French/German to English translator: Board games, literature, international development. Written reviews, playtesting, rules editing. (She/her)https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mwtsv6lxyk24Partway through a game of Mytikas01 Oct 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtsv6lxyk24https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mvd552vjck25First game of Landfall. Enjoyable but so far I'm not winning 😂12 Sep 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd552vjck25https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mqjwxtx4jc2jI've only got 1 creature, but he's a 26/29...13 Jul 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjwxtx4jc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mpqm3yqq3c2bIf you like great art, take a look at #artfight2026 :D03 Jul 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqm3yqq3c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mp5cq6nctk2vTrash Pandas. 8-15-17. I won 🏆25 Jun 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5cq6nctk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mlononmodk2aAm making good progress through this tray of minis, and I think my painting is improving 🖌️ 🫟12 May 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlononmodk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mkzj22gwec2tBank holiday well spent: 1830.04 May 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzj22gwec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mkqjamgg4225Game of Hanafuda this evening. 105 points to me, plus a set that knocks 50 points off my opponents' scores.30 Apr 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqjamgg4225https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mkqfis346c25Out of hours, ChatGPT is secretly a DM: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y9wen5z8ro30 Apr 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqfis346c25https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mjz5xa4ba224Types of board game, by xkcd comics. (Permalink in comments.)21 Apr 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz5xa4ba224https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mjfpxjzk3k2fAm first up the mountain for once :D Playing K2 (purple). Just got to get down again in one piece...13 Apr 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfpxjzk3k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3mdzwbpu7qs26It's been a little minute... but: she's back. Apparently Bsky didn't like my birthdate being in 2023. Provides me with the perfect excuse to play this banger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzgyMmsizLY04 Feb 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzwbpu7qs26https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3m4ghqvmmgs2tDarnit... I only popped on to the KS website to check something, but then I slipped and Wonderland's War Duel fell into my pledge basket. I really should be more careful.30 Oct 2025 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ghqvmmgs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3m3v4uxb6ns2xStarted badly 😬 I can see us losing this game of Sub Terra...23 Oct 2025 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3v4uxb6ns2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lzqv3k5sdk27Really interesting article about the historical events that inspired The Handmaid's Tale: https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-testaments-real-life-inspiration?utm_campaign=PenguinNewsletter_Dynamic_26092025&utm_source=Penguin%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%2B398752&EmailID=0011f2eec6e986b1c9b34a9cb60dbf872c5d5c95c97c140c48a734015d1b9f6e26 Sep 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqv3k5sdk27https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lznn4tml3225Europe Economics has 'compared' the energy usage of AI translation and human translation. The numbers are a nonsense – AI is not some green saviour who vastly outbids us wasteful, gluttonous human translators (how dare we need feeding?!). Here's the take-down: https://www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/2025/09/25/the-great-greenwashing-hoax-how-a-uk-government-report-lied-about-human-translators-to-sell-ai-as-climate-salvation/25 Sep 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lznn4tml3225https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lypv7sxghk2wExploding Kittens board game. This is literally called the "chaos" side of the board. I lost both times. Story of my life. 🤦 (facepalm emoji)13 Sep 2025 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypv7sxghk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lylpgsiajc24Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh - staying alive, staying alive... Second playthrough and the scores were 16-16-15-15 GG everybody 🕺11 Sep 2025 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lylpgsiajc24https://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lye2uithik2bTonight's gaming: K2. First playthrough. Enjoying it so far, but then no-one has fallen from the mountain and plummeted to their death yet. Totally different from yesterday's Happy Little Dinosaurs.08 Sep 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lye2uithik2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3ltn65ybq422pFirst time playing Railroad Tiles this evening. Came 4th with 44 points. GG though10 Jul 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltn65ybq422phttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lt2t4qs3bk2dPlaying Azul Duel for the first time. Think it's now my fave Azul. I'd probably order them as: 1. Duel 2. Summer Pavilion 3. OG 4. Sintra03 Jul 2025 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2t4qs3bk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lprultlhxc2iYey! Victorious again! My blue sheep got the most grass. (Battle Sheep.)22 May 2025 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprultlhxc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3loosqq3ywk2hJust won at Rattus Cartus because the other two players went bust with too many rats at the end. I knew it would be low so only had 3 rats. Hahahahaha Yeah I'm a bad winner ... but I don't often get the opportunity to gloat. So I'm making the most of it 🙃08 May 2025 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3loosqq3ywk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lnnj434xik2nWe have hundreds of games. A well -stocked shelf of opportunity. Happy to plough days into a complex game with lots of minis. We know our way around BGA if we ever needed something new to play. So what did we play last night? Llama. For the hundredeth time.25 Apr 2025 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnj434xik2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lnniuh2jvk2nSomeone asked "what's the most boring subject for a game?" and I commented "a telephone hotline game". Then I had an idea for a luck-based dice game for it. Technically that makes me a game designer. I think I'd best stick to the day job, generally. Enjoy ;) https://hcoopertranslations.co.uk/free-print-and-play-pnp/25 Apr 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnniuh2jvk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lmidmjwy3s2v[1830] Harrie's railway empire is going okay, so far. Trains are getting a bit pricey now. My corporations are Erie, and Chesapeake & Ohio. It's only our 4th game I think. Does anyone recommend playing near New York etc, or have any tips there? Everyone seems to struggle with that area of the board.10 Apr 2025 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmidmjwy3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3lmd7nl2ijk2jIf you need a pick-me-up, there's loads of cool art at the hashtag #portfolioday08 Apr 2025 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmd7nl2ijk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hmflowerpot.bsky.social/post/3llexjzo7oc2yPoor, neglected robins...27 Mar 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:w7dzg2qalpk6io54uiri6p5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3llexjzo7oc2y