Oh wow, I didn't know it was going to be open access. I was wondering whether the timing would work with the physical edition for me to get hold of it, read (enough of) it and then share some/discuss with my game studies class this semester.

Problem solved (well, onto the reading stage anyway).

Will it be possible to buy this after IGNM? I just read the Space-Biff review, and it sounds great.

It's called Saltfjord. Lots going on as you build up your fishing village on the banks of a Norweigian fjord.

Cool, thanks!

Do you have some that you particularly like? I haven't tried one, but am curious.

I like this one more than the Pandemic one.

And, I'm sure, lots more imaginative routes too.

Perhaps a die to determine/constrain color/number/suit somehow? A distance challenge with legal moves? Or maybe better, a cram-into-a-small-space challenge?

Lots to think about and play with.

It seems to have great potential for that (admittedly, this opinion formed after just one play, and a solo one at that). I like the solitaire in your video.

I think there's potential for some sort of get-the-highest-score solo version that's similar to the original, or maybe a bot opponent?

Tussie Mussie is great (but well hyped?). I'm usually carrying it in case there's an opportunity for a quick game. I've been enjoying Adventurous as a solo game recently. (It claims to be multiplayer co-op, but you just play a solo game together, I think, rather than any meaningful addition.)

Yep, on the heavier/nicer end of the scale for playing cards, but definitely playing cards. A version with magnets or slots in tiles that /only/ let you overlap in legal ways would be awesome, but probably make it massively more expensive.

Yeah, I can definitely see that. Maybe not a good one for in class, where there'd be ~20 players around ~4 games, probably on the floor, in a just-about-big-enough classroom.

Could still be a good candidate for take-home or assignments.

Heroscape? Or Clue(do) even has a movie based on it?? I assume Warhammer / DnD / etc are out of the scope you have in mind?

I have City of Six Moons waiting for me to try. Certainly looks like lots of deduction will be required!

Never mind.

I'm mostly with those saying they prefer authors doing their own thing, but I'd happily read an Alastair Reynolds one.

A short story collection with a range of authors, not all sci-fi, could be fun too.

Next but one? I know it's not a single word, but it's fewer syllables than penultimate.

Yep, lost by a lot. 43 chasing a total of 69. At least I have lots of scope to get better.

Hooray for analogue!

20 years in the US, often wearing these (to the point that there was a short-lived student band called Matt Ollis and the Sweater Vests, who I unfortunately never saw) has conditioned me to accept “sweater vest”. It’s still a “tank top” in my head though. I say stick with that.