Snowflake Challenge #5 - Wishlist

[lebateleur]

Challenge #5

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your wishlist if you feel comfortable doing so.

1. Beginner knitting tutorials for a very specific purpose. I really do not like synthetic fabrics, particularly in socks. Since skeins of 100% wool yarn cost considerably less than pairs of 100% wool socks, I figure I might as well learn how to make the things myself.
   
   I'm not interested in becoming a bona fide knitter--I already have too many hobbies that require a bunch of specialized materials and items to add another to the list--so I'm interested specifically in tutorials for absolute beginners that ideally focus primarily/entirely on the tools and skills to make socks, and nothing else. If you know of any resources that fit this bill, please share them!



2. Help keep me accountable. I generally do pretty well with posting and ficcing at the start of the year, but then fall off doing both precipitously once the pace of work heats up. I'd love it if someone would be willing to poke me daily? weekly? to make sure I keep up with DW/fandom stuff alongside paying for rent stuff, because the former is really good for my mental and emotional well being.



3. Rec me a boardgame or deckbuilder! I gravitate toward cooperative but enjoy competitive games too. Fantasy, sci-fi, and pre-modern historical settings are easy sells. Any difficulty level is fine. I have previously bounced off of Catan, Risk, and Terraforming Mars but enjoy Betrayal at the House on the Hill, Dragonfire, Dominion, Gloomhaven, Hive, Pandemic, Root, Small World, Splendor, and Wyrmspan; and I'm intrigued by Azul, Boop, and Carcassone, but haven't got around to playing them. I'd welcome any recs that seem like they fit this mold.

これで以上です。

Comments

[muccamukk]

I forget where you're based out of, but there's a really fun card game called "Reforest" which is based on building a successful eco system. You learn a lot about plants, and if you build your forest really well, you attract birds and animals. It's fun, and very replayable.

The one issue is that it's a local company, so idk how findable it is outside of my region. Here's a link to their site, anyway: https://firestarter.games/products/reforest/

[dreamersdare]

I don't know everything you've listed, but Dead of Winter may fit for you. It is an awesome (in my opinion anyway) semi-cooperative surviving the zombie apocalypse game - you're all ostensibly on the same team, but you may or may not have a traitor in your midst.

I'm also a huge fan of Dungeon Lords (build and populate your evil dungeon and fight off those pesky adventurers when they show up) and Galaxy Truckers (build your spaceship, load it up and brave space to earn as many credits as you can). Both are competitive but more in the 'game is trying to kill me and other players keep getting in the way' than 'fisticuffs at dawn between players' - so PvE with competition.

And there's always Arkham Horror, which, like Pandemic, is not forgiving of poor cooperation, so is a nice juicy challenge, especially if you like Lovecraftian horror.

Hopefully something there that you might like.

Wish Granted!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Help keep me accountable.<<

goals_on_dw has a signup post for accountability buddies.


>>Rec me a boardgame or deckbuilder! I gravitate toward cooperative but enjoy competitive games too. Fantasy, sci-fi, and pre-modern historical settings are easy sells.<<

* Chrononauts -- Best time travel game ever. Cooperative element: don't blow up the universe you're standing in.

* Call to Adventure -- A character-building game, and after you finish playing the game you usually have a usable character. Also unintentionally hilarious if you've read The Hero with a Thousand Faces and/or the Aarne-Thompson Index.

* Fluxx -- A fun card game even if you're out of brain. Now available for many fandoms and other themes.

* Imaginiff -- Compare your friends to random things, and you're trying to get the most people to pick the same option. If you have less than 8 people, it is amusing to fill in the gaps with famous figures or characters.

* Planetarium -- Build a solar system! Cooperative element: you can agree on which planet(s) are to be habitable, an iceworld, a lavaworld, etc.

[sugareey]

Coup could be a fun one to poke at since it goes pretty quickly, and you're goal is to do everything that you can to be the last one standing. There's some bluffing, bribing and manipulation to get people to act/think one way or another, and it gets even crazier with the Reformation expansion or the G54 version!