Hiking Boots/Shoes Recommendations?

Hiking boot recommendations?

Any recommendations for women's hiking shoes?

[Request] Hiking/outdoorsy style shoes that can handle lots of walking on concrete

Cold and wet weather hiking boots recommendations?

I am in need of a new pair of trail/hiking boots.

Hiking Boots for heavy use during the summer

Good pair of hiking shoes?

[Request] waterproof hiking shoes

[request] - Good quality walking shoes.

Hello Redditors. I'm in search of a classy yet extremely durable pair of hiking boots to take backpacking around the world for 12+ months with.

Hiking boots recommendations

Men's three season "urban hiker" (like Merrell MOAB but longer lasting)

BIFL Hiking boots for women

Hiking boots with good traction and can stand up to abuse.

Looking for a good pair of shoes for my weird feet

Request - Hiking Sandals

Request: Hiking Boots

Comfortable and cushiony shoes for walking on pavement 10KM/couple hours a day (UK)

Hiking sandals that last?

[Request] Powerful dishwasher with sanitize function?

I want the best god damned dishwasher money can buy.

Looking for the best, easiest to operate, cheapest dishwasher - Recommendation?

[Request] Best countertop dishwasher for reasonable price?

Can anyone recommend a good dishwasher?

Countertop/Portable Dishwasher

[Request] Dishwasher &lt;$1k Australian with QOL features and low water use

Dishwasher for Second Home

My friend bought a house with this KichenAid dishwasher from 1974. He says it works better than any of the other ones he has owned. He just has to convince his wife not to replace it.

What's a good Panel ready dishwasher under $1k?

Best socket set on the market $100-$150

[Request] Socket wrenches

I need a recommendation for a tool set that should last a lifetime. [Request]

Looking for a Mechanics tool set.

23 years later; GM Goodwrench socket set.

A Starter/Lifetime Tool set

Basic screwdriver set needed

Mechanic Tools that are BIFL

Trying to fill a tool roll for my truck and would like input on BFL tools like wrenches, pliers, socket sets, etc.

BIFL: Mastercraft ratchet set with lifetime warranty. Got it at 14, im 31. Went thru more abuse than you think!

Looking to upgrade my home hand tools

Was told to post this here. Husky 270pc toolset from Home Depot for $99, normally $199. Lifetime warranty too

[Request] Ratchet/Wrench/Etc tool set for home/bicycle/general use

Thoughts on a Honda Accord V6 2007?

2010 Honda Accord worth the buy?

Thoughts on a 2008 Honda accord v6 coupe EX-L?

2014 honda accord ??

After an initial round of research it seems like Honda Accord Hybrid is the right answer, but I want to pressure test that with you guys

2014 Accord V6 Touring (any thoughts?)

Which car ?

me again. 2010 2dr honda accord, 122k miles for $5,800. just want a reliable first car, thoughts?

Want to buy an Accord, any suggestions?

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Compact - Midsize suv

best small/midsize suv?

Looking for a used (06-14) reliable compact/mid-size SUV

compact/mid size suv

Midsize SUV

Recommendations for midsized SUVs to look at

Compact to Mid-Size SUV

Small to mid-size suv suggestions?

Midsize vehicle for three kids

Mid-Size SUV

Just tried a Lotus Elise Cup 250, driving impressions !

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Looking for a good rpg/action adventure with a good story and good characters

Deep long rpgs?

Looking for a story-focused RPG

Looking for a complex RPG

Fantasy games with an detailed and immersive world?

[WSIB] I am in search for a open world RPG that will keep me busy for hundreds of hours.

Open world game with huge map, lots of things to do, and great graphics

WSIB Feeling a bit of an rpg lull and want something exciting like old school BioWare with a engaging story that doesn’t take 100 hours to play.

WSIB: long, immersive games with high quality storytelling and writing

looking for an open-world rpg

[WSIB] A turn based strategy game that isn’t 4X

Turn-based strategy game

Turn-based strategy games

[WSIB] Small-scale, medieval, strategy game, featuring pikemen and cavalry

(WSIB) Turn-based ”wargaming” game

[WSIB] Turn Based Strategy games

WSIB if I want a strategy game for dummies

WSIB Strategic Rpg

[WSIB] Good offline strategy/(ish) games?

