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Iain Cheyne 3 months ago
I posted a note via Nosotros and it shows 9 relays, but I only have 4 configured in settings? I deleted a few the other day as Jumble told me I had too many. @Cesar Dias
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Iain Cheyne 3 months ago
Cashu.me does not connect to my account via NWP. I added the URL, but zaps are broken. I do not know if it's a NWP problem with me playing around with lots of Nostr clients or if it's a problem with Cashu.me. @Egge
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Iain Cheyne 3 months ago
A friend wants to invest in Bitcoin, so I wanted to try out some wallets. I thought I'd give the @Blockstream app (aka Green) a try as it's the top player in Bitcoin development. My sats were in @Blitz Wallet , but it's a bit too early to be really usable. Lightning payments were broken, so I had to get my money out using Spark - which worked fine. The only other Spark wallet I could find was @npub18y2x...6dty (a Chrome extension + mobile app) so I got sats out using that. I tried to transfer sats into the Blockstream app using Lightning, but, to my surprise, the payment went through as mainnet. I wasn't bothered as the fee was cheap. I then realised that the Blockstream app doesn't support Lightning out of the box. It's an "experimental feature" that you have to enable in settings - except that feature wasn't there. 🤯 I gave up and did a mainnet transction into Misty @Breez ⚡️ - a reliable mobile wallet that supports mainnet, liquid and lightning with no fuss. I might try Xverse again another time as that did the job too.
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Iain Cheyne 3 months ago
Fate of the Fellowship I couldn't resist this in the shop. It's thematically brilliant. Better than War of the Ring because the characters are so important. Punishingly hard. I have played 3 times and only come close once and that was because I got a lift from the giant eagles to Mt Doom. Playing with 4 gamers shares the cognitive load. Surprised I've enjoyed it so much, but disappointed it's too much for my son. Upgraded from Nazgul minis to black cubes. #boardgames
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Iain Cheyne 3 months ago
Elevenses Sweet little half hour tableau builder from 2014 about serving tea to the ladies. The white cubes used for scoring are sugar cubes. #boardgames
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Iain Cheyne 4 months ago
Fist of Dragonstones This one divides opinion. It's in that uncomfortable spot of being more complicated than a pub game, but not really meaty enough for a regular games night. It's also got blind bidding which you either love or hate. I love it. Classic Bruno Faidutti. #boardgames image
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Iain Cheyne 4 months ago
Luthier Not my kind of game at all. Took us 4 hours. It's a classic crowd funded modern worker placement game. Tons of incredible components and art. 30 pages of rules. Tons of tracks and counters and ways to score. Minimal player interaction. Good for what it is, but I'd rather not. #boardgames
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Iain Cheyne 4 months ago
Marvel Remix Receive image 7 cards. Every turn draw 1 from deck or table and discard 1 to make a higher scoring hand. Game ends once 10 cards discarded. That's it. This Fantasy Realms reboot has much nicer art but also slightly fiddlier scoring and doesn't have an scoring scanner app. #boardgames
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Iain Cheyne 4 months ago
Wonderland's War This is a good game for Sunday morning at a convention. It's not too hard to learn and play but there's plenty going on and you don't mind about it taking 2.5 hours. Sometimes the production values of modern board games are jaw-dropping. #boardgames
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Iain Cheyne 4 months ago
Odin Climbing games aren't as variable or as deep as tricktakers, but this is surprisingly different. Instead of the usual 2-3-4 or 4-4-4 combos, the cards make number place values so a combo of 6-3-1 is the number six hundred and thirty one. You also have to pick up one of the cards of the hand you beat. Lots of decisions in a small, cheap, attractive pack. #boardgames
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Iain Cheyne 5 months ago
I was at the Wye Valley Sculpture Garden today and came across the most unbelievable guitarist - Simon Cottle.