#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings

Game night with friends;

Had a local company come by to give an estimate on long-needed house maintenance and beautification;

Walking with my sweetie at lunchtime after a big rainstorm.

(Game night was a "cards-only" version of #TerraformingMars. The #boardgame version is card heavy, and the new version still uses scoring tokens and cardboard counting tracks. From my point of view, the big change is that the card-only version is physically small enough that you can have 5 people play it on a normal table.)

I am somewhat amused at myself. This time, when playing Terraforming Mars Solo, I decided that my goal was to develop anti-gravity technology before my time was up. And I did. I didn't manage to terraform Mars, though. 😆

#Games #BoardGames #TerraformingMars

#gameDesign #gameDev insight:

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/shadowlands-games/terraforming-mars-ttrpg#top is launching a #TTRPG based on the #terraformingMars #boardGame

It focuses on building infrastructure, building ecosystems (even if in a techno-solutionist way) and generational play, seeing the changes over decades and centuries. I would love to use it as a base for #solarpunk #games .

So WHY does the quickstart feature combat rules, but not social conflict rules?

Can we really imagine, focus on nothing else than shooting each other?