#these must be checkmate era?

[cherry-yunas]

I’ve never seen her look that dead serious before lol

[marabow]

A ROSE AMONG THORNS (circus ocs x reader series)

Chapter I: The Tickets (03/03/2025)

CW: Stalking, slight misogyny (cuz it's in the Edwardian era, and sadly times back then weren't the kindest)

MASTERLIST

<<Chapter II>>

 

For as long as the stage between childhood and adulthood existed, so did the feeling of being an outcast. Many wished to grow up too quickly, while others still remained in their childhood innocence, with creativity bound within their souls. Those who grew up too quickly judged the ones with younger souls out of simple jealousy for still remaining innocent and with their heads up some clouds, while the ones who still remained in their childhood mind judged the ones with older souls for being wiser and more down to earth, just out of much envy as the other party. 

        Somewhere in the world, in a boarding school that only accepted girls, by a window with a view to the school’s garden and mountains in the far back, sat two girls at a table, playing with chess pieces between their fingers, moving them to different squares of the board, slowly losing more and more pawns and other pieces as the game progressed. 

The black queen chess piece was put right in front of the white king chess piece, leaving no possible ways for it to get out of its ruckus, as the black king chess piece was helping the chess piece right in front of the white one. With the power of a helper-mate, the girl with rich copper strands picked the white king piece with her fingertips, leaving the girl in front of her without any chess pieces, as she finished the game with a checkmate from her side.

   “Checkmate!” she clapped her hands, as the girl with (h/c) hair felt annoyed, and lazily picked up a black pawn that she captured earlier between her fingertips, her short nails slightly grazing the wooden piece. Chess wasn’t exactly her forte, but she knew that the girl in front of her cheated… well at least, that’s what she speculated.

“I swear one day I’ll catch you, and turn you into a simple pawn, Olga!” the girl with (h/c) hair teasingly threatened the other girl, even putting her fist up to motion how she was gonna plan an evil scheme to have the redhead caught red handed. 

       Olga simply laughed, finding the light heartening threat funny, as the girl finally put the pawn down.

        “(First and Middle name), no need to do that! Aren’t we best friends?” she giggled. The girl knew that her friend didn’t like being called by her first name by anyone outside her family, but thank Aether for making her an exception to that rule. 

        “Olga, how many times must I say,” the girl in front of her started, sighing in disappointment, “Just call me (NAME), especially in front of others!... Oh well, I know you’re only teasing me, so I can’t really be angered.” she eventually cracked a smile, not being able to put on her angry facade anymore. These two were known as the troublemakers of Gus Reinhart boarding school, so much so people would compare them to two little boys. At least they were both like two peas in a pod, rarely separated, with Olga’s childish yet clever antics at pulling pranks and (NAME)’s stubborn yet life saving ideas for saving them from getting caught, so that is quite a catch in a friendship, isn’t it? Two powers combined to create tomfoolery.

        As Olga giggled, they both suddenly heard the sound of the cuckoo clock inside the recreation room ringing as per usual, showing how the little wooden people were  putting on a show with the help of the gears moving, twisting and turning inside the clock to create this show to symbolise how time passed by and it was now the first half of the day.

       After the tune died down, with the little figurines going back inside the clock as if it was their house, the two girls just looked at each other with disappointed frowns, before (NAME) got up to search for both her’s and Olga’s navy coloured boleros at the coat rack. “Ugh, why must we leave again? We were just having fun!”

        “You were the one having fun, always winning at everything! “ the (h/c) haired girl scoffed playfully, “We need to go to the horse racing that one other school is hosting. You know, Tom Mage, the all boys school?”

       “Ugh, haven’t we seen them before winter vacation? I’m tired of seeing some of our schoolmates slobbering all over them. The boys aren’t even that handsome!” Olga sighed, tracing her fingers over the symbols carved on the wooden table. (NAME) had to agree, the boys were quite arrogant and shallow, but she didn’t create a whole ruckus out of the whole thing like Olga.

        “Well, at least we won’t have to talk about the components of a plant at science class, or any other lesson of today for that matter!” (NAME) giggled, tidying her black boater hat with the flower pins that decorated it on top of her hair.

        “That’s true. Maybe we can pull a prank on them once we get there!” Olga grinned mischievously, suggesting her ‘evil’ plan to the other girl. (NAME) laughed sarcastically, not really in the mood for anything that could get them in trouble.

        “Yeah, let’s pull a prank so the headmistress would send us to The Choker. I’m not even sure if two people even would fit in there!”

Olga stuck out her tongue towards the brunette in an annoyed yet playful manner. The Choker was something many girls feared, as it was the worst punishment a girl could get, or well, anybody could get. It was said that girls who got sent there never returned, which could send shivers down anybody's spine, but (NAME) knew for the better that girls were only sent back home after a night there as a way to punish them, before getting expelled. Truly a cruel form of punishment, but who is she to judge?

        Miss Hoffman walked inside the room, looking at the girls with her dry and grumpy face, her nose scrunching up with usual disgust towards the girls. If our protagonist had a way to describe her, it'd be that she was like a bitter prune, not only on the outside with her wrinkly appearance, but also with how mean she was towards everybody. (NAME) speculated that it was because she was jealous of their youth, but nobody knows, or will ever know.

        "Girls, girls, come along now." She said in boredom, starting to count the girls, using a notebook to say the names for attendance. Olga was trying to crack jokes to (NAME), but the (h/c) haired girl shushed her so Miss Hoffman won’t catch them having fun.

