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Sam

Permanently hoarse from Spaceteam. Worth it.

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Game verdicts

Spaceteam“Everyone shouts nonsense until the ship explodes. Somehow this is cooperative.”FREE, JUST GO♠ sam, 17 plays

Tapple“Your vocabulary is fine until it has ten seconds and witnesses.”GOOD WITH THE RIGHT CROWD♠ sam, 10 plays

Wavelength“Argue about whether a hot dog is a sandwich, but with a scoring dial.”WORTH OWNING♠ sam, 11 plays

Guides and field notes

A screenprint of an open laptop on a table, its screen a grid of nine friends on a video call, all laughing, with a mug beside it.

How to run game night over a video call

A five-minute host checklist for video-call game night, covering latency, lobby links, shared timing, audio checks, and reliable fallback games.

sam · 4 MIN READ

A screenprint of five friends laughing around a table over a board game, with a sixth person sitting apart in an armchair with a plate of food, watching happily.

A low-pressure game night for people who say they hate games

Choose around the pressure people dislike, make participation reversible, and leave the hobby conversion speech at home.

sam · 5 MIN READ