merely rachel

Daily Puzzles Current streak: 800 days Longest streak: 800 days Days played: 901 days Monday March 9 12 perfect puzzles

6x6 grid with 5 pairs of colored dots, 3 pairs of colored dots are connected with lines, filling in most of the grid space. Connecting the last two pairs will complete the puzzle and fill the whole grid

I know a lot of folks enjoy their daily word puzzles but for me it’s Flow, for the past 800 days now

Ironclad and Silent characters fighting the three-headed lizard boss

Loving the co-op digital Slay the Spire

If we’re going to be playing this game constantly, why not enjoy it together? Great tweaks for multiplayer

Goals!

Right, of course! Hence my evolution from old PC copies of Mass Effect (original play through) to Mass Effect Legendary on XBox (current replay) to ME Legendary on Steam when it was just 2 bucks (a future replay)

💯this! Daytime work computer. Evening Steamdeck + tv + couch. My PC’s so old my Steamdeck run games better anyway

Selfie with the dingy snow and puddled sidewalk 4.37km, 29:30 time, 6’45” pace

Cloudy and soggy snow but 45F/7C so I ran outside! I avoided nearly all of the puddles but unfortunately it only takes one

My pleasure! Thanks for joining us and teaching Things in Rings! We had a great time

It’s a beautiful game with tricky decisions

I’m so happy to find myself among these stats!

I missed attaching this lovely pic with @itomarhernandez.bsky.social and @tiffanyleigh.bsky.social !
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My son had adopted this style with his friends on lower player counts too

We capped off our day learning Nanatoridori from @itomarhernandez.bsky.social and @tiffanyleigh.bsky.social
Such a lovely time! So grateful we were able to meet up to hang a bit, thanks!

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Me and hubby building our galaxy tableaus by drafting from the card market

I lost by just one point in Point Galaxy! Hubby won much more decisively in Quacks next 😭

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Me and hubby playing the two player card game of fantasy fighters making their way through encounters to defeat the bad guy at the end.

I’ve heard a lot of great things about Kinfire Delve by @kevinwilson42.bsky.social so we borrowed it from the #GraniteGameSummit library and were very glad we did!
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Me and hubby with two other attendees playing Eternal Decks. There’s a white on black board for playing cards in rows, following the placement rules and unlocking stars

More #GraniteGameSummit fun today, starting with a successful full play of Eternal Decks!
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Selfie of the five of us at a big round silver table. Small item cards are organized into a Venn diagram made up of three colored strings

Skull King box, cards, and scoresheet

We wrapped the evening with a fun series of lighter card games. Thanks @overthehillier.bsky.social
@ericbuscemi.bsky.social
@tableflipsyou.bsky.social❗️
We played
Demoniac
The Gang
Things in Rings
Skull King
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Selfie of the four of us playing Bare Bones with a market of colorful dice

I chose Batgirl for DC Deckbuilding

We got our deck building on with @tableflipsyou.bsky.social and his lovely wife: Bare Bones, DC Deckbuilding, and Legendary Buffy

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Me and hubby in the conference room. Black cloth board with different rows for playing cards to unlock special decks in bright colors

We had a fabulous time at #GraniteGameSummit yesterday! First we learned (but didn’t finish) Eternal Decks. So grateful for the sharing library stocked by attendees
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Grabbed a round table near registration

We’ll aim for 6:30 wherever we find a table. Can loop back to registration if we have trouble finding each other

My top 9 games

(no particular order)

I played with hubby and my 19yo son lounging on the couch with the steam deck connected to the tv. I took pics on my phone of things we didn’t want to forget

an illustration of a party popper with hearts and confetti coming out of it Alt: an illustration of a party popper with hearts and confetti coming out of it

Amazing and well deserved!

Duolingo character Lucy saying “façade” in English. To select the correct translation the French options are fuite volet façade

Thanks, Duolingo, this is a big help, I’d be lost without you 🙄

You got outdoors! I’m so jealous! (Glances out the window at the coating of new snow on the piles of old snow)

that they have kept their relationship intensely private to the point that this is how we find out is probably the best sign they might actually make it

anyway, rules are rules, here is the exact moment she fell in love

In my mind I’d start Star Wars with New Hope but where do you start to give someone an introduction/taste of Star Trek? Wrath of Khan?

BG Stats 4 x 4. Play count: 3: Cribbage; 3: Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders; 1: Adventurous; 1: Bridge City Poker; 1: Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny; 1: Fantastic Factories; 1: SCOUT; 1: Slay the Spire: The Board Game; 1: Spots; 1: Take Time; 1: Wazabi.

February #boardgames!
Snuck in two games under the wire yesterday, gabbing with the gals over Wazabi and Scout
Meanwhile we’re really enjoying our Tidal Blades 2 campaign

Me and hubby in front of the colorful Loreto sign with the JoCo cruise ship in the background from 2018

Here’s the blast from our past

We celebrated our 20th anniversary (1/2 year late) with JoCo in 2018 and now we’ll celebrate our 30th (1/2 year early) in 2027. We’re booked!