       Once the attendance was done, the ladies exited the room so that they could catch the carriage.(NAME) remained last as she picked up her satchel with her journal inside, and started running in the direction the other girls went towards the carriages outside.

       Finally getting there, Miss Hoffman started scolding her for being late as always, using her last name as per usual. Since she arrived kind of late, she was put in a carriage with a few other girls, both younger and older. Next to her sat a girl three years her junior by the looks of her small stature and chubby cheeks.(NAME) couldn’t help but have her interest piqued at the girl’s unique face mark, which was a reddish-purple stain on her porcelain face, not like a bruise, but as if somebody poured wine on her face and it remained tinted around her eye.

        As the carriage started trotting,(NAME) kept her eyes outside at the surroundings, watching nature go by. She felt a soft pat on her shoulder, coming from the girl with the peculiar yet pretty mark on her face. (NAME) gave her a smile, before the girl got closer to her to whisper something to her ear.

       “Did you ever hear the story of the amazing carnival that’s coming to town?” Being surprised was an underestimation, (NAME) was confused yet intrigued.

       “What Carnival if I may ask?”

       “Cirque de Strangemageddon, of course! Only those worthy enough get invitations. It is said that it has the best circus the world could see, with fellas that have peculiar talents!”

        (NAME) wanted to hear more, but the carriage stopped, and the girl quickly got out, leaving (NAME) with the other girls in the carriage.

“What did Lisa say? Did you listen to her? She can predict the future!” A sea of voices were talking over one another, asking (NAME) questions about this girl’s words of “wiseness”, yet (NAME) couldn’t answer any of them, as she was questioning herself what kind of information she’s heard.

        Suddenly, One of the staff mistresses called all the girls to get out of the carriage, and being the obedient girls they are, listened. Once (NAME) got out, she was met by Ms Delaluz, a much younger staff member, yet that would still be considered as an older woman by many.

As their names were being called out to see which girl’s where, (NAME) kept looking around, for nothing in particular, but she was bored. Fiddling with her fingers, she noticed that there was faint music coming from the far distance, so faint she barely noticed until every girl kept quiet and Ms Delaluz stopped mid sentence to catch her breath from naming all the baronesses and other high status girls, who, to be completely honest, had quite long names.

       Before she could look at the direction of the source from which the sound came from, the staff and girls all began walking towards where the horse race would happen, and of course she had to follow.

As (NAME) was walking, she caught the appearance of the young girl from earlier, Lisa, walking away. From the crowd and into the direction of the sound. (NAME) kept looking in the direction she went, that she bumped into the back of a boy, one with short curly blond hair, as his helmet almost fell out of his hands . “Watch where you’re going...” he stopped briefly after seeing that it wasn’t another boy from his school, but a girl from the all girl’s school that was a bit farther from the town. “Oh, please excuse me, miss! I thought you were one of my cohorts.” He laughed awkwardly, his chocolate brown eyes looking bashfully at the ground, which (NAME) found really weird but not threatening in any way.

        “Um...Yeah, no...I terribly apologise for being an inconvenience-”

       “Elijah! Stop acting inappropriate towards the gentleladies!” They both turned around to see another boy, this ‘Elijah’ toff’s schoolmate from what (NAME) understood. He was a boy with very long brown hair, tied in a ponytail, with a lot of moles on his skin, not only peppered on his face but also on his neck and hands from what (NAME) could notice.

    “But I didn’t do anything wrong, Clément!” He scoffed before looking at the girl with big puppy dog eyes “Did I say anything inappropriate to you?!”

        “Hmm... yes you did!” The girl joked, which made the blond frown in mock anger as the other boy laughed, not at her joke, but at his fellow equestrian mate’s face. “Either way, I’ve got to go. Goodbye!”

        “Really, no giving name or anything?” The boy named Elijah asked as (NAME) was going at the guest seats, shaking her head playfully. “Only the devil knows!”

        “She seems fun to be around!” Elijah said to Clément as (NAME) was at a far distance from them.

        “Oh, isn’t she pretty too?” Clément teased, making the blond click his tongue in embarrassment even more, pushing the taller boy by his shoulder.

       Once (NAME) got to the entrance of the grandstand, Olga waved at her to come sit next to her in the back, which would be easy for her to leave and come to the grandstand anytime.

        “What took you so long?” The copper haired girl asked, making (NAME) laugh sarcastically.

        “Oh, nothing of importance.”

        The race started, with the blond boy from earlier appearing on the scene, his tan skin filled with freckles and dimples causing girls to fawn over him, and even (NAME) had to admit, he was cute. He got on his horse, a white stallion kissed by small grey spots on various areas of its coat. The other boys had just as interesting horses, which (NAME) honestly wanted to admit that she’d like to run her hands over their manes... though, she was still thinking about the rhythm of that little tune from earlier...

Miss Hoffman immediately took (NAME) out of her daydream, as the old woman was searching for somebody, causing panic in the girls and other staff at the race. That’s when (NAME) remembered that they’re probably searching for Lisa. That’s when (NAME) had a plan of not being bored of the race going on.

        She whispered to Olga that she’ll go search for ‘the missing girl’ since she knows where she is, and to announce Miss Hoffman that she won’t be going too far in the search.

        “Are you mad?!” But on deaf ears was heard the sound of Olga’s whispered shouts as the (h/c) haired girl ran out in search of the girl... or more like as a way to go in town to see the source of the sound from earlier.

