How to grow a giant pumpkin, with help from science

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — The pumpkin in Tony Scott’s backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He’s been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at night to keep it at a stable temperature. A roll of measuring tape wrapped around the pumpkin gives him a […]
How to find a hobby in Austin and love it

Every so often, when I meet new acquaintances at a party or happy hour and we’ve finished the standard small talk about our jobs and what neighborhood of Austin we live in, I face the dreaded question: What do you do for fun? I begin to sweat, my mind suddenly blank. Do I even have […]
How to deal with a problem player at a public game group? – BoardGameGeek

Everyone who plays board games is a little weird, myself included. But there's a player at my group who goes past a "little weird" and directly to … Source link
How to get promos if none of my FLGS say they will get them? – BoardGameGeek

Dunno how it applies globally and to various outlets or if volume of stock ordered counts but my FLGS said that they got exactly 6 x promo packs. My … Source link
How to Avoid Problematic Game Design in 2025 – BoardGameGeek

It is 2025 and game designers need to be more mindful than ever about representation, stereotypes, historical truth, and the messages carried … Source link
How to teach Vantage to nongamers? – BoardGameGeek

I like trying to explain what everything represents (boost=wisdom/knowledge applied, challenge dice=how hard something is, impact slots=advice, … Source link
How to Fail Your Way to Being a Resilient Gamer | There and Dice Again | BoardGameGeek

The discussion on resiliency fits nicely with our boardgame hobby because we are given plenty of chances to fail at gaming. The most obvious is every … Source link
How to consolidate expansions into one box – BoardGameGeek

Weirdly, the base game insert comes with spaces for expansion cars, but no space for their decks. I can barely get all 4 boards to fit and definitely … Source link
How to track "exhausted" locations – BoardGameGeek

How would you track this? I think the simplest solution would be to note on a paper the location numbers you have visited and note if you had done an … Source link
Odin – GameNight! Se12 Ep54 – How to Play & Playthrough | Video – BoardGameGeek

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