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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 02:08:30 PM

Of course Rose is shiposting; he was a talk radio host...

That explains it. It really is something to send these incompetent megadonors over as ambassadors to sensitive infrastructure of the Global American Empire. There was furore over the American embassy in Copenhagen desecrating an impromptu memorial to Danish veterans just 2 weeks ago. Every single languishbro could have been 10 times more effective and sensitive as ambassadors over these assclowns.

Reminds me of this test Jackson Crawford gave to the incoming ambassador to Iceland. 

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 01:41:19 PM

It had the words "world" "fact" and "book" in it.  What chance did it have?

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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 01:39:43 PM

The First Lady taking a $28 million bribe from one the world's largest corporations is a front page story.

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Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...

Last post by Baron von Schtinkenbutt - Today at 01:32:06 PM

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Maria gets more play with students, because it's mostly young men who join our historical board game nights. This group is faculty (usually 4 or 5), and it's usually made up of specialists of much older periods (and, in fact, a majority of women), who tend to get less interested by WW2 or, indeed, wargames: two archeologists, a specialist of 20th century women's history, a medievalist, and I. I've had a lot more success with economic conflicts or competition envisioned in a different "way" (e.g. Tammany Hall, Hansa Teutonica) but I am unsure how these play at 3 players. Maybe Inis?

Manifest Destiny might be a good choice then.  I haven't played it yet, though, since I can't find two other people willing to.

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Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...

Last post by frunk - Today at 12:51:47 PM

Hansa Teutonica works fine at 3 players.  I don't really like the game but I've played it with 3 and it works just as well as with more.

Other ideas:
Indonesia
Slay the Spire: The Board Game - Only if everyone has played the computer game, otherwise there will be way too many concepts to explain.
Revive, Ark Nova - I think both of these are better with 3 than 4, way too slow at 4.

Most Tom Lehman games work well at 3 player, Race for the Galaxy, Dice Realms, Res Arcana, Phoenicia.
Phoenicia is unique in that it's an auction game that works well over its full player count range (2-5).

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Oexmelin - Today at 12:34:31 PM

The CIA World Factbook is gone.

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Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...

Last post by Oexmelin - Today at 12:10:44 PM

End of the Triumvirate[/url].

I've been meaning to try that. No one in our group owns it though.

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Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...

Last post by Oexmelin - Today at 12:09:34 PM

Maria is a great game, and great idea - but with this specific configuration of players, we tend to focus more on different styles/types. 

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Maria gets more play with students, because it's mostly young men who join our historical board game nights. This group is faculty (usually 4 or 5), and it's usually made up of specialists of much older periods (and, in fact, a majority of women), who tend to get less interested by WW2 or, indeed, wargames: two archeologists, a specialist of 20th century women's history, a medievalist, and I. I've had a lot more success with economic conflicts or competition envisioned in a different "way" (e.g. Tammany Hall, Hansa Teutonica) but I am unsure how these play at 3 players. Maybe Inis?

Interestingly, it was the same back in the US, albeit with a different group of faculty + their partners. As a result, I tend to have very few WW2 games. It may indeed reflect the relative indifference towards military history in academia.

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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 11:53:15 AM

It does, unfortunately, sometimes feel like the Onion is closer to reality than the NYT.

Yeah, running the Melania documentary as the front page story was one of the crossover points with the Onion

#10

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 11:51:53 AM

Mono was autistic and thus resisted change and hated disruptions to his routine. Yi still has faith in the American judicial system and the checks and balances. I think its extremely naive, verging on fatelism, but its nothing like mono. Only similarity is that they're both Asian

Mono defended an increasingly repressive regime in Hong Kong.  There is no real difference between Yi and Mono in that regard.