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Thanks for having and posting this video! Found the interviews fascinating, insightful and inspiring. Also, thanks for confirming a question I had about whether linen finishes are recyclable/biodegradable!! I'm setting up a game in game crafter and wasn't sure whether opting for a linen finish was environs responsible or not. Thank you!!!

Looks super fun!

I love the dm screen tip I’ve been looking at them for a while and can’t bring myself to spending $40 for one but I didn’t even think abt the fact of it getting in the way. Thanks so much now I realize I don’t need it😂😂

That was a lot of games for one night! Well done

Am thinking of getting a bolt how does the charge work at home.

put your seat belt on before hitting the start button and it will not ding at you its very quiet, so it feels like you are going slower than the speedo says - I checked mine twice with a hand held GPS and the speedometer is spot on - driving at 55mph with the cruise control on, the lane keeping and forward collision system watching out for you, its very peaceful and Zen BTW, you did not mention the lane keeping function. It engages over 38 mph. If you drift over the line on either side of the lane it gently steers you back into your lane. It so subtle that you might not even notice its doing it, with the yellow icon on the dash board, and it dinging at you if you keep doing it.

Great review. We are looking at picking up a used Bolt this summer. I mostly work from home since Covid. But I do have to go to the office twice a week. And I think this would be a terrific commuter car. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

Did you all get a recall to change your battery

Legally blind, so can't use the typical DM screen except as a physical barrier and … I don't want that. I DO use a small/low screen (HeroQuest's for quite a long time), but only to conceal _my_ copy of the map and some stat blocks, that's all. Why have more? Pens don't give me great contrast in all lighting, so I like to use bits of scatter to define space on a "stage" (Professor Dan's Ultimate Dungeon Terrain "dungeon pizza", except mine's not a circle), it's still a bit abstract but the scatter gives players a sense of changes in elevation and cover/concealment as well as being something that can be quickly dropped into place when an encounter starts and brushed away when it ends. I use numbered large print cards with my map, the front side is a few keywords to help me describe the space quickly in very large print, and the back is still large but is meant to be held up away from the players so I can read it-secrets, encounter specifics, etc not for players to see. Likewise cards with monster stat block cards and a few laminated tables I can't or won't just memoorize but do need at the table. It's not the most portable/minimal setup in the world, but it's pretty portable and very lightweight. Players often have their mini, but everything else is typically a pawn or token, and the scatter is mostly foams and corks and the occasional washer or screw to make sure it doesn't blow away.

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I’ve been eyeing century golem edition!

You can absolutely get an adapter for a regular J1772 charge to charge a Tesla. Just FYI. I love the wipers on my Bolt. She is certainly quick, not necessarily fast, but quick. It’s disappointing that they charged extra for DC fast charging.

Just got mine yesterday. 2019 with 135k miles, new battery in early 2022, $9400. Seems like it was a good deal. Bought it privately.

This was a fun video episode. I gave you a thumbs up! 👍🏽

We have a 2020 Bolt on lease and are going to buy it. It's a great car, quick, quiet and reliable. Unfortunately ours didn't get the new battery, but you can pick up a 2017-2019 for about $15K and those get new batteries. 19 Bolts have started on fire because of the battery, FAR MORE gas vehicles start on fire than that.

Getting my ex across the board is going to be difficult. Haven't spoken to her in 20+ years.

Yes, but it isn't a hobby for everyone...you need, both of you in a family to be addicted to them, otherwise it doesn't function 😢

YOU ARE BOTH AWESOME! ❤❤❤ I JUST GOT THIS GAME AND AM EXCITED TO SAVE THE ISLAND!!

4 years is several years?

The summary at the end was great! What was that music at the end? Videogame?

I love when people say "we played for awhile... 4 years" and knowing that new people keep coming into this hobby.

I just discovered your channel while looking for DIY initiative trackers. Subscribing now because I love your attitudes. Will be running my first mini-campaign in 3 weeks or so, so the advice on what not to buy is timely and fantastic. Bulk of the party is either folks who have no idea of what the funny dice are for and those who have been out of the game for decades( like me). I hope you're still looking at comments after 3 years because I just have to know. Was that a Warhammer Goblin Shaman I saw.??😊

Good video, thanks for this 😁

DM hiding Dice rolls, I roll for Rogues checking for traps, because they think they checked good enough but did they, I do let them roll for unlocking because you would know if the door unlocked or not, but the DM job is a Narrator of a great story and if fudging a dice roll to make a Fight more epic is fine as long as you're not doing it to just kill a player, Ive lowered attack damage a few times, to put a player at 0 and not well below it, allowing players to stabilize them and they get a chance to live. It is all up to the DM, long as his players are smiling, then he is doing his job, it's not his job to send lv1 goblins against a 7th-level party, oh you slaughtered them, here is 10000xp each, if it is challenging it isn't fun. ... OH New Addition to my DM Bag, I carry a few Fighter, Mage, Cleric and Thief Premade Characters ... I quite often now get walk in Players, I've had games with a little as 5 Players and as many as 10, if they wish to return or play again they can keep the character or Roll up new ones for next time, but I don't have to stop a game to have a new player join.

