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Agree on the specialized pieces but absolutely disagree on the colors. All the new colors make great builds pop and ultimately were necesssry with all the licenses to make more accurate sets. That doesn’t mean we need all the specialized pieces. But even then, a piece is a piece and I think even with all the specialized parts, you probably can use 90% of pieces made in different ways than their original intended use. As for building collections, it’s way easier to build up large collections now with pieces. People are selling sets all over Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, bricklink, etc. LEGO has PaB both on store and on their site. If you want to find something (or things) to bulk up a collection for MOCs it’s way easier now due to accessibility.

CITY feels like a TV show or soap opera. It's semi-realistic in the sense like those shows and movies in that things can and do happen, but not as frequently as they do in real life.

Not sure about PyBricks, but spike and MINDSTORMS don’t play well with the hubs depending on which version you have updated. Whatever software update changed it will have where anything after that only spike will work and before that I think only MINDSTORMS. For me Spike wasn’t laid out well and I never really learned it and just stuck to MINDSTORMS.

From my experience, I prefer SPIKE and it's coding with the Mindstorms app (rather than the SPIKE app) over PU, but SPIKE is absolutely awful when it comes to trains due to the hub being so massive and the ports on the side. They do have smaller battery hubs, but they don't work with the Mindstorms app, only the SPIKE one, I believe, depending on what software version you are using. It's a shame because the Mindstorms app with SPIKE is incredibly powerful and fairly easy to use once you learn it.

It's adorable! Great work, that stern is superb.

Maybe they're banking on people already having the Lion Knights' Castle or just a castle in general, or the parts to build one? And while the set does have a lot of widely available PAB parts, do a lot of people have parts to make good looking siege engines? Cities/walls are probably more feasible, at least for the general public. But then, BDP seems to be more for people and AFOLs like us rather than a parent buying a set for their kid or someone just getting back into LEGO; BDP is pretty niche. But I agree, the price is way too high for this, the figs are nothing special, and neither are the pieces. Personally, I don't mind if a set has more widely available parts, but the build at least for this, and no offense to the designer, it's very... basic? Sure it uses SNOT techniques and does look good and coherent (and let's be honest, lot's of LEGO's siege sets are just one vehicle and a small wall) and nice to have a variety of equipment and a camp, but the design is a bit more basic than I would hope from the BDP.

Also if you did want to do the raised baseplate out of pieces, the newer Eldorado Fortress set from Pirates is a great starting point.

I think Aurosaurus is meaning the titles, like how yours is "Root Admin" or similar?

Stunning work! The building variety is just fantastic.

Yeah, links will be broken everywhere that links back there, etc. I know I have some photos on there that I don't have on my personal drives and should probably download them soon.

Ok, finally got a chance to write down my thoughts, travel and family stuff and all. I'm lucky the game ended when it did; I would have had to take a lot of photos before I traveled for a variety of scenarios depending on how Day 3 went if there was no lynch. Once again, thank you all for playing. This was a fun one to watch and run, and it's been too long since we had a game on here. Overall, I think everyone played a very solid game, especially Bob. That was a masterclass game. I felt so bad for Classic_Spaceman, especially when you looped me in on the PMs with Bob. Don't get me wrong, I liked seeing that from a gamerunning perspective, but oh boy I felt so bad seeing Bob get you like that. I don't think you even did anything wrong, your logic was sound throughout. The no lynches for the first two days really helped the scum this go around, imo. With a game that small, it definitely can swing the game early on. With how quiet Day 1 is, I wonder if in any future games, if we need something to kick the game off. Not necessarily a random reveal, but something. Thak you, Tariq J for chatting on the deadboard and not ghosting, it was great seeing it play out with you. As for Trekkie, you did a good job as well, but as Tariq and I said in the deadboard, you admitting here, and I think on previous games, your experience with MafiaScum games hurt you here. There's certainly an EB meta, even after all this time and less players than back in the heyday. It's kind of funny seeing how that happens. You're a solid player and have a style when you play, it's always fun when you're in!

Late in the night, Santa tried to determine Eloise's stance on the Naughty or Nice list due to her being lynched. When he got his answer, unfortunately, the child had expired. So he did as any good person would do, and buried the orphan, right in the graveyard attached to the Home of Misfit Children. Scott had been laid to rest there, too, as had others over the years. When morning came, Santa gathered the three children left. He looked at each, a twinkle in his eye and said. "Well, you all picked wrong, Eloise was on the Nice List!" Gasps! Had they been bamboozled? Had they been grinched and hoodwinked? But if Eloise was not evil, then, well, Cindy-Lou-Who was? "Hands up, old man," Susan ordered. Santa, surprised looked to the others. "I told you she was bad and she wasn't lynched? What the-" "Ah put a sock in it," Susan said. "Now let's not be too hasty, Susan," the old man replied. "Besides, you'll shoot your eye out with that thing!" "I've been practicing!" But Santa, the magical man he was, was not out of tricks yet. "Well, Susan, you got me. But there's one problem... there's only one of you!" "Not so fast!" someone shouted with glee. And there it was, the second person on the Naughty List team. It was Clark, with an axe that gleamed. "There's no way out," Clark said. "We've got the toys, the list, and it was sealed with the lynch on Day 3!" "Wait, were you recruited?" asked George. "No," Clark answered, "I've been Naughty the whole time." So off Santa went, with little George in tow. Maybe a new town game would be good for this child to grow. So Susan and Clark gathered their toys, no longer sharing with the other girls and boys. And now Santa knew when he came to this town, only these two would get gifts due to this shakedown. Congrats to the Naughty List team, Clark (Bob) and Susan (mostlytechnic!) Scum Writeboard: Scum Board: https://123.writeboard.com/it0w4e0kv4saqn5ad3gy4lqa/v/new PW: Naughtiest Deadboard: Deadboard: https://123.writeboard.com/jeo05uiuuhbec7rw3bvb02rm PW: SlaybellsRing Thank you everyone for playing this game, it was fun to run another Mafia game after so long. I hope you all had fun! This was a really exciting game to manage and watch play out, and I think everyone had some really good moments. I'll have full thoughts up later on everything, but great game everyone!

"Well looks like you finally came to a lynch!" Santa bellowed, his round belly jiggling. He grabbed Eloise and dragged her off like the sack of presents he carried.

Vote Count Susan (mostlytechnic) - 1 (Trekkie99) Eloise (Trekkie99) - 3 (mostlytechnic, Classic_Spaceman, Bob) With four players, a majority of three is required to lynch. Eloise (Trekkie99) has been lynched. The day is over. Get those night actions in. An end of day thread will be up late tonight/tomorrow morning (I promise!).

Vote Count Susan (mostlytechnic) - 1 (Trekkie99) Eloise (Trekkie99) - 3 (mostlytechnic, Classic_Spaceman, Bob) With four players, a majority of three is required to lynch. There is 1 hour left in the day.