What are some good "smaller scale to control, but still feel large scale battle" tactical / strategy games?

Bullet Hell-Type Games: Atomicrops vs. I, Dracula: Genesis vs. Others?

WSIB if i want a completely story driven indie game but have already played undertale and oneshot (preferably similar to those 2)

Post apocalyptic enthusiast, Underrail or Atom RPG?

[SIB] Undermine or Atomicrops

WSIB if I like "Run into things, need to grow in power/special items to move further so I come back after unlocking said element" type of games.

Blsoodborne or Resident evil 2 ?

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[WSIB] Fast-paced top-down roguelikes?

[SIB] I Hate Running Backwards or Planetary Dustoff? Or something else?

SIB Nuclear Throne?

What can you recommend for minimizing pores?

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How to reduce pores.

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Pores reduction tips?

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Sunscreen recommendations for rosacea

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How to have less oily skin?

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 
 This Deluxe Edition of Twilight Struggle seeks to capture the feeling of that earlier era. Twilight Struggle is a two-player game simulating the forty-five year dance of intrigue, prestige, and occasional flares of warfare between the Soviet Union and the United States. Twilight Struggle recreates the conflict between the most powerful nation states the world has ever known. The scope of the game covers the entire world as it was found in 1945. Players move units and exert influence in attempts to gain allies and control for their superpower. 

 FROM THE MANUFACTURER 
 Twilight Struggle is a two-player game simulating the forty-five year dance of intrigue, prestige, and occasional flares of warfare between the Soviet Union and the United States.

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 The other dilemma: what if you need the operations points (and it's the max amount), but the event is yours and also really good? The game is a game of compromises, and balancing.  Think - if people played this, and were used to a give-and-take with their opponents, compromising and yet still achieving, how would discourse look between people? How would politics look? If only we realized, as you must in this game, that the ideal and the perfect are out of reach and aiming for them ends only in disappointment. Instead, we must work together and do our best. And this game - despite you and your opponent being enemies in the Cold War, teaches you to work together even which fighting each other

  The actual method of doing that is more complex. You have a deck of cards. Cards are essentially of 4 types. Soviet events, US events, Neutral events, and Scoring

 You have to do things which benefit your enemy. And yet, you still have to find a way to mitigate, and hopefully come out on top, even as you play the event that brings your enemy to the brink of victory. Have I played turns where the US player had entirely Soviet events, and the Soviet player had entirely US events? Yes, yes I have. Those are the most interesting rounds, and the most entertaining

 Instead, we must work together and do our best. And this game - despite you and your opponent being enemies in the Cold War, teaches you to work together even which fighting each other.  Again, it takes some time to learn. But every person that I've taught the game (you don't need to read the rule book to learn the game if you play with someone who knows it already) has enjoyed it and become hooked, even if they weren't previously incredibly interested in detailed or complicated strategy games

Excellent Game: Win by Compromise

 I wanted to play it but had two problems: I have never been a boardgamer before so I was worried about the complexity and who on earth was going to sit down for a 3 hour boardgame with me?  Ultimately, I took the plunge and ordered the game. I informed a friend that he was drafted into playing it with me several nights during our yearly get-together.  The instruction manual was more of a reference and left us both confused about the game. Eventually, we just started following the example game and learning as we went

 We started learning the cards and playing more strategically interesting hands. The gameplay itself lead to a lot of passionate gameplay leading to cries of anguish (such as when my friend thought he had me with Blockade in the mid-year when I had been holding a card worth 3 ops for the last several hands as I knew Blockade was out there), fear (every time DEFCON went to 2) and joy (Beartrap, China Card, Ussuri River and Nixon Plays the China Card all in the same hand as the US player).  We definitely look forward to playing it again and figure that is two absolute newbies to both boardgame and this game can figure it out in 3 plays, then anyone can do it!

