Dharmatrails

Dharmatrails

@dharmatrails.bsky.social

Boardgames, books & music. Rinse & repeat, as necessary.

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By the narrowest of margins… The Getaway. A late Pedestrians almost lost the game. Saved by a few brave allies. Falcon left exhausted and 1 hit point… 🫣

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Outside reading. Watching honey bees and wee butterflies feeding on late summer asters and tomatillo blossoms. Also downwind of someone’s laundry. Ugh, scented dry sheets. 🥵

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Another satisfying win in Marvel Champions, after a rash of defeats. Echo A and Daredevil J defeat Electro w/Stop the Presses. A back and forth battle until E & D got their supports set up and finally kicked butt. The Fear no Evil expansion has been a lot of fun, and Echo and Daredevil are great fun

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Two old grognards who still love physical games, living 170 miles apart. Tablets on Discord and cameras on tripods for the game, playing over Zoom! Success! The Clone Wars, a Pandemic based game. Won when we would have lost the following turn.

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A simple foxglove. However, I have not had any foxglove in my yard for over six years. And none of my neighbors have any wildflowers. And this flower appeared from under one of my raised beds. So, we celebrate this rather gorgeous looking volunteer foxglove that has graced my yard this year!

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Eomer draws away the attention of the Eye and Nazgul, after Aragorn and Legolas capture Minas Morgul, and Elven Cloaks and Rope get Frodo and Sam to Mt Doom. One card left in the player deck! Wins are hard to come by, so this is an incredibly satisfying victory this evening!

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Finishing with olde school Marvel Champions heroes, Hulk and Thor, grinding out a win over the Sinister Six. This game was slipping away with side schemes reappearing and Thor's health dwindling. Thor, in Justice, got a good hand to clear the Light at the End side scheme for the win! Fun & dramatic.

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Playing a game over Zoom with my buddy last night, and he looks off camera and mentioned a full moon was rising. This is my shot of the full moon through a stain glass sun I have hanging in my window.

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Easily my favorite podcast ever. I listen to the whole series at least once a year. If you haven't listened before, please do! So much fun. Conspiracies, Lovecraftian lore and all the Secret Societies and their history wrapped up in a podcast that grows more expansive with each season. Hurray!!!

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Every Wednesday evening my buddy snd I play Legendary, somewhere around 50 games a year, plus bonus weekend games with his wife. Hundreds of games over the years, and we never tire of playing and seeing what happens next!

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Always tough to capture the full insanity of a two-handed Marvel Champions. Finished a fantastic 5 scenario homebrew campaign: Hydra Unleashed, with a dramatic win over an actual hydra! 🤓

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We need your help to get this launched!

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Homebrew heaven. Marvel Champions, starting a Hydra Unleashed campaign. Moonstone and Harley Quinn verses Hydra, defeating Baron Von Strucker. Sometimes, it takes criminals to defeat villain.

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Every Wednesday evening my half-bro and me play Legendary over Zoom. Cameras mounted on tripods so we can see each other's game board, a small laptop so we can see and converse on Discord. All very sophisticated in a way that is not sophisticated at all! We play almost 50 weeks a year. And, we won!

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When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.

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