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Happy Monday, r/boardgames!

It's time to hear what games everyone has been playing for the past ~7 days. Please feel free to share any insights, anecdotes, or thoughts that may have arisen during the course of play. Also, don't forget to comment and discuss other people's games too.

<div class="md"><p>Happy Monday, <a href="/r/boardgames">r/boardgames</a>!</p>

<p>It&#39;s time to hear what games everyone has been playing for the past ~7 days. Please feel free to share any insights, anecdotes, or thoughts that may have arisen during the course of play. Also, don&#39;t forget to comment and discuss other people&#39;s games too.</p>
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What Did You Play This Week? - (September 06, 2021)

happy friday everyone! today i’m wearing a new sample of mfk a la rose (courtesy u/alissafein)— a lovely, straightforward, linear citrus rose. for some reason, before i got into perfumes, *rose* is what i considered to be the definition of “perfume”. this scent feels classic   

what are you wearing today?

<div class="md"><p>happy friday everyone! today i’m wearing a new sample of mfk a la rose (courtesy <a href="/u/alissafein">u/alissafein</a>)— a lovely, straightforward, linear citrus rose. for some reason, before i got into perfumes, <em>rose</em> is what i considered to be the definition of “perfume”. this scent feels classic. this is the first day in like two weeks i’ve worn something other than the br540 extrait, lol</p>

<p>what are you wearing today?</p>
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SOTD friday september 24th

 I had the previous addition to this. This is the second edition reprint, and all that is changed is the artwork is a lot better, but other than that. Nothing, as is it I mean, there's no other change in this game other than pure aesthetics. The artwork has been upgraded to introduce the world to lift again more of Vincent two traits right

 These two spices, but if I trade I'll, get some points and then the opponent might be forced to do something with the market row: okay, fine! So there's a lot of this back and forth back and forth between you and your opponent. There is no, I mean not perfect information, but, of course, the stuff that's coming out of the deck is a slight luck of the draw, but other than that you know what's in your hand, and you can sort of guess or remember what the opponent's been drawing, Because you see it, you know it's like it's their face up in front of you. You just saw your opponent. Take 2/3 brown cards right, they're, probably going to be starting to try and get 5 brown cards

 You know only two of the tokens from the free card set, but picks up both of the fries. It'S only a 2-point difference, and yet I only put in more effort for those bonus points than he did. Okay, if she did so that's a minor flaw, but it is a minor niggle. This is a 20 to 30 minute game

Jaipur Review - The Broken Meeple

I feel, and I'm sure many others here do as well, that the 80s and 90s had some "daring" frags and some absolute pure classics. The reason I think this is because I picked up a bottle of Drakkar Noir for 20 bucks, solely because I don't have it and well... I feel like any self respecting male fragrance enthusiast should have it anyway. But damn, it's been so long since I gave it some wear on myself and didn't just smell it oversprayed on someone else. 

Drakkar Noir, all these years later, is totally timeless, and still smells amazing. I will rock this whenever. 1982 and still more recognizable than a lot of fragrances.

Then we have the CK's- Eternity, which once you smell it, you definitely think of someone who smelled like it. I absolutely hate it, though, lol. The other CK's aren't bad but I've never been a fan of Obsession.

Then we have the mighty Fahrenheit. You think Dior would have sold millions if this came out instead of Sauvage in today's climate? Hell no. Luna Rossa Carbon or whatever would grab it instead. I don't know. I rather just smell like Not a Perfume than Sauvage (no hate tho). Fahrenheit is so so different, especially for a designer, that I just feel these kind of scents don't come out that are this different and unique. 

Maybe they do, I could be naive.

I wanna expand the 90's collection, because you'll even see in reviews how "this frag smells like the 90's". I have Burberry for him, Fahrenheit, Drakkar, Realities (thats 2004 but stil) and not much else. But these just smell so much different and unique, to me at least, as I didn't live through their time periods.

