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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Aug 03, 2026

Won our first full game of LotR FotF but played it wrong. Didn't turn over enough cards during the Shadow part of the turn until near the end. Played with Rick, Shawn and @StuartWood@mastodon.social

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 27, 2026

Replying to @jerk@brettspiel.space

@jerk@brettspiel.space I bought a copy of this from a neighbour and enjoyed it. When I played Galactic Cruise recently and had to put together parts of spaceships I couldn't help thinking of it.

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 27, 2026

#boardgames #wdypm Played my first game of Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship yesterday. @PlaidInvader@mstdn.ca and I got through set-up and maybe 5 rounds. Next time will be faster, now that we know the flow, the map and the components.. We lost a hope point in the first turn. We forgot to do the bad-guy turn (each round) until after the 2nd round. It grew on me pretty quickly. We can update the Pandemic section of our CVs.

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 25, 2026

Questionable pet activity du jour: tug of war with the poo bag roll. No. No, p please don't bite that. Please don't claw that. No No No. Stop.

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 20, 2026

Rodney Smith is a national treasure. He and his team are a wonderful resource for board game rules. I was looking for instructions on LotR:FotF even though I've played a lot of Pandemic style games, some very recently. When I saw that Watch It Played had a video for it I choose that first. #boardgames I've added a link to the video. It starts a few phrases in at my favourite part. He's cheerfully telling you how the characters are doomed and the threat is real but, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhCfFQVlT7M&t=25s

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 20, 2026

After a short bike ride I have a loaned copy of the game Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship. If you haven't heard it uses Pandemic mechanics. I see @EOGamers@tabletop.vip has a set of notes about it so I'll try that. My friend was kind enough to loan it to me for a while so other friends can learn to play. #boardgames I started to say that I would return the game in once piece. The Contents panel on the box has 22 lines. 3 of those lines mention 48 or 50 pieces.

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 13, 2026

Replying to @geekygoodies@mastodon.world

@geekygoodies@mastodon.world It looks like fun

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 09, 2026

Learning to play a game called Fame and Fable. We like the art and the play. Apparently it caused a fuss during crowd funding. This is my first time out to a #boardgames club over in the next town. It's called The Order of the Bear.

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 08, 2026

Synaptic Symphony A board game were you work together to link synapses in Jay's brain. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theresilientbrainco/synaptic-symphony-co-op-strategy-game-for-mental-resilience #boardgames

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 06, 2026

Replying to @wwfsmd@mstdn.ca

@stephanie@ottawa.place I don't get sound on that clip. I tried 2 web interfaces and a phone app.

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jul 06, 2026

Replying to @stephanie@ottawa.place

@stephanie@ottawa.place Do you use an app?

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jun 29, 2026

Replying to @wwfsmd@mstdn.ca

#WhatDidYouPlayMondays I watched the movie Arrival again recently so I've been thinking about language a bit more. Learning the iconography of a complex game can be a bit of a hurdle. Of course a well designed game will reuse common icons from other games but you still have to learn which ones are present. Another level with learning games with different players is that they may have pet names for a resource. In the case of Galactic Cruise my hosts called the advertising resource WiFi because the icon is an antennae with waves. Not much of an issue and delightfully silly but you still have to get used to the fact that promotion of you cruises and activities is a resource and that locally it's are called WiFi (pronounced wigh figh). One premise of Arrival is that a language can change the way you think. Not sure how to prove this other than if the process of learning a new game gets easier.

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jun 29, 2026

Played Galactic Cruise for the first time. So complicated. Came in last place but not by much. Good patient teachers. Also good hosts. New friends with whom I can play more games more often. Played outside under large umbrellas. Great day for it. #BoardGames

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · May 14, 2026

#Guelph treasure James Gordon has a song in a video to cheer you up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHRFg47WQ_A

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · May 10, 2026

Played 2 games of Moon Colony Bloodbath yesterday with some friends. It was fun despite the fact that I was the one who lost all my colonists first and ended the games. The player with the most surviving colonists at the end wins. It's an engine builder with cards and tokens. You spend a lot of time getting and returning tokens. I gather some don't like the losing-everything-you-just-made aspect but the hint is in the title. I feel like if you know it's coming it's fine. The theme is silly and fun.
#boardgames

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · May 08, 2026

Solar Calicoes is the name of my new renewable baklava recipe.
#CatsOfMastodon #Nonsense

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · May 08, 2026

"Bone marrow donors can expect to experience fatigue after donating. Some donors have described soreness and bruising where the needle was inserted, like the soreness that comes from a hard workout or a fall on ice. Donors may also experience mild discomfort from the breathing tube used during the procedure."
"A fall on ice" feels like a little bit of Canadian context.
#FuckCancer

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Apr 30, 2026

The next instalment of the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells is called Platform Decay. It comes out in Canada on May 5th.

So more quotes for @murderbotbot@wandering.shop

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Mar 15, 2026

Replying to @Ashedryden__dup_1257@xoxo.zone

@Ashedryden@xoxo.zone AND 2 hearts

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@wwfsmd@mstdn.ca · Jan 19, 2026

Replying to @scalzi@mastodon.social

@scalzi You're unlikely to chew on it, I guess.

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