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8 IS short!!!
(for girls)
(for girls)
Yep, and the prices have gone up accordingly. Amazon are OOO for loads of sets and just expensive marketplace sellers gouging. Just has a look on eBay for the set I just bought for £30 direct from Remington, £80 on the bay.
We bought the ticket to ride Europe version after playing the US version at our friends a few weeks before lockdown. It's a very good game actually!
I'm on the lookout for a few more board games, we host a dinner/game night probably once a month with another couple, so 20's/30's. I think we're probably more after strategy type games rather than fantasy/story games.
We've so far played/acquired: Ticket to ride US/Europe, Cluedo, Game Of Life, and looking to acquire Go For Broke and Payday as we remember those from our childhoods as being great games.
We bought the ticket to ride Europe version after playing the US version at our friends a few weeks before lockdown. It's a very good game actually!
I'm on the lookout for a few more board games, we host a dinner/game night probably once a month with another couple, so 20's/30's. I think we're probably more after strategy type games rather than fantasy/story games.
We've so far played/acquired: Ticket to ride US/Europe, Cluedo, Game Of Life, and looking to acquire Go For Broke and Payday as we remember those from our childhoods as being great games.
Lovely retro look about that. Reminds me of the keyboards I had in school when they got their first batch of new 486’s in.In my never ending quest for the right keyboard I just got a Realforce 88U with 45 gram Topre switches. It looks old fashioned and doesn't have any backlighting, which is why I went for the lighter version. It doesn't even have a caps lock light. It looks very old fashioned compared to some of the keyboards I have such as the Microsoft Surface keyboard. But I like that old skool look. It's also the most expensive keyboard I have every bought. It only arrived this morning so it's early days and it feels odd using a TKL when I'm used to a full sized keyboard (but realistically I rarely need the extra keys and the full size in UK ISO layout has been out of stock for some time). There is an (expensive) separate matching USB keypad available if I ever need it.
Apart from the feel of the keys and the light colour, one of the things I really love about keyboards like this is the separate groups of function keys and navigation key clusters (arrows, home, end, etc). As a programmer I hated having to look down at the chiclet keyboard to find a specific function key in the IDE (e.g. hit F10 instead of F11 or F9 by mistake), or look down to find the home, end, page up/down, etc. This is much better with really good key feel and easy to find the function keys and navigation keys.
But so far I can see what the fuss is about with Topre. It's lovely to type on. It is obviously a little noisier than the MS Surface chiclet keyboard but a lot quieter than my Razer mechanical with blue switches. Hopefully I can now consign both to the spares drawer and use this as my one keyboard for productivity and gaming. Happy so far. No regrets at this point.
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In my never ending quest for the right keyboard I just got a Realforce 88U with 45 gram Topre switches. It looks old fashioned and doesn't have any backlighting, which is why I went for the lighter version. It doesn't even have a caps lock light. It looks very old fashioned compared to some of the keyboards I have such as the Microsoft Surface keyboard. But I like that old skool look. It's also the most expensive keyboard I have every bought. It only arrived this morning so it's early days and it feels odd using a TKL when I'm used to a full sized keyboard (but realistically I rarely need the extra keys and the full size in UK ISO layout has been out of stock for some time). There is an (expensive) separate matching USB keypad available if I ever need it.
Apart from the feel of the keys and the light colour, one of the things I really love about keyboards like this is the separate groups of function keys and navigation key clusters (arrows, home, end, etc). As a programmer I hated having to look down at the chiclet keyboard to find a specific function key in the IDE (e.g. hit F10 instead of F11 or F9 by mistake), or look down to find the home, end, page up/down, etc. This is much better with really good key feel and easy to find the function keys and navigation keys.
But so far I can see what the fuss is about with Topre. It's lovely to type on. It is obviously a little noisier than the MS Surface chiclet keyboard but a lot quieter than my Razer mechanical with blue switches. Hopefully I can now consign both to the spares drawer and use this as my one keyboard for productivity and gaming. Happy so far. No regrets at this point.
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You should look Barenpark, Just One, Teotihuacan, Grimm Masquerade,We bought the ticket to ride Europe version after playing the US version at our friends a few weeks before lockdown. It's a very good game actually!
I'm on the lookout for a few more board games, we host a dinner/game night probably once a month with another couple, so 20's/30's. I think we're probably more after strategy type games rather than fantasy/story games.
We've so far played/acquired: Ticket to ride US/Europe, Cluedo, Game Of Life, and looking to acquire Go For Broke and Payday as we remember those from our childhoods as being great games.
Lovely retro look about that. Reminds me of the keyboards I had in school when they got their first batch of new 486’s in.
Beige keyboard though.....
Look at adding Azul, good fun and easy to teach.
We tend to go for co-op games usually as the missus is not that competitive. Pandemic is one we've played a lot which involves quite a bit of strategy to win. We've only beaten it on the easier levels so far! Fitting for the current situation as well.![]()
You should look Barenpark, Just One, Teotihuacan, Grimm Masquerade,
and buy Azul
Case of the serious 1st world problems, FF7 Remake and Oculus Rift S both arrived on the same day.
Your formatting was off, so I fixed it for you.
haha nice! I am not sure what to play first, eventual goal is Alyx but might be a bit much if I am not really used to it.![]()
In my never ending quest for the right keyboard I just got a Realforce 88U with 45 gram Topre switches. It looks old fashioned and doesn't have any backlighting, which is why I went for the lighter version. It doesn't even have a caps lock light. It looks very old fashioned compared to some of the keyboards I have such as the Microsoft Surface keyboard. But I like that old skool look. It's also the most expensive keyboard I have every bought. It only arrived this morning so it's early days and it feels odd using a TKL when I'm used to a full sized keyboard (but realistically I rarely need the extra keys and the full size in UK ISO layout has been out of stock for some time). There is an (expensive) separate matching USB keypad available if I ever need it.
Apart from the feel of the keys and the light colour, one of the things I really love about keyboards like this is the separate groups of function keys and navigation key clusters (arrows, home, end, etc). As a programmer I hated having to look down at the chiclet keyboard to find a specific function key in the IDE (e.g. hit F10 instead of F11 or F9 by mistake), or look down to find the home, end, page up/down, etc. This is much better with really good key feel and easy to find the function keys and navigation keys.
But so far I can see what the fuss is about with Topre. It's lovely to type on. It is obviously a little noisier than the MS Surface chiclet keyboard but a lot quieter than my Razer mechanical with blue switches. Hopefully I can now consign both to the spares drawer and use this as my one keyboard for productivity and gaming. Happy so far. No regrets at this point.
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