ #
@jesnellm: You don’t think private editors will become a viable business model (as a degraded form of the current publisher model)? #
@jesnellm: Absolutely, and even today that’s one of the traits that separates the professionals from the wannabes. #
@andsoerinsaid: I have heard of Munchkin. I must be prime beef. #
@andsoerinsaid: Bugger. I was about to charge gender discrimintion. Hmm. I’ve also played Uno…and Go Fish! I’m a slam dunk baby.. #
RT @timoreilley Without a doubt the best post yet on #ipad, @VenessaMiemis: Overhyped Flop or Great Design Thinking? http://bit.ly/a3nFUs #
@endgameoakland Please check if Container: 2nd shipment is in your channel again. I think it should be, and I’d like a copy. #
Men, women, risk-taking, self-affacement, and bald lies made to come true: http://is.gd/7zmt7 I have lived and seen this story many times. #
@EndGameOakland: Okay, thanks for checking (Container 2nd Shipment) #
@snicholson: Welcome back Scott. #
@andsoerinsaid Hold on. Fantasy? Dear gods above. Munchkin! Chez Geek! Killer Bunnies! Ninja Burger! LCR! FluXX! Munchkin Train Bunnies! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar: Aye the pimp thread is a good ‘un. Like laundry flapping in the breeze, you get to see everything. #
@andsoerinsaid: Freeze your bra? This is some trick I’m dolefully unfamiliar with. #
@andsoerinsaid And what, iced nipples in the morning when they put it on? Don’t think I get the gag. /clueless in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Dig up Jacob Butcher for a Java dude. He’s a PITA but worth it. in reply to peterpham #
@andsoerinsaid Ahh, that makes more sense. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar Nothing very original in 18IO. The charter auctions may absord any balance problems. Or not. First game tonight. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel I agree. It is the balance of early commitment to a pure vs mixed strategy, but that commitment is the stategy. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@scottredracecar Big 18IO concern is Charter reservations. Too strong & too stylising, especially with incremental capitalisation? #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@scottredracecar Other fear is auctions are degenerate due to strongly typed positions & company pairs - so bidding fails midgame. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel It is hard to absord first mover penalty & commit to a stategy before you know the direction the game will develop. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid: All of them? All at once? #

Twitter Week: 2010-02-10

2010-02-05 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@BrenoKummel I thought France was fine, & not nearly as easy as its beginner description suggests. Italy was too chaotic for my taste. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I suspect it will, but really only if you’ve no need to run local applications or do heavy data entry. #iPad in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@BrenoKummel AoS:Germany is good. Well worth it. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Aye, AoS:Holland is good too. Tell me what you think of AoS:Sun/London some time. I suspect London will work well for you. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Are you up to printing your own AoS maps? I could throw a few of my later designs at you. They’re not small changes. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Which version did you print? My PDFs are correctly scaled if printed unscaled. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@clearclaw BTW: How much AoS have you played? in reply to clearclaw #
@BrenoKummel If it was one of my PDFs from BGG, just make sure you print with no scaling. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel AoS:London will kill you if you don’t really grok when to use other’s track. For AoS:Sun you have to grok auction control. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Nice stats. Give me a shout in another dozen or so games and I’ll give you a crack at my maps. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Yeah I’ll play HT eventually. Several local fans. It seems very tactical though. Not a fan of 10 ways to make VPs games either. in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Now I have them stashed somewhere....(AoS maps – actually know where, but need to re-verify versioning etc) in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid I slept thru Saturday’s gamesday. I may not have much sympathy. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm I view Amazon & Macmillan as inequitable systems that must change. In the short-term I side with Macmillan as the more fragile. in reply to jesnellm #
@gilhova Woot! #
@BrenoKummel Yes, especially with the NdM in 18MEX or PRR/B&O in 1830. Sometimes there is not much available/better to invest in. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In 1870, yes, to steal a presidency. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel That is for ME to take the presidency in 1870. Or,as you say, to move a presidency from a winner. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid None at all, all weekend. Nyahh! Tonight is #18xx night. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Not sure what #18xx we’ll play. Maybe 1848 or 1860. We’ll decide as a group. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I last played on Tues. Will play tonight, tomorrow, Thurs & probably Saturday. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@jesnellm: I trust publishers with retail price-fixingbecause the next wave is authors direct to retail and then direct to consumer. #
@jesnellm: By the time any wanna-be incumbent tries to balance, they’re hit by the next wave. Just have to keep waves coming fast enough. #
A good starting discission of social networks vs content sites as business models: http://is.gd/7vCtZ #
@jesnellm: You don’t think private editors will become a viable business model (as a degraded form of the current publisher model)? #
@jesnellm: Absolutely, and even today that’s one of the traits that separates the professionals from the wannabes. #
@andsoerinsaid: I have heard of Munchkin. I must be prime beef. #
@andsoerinsaid: Bugger. I was about to charge gender discrimintion. Hmm. I’ve also played Uno…and Go Fish! I’m a slam dunk baby.. #
RT @timoreilley Without a doubt the best post yet on #ipad, @VenessaMiemis: Overhyped Flop or Great Design Thinking? http://bit.ly/a3nFUs #
@endgameoakland Please check if Container: 2nd shipment is in your channel again. I think it should be, and I’d like a copy. #
Men, women, risk-taking, self-affacement, and bald lies made to come true: http://is.gd/7zmt7 I have lived and seen this story many times. #
@EndGameOakland: Okay, thanks for checking (Container 2nd Shipment) #
@snicholson: Welcome back Scott. #
@andsoerinsaid Hold on. Fantasy? Dear gods above. Munchkin! Chez Geek! Killer Bunnies! Ninja Burger! LCR! FluXX! Munchkin Train Bunnies! in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@scottredracecar: Aye the pimp thread is a good ‘un. Like laundry flapping in the breeze, you get to see everything. #
@andsoerinsaid: Freeze your bra? This is some trick I’m dolefully unfamiliar with. #
@andsoerinsaid And what, iced nipples in the morning when they put it on? Don’t think I get the gag. /clueless in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@peterpham Dig up Jacob Butcher for a Java dude. He’s a PITA but worth it. in reply to peterpham #