        The sound of her mary janes alerted the racers who were sitting at the entrance of the grandstand, chatting about this and that and whatever will come back, so they barely noticed (NAME) walking towards the town, but even a black sheep in a pen will catch the attention of a passer by, just as (NAME) caught the attention of some familiar chartreuse eyes.

        She was like a poor sailor, hypnotised by the sound of a whimsical tune, as she was getting closer to the tune, closer to where that girl might be. As she was walking down a forest path, she yelped when the sound of a boot crushing a stick left a ringing in her ear. Looking behind, she saw the boy from earlier, Clément, looking at her with a shocked expression that he got caught stalking her.

        “...What in bloody hell are you doing here?!” She scolded him, totally weirded out by him.

        “I’m just making sure you’re alright! I saw you leaving the area, and I don’t want you to get lost. Believe me, this creek is like a maze. I’ve got lost here multiple times.”

        “That still doesn’t explain why you followed me-” before she could finish her sentence, something flew towards her, getting stuck in the flower pins that were on her hat. She took her hat off, to look at what got glued to her pins.

Two tickets... but for what? A theatre, a grand opening of a new store...or...

      “You’ve been invited to ‘Circo Di Strangemageddon’, Clem Degenhart”... on one of them read. (NAME) was surprised, especially since there was a second ticket that wrote “Come to Circo Di Strangemageddon, (NAME) Burton”. Before either of them could question, a baby polar bear appeared, on a unicycle, with a handbell in hand, ringing for the two teenagers to follow it. (NAME) didn’t even think twice as she began running farther down the path, following the polar bear much similar to Alice with the white rabbit in that one story she read which she found quite cynical.

       Clément rolled his eyes as he followed her close behind. Neither of them knew that this one small action will tip the dominos, creating a permanent effect that will change their lives forever.

[xagave]

pleasepleaseplease recommend some danphan fics!!

Sorry these are on ff.net I was into danphan before AO3 was really A Thing. Invisobang also just completed and a whole wack of new fics are also now out for your enjoyment so I suggest taking a look there too Lab Rat - Danny (as Phantom) is captured by his parents and vivisected in the lab. THE MOST iconic dp fic from this era of fandom and also the first dp fic I ever read which single-handedly got me into the fandom. I also recommend anything else by this author[sequel]

Pits - Danny is captured by Walker and thrown into the Pits to fight for his life. HANDS DOWN my all time favorite dp fic. I drew a bunch of fanart for it and never showed the author LMAO [sequel]

In The Way - A twisted tale of a summer spent all alone

Wondering - Danny's been captured and tortured by his parents, but he refuses to say a word until his psychiatrist starts connecting the dots. Can he risk keeping it a secret any longer?

Dreams of Light - A cute box ghost fic with a fun twist at the end

Phantom's Sketchbook - Mr. Lancer finds himself in an unparalleled situation, he has access to something which can give him incredible insight into the personal workings of Amity Park's local ghost teen hero, Danny Phantom

Masks - Lancer has had enough of his most enigmatic, frustrating student Daniel Fenton and forces him to stay in detention with him until Danny tells him The Truth. A story examining Danny's relationship with the human race. Another BIG FAVE of mine [sequel]

Darkness - Part 1 of Illuminations saga. [part 2][part 3][part 4] Maddie and Phantom are trapped in the dark and must work together to avoid dying. I don't remember much about this but I do remember it being super creepy and I bulldozed my way through all 4 parts so it must have been good lol

I'm Still Here - Danny's been locked away in a forgotten thermos, buried in the backyard for 70 years. When he's finally released, happy isn't the word he'd use to describe his new life

Real Life - A very creepy take on ghosts and the events of the show, where they're more inhuman, feral, and scary. I don't remember much about this but it's unfinished

Lopeholt - Valerie must survived the night in the third scariest place on earth. **VERY** creepy, I remember reading this in the dark and it gave me nightmares. Another top fave. I def recommend reading anything else by this author

Running to the Enemy's Arms - Danny runs away and ends up on the doorstep of the person who's dead last on his list of favorite people - Vlad. Danny/Vlad father son relationship. A fun and interesting view of what Danny's life would be like had he been the son Vlad always wanted. Incomplete but also another BIG FAVE of mine. Tolerate the first 1-2 chapters and the rest is golden

Checkmate - Vlad forces Danny to leave everything behind in order to save Jazz's life. But just when the billionaire believes to have won his chess game against his young rival, Danny makes a single unexpected move.

A Secret Uncovered - Danny's transformation is caught on tape and now the whole town knows who he is Photoshop - Dash and Kwan find an old class picture and start having a little too much fun on Photoshop. Will someone's secret be revealed?

Chained - It starts with a fire at the Guys in White headquarters, where a vengeful Valerie stumbles across an imprisoned Danny Phantom. It starts with injustice. But what happens when justice and revenge are confused for one another? Where does a hero end, and a villain begin?

