Fun book. Cozy little near future sci-fi about robots, rebellion, and biang biang noodles.
Finished reading: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz 📚
Finally played Railroad Tiles with an expansion. My son absolutely stomped me. This is a fun tile-laying adaptation of Railroad Ink. @horribleguild.bsky.social knocked it out of the park with this.
Finished the Drowning Empire trilogy. Solid epic fantasy, cool world building. I enjoyed, and it wasn’t as long as some of these epic style stories can be. A few things were telegraphed fairly early, but they didn’t ruin my enjoyment of the characters discovering them, even if by the time it was finally obvious to them it was starting to get annoying. Better that the competency bias of many fantasy stories.
Finished reading: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart 📚
I actually re-read the whole series of books after watching the new TV show. Still great books. Murderbot and ART are still assholes. Still highly recommended.
Finished reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 📚
The 3rd book of the Midsolar Murders continues the hijinks of our murder mystery author who has the murders come to her. Even in space! Mur Lafferty continues to write great multi-genre fiction, effortlessly blending sci-fi and whodunnit.
Finished reading: Infinite Archive by Mur Lafferty 📚
Fun alternate world setting with notes of Verne and Wells. And old fashioned serials. Quite enjoyable easy reads.
Finished reading: The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells 📚
Next time I need a medical procedure, I want to go to a children’s hospital. They treat their patients more like humans than my experience in most adult clinics, actually explain everything that is going to happen in plain language, and are kind. Also, scented masks (root beer!) and adhesive remover
Currently reading: The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells 📚
This was a fun read. Very trans, very queer, much violin. I highly recommend it. Ryka’s writing style is breezy and easy to read, even when describing the incredibly strange situations her characters find themselves in.
Finished reading: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 📚
tap tap…is this thing on? Oh, it’s me! I haven’t posted in quite awhile. Been busy doing other things I guess. I think I will probably try and post more of the reading, and games played, and just in general. We will see.
And I am now current on the Cosmere. This last book was a wild ride, and I can’t wait to see where Brandon Sanderson takes us next.
Finished reading: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Well, it’s time to embark on the end of the first half of the Stormlight Archive. I am curious to see how this part of the story is wrapped up. So much happened last book.
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Kauri was a great asymmetric game of colonization and survival, where every faction felt different enough to be interesting, but not so complicated the teach went on for hours and we were ever really lost. Highly recommend if Root is too muach or too long for your group.
No photos, but played Coloretto, Short Zoot Suit, Pass Pass, and Kauri last night. Coloretto is still a great design, even if I was destroyed by chance and pushing my luck. Short Zoot Suit is both a fun design, and hilarious art! Those bears and their Zoot Suits getting shorter and shorter!
Flatiron first play
And first game of Flatiron with my favorite 2-player opponent, my eldest son. This is a solid 2 player only game from the team behind White Castle and Red Cathedral. Lots of variability, players always have some unique powers, and just a solid experience. And made for a very close game first time around. Highly recommended.
First game of Tabriz. This is about 1 round from the end, and it came down to a tiebreaker. Solid engine builder from Randy Flynn, creator of Cascadia. Definitely recommended!
Organizing some games, and sleeving the cards in Arcs. Looking forward to playing Hamster Roll this week, and hopefully a few more.
Just finished the Star Wars: The High Republic books. Well, at least those currently published. Happy to see Star Wars doubling down on inclusion. Still very human/humanoid centered, but otherwise looking good. At least in the novels.
Really looking forward to traveling this next year. I haven’t been out of the US in a hot minute.
Going to try and post more. I do exist on the internet, even if I don’t post, right?