Real Angela’s playthrough 9 (almost) – Azar

Premise The main difference with playthrough 9 is that I wanted to try Honor Mode for the first time (with mods). I try to play as different classes for each run, both to see how combat develops through the game, and to see if there are any class-specific events/dialogue. This time, I tried a Way of the…

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Last Night’s Game – Shinjuku and Trickster Gods

Last night John brought some unusual and hard-to-find games. I've linked to them as best I could. Although I won twice, it was not due to skill. I mis-understood the rules of both games more than once. Shinjuku would have played out differently if the rest of us had understood why John was building his Railroad network.…

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Last Night’s Game – Cháng’ān and In Front of the Elevators

For the first time in a while, Maria was able to join us. She and Andrew brought a couple of new games for us to try. Cháng'ān vaguely resembles Wingspan, in that the engine is built from cards that relate to resource production. However, the relationship between producing and engine creation is quite different. The game has…

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Last Night’s Game – Mystic Vale Harmony, Race for the Galaxy, Dice Forge

This weekend was a bit different for me. Instead of a game night on Friday, I went to one on Saturday. The people were different too: Mike, Michael, and Real Angela. At the Friday-night sessions, the gamers tend to play newer or more obscure games. For yesterday's gathering, we played tried-and-true classics. It was a pleasant evening.…

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Mapping a PS5 controller in Steam for taking screenshots

I'm writing an article on the Virtual Photography I do to create my fanfic. In the middle of the article, I bring up how easy it is to take screenshots on the PS5: Just hold down the SELECT key. When you play a game using Steam, the equivalent button is F12 on the keyboard. However, that's not…

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