Took a few play attempts to learn but loving it

 There are a few nuance rules. Obviously, but you look at the map. You have the entire world before you just like in the Cold War, you have spheres of influence, you're trying to get people to side with you and just like in the Cold War in real life. You have things like China, who is kind of a wild card and jumps which means Chiang kai-shek and Mao all these different things happening throughout the Cold War history

 This is not the actual starting game set up, but these are some just some representatives how the game looks because you look at this and you think how in the world does this game have all this theme and this tightness that you're talking about packed into it? I'M you're talking about just a whole bunch of cards, a couple dice that are used and these tokens these war game tokens that you could probably use tweezers for if you were old enough to want to use tweezers for and all that kind of stuff. But let's take a look at the board first and see this is the map the mounted board, that GMT talks, about which any other company would just call that a board, but apparently sometimes they release paper mats in anyway. So US starts here. This is the US

 You wouldn't have to agree the u.s. player and you would, if you can only do it for one or the other, but if you're playing the opponent's card you get the operations points that they get to do whatever the card says. So you have that push and pull window I'll play this card to play

 And so it's a real push and pull of. When you do things, how you do things and here's the deal, these are just the early war card, the cold war drags on into this 40-year conflict. You get mid war cards and late work cards all adding to the complexity of the game. Some cards give you victory points when you score you'll score, and do this tug-of-war thing too, then, at the last round, at the end of round 10, whoever's ahead wins

Twilight Struggle Review - with Bryan Drake

 It captures the theme beautifully, as the USSR and the USA play tug of war with the world as the stage and ultimate prize. In your twilight struggle, you must manage crisis, take advantage of beneficial historical events, spread your influence, and try desperately to stave off nuclear war as the DEFCON rating drops and threatens armageddon.  A word of warning to new players; the USSR starts off stronger than the USA, and this can be discouraging to new players. As the war progresses, the USA will regain their ground and give the USSR a real run for their money, so don't lose hope!  If you are a strategy fan this is a must buy

  A word of warning to new players; the USSR starts off stronger than the USA, and this can be discouraging to new players. As the war progresses, the USA will regain their ground and give the USSR a real run for their money, so don't lose hope!  If you are a strategy fan this is a must buy.

one of the best 2 player board games I've ever played

Bad artwork definitely stopped my group from playing older classics: they didn't want to play Teotihuacan which was visually okay (not good, not bad), they sure as heck don't want to play Burgundy, Dominion, Twilight Struggle, Power Grid...  

Personally, I don't know if I've ever decided that a good game is any less fun because the artwork doesn't appeal to my style (thinking of Root and Terraforming Mars specifically-- fun games, but aesthetics are only okay to me). And then there's Photosynthesis which had beautiful artwork but played very slow for me, but I don't mind that it's still on the shelf since at least it looks nice haha. Curious what other people think.

<div class="md"><p>Personally, I don&#39;t know if I&#39;ve ever docked points from a game that I enjoy playing if the art doesn&#39;t appeal to my style (thinking of Root and Terraforming Mars specifically-- fun games, but aesthetics are only okay to me). And then there&#39;s Photosynthesis which had beautiful artwork but played very slow for me, but I don&#39;t mind that it&#39;s still on the shelf since at least it looks nice haha. Curious what other people think.</p>
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Can good artwork make up for a meh game? Can meh artwork ruin a good game?

This game is pretty rule heavy, so I wouldn't recommend if you are new to board games or if you like games that you can learn in 15-30 minutes. That being said, this game is great if you are a fan of longer war games (think Risk, Axis and Allies, War of the Ring). My favorite part about this game is that the event cards are all reflective of important political events at the time. You don't need to have a lot of history knowledge to enjoy the game, but the facts and tidbits along the way keep the game engaging when it gets drawn out

Innovative, engaging, and educational

Intricate with a bazillion little easy-to-lose pieces for any age, this Cold War game looked like a winner, but just ended in mutually assured destruction. My sister was reading the instructions out loud for literally 45 minutes while we tried to set up the game. Never got to play it. We gave up

Unbelievably Complicated Set Up and Learning - Wasted My Money and Time!

I have to add that since becoming a parent I discovered the review site [Two Moms Game]([URL REMOVED] These two provide some outstanding game reviews, and always include a few additional points about how easy or difficult the games' setup and tear down is, and how easy or difficult the game is to walk away from mid-game as happens while managing children at the same time. Definitely give their page a look to see if you find them as helpful as we have.

I'm about 18 months into the hobby, it has become one of my favourite things to do with my wife and I feel like I have a decent mix of good games.

We are awaiting our baby's arrival any day now and our ability to play has massively reduced. Very understandably, my wife finds it hard to have the energy to play games at the moment but we are getting the odd game in.

