The Correct Incantation

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Beavers are really important.

After the huge wildfires in Oregon in 2022, a biologist went out to survey the damage. Not only were the forests blackened, thriving trout populations in the streams were gone, choked to death by ash. “I was in total shock. It just looked like devastation.”

Then he stumbled upon something even more surprising: roughly five acres of pristine greenery in an otherwise burned-out area! At the center were eight active beaver dams.

But this was more than a refuge from the fire. While fish had disappeared upstream of these dams, the downstream water was crystal clear — and trout were thriving as though the fire had never happened! The beaver dams were acting as a water treatment plant.

[Paraphrased from this article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/beaver-dams-help-wildfire-ravaged-ecosystems-recover-long-after-flames-subside/]

Reintroducing Space Empires 4X

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If you’ve never looked at Space Empires 4X, it’s a 1- to 4-player game where players take command of empires, expanding their own and exterminating the others

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✏️ Block off your calendar now!

⚜️ The 2026 Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention is coming
📆 16-18 January
🎲🎲🎲

All-online / virtual wargaming convention
For a full weekend of gaming, talks shows, and more
⚜️

https://tinyurl.com/acdc26

New in Go Books: “Mastering Mini Go: A Complete Guide to the 9×9 Go Board” by Mark Tomlinson.

From the intro: “The 9×9 board distills Go to its essence—a knife fight in a phone booth where every move counts and games finish in minutes, not hours. Mastering Mini Go is your complete guide to this compact battlefield, transforming it from a beginner’s training ground into a sophisticated tactical arena.”

If you play any 9×9 go, this is a must-read.

https://gobooks.com

#GoBooks #SmartGo