#johncompany — Public Fediverse posts

Here's an #introduction to this account

I'm @[email protected] and this is the account where, I guess, I'll talk about - and maybe post pictures related to - my board game habits

Some games to which I more or less know the rules at this point, in no particular order: #TwilightStruggle, the shorter #TSRedSea, #ImperialStruggle, the excellent #BayonetsAndTomahawks produced by talented locals, #HereIStand, #VirginQueen, #PaxRenaissance, #PaxPamir, #Arcs, maybe #JohnCompany but I'm not certain, and at least the Breaking the Bismarck Barrier scenario of #EmpireOfTheSun (finally, a game with real hexes). I have played several COIN games but the one I like the most is #AndeanAbyss. I love #DominantSpecies. I'm starting to love #Nevsky

Definitely not a tabletop board game but I'm also a big fan of #CivilizationVI, e.g. #Civ6. More hexes!

Interested in playing more games with locals, connecting with other people in town, or playing with other places' locals when I'm out of town. Looking at you, Ontario

I don't use Facebook, Discord, or almost any spyware social media if I can help it - and I only use BoardgameGeek begrudgingly. Happy to be on wargamers.social now, I've been thinking about spinning up a more game-focused account for awhile but it's always been on the backburner 😀

Here's an #introduction to this account

I'm @[email protected] and this is the account where, I guess, I'll talk about - and maybe post pictures related to - my board game habits

Some games to which I more or less know the rules at this point, in no particular order: #TwilightStruggle, the shorter #TSRedSea, #ImperialStruggle, the excellent #BayonetsAndTomahawks produced by talented locals, #HereIStand, #VirginQueen, #PaxRenaissance, #PaxPamir, #Arcs, maybe #JohnCompany but I'm not certain, and at least the Breaking the Bismarck Barrier scenario of #EmpireOfTheSun (finally, a game with real hexes). I have played several COIN games but the one I like the most is #AndeanAbyss. I love #DominantSpecies. I'm starting to love #Nevsky

Definitely not a tabletop board game but I'm also a big fan of #CivilizationVI, e.g. #Civ6. More hexes!

Interested in playing more games with locals, connecting with other people in town, or playing with other places' locals when I'm out of town. Looking at you, Ontario

I don't use Facebook, Discord, or almost any spyware social media if I can help it - and I only use BoardgameGeek begrudgingly. Happy to be on wargamers.social now, I've been thinking about spinning up a more game-focused account for awhile but it's always been on the backburner 😀

Here's an #introduction to this account

I'm @[email protected] and this is the account where, I guess, I'll talk about - and maybe post pictures related to - my board game habits

Some games to which I more or less know the rules at this point, in no particular order: #TwilightStruggle, the shorter #TSRedSea, #ImperialStruggle, the excellent #BayonetsAndTomahawks produced by talented locals, #HereIStand, #VirginQueen, #PaxRenaissance, #PaxPamir, #Arcs, maybe #JohnCompany but I'm not certain, and at least the Breaking the Bismarck Barrier scenario of #EmpireOfTheSun (finally, a game with real hexes). I have played several COIN games but the one I like the most is #AndeanAbyss. I love #DominantSpecies. I'm starting to love #Nevsky

Definitely not a tabletop board game but I'm also a big fan of #CivilizationVI, e.g. #Civ6. More hexes!

Interested in playing more games with locals, connecting with other people in town, or playing with other places' locals when I'm out of town. Looking at you, Ontario

I don't use Facebook, Discord, or almost any spyware social media if I can help it - and I only use BoardgameGeek begrudgingly. Happy to be on wargamers.social now, I've been thinking about spinning up a more game-focused account for awhile but it's always been on the backburner 😀

Here's an #introduction to this account

I'm @[email protected] and this is the account where, I guess, I'll talk about - and maybe post pictures related to - my board game habits

Some games to which I more or less know the rules at this point, in no particular order: #TwilightStruggle, the shorter #TSRedSea, #ImperialStruggle, the excellent #BayonetsAndTomahawks produced by talented locals, #HereIStand, #VirginQueen, #PaxRenaissance, #PaxPamir, #Arcs, maybe #JohnCompany but I'm not certain, and at least the Breaking the Bismarck Barrier scenario of #EmpireOfTheSun (finally, a game with real hexes). I have played several COIN games but the one I like the most is #AndeanAbyss. I love #DominantSpecies. I'm starting to love #Nevsky

Definitely not a tabletop board game but I'm also a big fan of #CivilizationVI, e.g. #Civ6. More hexes!

