Froyn
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That’s why I only get my games from archive.org
To quote Bob Belcher, “Laugh On Loudly”. Gloomhaven is so good that I kickstarted Frosthaven to support the maker. It’s sealed in the box, in a closet.
I do play Frosthaven (we’ve completed Gloomhaven and Forgotten Circles) with 2 of my siblings and a step brother on Tuesdays. Fridays I play Crimson Scales (fan made Gloomhaven expansion) on Table Top Simulator.
Luckily, the sister and her husband host and do all the setup (we play their copy). TTS, I host but the “setup” is basically loading the mod and clicking a couple buttons. For the physical game, we use Gloomhaven Secretariat to manage the monster abilities, attack modifiers, health, effects, etc which really cuts down the setup/teardown time.
I did have a seat open up on the Friday table, we get together about 5:30pm and run until 8pm Eastern…
Serious answer:
If it doesn’t have to be digital, there’s an entire world of board games available. Dominoes, Magic: The Gathering
Funny answer:
If it has to be digital, Table Top Simulator is fairly cheap and can play an entire world of available board games. /s
Wife an I split time on RDR2. Her doing most of the fishing/hunting, me doing the rootin/tootin parts.
Android:
Animation Throwdown - It’s a card game, free to play with a pay to win element.
Flow Free - Connect the dots, but you can’t cross lines. It reminds me of Snafu for Intellivision.
Scrambled Net - Turn tiles to connect every workstation to the server. Kind of like Pipes.
PC:
Archive.org - Everything in classic gaming is here.
Epic Store - They had some amazing giveaways over the past year, I hope they keep it up though I would not be disappointed if they did give me Civ VI.
Amazon Prime Gaming - If you’re paying for Prime already, might as well get the most of it. They have done some amazing giveaways as well, including Fallout NV. They also give away addons for other games. Like a shirt or mount for World of Warcraft. Overwatch loot boxes.
Overwatch 2 - I’m not a fan and soured from the payed for OW1 and now can’t play it crowd. It’s there, its free. So is Fortnite and Among Us and Fall Guy
Steam - I’ll give them a nod. They do give away free games “sometimes”, but I’ve only ever seen indie games nothing of the AAA variety.
I second APC. I’ve had a Back-UPS 700 for over a decade on my computer with only a single battery change last year. Wife replaced her unit instead of just the battery. Smaller unit, but newer so it has USBs for her to charge with.
Neither of us use the software that came with it. My computer isn’t running when I’m not at it, hers runs 24/7. They do come in handy when the power is out as you can squeeze the battery for a phone charge.
So like a Robot Chicken sketch that goes on for far too long?