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TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated A Bride of Convenience (The Bride Ships Book #3) in Books

Feb 23, 2021  
A Bride of Convenience (The Bride Ships Book #3)
A Bride of Convenience (The Bride Ships Book #3)
Jody Hedlund | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
https://travelingwife4life.wordpress.com/2020/06/30/a-bride-of-convenience-book-review/

This is my first time reading a book by Jody Hedlund (I can hear the gasps of some of you even now), but it is the truth. For some reason, I have just never picked up a book by her. A Bride of Convenience is the third book in her Bride Ships series, I was not lost at all, so the book can be read at a standalone. However, I liked this one so much I ordered the first two books already and I am eagerly anticipating their arrival
  
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Buzz Aldrin recommended The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) in Movies (curated)

 
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
1955 | Classics, Drama
(0 Ratings)
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"This may be about the same time, sort of, in my life. It was The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, General Billy Mitchell, for maybe disobeying the orders of just how he should approach sinking Navy ships. The reason that that has a significance to me is that my father’s first assignment in the Air Corps was as an aide to Billy Mitchell in the Philippines, and that’s where he met my mother, my father met my mother. It’s told to me by the family that not only did Jimmy Doolittle bounce me on his knee, but Billy Mitchell did too."

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Rhys (240 KP) rated Firefly: The Game in Tabletop Games

Aug 21, 2018  
Firefly: The Game
Firefly: The Game
2013 | Entertainment, Science Fiction, Space, Travel
7
7.8 (13 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
Lots of variety in games. (0 more)
Not the most useful instructions. (0 more)
Shiny.
There is a LOT to this game. Like, a lot. Setting everything up requires roughly at least a four foot square space not including each player’s own Firefly board. Basically, it is BIG.
In the simplest game mode (‘First time in the captain’s chair.’) you need the board, which is huge, the plastic ships, around 3 decks of cards, money and crew (all provided). Admittedly, the instructions are not awfully clear and you may end up creating your own variations which work better than the ‘official’. A first game should be dedicated to learning the rules and how to play before any competition starts.
However, once you know what you’re doing you can have several hours of fun. You need to do jobs for money, spend it on upgrades and crew to complete goals, often go to a place and buy or sell something. Think Monopoly meets Risk. Upgrades to Firefly ships are fairly balanced, ones that allow stealthy movements reduce movement range, while increasing range may increase fuel consumption. Although, some are more imbalanced than others, but nothing is ‘game breaking’.
Overall a fun game that takes a little time to really get into.
(Oh, no real knowledge of the series or the expanded universe is required.)