Phantom of Truth - Locked away in a secret government lab with Phantom as her subject, nothing stands between Maddie and the truth… except, perhaps, herself [Sequel]

The Soul Sepulchre - Something foul is stirring in Amity Park and it all starts in the bowels of Amity Park's Museum of Natural History

Moral Code - Moral code says to never kill or capture a specimen that you did not weaken yourself. Maddie finds Danny Phantom wounded late at night after a hard battle. After she helps him, she finds there is more to him than she ever thought possible. Mother/son bonding

Connections - Maddie knows that the Booo-merang has keyed into Danny, for whatever reason, so what's she to think when she sees it collide with Phantom? [Sequel]

Isolated - It's just a wish that's been granted with the wrong twist, but for Danny, it's a nightmare that's become reality. He's stuck as Phantom, his family's hunting him, and everyone who can help him is gone

Little Earthquakes - They say that a man is defined by what he does when he thinks nobody's looking. Does the same hold true for ghosts?

Tortured Truth - Danny's parents discover that the ghost boy is half human. Now that they've captured Danny, will he submit to torture and reveal himself, or is the revelation just the beginning of their problems? [Sequel]

Estrelas - AU. Sam's attention is captured by a lonely ghost haunting her grandmother's attic…and discovering his secrets will take everything she has.

Criteria of Life - Every living thing must follow the Laws of Life; however, Maddie wonders if Phantom can somehow follow these laws as well. The fact that he is a ghost is putting a knick in her plans, but what if Phantom can follow the Laws of Life?

[kcscribbler]

Christmas Fic Masterpost

Figured I'd toss this up in case anyone's looking for holiday-themed stuff, specifically. All fics here are either set around holidays or themed accordingly, and I make no claims as to their literary quality, lol.

My BBC Sherlock and ACD Sherlock Holmes fic are not included in the list as they're not on AO3 yet, but they are available on request.

Star Trek TOS

Of Luck And Miracles (4.2K, Kirk & Spock)

A deliberately plotless piece of Original Series fluff for those of us who don't feel very Christmassy this year.

A Celebration in Infinite Combinations (60K, gen ensemble & OC)

The first year of the five-year mission is a critical time for the crew of the starship Enterprise. With a new chain of command, a new crew, and a new captain who must prove himself to both, all must work together and learn to function not as a crew, but as a family. Ten mini story arcs revolving around ten sets of characters, all converging in the last chapter.

Gifts (7K, Kirk & Spock)

Five times Jim and Spock gave each other something, and one time it wasn't necessary. Early-era TOS.

Star Trek AOS

New Beginnings (1K, Kirk & McCoy)

Jim's never really celebrated Christmas before, at least not with someone who actually wanted to be there. This is…new. (It's super weird.)

One Step Forward (9K, gen, Kirk & Spock focus)

Grounded on Yorktown base for the winter holiday season, the remaining crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise deal with being haunted by metaphorical ghosts of Christmases past. Full warnings inside fic.

Loki Series

A Light in the Window (5.5K, Loki & Mobius)

On the eve of the multiversal war, the God of Time and Director of the TVA rendezvous one last time in a tiny beach house in the Florida Keys. Set near the end of the Storyteller 'verse, about twenty years after the events of Ready or Not.

A Green Christmas (14.6K, Loki & Mobius)

Holiday fluff and potential tree-related punnage, that's all. You've been warned. Part Five in the Storyteller verse, set a few weeks after the events of To Begin Again.

BBC Merlin

None Goes His Way Alone (25K, gen ensemble post-S2)

Merlin has always thought that the sorcerer chooses the familiar; his new familiar begs to differ. Canon-compliant not-quite-fix-it fic for S5 finale.

And for anyone who, like me, is feeling a little jaded about the holidays, you can find a 100% angst-free, silly or fluffy self-recommendation for each fandom below the cut. 💙

Star Trek AOS

All's Fair (9.4K, gen ensemble cast)

He needs a staff that will call him on his bullshit, not blindly obey his every command; one that actually enjoys his company rather than tolerating it with a fake smile. One who has somehow, despite all odds and his own initial intentions, wormed their way under his skin to wrap around his heart. It would kill him to lose them, now. Also now, he wants to kill them. It balances out, somehow.

Star Trek TOS

Action & Reaction (2K, gen Triumvirate)

Or, The One With the Checkmate. Tag scene to A Piece of the Action.

Loki Series

Crossword Clues (2K, Loki & Mobius)

The infirmary of the TVA is where non-jet-ski magazines go to die.

[havendance]

Caged Birds

ao3 | superlove | cffa

AN: Take some quick Spyral-era Nighthunt set during the Grayson: Futures End oneshot. (@thereisanangelinheaven -- malihah this one goes out to you! <3 Grayson: Futures end...)

“How did we get here, Helena?” Dick whispered. “I never thought I'd end up here. I never thought…”

Helena hummed, pressing herself closer to him. It was a private room. Or at least, as private as they ever got. Rank had its privileges. “The war's over,” she said.

“I used to think I'd be home by now and yet here I am.”

“Here we both are.” Her hair was warm against his chest. “Needs must.”

“But the KGBeast?”

Helena looked up. “It's not polite,” she said. “He's the president now.”

“You fought him too,” Dick said. “We both did, back in the day.” He closed his eyes. “I miss Gotham.” Five long years. He'd never thought he'd be in Spyral this long. He never thought he would be dead this long.

“I do too.” Helena had been here even longer than he had. There before him, on the bidding of her own masters. Checkmate, she'd confided in him long ago, pulling on a string she'd never managed to sever. Dick couldn't remember the last time he'd heard from Bruce. Helena never said if she was similarly stranded.

“I miss Tim.” Damian dead in the ground, Barbara, Cass. He'd never thought he'd be leaving them this long.

She was quiet.

“The war's over. Maybe we could go back.”

