Saw a publicity still of Celia Johnson playing a solitaire I haven’t seen. She’s an English actor, pictured possibly in 1951 (thanks Michael Kinyon!). Can anyone help identify the type of solitaire?
Saw a publicity still of Celia Johnson playing a solitaire I haven’t seen. She’s an English actor, pictured possibly in 1951 (thanks Michael Kinyon!). Can anyone help identify the type of solitaire?
Hi all! We’re off for the week getting a bunch of SHUX stuff nailed down and a couple team members are off on holiday, but have an awesome week, and enjoy exploring all the new GenCon releases, we’ll be dipping our toe in ourselves over the next couple weeks.
We also have SHUX previews coming next month for a bunch that we’re super excited to get hands on with, including Starship Captains, Turing Machine, Septima, Evergreen, Gutenberg, and Fit to Print!
If you missed it, make sure to also go give Ava some love on her awesome video last week on this year’s Kennerspiel winner, Living Forest!
See you next week!
Solken’s lands are made up of five main continents, briefly outlined below.
Temorel. Once the home of many feuding kingdoms, the old Church united the Temorel Empire into a collection of parishes. While the Church is no longer an active force in Temorel, the political machinations of the parishes never truly went away, and the fields and forests of the continent often trade hands in strategic deals and counter-claims. Those outside of Temorel often take a dim view of its citizens’ intelligence, characterising them as rubes and simpletons.
The Northern Territories. Connected to Temorel by a land bridge at its southern tip, the Northern Territories are thought of as cold and inhospitable by those beyond its borders. In truth, while the settlements of this area are few and far between, their clans are tight-knit and fiercely loyal. Far to the north the dwarf-kings sit alone in their palaces that once belonged to giants, making proclamations that echo through the vast tunnels below the earth.
Aerix. The heat of the Timaron desert has forced the inhabitants living on its borders to find ingenious methods of survival. The multi-hued dragons of Whitewing have evolved against the sun, their super-sized city casting shadows of sanctuary. Further north, in the city of Angley, gnome inventors celebrate ingenuity and creative problem solving for the common good. However, since the coming of the Shards, great strides in technology have made some of the surrounding traditionalists nervous – particularly the rumours of living metal men…
Yagora. Once a continent of thinkers and scientists, Yagora was ravaged by the Year of Catastrophe more than any other (arguably; see below), leaving it cracked and desolate. The fey courts, seeing an opportunity, began to twist the land in strange, surreal ways to suit their own ends. Perhaps if they hadn’t, the fall of the gods might have allowed Yagora to heal again – instead, the land remains as wild and dangerous as ever.
New Elar (not pictured). The home of the Children of the Sun. New Elar is an island cluster that rose from the remnants of Elar, an old continent which sank into the ocean during the Year of Catastrophe. While it was never recovered fully, roughly a third of the continent was struck by a set of Shards and returned to the surface, where a community of idealists from across the world began to craft it in the name of New Elar.
If Solken sounds like your kind of place, why not come and join us on our upcoming adventure, starting on March 3rd? Book your place here.
Anime Power decided to give their players a real treat for this Easter: the Easter 2025 Easter Event is here, and below is everything you need to know about it. From new Champions to some amazing Accessories,
The Easter 2025 Event in Anime Power is located on the Easter Island, a mysterious land covered in Easter Eggs of different colors and pink trees. It has a bunch of new enemies, new champions, and new items overall. First, we need to see how to get to the Easter Island.
To travel to the Easter Island, you simply need to click on the Teleport button and navigate to the Easter Island, which will be the first option from the top. Once you click on it, you will be instantly teleported to the Easter Island, where you can start your Easter adventure.
You will be greeted with a ‘Welcome!’ message that will explain that all of your power has been reset to 0 while you are on this island. But don’t panic, as this does not affect your Base Game level and power. You are allowed to bring your Champions, Swords, and Equipment, but your stats will be base-level. But do not worry, as leveling up on the Easter Island is fun and fast.