This made me think, does anyone have any advice on how we can still keep this amazing hobby part of our lives with a new baby? Are there any types of game you'd recommend? Do I just need to park it for a while?

<div class="md"><p>I&#39;m about 18 months into the hobby, it has become one of my favourite things to do with my wife and I feel like I have a decent mix of good games.</p>

<p>We are awaiting our baby&#39;s arrival any day now and our ability to play has massively reduced. Very understandably, my wife finds it hard to have the energy to play games at the moment but we are getting the odd game in.</p>

<p>This made me think, does anyone have any advice on how we can still keep this amazing hobby part of our lives with a new baby? Are there any types of game you&#39;d recommend? Do I just need to park it for a while?</p>
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Gaming with a newborn, any advice?

 The sense of despair that we experience when the other player has an advantage is thrilling, and it really gets us interested in the historic details that surround the Cold War era (we're both too young to have experienced it in person).  Game Length - most people suggest around a 3 hour playtime, but our games have never been anywhere near that short. It's probably due to our aforementioned indecisiveness, and we never feel like this is a problem. We usually play a couple hours at a time, then resume the next evening

My wife and I purchased this game a couple months ago, and it has been one of the best games I've played. While I grew up playing a variety of tabletop games, my wife has only been exposed to a few common games (Monopoly, Risk, etc.). I wanted a game that would be strategic, fairly quick, and still enjoyable after several times being played

  Strategy - this game is absolutely terrifying. As two people who are risk-averse and a little indecisive, my wife and I have a blast getting stressed out in the heat of this military gridlock. The sense of despair that we experience when the other player has an advantage is thrilling, and it really gets us interested in the historic details that surround the Cold War era (we're both too young to have experienced it in person).  Game Length - most people suggest around a 3 hour playtime, but our games have never been anywhere near that short

Great Game

Clicked after a while: **Mottainai** This game took a couple of plays for the rules to stick, and then even longer for me to really understand how all of the pieces fit together. There's a lot to this game in a really tiny package, and I highly recommend it as a heavy filler game. There's a PnP version on the kickstarter page, so it is risk free to try. Adore this game for being pretty thinky and very tactical

Never Clicked: **Twilight Struggle** and **Watergate** these games are pretty similar and I thought my problem with Twilight Struggle was that it was pretty long and just too big for me to really get it after a couple of attempts to play it. Tried playing Watergate a few times and I bounced off of it because I never felt like I could do what I wanted and was mitigating more than playing. Ultimately, didn't enjoy either game enough to really give them another shot, but I can respect them as games.

 There's a PnP version on the kickstarter page, so it is risk free to try. Adore this game for being pretty thinky and very tactical.

For me it's:

1. **Clicked immediately - Auztralia:** I loved this game from the first play. The rules are lean, the turns are simple but very deceptively deep. The mix of themes (infrastructure building &amp; war against Lovecraftian Old Ones) is so unique as well. The semi-random map setup mechanic makes the game very replayable, and gives you interesting choices even during setup when you're deciding where to put your port.
2. **Clicked after a while - Jaws of the Lion:** I had to drag this one out a few times in order to "get it". For the first few times I felt like the mechanics were just too heavy and fiddly for not much payoff - just get a couple of coins or XP, no real story...that's it? But in my last game something happened and suddenly I can't stop thinking about it. The way the different enemies behave, the way the cards synergise with each other and between players, the legacy elements...it's suddenly rewarding.
3. **Never clicked - Eldritch Horror:** I've tried so many times to enjoy this game but I think I just...don't. I thought buying all the expansions would help enrich the experience and they did a little bit, but there are some underlying factors that just make the game not fun for me. I hate how you can get to a clue encounter and even if you succeed you don't get the clue so you might just camp there for 3-4 turns. I really dislike how swingy and unfair it feels - get the wrong tentacle card at the wrong time and that's two hours of game down the drain. And finally, winning is so anticlimactic it's not rewarding at all: "OK then I do this...and...I guess we won? OK let's pack up I guess".

