What’s your favourite thematic/narrative game?

I get that! I felt the same hesitation with “you can only play it 12-24 times and then never again, what?!” but honestly I’m so happy we took the plunge anyway. I don’t know about you, but many if not most games in my collection I haven’t even played that many times…

I haven’t played that much Pandemic, really, so the mechanics have yet to get old for us 😅

That’s great! I mean, they’re good mechanics, so I’m glad you’re enjoying them. They just get recycled in all the other games lol.

I really feel you with respect to competitive games. We occasionally play some with a group of friends, but at home it’s basically always cooperative games.

I don’t know this Star Wars Pandemic game, but in general the Pandemic games are really solid. The mechanisms get a bit stale after playing a lot in my opinion, so the only game by the same creator we still get to the table is Thunderbirds.

If you’re at all interested in legacy games, I can highly recommend Pandemic Legacy: Season 1. It was the first legacy game I played and it was an amazing experience.

I think you’ve already had plenty of replies here, but yeah here in western Europe, straight from the tap. I’m also fortunate not to have any chlorine in my water. It’s delicious.

One thing about the chlorine, it also just evaporates over time without boiling. Filling a jug of water and leaving it standing around for a while will also get rid of that chlorine smell/taste!

Interesting question. I actually had a conversation about this with friends recently, one of the group had just gotten an ASD diagnosis and we realised we were all neurodivergent–except, did I count? We quickly concluded that that didn’t really matter, but now I’m curious what y’all think.

Due to a medical event years ago, I suffered brain damage. It didn’t really “break” functions, but since then I’ve had trouble with concentration, energy, mental planning, and perhaps most importantly I get overstimulated really easily. I can’t handle a conversation while the radio is on, I wear ear plugs when I need to go into a shop, I can’t watch busy/flashy tv shows, if someone is fiddling with something in their hands I get an urge to run away, etc. It might not sound like much to some, but it’s left me unable to work (there’s more than I described).

I realise that neurodivergence is mostly used for differently developed brains. But mine also don’t function “typically”. What do you think?

(And just to reiterate, it really doesn’t matter, I know how I am and how my brain works now and a label isn’t important to me, I’m just wondering if the general public would find it strange if I said I’m neurodivergent).

Wat leuk dat je je nederlands wil oefenen! Ben je ook opgegroeid met de nederlandse taal?

That’s a good one too!

I mostly play big campaign games with my partner, for example currently we’re playing Frosthaven and Oathsworn (and have Aeon Trespass lined up). Other favourites are Aeon’s End, Spirit Island, Terraforming Mars. Me and my friends have a strong preference for cooperative games!

Some more low key games that we tend to bring out with friends who don’t game a lot are Isle of Cats, Thunderbirds, Namiji, and The Crew.

I wasn’t planning on going back to Reddit, but I don’t think I’ll be able to resist watching the dumpster fire 🔥

That’s hilarious, I think I’ll use that next time someone asks me where the nickname comes from 😁

I’m actually curious what people would say about mine!

Sure, nothing is always good or bad. Of course. That’s also not what I was saying? At least, what I meant was, washes are great for someone who has no idea what they’re doing yet. Because without having learned any skills, a lot of things you try don’t work out. Washes, however, even when applied without skill, generally do work out great and massively improve the beginner’s paint job. Obviously, not always, but it’s a very very safe bet.

And then, if you do know what you’re doing, you might use loads of different techniques. But washes are still great to have and can provide great effects when the mini calls for it. But since we were talking about beginners taking up painting for the first time, I figured a nuanced discussion for experienced painters was not what we were looking for. :)

This looks really good, especially considering it’s dollar store paint!

Does anyone know of a mini painting community? I’m new to Lemmy and still finding my bearings but I’d love to see more mini painting content.

While I mostly agree with you, I do think that contrast paints are a great shortcut. However, not for new painters necessarily. But once you get the hang of painting a bit, they can be fantastic for speedpainting.

Washes, however, are talent in a bottle for everyone starting from the very first mini they paint. It’s amazing how they can turn your mini from “argh this is a mess” to “this looks amazing!” so easily.