Twitter Week: 2010-01-29

2010-01-29 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@frandallfarmer I don’t believe either the new or the old sets of numbers. The polar ice-cap & glacier loss statistics are more compelling. in reply to frandallfarmer #
@BrenoKummel For 1848? I’ve yet to have a game in which all the companies weren’t floated before the 5-trains. Why dawdle that long? #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel In an 1830-esque games I’ll happily float then for the capital, but it will be a shit company. Train-feeder. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel Capital multiplication (6->10) & stock appreciation. Open early & fast as long as you can get a good par. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel: Running multiple companies well is HARD but also rewarding. Most players are bad at it. Something to learn & practice. #18xx #
Sometime in the last year I’ve become able to focus & concentrate at will so absolutely that it leaves me shaking when I pull out. Scary. #
It isn’t the shakiness that frightens, but that the universe disappears except for my focus until I extract. It is so…absolute, so binary. #
I wonder, do I now need to promise to only use my new-found powers for good? #
@andsoerinsaid In someone else? Not sure. I suspect I only know how to say things which are true but don’t help. #
@ingredientx: If we lived in the same state we might fulfill the LHC prophecy and implode the universe. #
@andsoerinsaid: I don’t chew gum. I do like chewing raw cardamom pods. #
@Infernarl Similar to flow, but closer to tunnel-vision and a fair bit more intense and exhausting. It is debilitating. in reply to Infernarl #
@scottredracecar I found 18Ardennes insipid. Nothing actually compelling & little reason to play it again. Colourless. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
A small piece of encouragement for a friend whose professors have deviated below the mean: http://is.gd/7bXMe #
@scottredracecar Fair point. There were teaching errors in our game. But the corrections from David weren’t encouraging. Shrug. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
Working on an article about stock-trashing in #18xx, when it is required for Good Play, & the reasoning behind its necessity. Suggestions? #
Looks like we’re going to be doing an #18xx fiesta at DundraCon: http://www.dundracon.com/ 18C2C, 18FR-RCE etc - 3 days of good stuff. #
@thisdarkpen There is more to say than I’d expected. Genericy vs practice. #18xx in reply to thisdarkpen #
@scottredracecar Saw your post to David. Ditto our game. Games need imbalance to be interesting. #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@andsoerinsaid And people wonder why I almost exclusively read BGG via my subscriptions list. Just skip the blather (& thus most traffic). in reply to andsoerinsaid #
What Apple is really selling with the iPad: http://is.gd/7fgfT Next comes the seamless integration play that threatens most media markets. #
It isn’t the #iPad stupid, it is the iPad+iPhone+iMac as a vertical solution. #
@jdludlow: Bugger, can’t believe I wrote that rating comment. #
Come on guys, the #iPad isn’t a laptop-wannabe or an iPhone++. It’s a smart network device with a big screen & a million smart network-apps. #
@MidgardDragon No more than an unjail-broken iPhone. Red Herring & ignores subsequent market development and definition (and HTML5). #iPad in reply to MidgardDragon #
Given the public uncertainty on what it really offers, the name is a brilliant way to keep press coverage on the #iPad. #