Be Excellent To Each Other

A chicken nugget that plays Tetris.

I like the "left, right, down, FUCKING DOWN" controller

Down to jump.

Also what kind of weird Tetris is that where the blocks are not made up of four pieces, and where it looks like the pieces fall horizontally (two empty lines at the bottom) ?!

That's just the attract screen. It's a third of the way through scrolling 'TETRIS' across the screen. It does play a normal game of Tetris.

Aaaah

A Tetris shart.

No wonder it has a double down.

Fully leaning into the mid life crisis vibe

Positioned facing a blank wall seems ...bleak.

Otherwise, boom bang a bang!

The infamous Youtube Algorithm recently presented me with a video about board game accessories.

I was quite taken by the idea of using coin capsules to pimp my snacks pieces, so after checking the appropriate BGG list ordered some for the rather brilliant push-your-luck potion game Quacks of Quedlingburg.

Although I probably need to sandpaper the discs to get rid of stray burrs, I'm really impressed with the results. Don't think I'll do this for all my games, but for this particular one it's going to improve the life and add an extra physical element to the experience.

The downside is that they're quite expensive, and for a game like Quacks require loads, so not suitable for all my games but a definite bonus for those that have a special place in my heart.




I also liked the idea of using photo storage boxes for holding smaller games. It saves space and looks great! I'm not too upset about the loss of box art but I think I need to get a label printer to make things that bit neater.



Of course, doing this made me wonder whether I should thin out the collection. Do I really need Fluxx and Doctor Who Fluxx? Do I need both when I've got the just-as-chaotic We didn't playtest this at all?? But that's a question for another day.

Small ziplock bags to put your tokens in also make life much easier in a token heavy game - just put the tokens into their own bag when you pack the game away and you don't have to sort them all when you get it out again.

I do this too. And any game that has fake money

This off-brand lego set (work in progress).

It’s really well made, and the instructions are clear. The ‘steps’ involved in the instructions are larger than those I’ve seen in most actual Lego sets, but then I’ve only ever seen small sets. The pieces are super high quality, but the bricks are only about half the size of a standard Lego set, so the pieces aren’t compatible, and it’s probably fiddly for some people. They aren’t those tiny ‘micro’ blocks, but somewhere in between. I think it’s going to be lovely when finished. It’s both musical and has mechanical movement.

Nobody's home?

I don’t know what that means, sorry!

Hehe, there's a sign on the front door!

Will there be a little mouse with clogs on?

Oh!! Haha! Yes, sorry!

I fear he may have been eaten by the cat.

Don't know if it's similar to these kits, but our kids have really enjoyed them.

https://buildiverse.com/collections/fro ... fish-store

Yes, I think it might be. This is the exact set:

https://amzn.eu/d/2ENaLyu

It was really fun to build and stands at about 12cm (excluding musical box stand) once built. The sails on the windmill and the waterwheel both turn as it plays the music.

The inside is incredibly detailed. Almost pointlessly as you can’t actually see it, but there is a full bookcase with books on windmills, artwork, a kitchen full of baked goods, a bedroom with a bed, and bedside table with a lamp, etc.

Yes. Yes I am a child.

New minifig storage.

All I can see there is The Wall from Solar Opposites

A Whirlwind. For when I need stuff exploded that I can't see.

Milwaukee powertools branching out.

Got some banging new webs

Which reminds me.. So have I.

And I hope those new shoes aren't on the table. That's bad luck that is.

That's what I said!

It's a northern superstition, I believe.

I learned about it from this banger:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5ZGipV1Q ... 6e47774f23

No shoes on the table, can't open an umbrella indoors, not allowed to arrive and then leave unless you have eaten or drunk something.

The joys of a Yorkshire grandma.

Sounds like my Lancashire Gran too

A white midi cable (1.5m)

And this

Ooh!

My mum had a load of superstitions, including a major thing about crossing on the stairs - as in, NO CROSSING ON THE STAIRS. So much so, that my sister and I found a great game that could effectively paralyse her. If she was going up stairs one of us would quickly race up in front of her, turn round and take a step or two back down - resulting in a stalemate as mum wouldn't carry on going up, because then we'd be crossing on the stairs. Dear mum would then either stand there getting annoyed or would turn around and go back downstairs; both of which felt like hilarious outcomes to us stupid kids.

Go for it, ZZA

https://x.com/_pem_pem/status/170459841 ... tMZyw&s=08

There’s hope for me yet.

Haha, amazing.

Jigsaw puzzles

New pill case. Thanks @craster. For showing me yours.

I keep meaning to pick something like that up. Sometimes I'm so tired in the morning I can't remember if I've taken my meds or not.

It was £10 from Amazon.

For the love of my OCD, PLEASE arrange them to start on a Monday or at least Saturday.

Not sure if your on iphone or android but iphone health app has a medication reminder where you can set it up to remind you to take it (and confirm) , and will send period reminders until you confirm

I use and slide. So the current / next day is always in the left

That’s an acceptable answer, Kov. Phew…

I missed a buy!

Arturia MiniFuse 4 - Audio device (my original only had one input and this has more leds).