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Harriet Cooper

@hmflowerpot.bsky.social
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French/German to English translator: Board games, literature, international development. Written reviews, playtesting, rules editing. (She/her)

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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Partway through a game of Mytikas
Action board, player board and Mount Olympus board with wooden building components on.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
First game of Landfall. Enjoyable but so far I'm not winning 😂
Island made up of connected magnetic tiles, in 4 colours and at various elevations. Volcanoes pawns are on some of the tiles.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I've only got 1 creature, but he's a 26/29...
Game of Magic the Gathering
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
If you like great art, take a look at #artfight2026 :D
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Trash Pandas. 8-15-17. I won 🏆
End result of a game of Trash Pandas, where you collect and stash cards for points.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Am making good progress through this tray of minis, and I think my painting is improving 🖌️ 🫟
Tray of 63 miniatures for the game Malhya. 43 are now painted
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Bank holiday well spent: 1830.
Partway through a game of 1830: a stock market plus railway empire game.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Game of Hanafuda this evening. 105 points to me, plus a set that knocks 50 points off my opponents' scores.
One player's layout after a round of Hanafuda - Japanese flower cards.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Out of hours, ChatGPT is secretly a DM: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
OpenAI tells ChatGPT models to stop talking about goblins
The AI firm said that unlike previous model bugs, the issue
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Types of board game, by xkcd comics. (Permalink in comments.)
"I can't believe Candles of Vienna caved to commercial pressure and added the Goku expansion."
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Am first up the mountain for once :D Playing K2 (purple). Just got to get down again in one piece...
The K2 board game, with play in progress. The purple pawn is at the top of the mountain. Yellow and red are further down.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It's been a little minute... but: she's back. Apparently Bsky didn't like my birthdate being in 2023. Provides me with the perfect excuse to play this banger: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzgy...
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Marten Hørger & Neon Steve - We're Back / MadMusicWorld
YouTube video by MadMusicWorld
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Darnit... I only popped on to the KS website to check something, but then I slipped and Wonderland's War Duel fell into my pledge basket. I really should be more careful.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Started badly 😬 I can see us losing this game of Sub Terra...
Game of Sub Terra on a table. The 5 meeples are almost trapped in a 6-tile cave with a Horror - i.e. a monster that will chase them
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Really interesting article about the historical events that inspired The Handmaid's Tale: www.penguin.co.uk/discover/art...
penguin.co.uk
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Europe Economics has 'compared' the energy usage of AI translation and human translation. The numbers are a nonsense – AI is not some green saviour who vastly outbids us wasteful, gluttonous human translators (how dare we need feeding?!). Here's the take-down: www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/20...
loekalization.com
The Great Greenwashing Hoax: The UK Government Says You Are the Problem, and AI Is the Climate Savior – Loekalization Blog
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Exploding Kittens board game. This is literally called the "chaos" side of the board. I lost both times. Story of my life. 🤦 (facepalm emoji)
Board game in the Exploding Kitten range. You must follow a route without landing on an exploding kitten space, and you can use your cards to alter outcomes. The board has flipped to a bright red side with a hell theme.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh - staying alive, staying alive... Second playthrough and the scores were 16-16-15-15 GG everybody 🕺
End of a game of K2, a tabletop game about climbing mountains.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Tonight's gaming: K2. First playthrough. Enjoying it so far, but then no-one has fallen from the mountain and plummeted to their death yet. Totally different from yesterday's Happy Little Dinosaurs.
Partway through playing a board game about climbing the mountain K2.
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Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Excellent piece by Danny Hahn on why we literary translators won’t be replaced just yet! #translation #literarytranslation #booksky
observer.co.uk
AI won’t replace us human literary translators just yet
Yes, it can turn French words into English ones, but true translation is so much more than that
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
First time playing Railroad Tiles this evening. Came 4th with 44 points. GG though
Completed player transport network in Railroad Tiles, a board game based on Railroad Ink
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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Whole book “translated” for $100? You get what you pay for, and if you don’t understand what makes human translators valuable, maybe you don’t value the creative work that goes into the writing process either. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
theguardian.com
AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators
UK-based GlobeScribe is charging $100 per book, per language for use of its services, but translators say that nuanced work can only be produced by humans
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Playing Azul Duel for the first time. Think it's now my fave Azul. I'd probably order them as: 1. Duel 2. Summer Pavilion 3. OG 4. Sintra
Game of the Azul: Duel board game, a 2-player tile placement game.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Yey! Victorious again! My blue sheep got the most grass. (Battle Sheep.)