I've played since 1e came out, I've played with Mind's eye, and I've played with minis and Mats both work BUT... it's 2023, and Digital is easy... I can have thousands of maps on my laptop, I have a TV on my Table and a Portable Touchscreen if playing somewhere else, When starting a campaign Players send me their character sheets to go over as well as an Image of their character. I convert that into a Token and add it and my Maps to my preferred VTT OWLBEARRODEO, I can fog of war the maps, have Players Character tokens at entrances, Monsters in place, with sticky notes only I can see traps till sprung, Monster stats, etc... I even make lists of loot, then just click them to show the players searching instead of having to read it to players 4 times so they can write it down. ... my Current Campaign I run is 1e DND Lankhmar city of thieves with 7 Players ... it's been going 6 months and no one has even left the city, we have had 3 player deaths to date. I also tend to make props like Notes, maps and etc ... I also have a image of a notice board (loaded as a Map), along with tons of wanted posters, Jobs etc loaded in as tokens in a folder I can easy change notice board week to week. ... oh and my DM screen is also Digital on my laptop, all I carry is laptop, Dice, pen & note pad for fast idea in a back pack and the touch screen (has handle to carry easy)

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Welcome to the club fellow Bolters! It looks like you got yourselves a Premier trim. Have you played with you rearview mirror yet? If not, toggle the lever under the mirror and you might be pleasantly surprised. I bought my Premier brand new back in 2019 and have been honeymooning with it ever since. The best car in my life, Chevy or not.

I have a 22 EUV and love it! They have actually addressed some of the issues you have with yours.

Disagree with you on the packaging the bubble is made so there wont be any damage to the product.

I love having my dm screen, I especially like the focus it gives you (not meaning I always wanna be in focus) but it sets you apart, because as a dm, you are a player, but you are in a weird way set apart in a fitting way for the role of dm. I also like to hide the minis behind it, so they dont just see what they will come up against. But also, I have the exact problem with reaching over to the map, but I just walk around the table sometimes, but I see the problem! I just think the advantages outweigh the problems, but then again, that is very up to every player for themselves :)

Watching with my 6 year old to narrow down her Xmas games list and she squealed with glee when you mentioned Cloaked Cats 😂. Guess that's on the list....

Too bad these games were designed by a Man hater who judges people based on color and gender. Were burnt our copies and celebrated over the ashes.

Spirit Island

As a Fractured multiplayer main and starlight soloplay main, I filly agree with them both being a headache to get right. I think anyone can play them fine, I think the pitfall is that they are both very easy to make a misstep with and it is VERY hard to recover from missteps with both. My particular love for them started with theme and I genuinely enjoy the brain-pain of high complexity stuff. It isnt really an /iamverysmart thing, I just like the mental push needed to adapt them both to strange situations. I certainly enjoy the "easy" spirits also, I cant bash them at all, they just didnt end up being mainstays for me.

I like the advice and I agree with most of it but if you are playing D&D 5e then DnDbeyond is a worthy option. The more players using the DnDBeyond Initiative Tracker the less the DM needs to do. It puts all the rolls in order with the Enemies too and only those rolling manually have to be handled manually by the DM. I agree with laptops running out of power unless plugged in, but screen shutting off helps. Same with tablets which are even faster. It's just a non-issue with speed getting into your character and let's be honest here. The player that's supposed to go next needs to be ready with their intended action unless something changed moments ago on the battlefield. Also players forgetting their character sheet is a problem, while with a smartphone and DNBeyond you are never leaving your character home and can even look at it anytime they want to think about their PC in-between sessions. As for the DMs screen, I agree BUT I do not agree with the statement that if you are hing your rolls you're doing it wrong. This is very wrong. I dont want the thief to know that she failed her detect traps roll. Failed to open doors check on a door too. I dont want them to make a failed roll then have another player attempt. In reallife does somebody slamming a door know they didn't do it well enough? Not likely. Maybe the door can't be opened by someone in the party, yet they spend an hour trying to make it open maing a lot of noise. There are other scenarios that fall under this. How about deception skill roll versus insight. Do you want your players to KNOW that they defeated their roll or failed? It doesn't make sense if they do. The point is there are scenarios in which the DM wants to hide a roll, but it should probably be done sparingly. I'm not saying do the above but it shouldn't be dismissed either.

I used to print handouts, cheat sheets for my players, spell cards, cards for magic items, I even 3d print them props… but they never use any of those.

Nice review. I think the higher player counts will ultimately make me pass.

There are so many board games with lots of minis that make collecting some super cheap :D

I like a dm screen to help keep my notes secret, it is too easy for a player sitting close to glace and your papers and to me that breaks immersion if they see how many hit points a monster has, also I have the players roll in my dice towers connected to my screen, for rolls their character wouldn't know.

I do it all , I don't do enough props except player maps, and I have never done coins, but I am addicted to buying minis and scatter terrain, I have 10 billy bookcases filled. I enjoy setting up lots of scenes or separate rooms on the table and it gets the players excited that they might do an encounter in some on the rooms or areas

just got spirit island (as a birthday present for a friend but… i’m pretty keen on it too) and i’m going to play it tonight. i am so excited it looks right up my alley, it feels like it’s been a while since i’ve played a good thinky game

Awesome Content! 🎉 We would love to see a gameplay of Many Minds Move as One, please? Thank you so much! ❤

Can you do a shroud of silent mist gameplay please? Maybe with the thunder-electric guy that you get in the standard game?

9:00 Awesome Content! 🎉 We would love to see a beautiful concoction mix of a Spirit trio. Perhaps a 3rd Spirit that compliments your current synergy? Thank you so much! ❤

Nah bro dead wrong with the dm screen

He definitely used his Inspiration Dice on his allies.

Nice to see Spirit Island played. Concordia is a great game as well.

The wife and I are hooked on Sleeping Gods

Spirit Island is my Favorites games.