I know theres Cool Water, Acqua Di Gio, etc... but what else were people wearing in the 80s and 90s that just smelled... "different" or "unique"? Preferrably still available and not in a bad reformulation.

PS: I am nervous about Kouros. I like musk, leather, amber, ambrox... but not sure how far into animalic I've gotten.

<div class="md"><p>I feel, and I&#39;m sure many others here do as well, that the 80s and 90s had some &quot;daring&quot; frags and some absolute pure classics. The reason I think this is because I picked up a bottle of Drakkar Noir for 20 bucks, solely because I don&#39;t have it and well... I feel like any self respecting male fragrance enthusiast should have it anyway. But damn, it&#39;s been so long since I gave it some wear on myself and didn&#39;t just smell it oversprayed on someone else.</p>

<p>Drakkar Noir, all these years later, is totally timeless, and still smells amazing. I will rock this whenever. 1982 and still more recognizable than a lot of fragrances.</p>

<p>Then we have the CK&#39;s- Eternity, which once you smell it, you definitely think of someone who smelled like it. I absolutely hate it, though, lol. The other CK&#39;s aren&#39;t bad but I&#39;ve never been a fan of Obsession.</p>

<p>Then we have the mighty Fahrenheit. You think Dior would have sold millions if this came out instead of Sauvage in today&#39;s climate? Hell no. Luna Rossa Carbon or whatever would grab it instead. I don&#39;t know. I rather just smell like Not a Perfume than Sauvage (no hate tho). Fahrenheit is so so different, especially for a designer, that I just feel these kind of scents don&#39;t come out that are this different and unique.</p>

<p>Maybe they do, I could be naive.</p>

<p>I wanna expand the 90&#39;s collection, because you&#39;ll even see in reviews how &quot;this frag smells like the 90&#39;s&quot;. I have Burberry for him, Fahrenheit, Drakkar, Realities (thats 2004 but stil) and not much else. But these just smell so much different and unique, to me at least, as I didn&#39;t live through their time periods. Also, they are pretty damn cheap.</p>

<p>I know theres Cool Water, Acqua Di Gio, etc... but what else were people wearing in the 80s and 90s that just smelled... &quot;different&quot; or &quot;unique&quot;? Preferrably still available and not in a bad reformulation.</p>

<p>I just don&#39;t like things that are TOO aromatic, IE eternity. That smells like a bunch of herbs on my skin. Like for a salad or something.</p>

<p>PS: I am nervous about Kouros. I like musk, leather, amber, ambrox... but not sure how far into animalic I&#39;ve gotten.</p>

<p>&#x200B;</p>

<p>EDIT: Thank you all so much!! I have to go through this because I posted and then hadn&#39;t come back to it til now!! Gonna spend so much money I feel... </p>
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"The 90's smells"- best frags from the 80s and 90s?

 It'S got great components for a small game and I love the insert in this game. Your actions are so simple, take cards or sell cards, but the gameplay has a ton of depth and it is so much fun. Do you try to trade right away to get those higher price rupees, or do you hold out, so you can get those high bonus? Tokens, do you go for the expensive goods, or do you go for the cheaper ones, because they're usually easier to acquire it's very accessible for the new player instill intriguing after many plays? This is the best two-player market trading game I have ever played and I highly recommend it. I give this game a five out of five stars and that is Jaipur

 You can take all the camel cards again replacing them with cards from the deck or you can take several goods from the market. But you have to replace them with cards from your hand or camels, then to sell cards on your turn. You discard as many of the same Goods as you like, and take that many scoring tokens from the top of the pile. If you trade in three or more cards at a time, you get a bonus token, which will be worth between 1 and 3 rupees for 3 cards between 4 and 6 rupees for 4 cards and between 8 to ten extra rupees for a 5 card sale

 Now, on your turn, you can take cards or sell cards. You can take a single card, replacing it with a card from the deck. You can take all the camel cards again replacing them with cards from the deck or you can take several goods from the market. But you have to replace them with cards from your hand or camels, then to sell cards on your turn

Jaipur - 2 Minute Review

Azul 4x3p, had a couple friends come over games, ended up playing Azul for 2 hours, which is great! Didn't track scores in my app until the final round though. Last round we flipped the board to make our own mosaic, it was pretty interesting in that you're trying to make your own strategy but can end up screwing yourself. I'd play it like that again

What Did You Play This Week? - (January 18, 2021)

. This area is called the marketplace. Once you've shuffled up your deck you're, going to take the top two cards and place them in the marketplace as well.

