2017-10-26 (Thursday)
Writing
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Board games for two players
Board games that work well with two players, as suggested by people on twitter.
Tweets
Months ago I asked for suggestions of board games that work well with two players. Here’s a list: gyford.com/phil/writing/2… Thanks everyone!
@iamdanw Have you finished those sausage rolls yet?
@Preoccupations “off-board”
@paul_regan @fortyvenus Wait, that was you stealing my coat?! Why I oughtta…
@genmon The Wonder Years was also set 20 years earlier. I think plenty’s been written about 20ish-year cycles of nostalgic revival.
@paul_regan Bugger. Well, whatever I’m getting soaked for here, I hope it’s worth it!
@paul_regan Wait, I thought I was queueing for the new iPhones…
@paul_regan I’m already queueing!
@genmon I’d love a chart of some kind showing each era’s callbacks to things of decades ago, made in attempts at “authenticity”.
As someone else pointed out (I wouldn’t have noticed) also it’s amazing they *still* use “white authors” but “black writers”, as yesterday. twitter.com/NicholasGuyatt…
"Remember that black student yesterday, the one on the front cover, who was attacking white authors? Yeah, we made that up. Sorry."
@FakeDaveGreen How have you found them? We got a bit bored and stopped after the first 4 or so. I’m not quite sure what was missing.
Liked tweets
VERY courageous, Minister... twitter.com/samuelpepys/st…
It seems the City did last night very freely lend the King 100,000l. without any security but the King’s word, which was very noble.
Love this Polish phonetic map from "The Red Atlas". For Warsaw Pact troops seeking to blend in as they occupy 'Saufend' & 'Landen'
@NicholasGuyatt I see they're sticking to the "white authors"/"black writers" thing.