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Jim LeBaron (69 KP) rated The Quacks of Quedlinburg in Tabletop Games

Mar 12, 2019  
The Quacks of Quedlinburg
The Quacks of Quedlinburg
2019 | Fantasy, Medical, Medieval
10
8.8 (12 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
Good Replay Value (2 more)
Easy to teach
Great game play
Only 4 players (0 more)
This is my favorite new game of 2019. I taught this to many groups at my local gaming conference and most of them loved it as well.
What are some of the things I loved?
A balanced press your luck component: If you press your luck too far you pay a price but that price isn't as steep as it is in other games
Catch up mechanism: Falling behind? No problem, Quacks helps you out until you are a little more caught up.
Replay Value: Each reagent has 4 variants so each game can be a little different. There are also two sided player boards. One for a beginner's game and one for the advanced game.
Simultaneous play: Players get to decide at the same time what they are going to do so you don't spend as much time waiting on others.
No Take That: From what I have seen there is no direct conflict between players, some people like that in a game some don't so I thought I'd list it.
  
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Johnny-Mac Willcox-Beney (10 KP) rated The Quiet Year in Tabletop Games

Jul 20, 2019  
The Quiet Year
The Quiet Year
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
Gorgeous illustrations (5 more)
No prep needed
Good inspiration for post apocalyptic settings
Great first TTRPG
Cheap! ($6)
Replayable for different communities
Fantastic Post-Apocalyptic Story Gaming
Absolutely gorgeous single-session GMless story centered game. Players must navigate a year in a community after an apocalypse. Each week is represented by a card from a standard 52 card deck, each suit a season.
   When a card is drawn it introduces a new choice to be made by a player about your community, with limited organised discussions about these choices replicating failures in communications in real communities. This choice is then represented on a map of your community that you build as you play.
    This game is absolutely brilliant as a first TTRPG, a first session to build the setting for a post apocalyptic game in another system or just as a standalone one shot. It only takes one 2-3 hour session, some paper, pens, 6 sided dice, a standard deck of playing cards and the PDF. The questions it asks prompt very interesting ideas about your community to build somewhere that feels alive and fully fleshed out. A great buy!
  
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Erika (17789 KP) rated The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) in Movies

Mar 20, 2020  
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
2011 | Action, Animation, Family
3
6.9 (19 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Voice talent (0 more)
Now... I know Herge himself chose Spielberg as the only director for Tintin before Herge passed away.
Instead of choosing to go with one adventure, or even two that were sequels/two-parts, the decision was made to mash up The Crab with the Golden Claws, and the Secret of the Unicorn. Tintin originally met Captain Haddock in the Crab with the Golden Claws (1941), not the Secret of the Unicorn (1943). Needless to say, I was completely confused. Tintin and Haddock were already friends, and Tintin bought the Unicorn as a gift... It was just bizarre to me. Why and how was that decision made? Yes, there were tons of homages to the adventures of Tintin overall, but the plot just felt all over the place.
I also did not dig the animation/mo-cap, it was very off-putting and distracting. Thank god the technology was improved in Ready Player One.
I think I was expecting too much. I wouldn't be remotely interested in a sequel for this. Maybe Spielberg will try it again? It would work better as a television series anyway, you've got 23 complete adventures, the stories need another chance.
  
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Britt Daniel recommended track Bring It to Jerome by Bo Diddley in His Best by Bo Diddley in Music (curated)

 
His Best by Bo Diddley
His Best by Bo Diddley
1997 | Rock
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Bring It to Jerome by Bo Diddley

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"I first heard this one in 2000, or maybe 2001. My girlfriend at the time, Eleanor, had a Bo Diddley compilation that I think she got from her brother. I was grown by then so it wasn’t like I was listening to Bo in the crib, you know? But I came around to it. ""For a long time, I wasn’t a fan of the blues, because my limited understanding of it was cover bands on Sixth Street here in Austin - that version of the genre was just white guys trying to imitate Stevie Ray Vaughan. I think Bo transcended blues though. There’s so much more going on; there’s pop elements, there’s pure rock and roll elements. ""What I love about him the most is that he’s all about the maracas. That’s something that I’ve snagged, for sure, they’re the coolest percussion instrument. He went on The Ed Sullivan Show with a four-piece band, and one of them was just there to play maracas - that’s how essential it was to the sound. On this song, Jerome himself is the maraca player and he’s singing the response vocal - singing his own name. I love that."

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