 Now, in this example. I ended up just picking a random card from my hand to replace the card I'd taken, and it ended up being the same kind that I had taken, which you can't do.. If you're going to exchange something it has to be of a different kind

 The last part of the setup is to give you and your opponent, five cards each., Once you've done, that you're going to look at your cards. I'll, just show you what yours were.! If you have any camels you're going to put them down in front of you and the rest will be kept a secret

Jaipur - How To Play

Welcome to Watch It Played! My name's Andrea Smith and this is...

If you watched our behind the scenes video, you'll remember that I said that my favorite game of the moment is

Jaipur or Jay-purr. I'm actually not sure how you pronounce it.

Anyway, I asked Dad if I could do a series on this game, teach you guys the rules, and have me and Luke play it.

Now, I don't usually teach games, and if I do it's not to a large audience, so you're gonna have to bear with me here.

But I have played this game lots, and I'm pretty confident that I know the rules inside and out.

Now the objective of Jaipur is to become the Maharaja’s personal trader.

And you do so by winning two rounds and you win a round by having the most points at the end of the round.

Jaipur is made by Game Works. It's a two-player game, and it takes about half an hour to play.

Let's go down to the table so I can show you what's inside the box.

Now the game Jaipur comes with lots of cards, a majority of them are goods cards.

silver, gold, and diamonds. And camel cards!

They also have different numbers on them and these numbers represent points.

Finally we have your bonus tokens, your Seals of Excellence, and your camel token.

To set up the game, you're going to want to take all your goods tokens and put them into piles by color.

Then you're going to take each pile and arrange them from lowest to highest.

So for the silk, we take the ones and then put the twos on top, threes on top, and then the five on top.

You're going to want to do that for all of your goods tokens.

You're going to want to take your bonus tokens and randomly shuffle up each pile.

If I was to flip around one of these tokens, you would see that there'd be a number showing.

These are a secret, so you don't want to have these exposed.

The ones with five cards on top that number will range from 8 to 10.

The ones with four cards will range from 4 to 6 and the ones with three will range from 1 to 3.

But we'll get into the why those values are important later.

You'll also have your Seals of Excellence and your camel token, but you don't do any shuffling or anything like that.

You're going to want to keep these tokens all together in a place where it's easy to reach them.

To set up your cards, look through the deck and take out three camel cards

You're going to want to put these camels in between you and your opponent.

Once you've shuffled up your deck you're going to take the top two cards and place them in the marketplace as well.

If these two cards were camel cards that would be fine too. They can be anything else. It's just the random two top cards from the deck

The last part of the setup is to give you and your opponent five cards each.

Once you've done that you're going to look at your cards. I'll just show you what yours were.

If you have any camels, you're going to put them down in front of you and the rest will be kept a secret.

All the remaining cards go face down into a draw pile.

On your turn, you can either take cards or sell cards but never both.

First, let's look at the three different ways you can take cards.

You can never take some.  It has to be all.

Camels never go in your hand. Instead, they go right in front of you with any other camels you have. This is called your Herd.

Then you refill the marketplace with cards from the draw pile.

At the end of each turn the marketplace always has to have five cards.

Another option is that you can take a single good for free and add it to your hand.

Once you've done this replace it with the top card from the draw pile.

Lastly, you can take multiple Goods cards from marketplace.

But when you take more than one you must replace them with either cards from your hand, camels from your Herd or both.

