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ISSUE Nº 171 · 29 OCT 2026 · THE EMAIL-AT-MIDNIGHT EDITION

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+ 45 MIN
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Compare Two Starter Board Games For Your First Game Night
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PLAY Work Out Whether You Have Time for a New Hobby Right Now any 1733h ago PLAY Evaluate a New Hobby Before Spending Any More Money on It any 1734h ago PLAY Turn Raw Session Notes into a Story Recap any 1740h ago PLAY Create a Satisfying Weekend That Does Not Disappear Into Errands any 1741h ago PLAY Get a Reading List for a Genre You Want to Explore any 1741h ago PLAY Get Film Recommendations Based on Mood Rather Than Genre any 1742h ago PLAY Find the Build That Fits How You Actually Play any 1747h ago PLAY Find Your Next Book Based on What You Loved, Not a Generic List any 1748h ago PLAY Build a Music Listening Practice That Goes Beyond Passive Background any 1749h ago PLAY Design a Solo Travel Itinerary That Is Not Just a List of Tourist Sites any 1751h ago PLAY Rate a Video Game You Just Finished in One Honest Paragraph any 1751h ago PLAY Stress-Test Your Encounter Before It Kills the Fun any 1755h ago PLAY Get Better at Chess Without Just Playing More Games any 1755h ago PLAY Rate and Rank Games in Your Backlog any 1755h ago PLAY Run a Debrief After a Campaign Ends any 1760h ago PLAY Adapt a Board Game for Fewer or More Players Than the Box Says any 1760h ago PLAY Plan a Miniature Painting Session With a Specific Goal any 1762h ago PLAY Teach the Rules to New Players Without Losing the Table any 1766h ago PLAY Build a Deck Around the Card You Actually Want to Play any 1767h ago PLAY Get a Strategy for Completing a Video Game You Keep Getting Stuck On any 1767h ago
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