I’ve been trying to cultivate my home as a place my friends feel comfortable showing up to. There’s a bunch of people (too many) in my life who are going through tough stuff, and lately more and more they just show up for a chat, reading a book in peace and quiet, or sleep over and have a night away from home if they need it.

It’s not so much them being welcome that feels like an accomplishment (because that’s just a given), but rather that they seem to have internalized that it’s OK to ask for help/support and feel comfortable enough with me/us to come here.

As I’m typing this out I’m not sure if this fits in the “betterment” category, but it’s a positive change in my life I’ve noticed and worked on lately, so submitting it anyway. 😊

What’s your favourite thematic/narrative game?

I get that! I felt the same hesitation with “you can only play it 12-24 times and then never again, what?!” but honestly I’m so happy we took the plunge anyway. I don’t know about you, but many if not most games in my collection I haven’t even played that many times…

I haven’t played that much Pandemic, really, so the mechanics have yet to get old for us 😅

That’s great! I mean, they’re good mechanics, so I’m glad you’re enjoying them. They just get recycled in all the other games lol.

I really feel you with respect to competitive games. We occasionally play some with a group of friends, but at home it’s basically always cooperative games.

I don’t know this Star Wars Pandemic game, but in general the Pandemic games are really solid. The mechanisms get a bit stale after playing a lot in my opinion, so the only game by the same creator we still get to the table is Thunderbirds.

If you’re at all interested in legacy games, I can highly recommend Pandemic Legacy: Season 1. It was the first legacy game I played and it was an amazing experience.