Helena snorted. “You're a real idiot sometimes, Grayson.”

“It's optimism. What do we even do now?”

“The same as we always do, survive. Do what we can.”

That's what she said when they'd joined the Russians in the first place. It's the only way. We survive and we bring those Earth-2 bastards down any way we can. She'd kissed him, then. He'd taken what comfort he could in it.

“Keep doing the Beast's dirty work, you mean.”

She kissed him now. Small comfort again. “Dick,” she said when she pulled back for breath. “I want us to live. I don't want you ending up on the wrong end of a rope because you couldn't hold your tongue.”

“That's how my parents died, you know,” he said absentmindedly. “On the wrong end of a rope.”

She kissed him again. Briefer, this time. “Learn to lie. Don't join them.”

“I lie all the time.”

“You could fool me.”

Helena was the only one he could be honest with anymore.

“It's about responsibility,” he said, staring up at the ceiling. “You saw Kiev.”

“Terrorists.”

“Like you believe that.”

She huffed. “This is why you need to learn how to lie.”

“Nightwing wouldn't have stood for it. The Huntress wouldn't have stood for it.”

Helena pulled away. “The Huntress is dead and so is Nightwing. We're all that's left.”

Helena had told him once, in the desert, that you let a man live and you give up responsibility for him. He goes out and kills again, because you wouldn't do what needed to be done. Bruce had told him once, in the cave, that you kill a man and you give up responsibility. You kill a man and he's gone forever. Dick had done too much of both over the years. Where did all of that responsibility lie?

“Rumor has it they're going to give you a medal,” Helena said. He'd been quiet for too long.

“I don't need a medal.”

“It means you're important,” she said. “It means we survive another day.”

Dick wasn't sure how much he cared about that any more. Responsibility. He imagined it: dying on the wrong end of a rope. “I want to go home,” he said.

“This is home now. I’m home now. Don’t leave me.”

Dick leaned in. “I love you.”

Helena smiled. “Love you too.” And then there were things to think about other than responsibility and blood. For the night, it could just be them, no dreams of falling.

[artstar07]

May the 4th Be With You!! I was inspired by the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars crossover special to make my own Star Wars themed designs on Branch, Poppy, and my trollsona, Rosetta a.k.a Rose. Poppy and Rose both wore the typical undertunic, overtunic, obi sash with a belt, and loose-fitting trousers, but the only difference is that Poppy wore a blue tabard and sash to match her blue bladed lightsaber, cloak and her headband while Rose wore the cream and gold colors of her ancestor’s robes in the High Republic Era, with her hair tied in a half-up space buns, reminiscent to Princess Leia’s double buns from Star Wars: A New Hope.

I kinda imagine in the crossover, Poppy and Rose are Jedi knights who live in a lush, vibrant, terrestrial planet, Hemeran in an undiscovered, neighboring galaxy with their families because they descended from the Jedi survivors who fled to their new home to hide from the Galactic Empire and there, they formed their own civilization there. Poppy and Rose only knew the stories about the events that happened because it was just newly discovered by the rebel alliance. Soon, their galaxy was embroiled in a power struggle between the Light Republic and the Sith Confederacy and it’s up to the descendants of the Jedi order and their allies to fight back against them.

When Poppy and Rose became Jedi knights, they met Branch, a young pilot from the planet Diesla who owns the ship, Olympiad Jaguar and would often stowaway escaped slaves, runaways and refugees from the neighboring Galaxy to bring to their own. Upon meeting the rest of the snack pack, with DJ Suki and her family as togruta, Smidge and her family as a group of mirialans, Cooper, Biggie as a pantoran with his beloved droid, MR-D1NKL3Z, Guy Diamond and Satin and Chenille as twi’leks, Fuzzbert as an ewok, and Legsly, the group started to work together as a team, exploring the galaxies, help those in need, and face various challenges along the way, while DJ Suki, Smidge, Cooper, Biggie, and Fuzzbert, with the help of Trollzart, a Jedi master, study the ways of the Force and learn valuable skills needed to become Jedi along the way. Creek, on the other hand, ended up joining the Dark Confederacy after being denied a position as a Jedi master ahead of time and became a sith.

With the power struggle escalating into a galactic war, the group were recruited by the Light Alliance to fight the Dark Confederacy and soon, they become the galaxy's unlikeliest last hope when the Dark Confederacy’s plans fell into their hands. With a crucial information in their hands, they must deliver it to the Galactic President and pull the checkmate on their enemies.

[satoshi-mochida]

The Thing: Remastered physical editions announced for PS5, Switch - Gematsu

Nightdive Studios will release a physical edition of The Thing: Remastered for PlayStation 5 and Switch on June 25, the developer announced. Pre-orders are available now at various retailers, including Atari, Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, GAME, Target, Walmart, and more.

The standard edition will cost $29.99 / €34.99, while the Deluxe Edition will cost $49.99 / €54.99. The latter includes a copy of the game, special box, SteelBook case, key art poster, Captain Blake’s ID card replica, and a set of sew-on patches.

The Thing: Remastered is available now digitally for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and GOG.

