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  1. #Karak: as a kid, I had a #boardgame called #Dungeon. Karak is MUCH better! Heroes are better balanced, the game is not as fatal/frustrating. It's good-natured and adventurous. The illustrations are cute, easily suitable even for younger children. For a game which is basically pure luck, this is all very good! My gripe: the duels relocate one player against their will. Plus, the game follows avalanche logic. Early luck wins the game. Recommended!

    boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24

  2. #Karak: as a kid, I had a #boardgame called #Dungeon. Karak is MUCH better! Heroes are better balanced, the game is not as fatal/frustrating. It's good-natured and adventurous. The illustrations are cute, easily suitable even for younger children. For a game which is basically pure luck, this is all very good! My gripe: the duels relocate one player against their will. Plus, the game follows avalanche logic. Early luck wins the game. Recommended!

    boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24

  3. Nie każdy zamek krzyżowców należał do templariuszy jak niektórzy sądzą;-) Karak w Jordanii był siedzibą świeckich lordów Królestwa Jerozolimskiego i jedną z najważniejszych twierdz kontrolujących szlak między Syrią a Egiptem.

    To stąd Renald de Châtillon napadał na karawany, prowokując Saladyna do wojny. Po zdobyciu zamku w 1188 roku twierdza nie przestała żyć – przez kolejne stulecia rozbudowywali ją Ajjubidzi i Mamelucy. Dziś jej kamienne korytarze nadal robią ogromne wrażenie.

    Jedyne czego żałuję to tego, że była to zorganizowana wycieczka a nie samodzielne szwendanie się jak zazwyczaj i nie mogłem eksplorować tego obiektu tak długo jak bym chciał. A podziemi do łażenia są tam chyba kilometry;-)

    Karak - Jordania 2023

    Lens - iPhone12mini

    #foto
    #fotografia
    #photo
    #photography
    #czernibiel
    #blackandwhite
    #BlackAndWhitePhotography
    #monochromephotography
    #wyjazd
    #wyprawa
    #travel
    #travelphotography
    #iphone
    #karak
    #jordania
    #jordan

  4. Nie każdy zamek krzyżowców należał do templariuszy jak niektórzy sądzą;-) Karak w Jordanii był siedzibą świeckich lordów Królestwa Jerozolimskiego i jedną z najważniejszych twierdz kontrolujących szlak między Syrią a Egiptem.

    To stąd Renald de Châtillon napadał na karawany, prowokując Saladyna do wojny. Po zdobyciu zamku w 1188 roku twierdza nie przestała żyć – przez kolejne stulecia rozbudowywali ją Ajjubidzi i Mamelucy. Dziś jej kamienne korytarze nadal robią ogromne wrażenie.

    Jedyne czego żałuję to tego, że była to zorganizowana wycieczka a nie samodzielne szwendanie się jak zazwyczaj i nie mogłem eksplorować tego obiektu tak długo jak bym chciał. A podziemi do łażenia są tam chyba kilometry;-)

    Karak - Jordania 2023

    Lens - iPhone12mini

    #foto
    #fotografia
    #photo
    #photography
    #czernibiel
    #blackandwhite
    #BlackAndWhitePhotography
    #monochromephotography
    #wyjazd
    #wyprawa
    #travel
    #travelphotography
    #iphone
    #karak
    #jordania
    #jordan

  5. #Karak II - I can't say I'm fully convinced by this #boardgame yet. Played four times so far. Material is very good. The heroes seem well balanced (unlike the first game). But I find the heroes become very powerful quite quickly, which makes the repeated and rather fiddly hunt for resources rather routine as the monsters don't provide much of a challenge anymore. Even before the second level tiles appear, it feels a bit like all are just waiting for the dark general to finally appear. Let's see.

  6. #Karak II - I can't say I'm fully convinced by this #boardgame yet. Played four times so far. Material is very good. The heroes seem well balanced (unlike the first game). But I find the heroes become very powerful quite quickly, which makes the repeated and rather fiddly hunt for resources rather routine as the monsters don't provide much of a challenge anymore. Even before the second level tiles appear, it feels a bit like all are just waiting for the dark general to finally appear. Let's see.