When you get teleported to the Easter Island, on your left, you will be able to see the Easter Shop, offering unique and powerful items in exchange for Chocolate Eggs, which can be collected from playing on the island and from the Bunny Pass. Below is a detailed explanation of each item in the Easter Shop:
Random Egg | Chocolate Potion | Dark Rabbit Mask |
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◉ Gives a Random Reward. | ◉ Boost all of your stats by 2x for 5 minutes. |
◉ 5.5x Coins ◉ 7x Power ◉ 7x Damage ◉ 2.5x Luck |
The possible rewards from the Random Egg include: Gems, Fingers, Grimoires, Shadow Stones, Haki Shards, etc.
Included in the new event is a unique new Battle-Pass, called the Bunny Pass. You can find this Battle-Pass right above the Power display on your screen by clicking on the icon. You can progress the Bunny Pass by completing Daily Quests, as well as Unique Quests. Here are the available rewards:
The Wheel of Fortune makes a return with this Easter Event. You get a free spin every 2 Hours, but you can also purchase them with Robux. Here are the possible rewards and their drop rates:
Reward | Drop Rate |
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Random Gems | 30.1% |
Chocolate Egg | 30.1% |
Random Potions | 23.4% |
Chocolate Potion | 13.3% |
100x Diamonds | 2.67% |
Dark Rabbit Cover | 0.33% |
The Easter 2025 Event in Anime Power introduces a bunch of new enemies to fight, but actually beating them is a challenge. As you start with zero power, you have to climb your way back up again in order to defeat them. But defeating them yields some very good rewards, so it is worth it.
Below is a complete and detailed list of all new enemies on the Easter Island:
Enemy | Health |
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![]() Marara |
Extremely Easy 23,100,000,000,000 HP (23.1 Tr) |
![]() Obico |
Easy 2,310,000,000,000,000 HP (2.31 Qq) |
![]() Sta Roza |
Medium 231,000,000,000,000,000 HP (231 Qd) |
![]() Jigen |
Hard 831,000,000,000,000,000 HP (831 Qd) |
![]() Brola |
Insane 53,100,000,000,000,000,000 HP (53.1 Sx) |
Some of these have a ludicrous amount of health for a normal enemy, so we recommend trying to kill them with some friends or other players who are on the island at the same time as you.
There is, of course, a Boss. To find the Boss Arena, you have to follow the right path that you will see right after you spawn. After a few Marara fights on the Easter Island, you reach a blue Portal. Entering the portal will teleport you to the Soruke Boss arena.
The Boss of the Easter Island is Saruke, a behemoth with an unbelievable amount of HP: 20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 HP. Beating him usually requires 3-6 people fighting at the same time, unless you are a god of Anime Power and can solo it. After defeating him, you will have a chance to get one of his drops:
As usual, the Easter Event brings us new Champions for which we can roll. They are, on average, better than their same-level counterparts from the base game. There is one that is the goal of everyone rolling: Vegega. He has a measly 0.034% drop chance, so if you want him, be ready to grind this area.
Below is a complete and detailed list of all the new Champions available on the Easter Island:
Champion | Normal Luck Rarity | High Luck Rarity | Power |
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Namm | 57.4% | 42.9% | 45 |
Sarura | 26% | 26.5% | 60 |
Jivaya | 13% | 19.9% | 110 |
Melioras | 2.78% | 7.67% | 130 |
Ichito | 0.653% | 2.66% | 150 |
Vegega | 0.034% | 0.197% | 180 |
After you finish farming or you get everything you want, you can head back to the Base Game. To return, you need to find the ‘Back‘ gate. It is located on the left side of the spawn, and it teleports you back to the Shinobi World. If you don’t feel like walking or are in a hurry, you can also press the Teleport button and select where you would like to go.
And that is all for our Anime Power Easter 2025 Guide. Check out our Anime Power Codes article to grab some freebies and goodies that can help you progress the Easter Event more easily.
April 27, 2025: New Anime Royale codes are in for UPD 6.
What are the new Anime Royale codes? Throwing you into an anime world where you can summon your favorite heroes from multiple anime series into battle, Anime Royale adds a level of thrill to the Roblox tower defense experience. By having extra rewards at your disposal, you can get a head start by having access to more resources quicker as you prepare to conquer waves of enemies.