Here is an overview of the game, via Nightdive Studios:

About

The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures and filmmaker John Carpenter’s genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing. Nightdive Studios has upgraded this horrifying classic for the modern era through its proprietary KEX Engine for play on current-generation gaming devices up to a 4K resolution at 120FPS. Improvements to character models, textures, and animations have been hand-crafted by Nightdive Studios, with the implementation of advanced 3D rendering for updated lighting and atmospheric effects—for a suspenseful and disgustingly detailed remaster that reanimates the thrilling game for modern audiences. In the frozen arctic tundra, a mysterious shape-shifting alien has wiped out the crew of the U.S. Outpost #31 research facility. In The Thing: Remastered, players step into the boots of Captain J.F. Blake, the leader of a United States Army Special Forces rescue team sent to investigate the blood-curdling events that transpired in the original The Thing film. Trapped by the elements and at risk of infection by a horrific entity, Blake must keep his squad together to survive by gaining their trust and ensuring that their fear and paranoia don’t get the best of them… or himself.

Key Features

Return to U.S. Outpost #31 – Continue the story of The Thing and face off against terrifying monsters, from scuttling head-spiders and human-like walkers to gigantic multi-tentacled level bosses.

Who Goes There? – Command a squad of up to four NPCs from Soldier, Medic, and Engineer character classes through the game’s 11 frightening levels.

The Warmest Place to Hide – Someone in your squad may not be who they appear to be. The shape-shifting alien hides inside an imitation, so keep a watchful eye.

Don’t Lose It – Gain the trust of your squad members and minimize their fear levels lest they become defiant or, worse, succumb to paranoia.

Ultimate Alien Terror – Upgraded models, textures, and animations hand-crafted by Nightdive, plus enhanced lighting and atmospheric effects.

Stunning Visuals – Up to 4K 120 frames per second visuals on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Checkmate – Trophies and Achievements on Windows PC via Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles.

[stickydreamermusic]

No dia do banquete no palácio deon ficou doente e não conseguiu ir criando um grande efeito borboleta no mundo...

Deon estáva na sua cama pensando em como foi ruim ele pegar uma gripe assim do nada, mal sabia ele que essa tinha sido a melhor coisa que aconteceu na sua vida, alguns anos depois disso Eduardo Deserte se tornou o imperador mais conhecido como o tirano que declarou que de agora em diante aquele reino se chamaria Império e logo após isso declarou guerra

Era mais um dia feliz um mês após o aniversário de 14 anos de deon ele e seu irmão cruel estavam no jardim jogando xadrez...

" Hi xeque-mate! " disse cruel vitorioso

"Ha por que eu nunca consigo ganhar?" Disse deon triste e derrotado

Cruel agora tinha 17 anos ( por seu irmão não se afastar da família eles conversam muito mais e tem uma ótima relação) e deon tinha 14 anos ( por nunca ter sido espancado e chamado de monstro ele tem uma autoestima melhor do que no universo original e tem uma relação melhor com a sua família )

"...Deon....eu... Preciso te falar uma coisa.." cruel disse isso com um pouco de tristeza na voz , antes de deon se dar conta o ar do lugar ficou tenso

"Deon... você notou que os nossos pais tem ficado muito mais ocupados ultimamente não é?"disse cruel que não estava mais feliz como antes

"Sim eu notei mas isso não é esperado com todas essas coisas sobre o novo imperador e tal? " disse deon

"Deon...eu vou para a guerra " deon não podia acreditar no que seu irmão avia dito, ele sabia sobre a guerra mas não sabia que o seu irmão teria que ir

" O que!? Quando!? Por que!?" Dizer que deon ficou chocado era pouco

"O imperador ordenou que um filho de cada família Nobre deve ir para guerra, e os soldados imperiais viram me buscar mais tarde hoje mesmo"

Depois de muita conversa sobre o porque cruel teria que ir, já era hora dos soldados o buscarem , seus pais e as empregadas e servos do condado Hart se reuniram para dar "adeus" para cruel, deon chorou muito quando viu seu irmão sendo levado pelos soldados, deon queria ir no lugar do seu irmão para ele não precisar passar por aquele inferno, depois daquele dia deon jurou que ficaria mais forte para poder proteger sua família e todos os que ele ama para assim seu irmão não precisar proteger a todos sozinho.

On the day of the banquet at the palace, Deon fell ill and was unable to continue creating a huge butterfly effect in the world...

Deon was in his bed thinking about how bad it was that he caught the flu out of nowhere, little did he know that this had been the best thing that happened in his life, a few years after that Eduardo Deserte became the emperor better known as the tyrant who declared that from now on that kingdom would be called the Empire and soon after that he declared war

It was another happy day, a month after Deon's 14th birthday, he and his cruel brother were in the garden playing chess...

" Hi checkmate! " said cruel victoriously

"Ha why can I never win?" Said deon sad and defeated

Cruel was now 17 years old (because his brother doesn't stay away from the family they talk a lot more and have a great relationship) and Deon was 14 years old (because he was never beaten and called a monster he has better self-esteem than in the original universe and have a better relationship with your family)

"...Deon....I...I need to tell you something.." Cruel said this with a little sadness in his voice, before Deon realized it the air in the place became tense

"Deon... you've noticed that our parents have gotten a lot busier lately, haven't you?" he said cruelly, he wasn't as happy as he used to be.

"Yes I noticed but isn't that expected with all this stuff about the new emperor and such?" said deon

"Deon...I'm going to war" Deon couldn't believe what his brother had said, he knew about the war but he didn't know that his brother would have to go

"What!? When!? Why!?" To say that Deon was shocked was an understatement.

"The Emperor has ordered that one son from each Noble family must go to war, and the Imperial soldiers came to pick me up later today."