  7. Researchers Used A 1,500-Year-Old Map To Find A Lost City - Excavators Determined Tharais Was A Religious Hub Of The Byzantine Empire
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    popularmechanics.com/science/a <-- shared technical article
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    dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/a <-- shared paper
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    “ • Researchers recently found one of the many lost Holy Land cities in Jordan.
    • The team used maps and field surveys to identify the site.
    • Experts believe the lost city Tharais wasn’t just an agricultural village—it may have also been a spiritual hub…”
    #map #mapping #ancientmap #ancienthistory #Tharais #HolyLand #Jordan #surveys #MadabaMosaicMap #geography #AncientRome #RomanEmpire #city #archaeology #Byzantine #urban #settlement #Karak #excavation #MiddleEast #desert

  8. Researchers Used A 1,500-Year-Old Map To Find A Lost City - Excavators Determined Tharais Was A Religious Hub Of The Byzantine Empire
    --
    popularmechanics.com/science/a <-- shared technical article
    --
    dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/a <-- shared paper
    --
    “ • Researchers recently found one of the many lost Holy Land cities in Jordan.
    • The team used maps and field surveys to identify the site.
    • Experts believe the lost city Tharais wasn’t just an agricultural village—it may have also been a spiritual hub…”

  9. Since buying it, we've been playing #Karak a lot. So it made sense to buy the expansion, called Regent: albi.eu/en/karak-regent

    New heroes. The "listening ahead" mechanic is a bit awkward to handle (one player secretly looking at drawn tiles). I like that they tried to make the dungeon itself more interesting with special tiles. Torn on the duel aspect. It warps players through the dungeon. It can balance, but usually just makes strong players stronger. Overall worth its money.

  10. Since buying it, we've been playing #Karak a lot. So it made sense to buy the expansion, called Regent: albi.eu/en/karak-regent

    New heroes. The "listening ahead" mechanic is a bit awkward to handle (one player secretly looking at drawn tiles). I like that they tried to make the dungeon itself more interesting with special tiles. Torn on the duel aspect. It warps players through the dungeon. It can balance, but usually just makes strong players stronger. Overall worth its money.

  11. Bought the #boardgame #Karak. It is essentially a monster & loot simulator like classic (simplified) D&D. Seems fun, though of course highly dependent on luck. A good roll early on gives you a +3 axe, and you'll breeze through the rest of the game. Also, the Seer character has significant advantages as far as I can see so far. Well, no big deal. It's adventurous, highly replayable and kid-approved.

  12. Bought the #boardgame #Karak. It is essentially a monster & loot simulator like classic (simplified) D&D. Seems fun, though of course highly dependent on luck. A good roll early on gives you a +3 axe, and you'll breeze through the rest of the game. Also, the Seer character has significant advantages as far as I can see so far. Well, no big deal. It's adventurous, highly replayable and kid-approved.

  13. Played #Karak II with my 8 & 10 year's old boys and it was a blast! They loved first version and could not wait for second. I will always be of an opinion, that this game is best first dungeon crawler for kids! Such a fun!
    #albi_cz #boardgames #dungeoncrawler

  14. Played #Karak II with my 8 & 10 year's old boys and it was a blast! They loved first version and could not wait for second. I will always be of an opinion, that this game is best first dungeon crawler for kids! Such a fun!
    #albi_cz #boardgames #dungeoncrawler

  15. Meine Jahresstatistik 2023 von #bgstatsapp. Besonders beeindruckend finde ich #karak. Das ist erst seit einer Woche bei uns und schon in den Top10.
    #brettspiele

  16. Učím se pravidla #karak . Moc mi to nejde. Na pravidla jsem trochu levá. Ale já to dám! Protože pro děti, že jo...

    #detijsouradost

  17. K1 nach der zweiten Runde #Karak : „Papa, wie wäre es, wenn es nach dem Drachen noch weiterginge,
    und da wäre eine Tür, hinter der ganz viele Gegner sind, gegen die wir geneinsam kämpfen?“
    Eine Woche später:

  18. cc @sanjeevsanyal
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    RT @TheLeaflet_in
    The Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Pakistan takes cognizance of the incident of the destroying of a #Hindu temple by a mob in #Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Calls for a report, and fixed the hearing on Jan 5

    Courtesy: @ghulamabbasshah
    twitter.com/TheLeaflet_in/stat