Episode 23 - The Friends You Eliminate Along the Way, with susan

susan joins the show to talk about playing TI with a more aggressive playstyle, the power of whispers, and Embers of the Imperium. 

 

1:33 - Best thing I saw this week

2:50 - susan joins the show!

3:40 - Why are you aggressive, and how do people tend to respond?

7:25 - Aggression can be fun; going counter to the meta can be especially fun

10:38 - A conversation about whispers in async games

13:48 - Aggression in async games (vs synchronous games) and ghosting/ragequitting

17:10 - Creative writing, TTRPGs, susan's TI4 murder mystery, and async Embers of the Imperium

20:30 - susan's favorite faction

24:42 - Being aggressive but still being chill above the table

25:53 - Tech of the week: Space Dock II

28:20 - Async tip(s) of the week

31:36 - Weird rules thing of the week - Mahact Commander

33:00 - Various updates

 

Susan’s guide to Being a Pleasant Habitual Murderer https://docs.google.com/document/d/144B9ikAVa6s2_NxzT5eQSlBSiThbYN85fhJSmtYz7nM/edit