After a lot of talk about why Cruel would have to go, it was time for the soldiers to pick him up, his parents and the maids and servants of Hart County gathered to say "goodbye" to Cruel, Deon cried a lot when he saw his brother being taken away by the soldiers, deon wanted to go in his brother's place so he wouldn't have to go through that hell, after that day deon swore he would get stronger so he could protect his family and everyone he loves so his brother wouldn't have to protect everyone alone.

[chantillyxlacey]

📝 Wildcard OTP (dealer’s choice!) and childhood sweethearts?

Fjdbfjfbfb I feel like "15-16 years old" probably counts as Childhood on a technicality but doesn't fulfill the spirit of the trope otherwise I'd talk about pre-Terribe-Incident era of the whole-ass au my wife and I have developed for the senpai squad ot3 where Shinji cowboys up and shoots his shot with Akihiko and Mitsuru while they're first years and they all three go out together for six halcyon months before The Terrible Incident happens (we have lovingly dubbed this The Divorce AU)

Hmmm- having Akihiko and Shinji be childhood sweethearts is simple enough, but including Mitsuru is a challenge :0a

...of course my first thought is to make the entire situation horrible shdbdjdj

Akihiko and Shinji at around age 9 or 10 are selected for a special program run by the Kirijo group meant to give disadvantaged children like orphans better opportunities- in education, athletics, etc

While Mitsuru isn't actually part of the program, she sneaks into the group home these kids are living in whenever she can in the hopes of making friends- she's very lonely :< and there she meets the boys and gets along famously with Aki right away and gets a much rockier start with Shinji

Before long though, the three of them are thick as thieves. There's a running joke between them about Mitsuru being a princess from an old folktale, and how that must make Aki and Shinji a pair of loyal samurai (Mitsuru-hime is ALSO a samurai, but that's a secret so she can catch Bad Guys off guard lol)

Some family friend of the Kirijo's has a daughter that gets married off and Mitsuru attends the wedding reception; she comes back unsettled and unhappy because apparently she's going to have to marry some stranger one day and she hates that idea.

The three of them come up with what's clearly the perfect solution tho: she obviously can't marry a stranger if she ALREADY has a husband right? Too bad! He'll have to marry someone else instead.

Rather than try to pick between them, they decide that Mitsuru can just marry them both (twice as many husbands means she can't marry a stranger twice as much, it's foolproof!)

So they exchange rings from Mitsuru's jewelry box and awkward-and-quick-but-sweet kisses (it doesn't count otherwise, obviously) and then problem solved! Mitsuru can't get married because she already IS! Checkmate!

Soon after, the kids in the program, including Akihiko and Shinji, are relocated to a different institution. They're despondent at being separated, but they all promise to write letters and stay in touch- and for a little while they do, until the letters from Akihiko and Shinji stop coming one day.

Mitsuru is a little hurt, but they hadn't seen each other in more than a year at that point, and eventually the sting wanes and she grows more preoccupied with her investigations of Tartarus and the Dark Hour. Childhood memories fade.

She's in her final year of high school the next time she meets Shinji and Akihiko- now members of a ragtag group of survivors from the terrible Persona experiments performed by that clandestine branch of the Kirijo group on orphaned children- a group calling themselves Strega.

[demifiendrsa]

The Thing: Remastered Announcement Trailer

The remastered version of the 2002-released horror third-person shooter will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam in 2024.

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About

The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures and filmmaker John Carpenter’s genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing. Nightdive Studios has upgraded this horrifying classic for the modern era through its proprietary KEX Engine for play on current-generation gaming devices up to a 4K resolution at 120FPS. Improvements to character models, textures, and animations have been hand-crafted by Nightdive Studios, with the implementation of advanced 3D rendering for updated lighting and atmospheric effects—for a suspenseful and disgustingly detailed remaster that reanimates the thrilling game for modern audiences.

In the frozen arctic tundra, a mysterious shape-shifting alien has wiped out the crew of the U.S. Outpost #31 research facility. In The Thing: Remastered, players step into the boots of Captain J.F. Blake, the leader of a United States Army Special Forces rescue team sent to investigate the blood-curdling events that transpired in the original The Thing film. Trapped by the elements and at risk of infection by a horrific entity, Blake must keep his squad together to survive by gaining their trust and ensuring that their fear and paranoia don’t get the best of them… or himself.

Key Features

Return to U.S. Outpost #31 – Continue the story of The Thing and face off against terrifying monsters, from scuttling head-spiders and human-like walkers to gigantic multi-tentacled level bosses.

Who Goes There? – Command a squad of up to four NPCs from Soldier, Medic, and Engineer character classes through the game’s 11 frightening levels.

The Warmest Place to Hide – Someone in your squad may not be who they appear to be. The shape-shifting alien hides inside an imitation, so keep a watchful eye.

Don’t Lose It – Gain the trust of your squad members and minimize their fear levels lest they become defiant or, worse, succumb to paranoia.

Ultimate Alien Terror – Upgraded models, textures, and animations hand-crafted by Nightdive, plus enhanced lighting and atmospheric effects.

Stunning Visuals – Up to 4K 120 frames per second visuals on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Checkmate – Trophies and Achievements on Windows PC via Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles.

[queenretcon]

do you have any bea reading suggestions?

read fire & ice: welcome to smallville #1 IN STORES NOW

Now that that’s out of the way, the easiest way to jump on with Bea is to read Justice League International/Justice League America (same book, different titles).

