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The Abridged History of the Fiveways War

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I had fun playing a massive board game last night. Today, I nerded out and wrote a match report of the game. I hope you enjoy it... Dear Members of the Galactic Historical Society, Let me share with you events which occurred one Earth year ago in our galaxy which was once controlled by the civilisation known as the Lazax. The power vacuum created when the Lazax left filled our five civilisations with the desire to expand towards the hub of Lazax culture - the planet known as Mecatol Rex. My friends, a peaceful race of scientists based on the planets of Jol and Nar, found themselves - due to massive blunders by The Creator - surrounded on one side by the diplomatic 'Space Turtles' of the Xxcha and on the other side, a race of opportunistic 'Golems' known as the Yssaril. Sitting the other side of the galaxy were the Naalu collective, those speedy serpents, hard to get a grip on. Next to them, a band of pirates known as the Mentak coalition. The first couple...

Getaways and podcasts (Sprint 4 Review)

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A bit delayed with this post, but that's because I've been busy this week. I've been busy with personal development, busy seeing friends (I weird way or wording it, I know - it's not a chore, it's a good thing) and busy singing in a choir! Here's one of the songs we sing... So, I don't think it's a problem that I haven't kept up with process. The whole reason for me living 2017 in a series of sprints was so I could try new stuff and better myself. I feel that I am still doing so. Sprint review It's the same old pattern, I seem to do a lot during the weekend, and forget about my sprints during the week. Again, I feel a lot of this is down to being busy, bettering myself during the week. But a lot of it is also due to being exhausted after a day's work. I wonder if adding smaller tasks (but more of them) to my list will help me spread out the work across the whole two weeks. I will try this with the next sprint. I've do...