Interested in playing more games with locals, connecting with other people in town, or playing with other places' locals when I'm out of town. Looking at you, Ontario

I don't use Facebook, Discord, or almost any spyware social media if I can help it - and I only use BoardgameGeek begrudgingly. Happy to be on wargamers.social now, I've been thinking about spinning up a more game-focused account for awhile but it's always been on the backburner 😀

Here's an #introduction to this account

I'm @[email protected] and this is the account where, I guess, I'll talk about - and maybe post pictures related to - my board game habits

Some games to which I more or less know the rules at this point, in no particular order: #TwilightStruggle, the shorter #TSRedSea, #ImperialStruggle, the excellent #BayonetsAndTomahawks produced by talented locals, #HereIStand, #VirginQueen, #PaxRenaissance, #PaxPamir, #Arcs, maybe #JohnCompany but I'm not certain, and at least the Breaking the Bismarck Barrier scenario of #EmpireOfTheSun (finally, a game with real hexes). I have played several COIN games but the one I like the most is #AndeanAbyss. I love #DominantSpecies. I'm starting to love #Nevsky

Definitely not a tabletop board game but I'm also a big fan of #CivilizationVI, e.g. #Civ6. More hexes!

Interested in playing more games with locals, connecting with other people in town, or playing with other places' locals when I'm out of town. Looking at you, Ontario

I don't use Facebook, Discord, or almost any spyware social media if I can help it - and I only use BoardgameGeek begrudgingly. Happy to be on wargamers.social now, I've been thinking about spinning up a more game-focused account for awhile but it's always been on the backburner 😀

I really enjoyed Tom Brewster's take on John Company, a board game knowingly steeped in the depravity of historical colonialism, and one that demands your complicity in the worst excesses of the time. But is that acceptable? And can that be "fun"? Is it even supposed to be?

Long, but well worth the time.

https://youtu.be/ykrqCX2_mhU

#BoardGames #ShutUpAndSitDown #JohnCompany

Ich hab übrigens am Mittwoch meine erste Runde #JohnCompany gespielt und fand es sehr gut. Alle spielen miteinander und versuchen dennoch, für sich selbst ein bisschen mehr abzuzwacken. Ein #Brettpiel, das nur semi-kooperativ funktionieren kann. Klare Empfehlung, dauert allerdings ewig. @brettspiele #boardgame

Game 2 of #JohnCompany solo went much worse. I rolled four Events in India for each of the first two turns, resulting in most of the subcontinent being closed off and what small foothold I had being overrun by a Foreign Invasion. The rest of the game was largely trying to stop The Crown from tanking the company, which ended in bankruptcy in spite of my efforts. I just couldn't fill enough orders to make up for those early losses.

#boardgames #SoloBoardgames

It only took the whole night, but I made it through my first solo game of #JohnCompany. The original plan was just to set it up and read the rules, but, well, y'know.

I played on easy, which is good because it's the only reason I won. I'll have to be better about managing the favor cubes the next time I play.

#boardgames #SoloBoardgames

Ooh, this is a good #introduction. Via @datainadequate.

Last five board/ttrpg games you played; next five you want to.

In no particular order...
Played:
#Traveller
#KingArthurPendragon
#Seafall
#BrassBirmingham
#Chess

Want To:
#Vampire5e
#JohnCompany
#TwilightImperium4e
#HighlanderUsingDramaSystem
#Gloomhaven

Ooh, this is a good #introduction. Via @datainadequate.

Last five board/ttrpg games you played; next five you want to.

In no particular order...
Played:
#Traveller
#KingArthurPendragon
#Seafall
#BrassBirmingham
#Chess

Want To:
#Vampire5e
#JohnCompany
#TwilightImperium4e
#HighlanderUsingDramaSystem
#Gloomhaven

Ooh, this is a good #introduction. Via @datainadequate.

Last five board/ttrpg games you played; next five you want to.

In no particular order...
Played:
#Traveller
#KingArthurPendragon
#Seafall
#BrassBirmingham
#Chess

Want To:
#Vampire5e
#JohnCompany
#TwilightImperium4e
#HighlanderUsingDramaSystem
#Gloomhaven

Ooh, this is a good #introduction. Via @datainadequate.

Last five board/ttrpg games you played; next five you want to.

In no particular order...
Played:
#Traveller
#KingArthurPendragon
#Seafall
#BrassBirmingham
#Chess

Want To:
#Vampire5e
#JohnCompany
#TwilightImperium4e
#HighlanderUsingDramaSystem
#Gloomhaven