Twitter Week: 2009-11-20

2009-11-20 23:00 · Tags: Personal / Twhit-Twhoo!

@ingredientx The only place in Endeavour where there’s Area Plurality is in the shipping tracks, and you can’t lose pieces from there. in reply to ingredientx #
I have a pair of scissors. I have 53 little 1/2” circles to cut out by hand from cardstock. Please tell me I’m not in preschool again. #18xx #
Today’s inane pride: Cutting out 72 cards with a craft knife and having them all measure within 0.5mm of each other. Ahh. #18xx #
@habermanm Umm, I never had a 1/2” punch? Not willing to spend ~$100 on one. I miss my old AIDOX corner-rounder. The new Fiskars’ is crap in reply to habermanm #
There’s a package of games downstairs, brown-paper wrapped & all tied up with string. If I open the box, I’ll get nothing more done today. #
@GamesOnTheBrain Ahh yes, that does look good. And cheap. I’ll dig one out. in reply to GamesOnTheBrain #
@BrenoKummel No, I studied the rules some more & didn’t find things that interested me. (18VA) #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@habermanm @gamesonthebrain pointed me at a nice $3 1/2” punch that seems like it would do the job. in reply to habermanm #
Evolution of space over time: Photograph a context for 24 hours: http://tr.im/F1nF #
@hnshah @bocardo I’d say that women notice context & relations. Men notice women & motion. (I’ve also watched both) in reply to hnshah #
@jason_a_reid So I opened the box to find Greed & Imperial 2030. Being of cache incoherent mind, I then played 18FR & 1860. #18xx in reply to jason_a_reid #
@BrenoKummel Played twice, both 4P. It is 1830 on a new map with a few twists, with all that means. Worth the effort for me. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@BrenoKummel BTW our first game was won by the bankrupt player. #18xx in reply to BrenoKummel #
@andsoerinsaid How many players for 1830? #18xx in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Most of our 3-player games of 1830 end in bankruptcy. Almost 90% for 4-player. Did anybody really push the trains? #18xx. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@ingredientx If you think you have time to read during an #18xx: you’re likely not paying attention to what you need to think about. in reply to ingredientx #
@andsoerinsaid That’s a slaughter. #18xx in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@ingredientx I suspect the #18xx really only work for players who like (and try to) to plan out the whole game out in advance. in reply to ingredientx #
@clearclaw That’s where the game is: trying to get all the patterns & layers together in your direction from start to finish. #18xx in reply to clearclaw #
@andsoerinsaid 3P 1830 should end after ~5 sets of ORs. Sometimes 4 sets ith a bankruptcy. Capital is too dense for much longer. #18xx in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@ingredientx When played well there’s a lot of improv in the #18xx - in order to survive the other players and stay on (or make a new) plan. in reply to ingredientx #
@ingredientx Yes, Tom is fascinatingly educational to talk game design structures with. He’s a nice sense of patterns & models. #bggcon09 in reply to ingredientx #
@andsoerinsaid The range of games & game-styles tweeted about at #bggcon09 has been far smaller/narrower than I expected. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@acetate3 I found Last Train to Wensleydale had no ability to plan, & was almost purely tactical. That killed it for me. You? #bggcon09 in reply to acetate3 #
@andsoerinsaid Across #bggcon & #bggcon09 hashtags: All short light tactical games presented as unexamined experiences. No meat or thought. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Perhaps, but I had hoped that there would be at least something in the tweet stream, even if for a shorter game. #bggcon09 in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid I’m not so sure how well I can make that one work for me. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid What about falsies and a falsetto? Oh, & high-heels. And false-eyelashes to bat adoringly. A girl like me has to have style. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@andsoerinsaid Get the expansion kit for Imperial 2030 if you can (& Imperial if you don’t have that). It all fits in one box. if barely. in reply to andsoerinsaid #
@ingredientx Oh, dahling! You say the sweetest things. in reply to ingredientx #
Hesitating before making the dive into Ubuntu. My old Debian desktop, built nigh 13 years ago is getting too cranky & hacked to maintain. #