1899

Well now I have that stuck in my head.

1900

That kind of puzzle! That made me laugh.

I used to spend so much time on those as a teen. Up to 6000 pieces puzzles of the Alps. What else was I going to do without the internet? Those were the days.

It’s been years though.

1901

Have you seen those Ravensburger jigsaw puzzles that cost £400 and take up the entire floor of an empty room?

I really want one of those.

I quite like the Wasjig brand, as you’re not just copying the picture on the box.

Ps yeah we should have a jigsaw puzzle thread

1902

So do you have an empty room for something like that? Aside from someone following a minimalist lifestyle, i don’t see too many empty rooms for that. And is minimalist compatible with a board-gaming habit err I mean hobby?

1903

I have a few jigsaw games on Steam. Some are animated. But they’re all rubbish as they make you “unlock” larger ones by forcing you to do the earlier ones first. So you’re stuck doing 300pc puzzles like a small child. :( I liked the idea though.

And then there’s also Glass Mascarade.

1904

I’m currently in the process of moving house. Perhaps after the removal company have taken all my stuff but before I hand over the keys I could spend 3 or 4 days trying to complete a 42,000pc jigsaw? It’s help me u wind after the stress that is.moving.

For those of your not moving home, I doubt they do those porta-puzzla things larger than 5000, so.maybe rent out some self-storage and do it there? Definitely worth the expense!!

1905

I kind of love your answer.

1906

If imma buy Firefly, can I just get the base game? Or do I have to fazzle with all the expansions? Or are there specific expansions I should get? I kind of love that there is an expansion called “Breakin’ Atmo.”

1907

I’m still listening to it but I may have issues with some of Tom’s comparisons between Outer Rim and Firefly. If you want to have any significant for Firefly player Interaction you’ll want whatever the pirates and bounty hunter expansion is to it.

1908

So wait, you’re accusing Tom Chick of running a deceptive Firefly promotional boondoggle? Is it because he once took direction from Joss Whedon? Is is because he so closely resembles Nathan Fil^H^H^H Adam Baldwin?

1909

Maybe he just aims to misbehave.

1910

Oh man, look what the mailman or probably a skeleton just delivered from Pit of Infinite Shadow, Colorado:

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In case you don’t read Swedish, that says “Warcults”! It’s the kind-of-hard-to-get standalone expansion to the really-hard-to-get Cave Evil. They put a small batch of reprints (or old stock?) up for sale months ago, and now here it suddenly is.

It comes with a package of Cave Goo and a demonic pencil:
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I haven’t read the rules yet, so I don’t know what the goo is for. I’ll report back.

1911

Hmmm. This guy is making me want to click on the button on BGG that can make me own the game for just $275 plus shipping:

1912

Whoa! Warcults is a standalone expansion! You can play it by itself and get all of the super 8.3 BGG rating without contaminating it with the lame 7.9 BGG rating of Cave Evil! Plus, you can do this: which is a sentence I don’t understand.

1913

I’ve glanced at Cave Evil on and off for a couple of years. I still have trouble understanding what distinguishes it from a typical randomly generated dungeon crawl except art and setting, which I can kind of get with KD:M already.l

1914

The Firefly base game stands pretty well on its own, but as Tom_Mc mentions, Pirates and Bounty Hunters addresses one of the main criticisms of the base game (i.e. lack of direct player conflict) and is almost required if your group absolutely requires confrontation. Breakin’ Atmo is nice for variety since it adds new jobs, supplies, etc., but is mostly just for diversity. Blue Sun and Kalidasa have some nice additions (e.g. Blue Sun amps up the Reaver threat significantly and Kalidasa adds in The Operative), but playing with one or both of the bigger expansions can dramatically increase the game’s footprint and also slow things down as getting from one of edge of the universe to the other becomes a slog. Still, they worthy additions if you’re really into the game and/or show, but not critical for initial play IMO.

1915

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Look what had arrived while I was away on vacation. HEXplore It 1&2, plus Forgotten Circles for Gloomhaven.

1916

I hope nobody minds if I put this here.

1917

That’s probably one of the weirder things I’ve read about jail and prisoners… RPGs are not allowed.

1918

Thanks, @yojion! So what I’m hearing you say (actual words coming out of your mouth) is: “Get Pirates & Bounty Hunters because of player interaction, and get Blue Sun because OMGREAVERS! And also get the base game because without it you can only just look at Pirates & Bounty Hunters and Blue Sun.