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Full disclosure: I was given this game for free by its publisher. This was not done for purpos...· Feb 3
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This one is a weird one folks, so strap in and get ready. Today's game is The Terran Trade Author...
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Today's review is going to come from the weird side of game publishi ng. The game is Story Engi...
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| Username | ZDL |
| Join Date | 10/04/2019 |
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| Favorite games | Spark, Fate AE, Carcassonne, 象棋, 六虎, Star Realms, 陆战军棋， Euchre. |
| Other interests | Wind instruments. Music. Traditional playing cards. Chinese erotic artworks. |
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ZDL commented on their photoI got this new game on Sunday last, got a chance to play it today. And, unlike most strategy games I play against SO, I won! 😂
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Apr 15Hi ZDL, how are you? Sounds like you have been busy. We have been doing a little rearranging here. Seems like we do it every spring. Makes the house feel enough different that we enjoy the effort. Hope you have some time to enjoy the rest of the week.Hi ZDL, how are you? Sounds like you have been busy. We have been doing a little rearranging here. Seems like we do it every spring. Makes the house feel enough different that we enjoy the effort. Hop...See more
Apr 17I'm less busy at work now (back to five day weeks) so much more busy over weekends finally. :DYou need to sign in to comment -
Apr 10I liked it too. Looks like we're going up against a Frost Giant. Gonna have to be clever. The direct approach doesn't seem wise.You need to sign in to comment
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ZDL commented on hairylarry's blog postFour WebcomicsHere's four webcomics that I like and some of them even have something to do with gaming.
I don't like rom com movies much. In fact I don't like movi...Apr 48 0You need to sign in to comment -
ZDL commented on their photoMy last set of literal gem dice. This is my favourite semi-precious stone: bloodstone. This gives me a full set of unakite (selected because it's basically indestructible, being essentially granite), a full set of bloodstone, and a "mongrel" set of a variety of stones (shown earlier). And a full set of dice made from dichromic prisms.
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ZDL commented on hairylarry's photoHere's my icosahedron. It's part of my recording studio, acoustic room, vocal booth, out of control room. I'm going to make a sign that says Roll To Hit. A double double-entendre.
Mar 15But you mentioned "icosahedron with the hieroglyphs" in my gem dice picture and that's a 12-sider.
Mar 15My mistake. Glancing at the photo I thought it was a 20 sider. So what are the hieroglyphs for, anyway?You need to sign in to comment -
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Mar 14That's an astrology d12: those are the sun signs or whatever those are called. The stone for that one is "blue sandstone". In person the stone has odd depths. The gold flecks are such that they give the illusion of being layered. Quite nice.
The d4 is a stone I can't find the English term for: it's literal translation is "natural black wood grain gemstone". It *might* be a petrified wood, but if it is it's smoother and more amorphous than any of those I've ever seen.
The d6 is blue turquoise (sintered, obviously: a real chunk that size would cost more than a car!), the d8 is a brown tiger eye, the 0-9 is lapis lazuli, the 00-90 is something that translates as "red sandstone" -- it's gold-flecked like the blue one -- the d12 is opal, and the d20 is green malachite.
The d6 with the weird glyphs in the foreground is something translated as "colourful jade" and that's one half of a pair of Tibetan divination dice. (The other half is still being etched. It will be made of "egg yolk opal".)That's an astrology d12: those are the sun signs or whatever those are called. The stone for that one is "blue sandstone". In person the stone has odd depths. The gold flecks are such that t...See moreYou need to sign in to comment -
ZDL commented on hairylarry's blog postGamer+ News March 8, 2021After a couple of fun chat sessions we are returning to Ember tonight for some more actual play. The Chronicles Of Ember is set in a unique role playi...Mar 84 0You need to sign in to comment
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ZDL uploaded 1 new photo to Newsfeed Photos albumDice, anyone? These are dice cut from dichromic prisms. Very pretty and can be used, but I'd recommend only in dice towers with walled enclosures because they likely won't survive a fall from table height to a hard floor.
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Feb 26Well, 2020 was a year of two months of terror followed by 9 months of 6-day workweeks, so glad to see the back end of that year going away.You need to sign in to comment
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ZDL commented on FollowMeAndDie's statusMy thoughts on Getting Started with Science Fiction RPGs.
https://followmeanddie.com/...cience-fiction-rpgs/Feb 232 0
Feb 23I used to have real trouble with SF as a gaming genre outside of space opera. The solution turned out to be in the very problem statement.
As you identified, there's just so much bewildering *variety* in science fiction in terms of genres, tones, scales, et al that it's almost, but not quite, a useless term.
Once I figured out that the reason I had problems with the genre outside of space opera was precisely because space opera is a very specific subset of science fiction, the rest fell into place: now I don't play science fiction games. I play "space exploration". Or "world settlement". Or "interplanetary trade". The key was always in my hand, without my recognizing it: focus.
Nice article that brings back so many years of frustration and its eventual resolution for me.I used to have real trouble with SF as a gaming genre outside of space opera. The solution turned out to be in the very problem statement.
As you identified, there's just so much bewild...See more
Feb 24I didn't really understand SF gaming until I played in RoboG's game. I went for a computer technician and loved making up all kinds of stuff with cyber jargon. It's like you get to be a hacker without having to do all the work. Essentially every computer, data jack, cable, or robot became a path to more information. I enjoyed that.I didn't really understand SF gaming until I played in RoboG's game. I went for a computer technician and loved making up all kinds of stuff with cyber jargon. It's like you get to be a hacker without...See moreYou need to sign in to comment
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Big things to watch out for:
1. The cannons are killer. They're REALLY WEIRD and they can do some very nasty pins that are difficult (sometime impossible) to escape if you're unwary. Learning to use cannons effectively is a core skill.
2. The horses move like knights, but they DO NOT JUMP. They move one orthogonal away from point of origin, then one diagonal away. They capture on the second, diagonal part. A piece at that first orthogonal point will block the move. This is radically different from an IC knight which can't be blocked.
3. Generals (the equivalent of kings), although restricted to their palaces, are not allowed to "see" each other, thus giving them ranged influence on each other. It's a common ploy in the end-game to use the general to constrain the other's moves. Watch for it!
It's a fun game. For historical reasons I can't ever like IC, but CC I kind of love, even though I suck at it. :DIf you have any International Chess (IC) skills you'll find that they translate easily to Chinese Chess (CC). CC is a faster-moving game (same number of pieces, larger board). Where with IC you maybe ...See more
Sue me. I thought it was funny. :P