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Shoutout to the guy who fixed my worn out Catan board at the local library gaming meetup

I brought my old Catan set to the library meetup last Saturday and the hex tiles were so faded you could barely tell the desert from the pasture. This dude named Marcus showed up with a set of sharpies and spent 15 minutes retracing the border lines. It looked decent after that, not new but way more playable. Anyone else ever get a second life out of a game from a random stranger's help?

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max388•1d ago

Had to pick between two board game groups last night

My buddy Mike invited me to his heavy euro game night while my sister wanted me to try this new party game called 'Let Me Explain' at her place. I went with Mike and we played 4 hours of Brass Birmingham, which was super intense but I had a headache after. Does anyone else struggle choosing between deep strategy games and just goofing around with family?

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