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General / Re: I love the postman...
« on: May 23, 2018, 02:32:28 AM »
Good thinking. Also, Foggy-Balla, you "fixed" my portmanteau when you quoted me!

Many apologies - force of habit to react to the spellchecker!  I'll go back & fix...

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General / Re: I love the postman...
« on: May 22, 2018, 11:44:39 PM »
This "artrocity" is set to come down later in the year; September, 2018.

In that case I'll be delaying my pilgrimage to Carcassonne (I meant to go about twelve years ago while on a Rugby trip to Toulouse, long before I'd heard of the game) until later in the year or 2019!

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Anything Else / Re: Other Hobbies than board games
« on: May 14, 2018, 06:21:50 AM »
Only just got into Carcassonne, but really enjoying it.  Just own the basics at the moment - base game, T&B, River 2 & The Count.  Last two bought for aeshetics.  Glad that my Boy actually asks to play as he's normally buried in iPad/iPhone/X-Box, the last of which was given to him by a friend upgrading his console & before my Wife & I could say no.

Otherwise it's London Irish Rugby, coaching Mini-Rugby & cookery.  I also got back into model railways a few years back, which then led to general model building.  I'm stalled a bit on a model of a Chieftain tank that I Commanded in Germany back in the early '90s.  Latest fad is painting 28mm wargaming figures with a focus on 17th century stuff.

Finally I started having acupuncture last year for health reasons.  That has led to practising Tai Chi, in turn to Zhang Zhuang (basically exercising by standing completely still in a series of complex postures - harder than it sounds) & Daoist meditation.  My first go at the last was astonishing, never thought I would sit/kneel completely still for 45 minutes!

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Anything Else / Re: Thirsty Meeples visit on Sun 25th Feb
« on: March 14, 2018, 06:18:14 AM »
Could be a great for a future meet-up; how well does it support a few more players though?!

I've only played two-player with The Boy.  The basic stuff is Imperials vs Rebels, & then I believe there are Bounty Hunter additions (we have a SLAVE-1) which could make a third force.  The counters are marked with pilot names/ship numbers so guess it would be possible to have a big melee with more than three players.

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Anything Else / Re: Thirsty Meeples visit on Sun 25th Feb
« on: March 14, 2018, 04:56:37 AM »
I wouldn't mind giving X-wing a try ;D

I do own it, & strangely enough a few expansions.  In its most basic form (two TIE Fighters & an X-Wing) & using quick start rules it can be played just about straight from the box.

In fact the day I bought it I did.  My wife's car broke down in a Costco car park so we took shelter at their "cafe", ordered pizza & The Boy & I played there & then...

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Anything Else / Re: Thirsty Meeples visit on Sun 25th Feb
« on: March 14, 2018, 04:14:57 AM »
Will do Foggy, but I'm not sure what you'll be learning  ;D

Oooh, I don't know.  The ways of The Force?

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Anything Else / Re: Thirsty Meeples visit on Sun 25th Feb
« on: March 14, 2018, 01:30:02 AM »
I'm relatively handy for Oxford.  Please let me know if another of these events happens, it would be great to learn from some experienced players!

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