Among the many anime titles on Roblox, you can also try the latest Special Anime Defense codes or YBA codes to get an additional edge. In the meantime, we’ve tested and confirmed all of the below active Anime Royale codes.
All active Anime Royale codes are listed below, following testing each code ourselves and confirming their rewards in the game:
The steps to redeem Anime Royale codes are quick and easy, only requiring these simple steps after launching the game:
Outside of this essential guide, Anime Royale codes can be found on the game’s Discord server where new codes will be dropped upon achieving certain milestones like getting 100k members. Codes may also be dropped on the Anime Royale Roblox page as well.
However, as codes begin to expire, it can be a challenge to determine which are still working. Because of this, it is best to keep this guide ready since we test each code – saving you the peace of mind of having to do it yourself.
For more rewards, check out the latest Anime Defenders codes or the best Roblox games for something new to play.
If you’re after something new entirely, you should also take a look at our list of upcoming PC games, so you know what’s coming for the rest of this year and beyond.
With no one vulnerable at match points, right hand opponent dealt and opened one heart. I passed, left hand opponent raised to two hearts. and all passed. I led ace, king and third of clubs from the following:♠J985 ♡J76 ♢Q72 ♣ AK2.
Partner captured the third club with the queen (both opponents following to all three rounds), and led the ace of spades. At this point dummy (to my left) showed the following: ♠ Q2 ♡K93 ♢K853 ♣J.
Right hand opponent dropped the 4 of spades, and I signalled with m 8 of spades, my second lowest. Partner led another spade, which dropped the opposing K and Q together, leaving my J high (but leaving the opponents void of spades).
Partner complained about being misled by my signal but conceded it didn’t matter. She was out of clubs and wasn’t about to lead trump, so it was a choice between spades and diamonds. I didn’t particularly want a diamond lead with the K in dummy sitting over my Q. Of course, she could have led the ace of diamonds if she had it, but she didn’t.
I quoted what I had been taught (by the late Dorothy Hayden Truscott). With regard to following with four of a suit:
Follow with lowest (5) means, “You’ll get no help from me if you lead another one.”
Second lowest (8) means, “I can accommodate another one.”
Second highest (9) means, “Please lead another one.”
Highest (J) means, “lead another one for crying out loud.”
I believe that partner was “disappointed” that I didn’t have the controlling honor after I played the 8. My understanding when playing the is that it means, ” I don’t see any better lead than another spade, whether or not it wins.
Did partner have a good reason to complain about my signal?
Hello Internet Family!
If you couldn’t make it to SHUX this weekend, we sure will miss you! But have no fear, we have some tasty extra little AwSHUX content just for you!
We’ve brought together a roundup of OVER FORTY GAMES that are brand new or coming out very shortly that we’ve covered in our new-and-improved SHUX Previews format – so while you can’t demo them with us in person, we hope these videos are the next best thing as Matt, Ava and Tom sit across from you at your game table to tell you just how incredible this hobby continues to be!
Have you had your fill of Hot New Board Games? Why not play some games with friends – new and old! We have once again partnered with Tabletopia, who will give you a free 14 days of ultra premium subscription to try everything and anything that they’ve got digitally loaded up (including a couple loaded in just for AwSHUX). Go here and use the code: SHUX14
Want to setup some games or just chat with some other lovely SU&SDy people? You’ll find them on the Discord!
And of course, it wouldn’t be SHUX without podcasts – we’ll be capturing them live at the show and posting them just as soon as we humanly can so you too can hear what Team SU&SD is so excited about in Vancouver Town!
Have a great weekend everybody, and we’ll be back October 10th with our regularly scheduled programming – some really fun reviews slated for the next couple months.
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Greetings, dear reader! Today is World Book Day, and to celebrate, we have an agony aunt question to help those who like storytelling in their games, but who prefer the role of reader to writer…
Dear Aunty Chella,
I love the idea of games with a narrative, but the thought of role playing gives me performance anxiety! I like the idea of coming away from a games night with a story to tell, but I’m just not up for writing a character as I play – I feel way too self conscious… but it’s hard to do one without the other… right?
