We need to escape the Gernsback Continuum (www.programmablemutter.com)

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The Player of Games in which a smart nerd like themselves get recruited as an agent to bring down an empire a bit like our own by being really really good at games.

I'm sorry, I have no idea what this book is, but calling it "The Player of Games" is so funny to me.

adjust fedora I am not a gamer, I am A Player of Games

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

@V0ldek I mean it was specifically an extremely complicated and long-winded board game. Like space Agricola.

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