The struggle is real

If you hold in square, you may be able to stop the cavalry

Best of luck with it! And it's really great to see you back with enthusiasm for board games again. I just showed your new logo (alongside the old one) to my wife and it got a genuine "squeee!" so winning from that front already!

Aha! That's it! 😆 I knew I liked it, but not why until you said that. It's clearly Middle-earth, but different to "normal" ME art tropes, and well executed. Going to have to check this one out.

I love the presentation of that.

Non-substack version now on my personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...

Go out for a drink first, I guess?

Thanks. :) I suspect we'll probably be trying to do some broader testing on this one soon.

Thanks. After shredding a lot of the game, it's just getting back to a shareable state, so hopefully we can show you soon, if you are up for it... 😁

All well and good, but that wouldn't have been what I was going for with my chicken stew. 😁

Yeah, I'm someone who clearly has no sense of joy. Normally I'm up for some dumb daftness towards the end of an evening, but when I played it, I was the one just waiting for it to end, while everyone else seemed to be having fun.

Need to buy 3 packs in order to make 10 portions.

Funnily enough, that's exactly the reference I invoked when having my entirely rational and normal rant at my wife. 😅

Update: I am the god of dumplings!

Why can't they have a portion that divides into the pack size?! It makes no sense.

It's fine, I can do maths and I know that this is not a recipe where precise ratios really matter, but my point stands. The Atora people need a stern talking to.