I want to know if there’s something else out there for me in the world of games. I enjoy lots of other kinds of board games and card games, from party games to the more serious kind. I’m good at quickfire word games, and escape rooms, and I enjoy games that have a frame story. I even find myself adding a bit of a story to games that don’t have one, imagining I’m a super-duper-spy-guy trying to get a real code word to my super-duper-spy-teammates before we’re all super-duper-killed by the assassin during an perfectly ordinary round of Codenames, for example.
I’m keen and willing to try other suggestions, but something about playing a role in general, and actually about D&D in particular, is too daunting – designing a character, committing to a campaign, counting up numbers on dice, talking in a ‘ye olde’ voice and pretending to be casting spells… it all feels very not me. But making up stories round a table, particularly in a competitive way – that is definitely my idea of fun! Can you please help?
Narrating in Nether Edge
You will gain control of a creature for each of the X Keigas you created and at most one fight will happen. You decide the order.
When the Keigas enter the battlefield, each of them triggers the fight ability, then the legend rule happens. You have to choose any one Keiga you control (original or one of the tokens) and the rest die. This is a state-based action.
704.5j If two or more legendary permanents with the same name are controlled by the same player, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners’ graveyards. This is called the “legend rule.”
This happens after the fight abilities trigger, but before they enter the stack:
704.3. Whenever a player would get priority (see rule 117, “Timing and Priority”), the game checks for any of the listed conditions for state-based actions, then performs all applicable state-based actions simultaneously as a single event. If any state-based actions are performed as a result of a check, the check is repeated; otherwise all triggered abilities that are waiting to be put on the stack are put on the stack, then the check is repeated. [..]
You are left with one Keiga; the other X Keigas die and trigger their death ability. Both the fight abilities and these death abilities are waiting to enter the stack.
State-based actions area checked again and, if none apply, all the triggered abilities enter the stack in the order of your choice. You pick the relevant targets as you put each ability on the stack.
603.3b If multiple abilities have triggered since the last time a player received priority, the abilities are placed on the stack in a two-part process. First, each player, in APNAP order, puts each triggered ability they control with a trigger condition that isn’t another ability triggering on the stack in any order they choose. (See rule 101.4.) Second, each player, in APNAP order, puts all remaining triggered abilities they control on the stack in any order they choose. Then the game once again checks for and performs state-based actions until none are performed, then abilities that triggered during this process go on the stack. This process repeats until no new state-based actions are performed and no abilities trigger. Then the appropriate player gets priority.
Then the stack starts resolving. If you chose to keep a token Keiga for the legend rule and the other creature is still being controlled by your opponent, that fight can happen. No other fight can happen because the Keiga it originated from will be dead to the legend rule.
701.12b If one or both creatures instructed to fight are no longer on the battlefield or are no longer creatures, neither of them fights or deals damage. If one or both creatures are illegal targets for a resolving spell or ability that instructs them to fight, neither of them fights or deals damage.
So in total: If you created X Keigas with Aggressive Biomancy, you take control of up to X creatures because X Keigas will die to the legend rule. If you kept a token Keiga for the legend rule, it will fight the other targeted creature if it’s still controlled by your opponent. You choose the order of control changes and the fight.
Are you tired of hearing or reading about Dune Awakening without actually being able to play it? Well, hopefully you’re not tired of reading about it… Either way, it turns out you’ll be able to play the game soon, courtesy of a free open beta weekend coming on May 9, and concluding on May 12.
To get access, you’ll need to either wishlist the game prior to May 9 for a chance to play, or grab one of the “thousands” of beta codes given out by the team during the weekend. So, it’s open, but only to those lucky enough to gain access. Semi-open. The door left somewhat ajar.
This beta just so happens to be a few days prior to the original release date of May 15, which was pushed back due to a delay so the team at Funcom could “cook” a little and make sure everything is polished and ready for the full release.
Players will be able to access the first two regions, which if thoroughly explored should make up the first 20-ish hours of the game. That means you’ll be able to explore a few Research Facilities, try out the early abilities for various classes, and a little bit of PvP in ship crash sites. A good taster of the experience. If you’d like our experience, we’ve got a new preview for Dune Awakening out today that covers this same slice of the overall experience.
Are you excited for this open beta? Let us know below!