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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Here's a head start on your next shitpost, WingsPan.

Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Heroes of Land, Air & Sea for me. I punched and set up Zach's new copy with him and we both looked at it, looked at each other, and promptly swept it all back in to the box. He sold it shortly after, never having played it.

The set up for Heroes of Land, Air & Sea.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

My Christmas/birthday game haul. I also got the Jaws LEGO set, which I'm auper excited to do.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I watched the first two episodes of DC's newest animated show, Creature Commandos, and it was quite a ride. The animation is gorgeous, the writing is engaging (and not at all child friendly — they show necrophilia, for fuck's sake), and the soundtrack is by Gogol Bordello. Highly recommend.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I just played Restart from Unlock Extraordinary Adventures with my daughter, and it was the worst Unlock we've played in years. It was so unintuitive, and it was listed as 1/3 difficulty. If the box didn't already have two more scenarios in it, I might never play an Unlock again after that one.

The Unlock: Extraordinary Adventures box.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

If I were smarter, I'd have bought a chocolate Advent calendar so I could give myself a treat each day when I solve the riddle.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

my #BGStats for November. As the temperature starts to drop, my number of plays starts to rise. Highlights include the Curse of the Dark escape room game, Five Tribes on BGA, and learning Creature Caravan and Let's Go! to Japan.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The Great Barrier Reef Card Game has coral meeples (and it's a very good small-box game).

The components to The Great Barrier Reef Card Game, including five wooden coral tokens.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Are you talking about this version? If so, I think it might just be your copy, as mine doesn't feel that way at all. Sorry you had that experience. (And yes, the graphic design is garish.)

The box of Take 5/Take A Number from Amigo Games.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

To give you a tidbit of Vimes' character, and Pratchett's writing, one of the most famous bits he wrote was the Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

A few paragraphs of text capturing Vimes' 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I've had this for a really long while, and haven't yet played it. It's because I played the original Exit the Abandoned Cabin with my dad, and he's since passed. But it's been years now, and it's a rainy Saturday and I've nothing else to do, so I think it's time.

The box of Exit: The Return to the Abandoned Cabin.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Introduce yourself with four video games.

The cover of the original Final Fantasy.

The cover of Final Fantasy III (also known as Final Fantasy VI in Japan).

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It's modeled on these, and actually does look like one.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm taking a pottery class with my wife, and decided to make a dice tray.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

He's resting comfortably, albeit with the cone of shame on his big head.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Our rescue dog Duncan had a routine x-ray done yesterday ahead of being neutered, and it showed that he has a bullet lodged in his back. I can't imagine how this dog, who has the sweetest disposition, could have been shot, but here we are.

An x-ray image of a dog's back, with a bullet lodged above the base of the tail.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Agreed. And reminds me of this quote from a Mexican revolutionary.

Image of Emiliano Zapata with his quote: "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

My plays for February. Finished TTR: Legacy, and loved it. Got Trickerion to the table for the first time since 2016. Learned Altered, Splendor Duel, Tidal Blades, Savernake Forest, and MLEM. Did some solo one shots — Clue: Treachery at Tudor Manor, Body on the Boardwalk, and The Easter Escapade.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Here's mine. Edge of Tomorrow was a rewatch. For the record, the worse reviews Madame Web gets, the more interested I am to see it. But I'll almost certainly hold off and watch it at home.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Nice. Reminds me of this line from Ted Lasso.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

I almost never get "big box" board games anymore, but I grabbed these both on sale this week.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Yeah, I definitely thought it was about Paladins, like this.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

My Sept. board gaming. Quick thoughts — Crokinole, which I played in a tournament at Reunity Games, is an outstanding dexterity game. Point City is very good, although the rulebook is rough. Eleven is a very maximalist, but fun, soccer simulation. Cobras is as solid a trick-taker as any I've played.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

I am officially exhausted-from-setting-the-game-up years old.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Anyone else do something like this with their print-and-play games, or just me?

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Good news, the base game and expansion components all fit in one box, if you remove the cardboard insert.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Cascadia: Landmarks just arrived in the mail. I'm looking forward to seeing what @rf-seattle.bsky.social and @flatoutgames.bsky.social added to one of my favorite family games.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

Other games played at Reunity Games include Crokinole, Deep Dive, and Roam.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

Getting ready for the Crocodile Dentist tournament with @flipflorey.bsky.social. As one does.

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Eric Buscemi @ericbuscemi.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

First game of Reunity Games is Point City.

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