Now in this example. I ended up just picking a random card from my hand to replace the card I'd taken and it ended up being the same kind that I had taken

which you can't do. If you're going to exchange something it has to be of a different kind.

Now I'm just going to go through my hand and pick out something else to replace it with like leather.

Also, keep in mind: you can never have more than seven cards in your hand at the end of your turn.

Instead of taking cards, you also have the option to sell cards, which is how you get points.Let's take a look at that now.

To sell cards, It's just three simple steps.

First, you're going to take the cards you want to sell out of your hand and put them in the discard pile.

Let's say you're going to sell these three silver.

We take them away and put them into the discard pile

Second, you're going to take the amount of tokens you sold off the corresponding stack.

So you're going to take three silver tokens and you're just going to keep those beside you. They're now yours.

The final step is to take a bonus token if you've sold three or more cards.

Since we sold three silver, we're going to be taking the three card bonus token.

If we had sold four, we'd take a four card bonus token and if we sold five or more, we'd take the five card bonus token.

The reason why you would want to wait in your hand until you have three or more when you trade in

is because on the back of these there is a hidden bonus.

That will mean you get an extra three points. So, when we sold in the three silver we get 15 points originally

but we also get a bonus three so that means we get 18 points.

There's two more rules I want to tell you about that have to do with selling cards.

I would want to be able to trade in all six cards.  Do my three silk or my three gold

but I could only do one kind of good per turn.

The second rule is when training in precious goods, which are silver, gold and diamond, you have to trade in at least two.

So I wouldn't be able to train in the gold or the diamond because I only have one.

But the silver I could because I have three.

With precious goods, if there's only one token remaining. I still have to trade in at least two cards.

The round immediately ends if any three goods token piles are used up

The player with the most camels in their herd at the end of the round

gets the camel token which is an additional five points.

At the end of the round each player is going to count up their points.

Then you'd set up the game again. The first person to get two Seals of Excellence wins.

You can easily see all the points by just flipping them around. I suggest putting them in groups of ten for easy counting.

Whoever has the most points wins the round and receives a Seal of Excellence.

The objective of Jay-fur is-  Jay-fur?  Jeye-poor!

Now, next episode me and Luke are going to be playing one round of this game.

Hope you'll join us. Until next time, thanks for watching!

Now the objective of Jaipur is to become the Maharaja’s... Mah-Hah-Raj.  Damn it, I said it right.

Now the game Jaipur comes with lots of cards.  A majority of them are good cards.

The camel with the most camels in their herd... (laughs)

Then you'd set up the game again and play...

I've heard a few things that I don't really like about FPR pens, but I still want one of their Ultra Flex nibs.
     
Which pens work best with their nibs? Stock feed or FPR feed?

<div class="md"><p>I&#39;ve heard a few things that I don&#39;t really like about FPR pens, but I still want one of their Ultra Flex nibs.</p>

<p>Which pens work best with their nibs? Stock feed or FPR feed?</p>
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What pen would you put an FPR Ultra Flex on?

Often hear the “everything is unisex” argument but the examples that follow are typically men wearing a scent marketed towards women, but not the other way around. So I’m curious do any women actually practice this? I’m not talking wearing a unisex fragrance, I mean one that is boldly marketed towards men, might even include “pour homme” in the name.

ETA: thank you for all the responses! of course, i posted this because i found a fragrance that is “for men” but i love it and want to wear it, but am having cold feet. it’s silly but true.

<div class="md"><p>Often hear the “everything is unisex” argument but the examples that follow are typically men wearing a scent marketed towards women, but not the other way around. So I’m curious do any women actually practice this? I’m not talking wearing a unisex fragrance, I mean one that is boldly marketed towards men, might even include “pour homme” in the name.</p>

<p>ETA: thank you for all the responses! of course, i posted this because i found a fragrance that is “for men” but i love it and want to wear it, but am having cold feet. it’s silly but true.</p>
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