Completed game of Battle Sheep. The blue sheep won because they claimed most territory.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Just won at Rattus Cartus because the other two players went bust with too many rats at the end. I knew it would be low so only had 3 rats. Hahahahaha Yeah I'm a bad winner ... but I don't often get the opportunity to gloat. So I'm making the most of it 🙃
Game of Rattus Cartus. The players need to have 4 or fewer rats at the end in this game, but that number is hidden until final scoring.I don't have as many points on the scoreboard as the other two players, but they both went bust with too many rats. I only had 3 rats.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We have hundreds of games. A well -stocked shelf of opportunity. Happy to plough days into a complex game with lots of minis. We know our way around BGA if we ever needed something new to play. So what did we play last night? Llama. For the hundredeth time.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Someone asked "what's the most boring subject for a game?" and I commented "a telephone hotline game". Then I had an idea for a luck-based dice game for it. Technically that makes me a game designer. I think I'd best stick to the day job, generally. Enjoy ;) hcoopertranslations.co.uk/free-print-a...
hcoopertranslations.co.uk
Free Print and Play
Insure-A-Lot: A Print and Play game for one or more players. Welcome to the Insure-A-Lot helpline. Your call is important to us. Choose from the
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
[1830] Harrie's railway empire is going okay, so far. Trains are getting a bit pricey now. My corporations are Erie, and Chesapeake & Ohio. It's only our 4th game I think. Does anyone recommend playing near New York etc, or have any tips there? Everyone seems to struggle with that area of the board.
Money and trains for me two corporations in the game 1830.My linked railway tracks near Lake Erie, in the game 1830.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
If you need a pick-me-up, there's loads of cool art at the hashtag #portfolioday
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Poor, neglected robins...
A long line of 8 Robin cards, during the board game Cubirds. You need 6 robins for a small flock and 9 for a large flock.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Watching a bit of Sort your Life Out over lunch (= hoarders-lite). Voiceover: "This family has *87 board games*!"
media.tenor.com
a stuffed monkey with the word umm written on the bottom
Alt: A stuffed monkey with the word umm written on the bottom
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Joyride plus snacks...
Playing the board game Joyride. Four cars are racing around a junk yard. There is a packet of rice crackers in the middle of the board.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Hey, there are more like me! I've been describing myself as an omni-gamer for a while, so it's nice to see a BGG thread about it: boardgamegeek.com/thread/34676...
boardgamegeek.com
Confessions of an Omni-gamer | BGG
Some people are euro gamers. Some prefer Ameri-style, thematic dice-chuckers. Then there are your con-sim grognards and your RPG or miniatures aficionados. They pick a groove and they're content with ...
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Work-life balance ;-)
A laptop is perched on the corner of a dining table covered by a game of Arkham Horror that is unfinished.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Arkham Horror. I probably shouldn't have picked a character that requires me to roll 6s each time.
Game of Arkham Horror in progress.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Gamifying life. Genius 😂 youtube.com/shorts/_8MKl...
youtube.com
Here’s to the passive aggressive roommates.
YouTube video by Max Kolo
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The Last of Us, this evening. Good so far
Partway through the board game The Last of Us.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
A thread about tariffs:
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Joyride. First time playing this evening. GG. Am currently in the lead but I'm sure that will change very shortly...
The board game Joyride. Four cars are racing around a dirt track.
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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 01/02/2025
This site lets board game designers share info about their games, including photos and videos, with publishers
boardgameprototypes.com
Board Game Prototypes - Share your prototypes with publishers
Create dedicated pages for your board game prototypes with images, sellsheets, and pitch videos. Match publisher catalogs and share your games professionally.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Top tip: Don't start a game of 1830 at 8pm on a school night. Yeah, I quit with 1 train at about 11pm. There was a lot of paralysis analysis around the table.
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Ross 💙🎲 MoreGamesPlease @moregamesplease.com · 31/01/2025
The stolen board games weren't just a personal collection but shared as a library for others to enjoy at a small local convention. Please spread the word; it's unlikely, but hopefully, these games will be returned. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Board game designer pleads for return of games stolen in Luton
Police are investigating after the theft of the games which were left in a car parked in Luton.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
UK open consultation on Copyright & AI: www.gov.uk/government/c...
gov.uk
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Already funded but back it anyways: www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...
kickstarter.com
Give Me A Reason: Unlock Heartbreak Through Puzzles
Navigate an emotional tale of love, loss and longing in heartfelt letters, with hidden puzzles, filled with twists and turns. #Make100
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I thought I did okay at Earth, with 219 points, but still third place (299-258-219). My two opponents both have doctorates in maths, so winning is hard in my house 😂
Game of engine-builder Earth.Player table of cards. The board game Earth.
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Peer Sylvester @peersylvester.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I have two good games that are a bit tricky to find publishers for: One is a coop-dexterity game thats played in the dark, the other is a coop programming game about discovering a foreign planet, a bit like the robo rally version of Lost expedition. Any suggestion where I could pitch those?
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
You'd have thought the BBC could afford a Zoom subscription ...
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I have so many tabs open that I have no idea where the drum and bass is coming from. It's a good mix, at least. Maybe I'll be able to track it down later.
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⚙️🤖🛠️ Kitche @kitchegoldwatt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Gadunka says: “𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗛𝗛𝗛!!” 🏳️‍⚧️
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Harriet Cooper @hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
To mark the inauguration, I've deleted my Twitter account. Feels weird, even though I haven't used it for a year. Had to say goodbye to it at some point though.
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