<div class="md"><p>For me it&#39;s:</p>

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<li><strong>Clicked immediately - Auztralia:</strong> I loved this game from the first play. The rules are lean, the turns are simple but very deceptively deep. The mix of themes (infrastructure building &amp; war against Lovecraftian Old Ones) is so unique as well. The semi-random map setup mechanic makes the game very replayable, and gives you interesting choices even during setup when you&#39;re deciding where to put your port.</li>
<li><strong>Clicked after a while - Jaws of the Lion:</strong> I had to drag this one out a few times in order to &quot;get it&quot;. For the first few times I felt like the mechanics were just too heavy and fiddly for not much payoff - just get a couple of coins or XP, no real story...that&#39;s it? But in my last game something happened and suddenly I can&#39;t stop thinking about it. The way the different enemies behave, the way the cards synergise with each other and between players, the legacy elements...it&#39;s suddenly rewarding.</li>
<li><strong>Never clicked - Eldritch Horror:</strong> I&#39;ve tried so many times to enjoy this game but I think I just...don&#39;t. I thought buying all the expansions would help enrich the experience and they did a little bit, but there are some underlying factors that just make the game not fun for me. I hate how you can get to a clue encounter and even if you succeed you don&#39;t get the clue so you might just camp there for 3-4 turns. I really dislike how swingy and unfair it feels - get the wrong tentacle card at the wrong time and that&#39;s two hours of game down the drain. And finally, winning is so anticlimactic it&#39;s not rewarding at all: &quot;OK then I do this...and...I guess we won? OK let&#39;s pack up I guess&quot;.</li>
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What's a game that clicked with you immediately, one that clicked after a while, and one that never clicked?

First let me say that this game is heavy and you really need to sit on the toilet and read the instruction manual. You play as either the Russians or the US during the cold war. Everything is based on real events that have happened during that time period. Game is made well and was worth it when learned

 You should play a few practice rounds and maybe watch a youtube video which will give you visuals. Enjoy and win the space race.

This game can get intense

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You are bird enthusiasts—researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors—seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions). These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth: Gain food tokens via custom dice in a birdfeeder dice tower lay eggs using egg miniatures in a variety of colors draw from hundreds of unique bird cards and play them the winner is the player with the most points after 4 rounds. If you enjoy terraform Mars and gizmos, we think this game will take flight at your table. Featured components: 170 unique bird cards (57x87mm) 26 bonus cards (57x87mm) 16 automa cards (57x87mm) 103 food tokens 75 egg miniatures 5 custom wooden dice 5 player mats 1 birdfeeder dice tower 2-piece game trays custom tray 1 goal mat 8 goal tiles 1 first-player token 40 action cubes (8 per player) 4 clear plastic resource containers 1 scorepad (50 sheets; 1 sheet used for all players each game) 3 guidebook (core, automa, and appendix).

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 The illustrations and information text about them all is also wonderful, the eggs are the cutest little components ever and giving you a dice tower to roll the dice that looks like a birdhouse is beyond smart and clever. The finish on the cards and rule book itself is fantastic and makes for a great looking game.  This is actually probably one of the games we've played the most of ever, we've gifted this game to family members and other friends on three separate occasions so we are teaching it and playing it often. Which by the way it is very easy to teach and have brand new players easily competing for winning scores even on their first game

Beautiful game who's only flaw is lack of interaction

 Go on utube and there are better explanations and directions. The playing cards have pretty pictures of birds but for the price, the components are cheap. There is a dice tower that’s cute but falls apart easily unless glued and will not fit back in the box when assembled. Some of the components are stamped out of cardboard

 Nice deck of playing cards with good pictures of birds earned it three stars for craftsmanship instead of one.

Impossible to learn

 This is definitely a very relaxing non-competitive game. (This isn't to say that there's not a winner--it just doesn't feel like other competitive games like Monopoly or Catan).

This game is extraordinary

 Its simple enough to teach to kids (there are some nuances) but its not a brain dead easy game. I say this as a person who likes complex games like Magic: The Gathering and Terraforming Mars. The production value/quality is top notch. The artwork, game pieces, card material/texture, and rule book material/texture add a lot to the games visual appeal

 The production value/quality is top notch. The artwork, game pieces, card material/texture, and rule book material/texture add a lot to the games visual appeal. There's also plenty of 3rd party support to "bling" your game out if you wish. It seems like this game is pretty popular and stores have trouble keeping it in stock

Great game. My wife and I love it.

 Return is not direct through Amazon. They do not stand behind the products they sell. Dont waste your money. Just a good lesson in trusting Amzon customer reviews posted with their product

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