Infrequent YouTuber, fairly prolific poster, siaradwr gwael o Gymraeg. Likes indie games, board games, trad roguelikes, medieval history. https://alanwithtea.carrd.co/ He/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mx2zmz2fic2kStarted up a 'spooky', but so far not actually spooky, game04 Oct 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2zmz2fic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwxmt7tkwc2aMeanwhile for #RandomBoardGameSaturday my shelves dispense Sun Tzu. A friend introduced me to this 2-player area majority game. I don't remember exactly how it plays but I do remember that I immediately bought my own copy, so it must be good.03 Oct 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxmt7tkwc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwxmpwwpy22aFor #RandomGameSaturday we pull The Orange Box! As I understand it, the draw was meant to be the Half-Life 2 chapter included, but by the time I bought it a year or two later this mini-collection was already known primarily for being the way to access surprise hit Portal03 Oct 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxmpwwpy22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwwdgjqa4s2tSome games I'm considering playing in October02 Oct 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwdgjqa4s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwwd5ayvk22qI mentioned this somewhere online recently, and stumbled across it again just now. Wacky events in the board game Duel of Ages II02 Oct 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwd5ayvk22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwpxr4bo5c2nThe new Resident Evil film is pretty good, surprisingly30 Sep 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpxr4bo5c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwm65jsnx22aYears ago I experimented to see if you can write a serious short story entirely as limericks. So each scene, I suppose, would be a limerick. Conclusion: you can but it soon becomes a chore to write, and probably worse than that to read.28 Sep 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwm65jsnx22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwleqfohos2zSo the thing is, and I say this as a fan of traditional roguelikes, not every game needs to be 'runs'28 Sep 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwleqfohos2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwgl5stask2oAlways a fun combo26 Sep 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgl5stask2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwgc7pctos2eSo tempted to start annoying people by pronouncing 'genre' with a hard g26 Sep 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgc7pctos2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwfxxp7zkc2dMeanwhile #RandomBoardGameSaturday brings us Burano Set in Venice, Burano uses these big chunky cubes for everything. You make a pyramid of them to select your actions, and you put them on the board to make houses. Novel idea but turned out to be not very colourblind-friendly26 Sep 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfxxp7zkc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwfxno33ak2dIt's #RandomGameSaturday and we draw Super Smash TV on the Master System The 'super' amuses me here because it's so associated with SNES games. I don't think I've played this version but I assume it uses the same notorious two-controller setup as the NES26 Sep 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfxno33ak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwdy4a2b6s2r"Use just two buttons to climb a colossal pinball table spanning the history of western philosophy" Quite a pitch 😆 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3989550/Fallosophy/25 Sep 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdy4a2b6s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwdkfwkgqk2mAdditionally, the best game in the unjustly maligned Lords of Shadow branch is a mere £1.99 on Steam right now https://store.steampowered.com/app/282530/Castlevania_Lords_of_Shadow__Mirror_of_Fate_HD/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdkfwkgqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwcbozfipc2zPlayed this board game tonight and I was highly amused that in place of the usual cubic resources like wood and stone we had lemons and pancakes. It wasn't even a humorous game; we were becoming pancake barons with straight faces24 Sep 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcbozfipc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mwbpgky4dk2cNo rest for the people who haven't started resting yet24 Sep 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbpgky4dk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw7gchnacc2dImagine how alarming it must be to wander in from the next room and see a wolf the size of a small horse sucking a stream of blood out of someone's face from 8 feet away23 Sep 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7gchnacc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw7gdj2dac2dKain is such a gothy teenager23 Sep 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7gdj2dac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw7g74qr7s2dSteinchencroooooooe! *air horns*23 Sep 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7g74qr7s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw7qip2des2pThis is one of the more bullshit sections of Blood Omen23 Sep 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7qip2des2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw7qip2des2pThis is one of the more bullshit sections of Blood Omen23 Sep 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7qip2des2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw7l3kueyc26Until I saw it written down, I was puzzled as to why Kain kept shouting "yay, Victor!" all the time23 Sep 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7l3kueyc26https://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw7gdj2dac2dKain is such a gothy teenager23 Sep 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7gdj2dac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw7gchnacc2dImagine how alarming it must be to wander in from the next room and see a wolf the size of a small horse sucking a stream of blood out of someone's face from 8 feet away23 Sep 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7gchnacc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw7g74qr7s2dSteinchencroooooooe! *air horns*23 Sep 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7g74qr7s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanwithtea.bsky.social/post/3mw6z75t4kc24It isn't October yet, but close enough I think23 Sep 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:5eacoag2z24lg2cdi2bsppjh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6z75t4kc24