J C Lawrence

@grayson@thepage.house @lordsplodge@brettspiel.space @CTD@mastodon.social @iain@ohai.social In practice I play about a half dozen titles, would like to think I play about a dozen, and am comforted on cold nights by the idea of maybe playing a few dozen more. Oh, wouldn't that be nice? But in reality, I could discard from 700+ down to well under a dozen and barely even notice.

@iain@ohai.social @grayson@thepage.house @lordsplodge@brettspiel.space This year's plays: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/375755/2026-portland-oregon-18xx-jcl What I generally focus on playing: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/373205/18xx-i-play-if-left-to-my-own-devices Games like Lokomotive Werks and Fresh Fish (Plenary or Kyle's rules) are any-time-any-where games, but rarely happen in practice given current habits and routines. (If I finish committing to retiring, which I probably should, (hint: retiring is hard) I might change that). Example caveat: One of the local public groups, (and the ~only that plays heavier games), plays in a ~pub. Tables are small, the floor is uneven (so the tables wobble), lighting is bad (many players bring small battery powered LED lights), and the venue closes relatively early (22:30 IIRC). They're a great group with good players, and outside of some stylistic differences (eg they're more interested in browsing a wide range of titles and not in eg focusing and playing one game 20+ times in rapid succession), would be a great deal...but those compromises are killer. (I'd not previously realised the advantages of having an infinite pool of readily available computing psychotics to draw on in the Silly valley)