Twitter Week: 2009-10-03

2009-10-03 00:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@thisdarkpen There are many player-created games: Container, Imperial, #18xx, Roads&Boats, Chicago Express etc. It is a favoured form for me in reply to thisdarkpen #
@thisdarkpen I tend to think of player-involving games more as “systems”: external machines the players work within rather than creating. in reply to thisdarkpen #
@brettspiel Foppen needs wildcards. I think the rest fits in a Rage Deck tho (does Rage have 0s?). I’ll have to check the card distribution. in reply to brettspiel #
Approaching the Los Altos Gamesday: http://twitpic.com/j9unk http://twitpic.com/j9uq7 http://twitpic.com/j9utn http://twitpic.com/j9uxi #
Our scheduled 1844 game was broken into a. 5P 2038 & a 3P 1844: http://twitpic.com/j9vdi http://twitpic.com/j9vha #18xx #
General shots of the #gamesday: http://twitpic.com/j9w9a http://twitpic.com/j9we7 http://twitpic.com/j9wkw #
1844, in Phase-4: http://twitpic.com/ja9qp http://twitpic.com/jaa1m http://twitpic.com/jaa59 http://twitpic.com/jaa9g #
1844, middle of Phase-5: http://twitpic.com/jb4k9 http://twitpic.com/jb4oi I’m running the SBB, AB & RHB. Don’t think I’m winning. #18xx #
OTOH in 1844 the AB is about to run red-to-red, Belfort to Munchen, with a 4-train for $35/share. Hoo boy! #18xx #
1844: The AB just ran red-to-red, Belfort to Munchen with a 4-train! Shortest possible bonused red-to-red on the board. #18xx #
Final track for 1844: http://twitpic.com/jbytm #18xx #
@andsoerinsaid 3P 1844 vs the 5P we’d planned. 5P 1844 is much better. ~70 at the gamesday, which runs every ~6 weeks. #gamesday #18xx in reply to andsoerinsaid #
Ultimately I lost 1844: third by ~$1K. I got stupid around the permanent trains & big red-to-red runs. Almost had it in the bag too. #18xx. #
@andsoerinsaid AoS N CA is an odd map, a very good map, an unusually harsh map, but a good map. Not so weird. Bay Area is harder & better. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Kinda-not-really like UnityGames, Los Altos #Gamesday is the ~6-weekly aggregate of many small local weekly groups. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid A lot of the people play the same games with the same people they do the rest of the time, but some mix, a little or more. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Also helps that there are 2 other local (actually) monthly gamesdays. Keeps the people churn up. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Yep, there’s an open gaming group every day of the week, several days with multiple, & several with 30+ attendees every week. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I still sit out sometimes (stylistic impedence), but not so often now that I’ve got the #18xx thing going well. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
About to head out for #18xx afternoon & evening (this time smaller/state games). Then yet more tomorrow night. My brain joyously whimpers. #
@BrenoKummel I think 1844’s Eva is possibly worth less than face value and is less interesting than 1832’s Bank private. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@scottredracecar @brenokummel We found 1844 cash-sorted priority effectively random. 1830-style priority (variant in rules) is better! #18xx in reply to scottredracecar #
@BrenoKummel @scottredracecar Too many 1844 turn orders dictated by players ending the round with $0- $5 cash. That’s random. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid And yet you spend your free time playing games with people! (Me: I am single because I choose to be; simply a price I pay.) in reply to andsoerinsaid #
3P 1860: floated BH&IR, looted $680 into the C&N, dumped it, floated S&C: 2 companies, 3 permanent trains, everyone conceeded. #18xx #
Final track for 1860: http://twitpic.com/jl2as I had the C&N with a 6 and 8 train, & the S&C with a 6 train. #18xx #
@icheyne An iPhone TwitPic/client problem/limit. I’ll post the better original image to the ‘geek later along with yesterday’s 1844 pics. in reply to icheyne #
@icheyne Hurm. Some TwitPic clients post at higher resolution. Investigating. in reply to icheyne #
@EndGameOakland Yeah, I’m thinking of running up for some gaming on Weds. It has been too long. in reply to EndGameOakland #
@andsoerinsaid Pratchett is almost all formula work. If you like the formula, that’s fine, but otherwise its ever-so-predictable formula. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@ingredientx @andsoerinsaid The formula worked for ~3 books for me. Then, not so much. Wasn’t so interesting to chant the upcoming lyrics. in reply to ingredientx #
@ingredientx See, it is a diet bar: it is stopping you from eating… in reply to ingredientx #
Post-human climate & biosphere models: http://tr.im/AhBp (via @newscientist) #
Liu Bolin: Invisibility: http://bit.ly/aOgZg #
Write native CocoaTouch iPhone apps in Lua: http://tr.im/Ai3E (via @jdludlow, @dcgrigsby) Colour me “Here I come!” I do like #Lua. #
RT @neilhimself:RT why I love librarians @fatbird2: re banned books. This librarian’s letter to patron is classic http://bit.ly/y0LqB #
Steal a book, become a lawyer and a tale of the greatness that is Librarians: http://tr.im/AtKn #
Walking to the music: http://tr.im/AtNU http://tr.im/AtPF Feedback in social systems. #
@BoardgameNews Heads up. JKLM have opened a pre-order line for 1860: http://bit.ly/lgtar in reply to BoardgameNews #
@boardgamenews BtB could notices of new BGN articles be posted to Twitter? Not sure how that would fit with your Freemium model, but I hope in reply to BoardgameNews #