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Are the excessive visual stimuli the eyewig's food? If so perhaps it can be starved to death by blindfolding the host for a few weeks. Or at least an eyepatch

I'm about halfway through The Big Con by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington. The title is a pun - the cover suggests it should be "The Big Consultancy". It's a pretty damming critique of the consulting industry and and interesting for someone who does not usually read non-fiction. One interesting case study is the US government's contracting McKinsey to basically run Puerto Rico's recover from hurricane damage in 2017 despite a blatant conflict of interest - the company had investments there which it then favoured. It turns out consultants will sometimes deliberately under-sell their services to a government or company, then bleed the expertise out of the client and finally up the charges when they are powerless to resist. I think this parasitic strategy would be an excellent start point for a board game.

I was interviewed by Joe Shimwell from What If Games - lots of waxing lyrical about playtesting https://www.whatifgames.co.uk/beyond-playtesting-a-conversation-with-richard-aka-the-indiekid/

Two playtesting zones https://masterofolympus.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/diary-63-both-ends-of-the-rainbow/

Yes I had my tongue a little in my cheek when I wrote that. As it has been in the subsequent comments I've added to the article

Another crazy journey by bike and train https://masterofolympus.wordpress.com/2024/09/09/diary-62-yearning/

Brilliant, love this piece

Great!

I know it's a bit early to start thinking about future Pubs but I can't really do Fridays. Would love to join in August if people are up for another day of the week, say a Thursday!

I agree and I find it funny that Tony had no idea what a can of worms he was opening with his simple statement! Also the fact that the avocado's skin is dark and leathery

In the Northeast of England, where there be dragons https://masterofolympus.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/diary-61-the-avocado-dragon/

Thanks Jubal - I thought the folklore would be of interest!

I think I missed that one!

Also I like that Reply is easy to access at the bottom now

Looking good! not really related but my "Exilian" title graphic is still showing up all Christamsey - is that a permanent thing now?