(rest going under a cut bc I have a lot of things to say about Beatriz da costa surprising no one)

She was in comics before then (Super Friends & Infinity Inc), but the version of her that was a main character and that ‘stuck’ really starts with JLI. She first appears in Justice League International #12, which is also Tora’s first appearance, and she stays on the team until the book ends with #113. She’s the longest serving member! If you’re looking for her coming-out-arc-that-wasn’t based on my last post, that run starts with #93 though I always have to give the warning that it’s permanently out of print because of the actions of the writer.

The spin-off book Justice League Quarterly is also a must read for her. She’s not in every story since it’s an anthology but she appears in most issues and a lot of my favorite Fire stories are from that book (#2, 5, 7, & 10 in particular).

After the JL is rebooted, she bounces around books a little more. One story I think is required reading that’s easy to miss is Showcase ‘96 #7.

The Super Buddies arcs (Formerly Known as the Justice League & then JLA Classified #4-9) are. Uh. Reasonably controversial, but I have a line about her from JLA Classified as a tattoo so I’m fake as hell if I don’t recommend it.

At the same time as that, Ted’s stupid ass gets shot and causes problems for everyone. Most of her appearances were written by Greg Rucka for a while who I think handled her well largely, including her 52 appearances, OMAC Project, and Checkmate (where she reunites with Tora! yay!). I also like her small inclusions in Blue Beetle 2006.

After that it gets, uh, dire. She’s in Generation Lost which is racist but some people like it. Then the universe reboots and she’s in Justice League International (2011) which one could charitably call mid. Justice League 3000/3001 have a LOT of issues and are also an AU, but I would recommend reading at least issues #12-15 of JL 3000 since it’s a continuation of her Super Buddies story that makes me cry.

And now we’re basically here! With Power Girl Special #1 which led into Welcome to Smallville. As someone who lived through the Dark Ages, I would say now’s a good time to start reading Bea comics! If any of this was unclear, feel free to shoot me any follow up questions (there’s a lot of stories and crossovers contained in that JLA #12-113 era that can be confused)!

Do not fucking read The Human Target I am so serious do not.

[mihai-florescu]

whyyyyyyy are we having a switch-eden tour when BOTH the switch and eden climaxes are still yet to happen

I guess that leaves the ryuseitai and knights climaxes next but i was hoping i'd be able to save some dia for those.....guess not anymore. Either that or they randomly shove even more tours between the climax events for some breaks

We deserve a MaM climax as well i think. Let it be the very last one, surprising everyone like a dagger stabbing you from the back

I found the natsume and ibara 5star choices odd too at this time but oh well. There is definitely going to be one more tour, my bet's on valentines day, but im not sure on the order of climaxes...

My theory rn is 1-1 the ibanatsu tour, 1-2 kanata climax, 2-1 sora climax, 2-2 valentines day tour, 3-1 tsukasa climax, 3-2 nagisa climax (march could be swapped depending on when checkmate anime comes out actually), 4-1 alkakurei tour. Wait but this leaves one more event in the rotation for 4-2 right? The new one always starts at the end of april/ beginning of may no? So.....what event am i missing......... maybe you are getting that mam event afterall lmao. Or not actually im taking it back from you we're getting the first kaname center event. I said so, and it must happen. I think a mam climax would be redundant, we already wrapped up for him in the double face event, where he realised he needs a new identity and cant in fact me mama (Also, the df album already had the mam songs and his solo. So from a marketing perspective theyre not gonna do a surprise mam climax, i dont think. But who knows what happyele are thinking, truly).

When mam does come back it will definitely take another form, a rebranding. I can see it being one of the early !!! stories too. Very Veery curious how we're doing the change of eras this time, im just speaking out of my ass with speculations here

[clay-cuttlefish]

Finishing out Rebirth. Turns out this is actually a pretty decent era, things only get really rough in Infinite Frontier.

Lois Lane #6

Have I mentioned that this series is good? It's good. Lois is the best.

#7

I like that the blue mist accentuates how inhuman Renee must seem to the people she fights without being too weird. The facelessness has lost its creep factor after hundreds of issues.

"I feel like you could have handled that better." Lmao.

It's very funny that Renee is, like, Clark's wife's work friend that he met at a gathering once. They've been In A Comic Together before, but they're barely acquaintances. It's nice when the Questions are sort of tangential to the wider hero world.

#8

Big fan of the flirty skeleton assassin fight.

Clark and Lois are such a good couple it's ridiculous.

#9

Renee going from being awkward and impressed by Superman to bossing Batman around with a shit eating grin is great. The brooding doesn't work on her, dude, she knows you're cringe.

I'm amazed how well the series handles its tone shifts. It moves from dumb banter with Batman to a look at the harm done by ICE to meeting a witch within one issue is a lot.

#10

This explanation of the multiverse is the only reason I have any confidence in my understanding of canon.

It does such a good job engaging with how weird it is to live in a world where retcons happen and how that'd affect people outside of dramatic cosmic events and sweeping hero drama.

Helenarenee real <3333

The big multiverse spread also has Batwoman, The Shadow, and Flash-ish Renees, which is a neat little assortment.

#11

This twist should probably feel like more of an ass pull but I am so on board with lesbian skeleton enemies to lovers.

#12

What a good epilogue. Keeping the multiverse aspects grounded works so well, and it creates a really interesting space for worldbuilding with multiverse weirdness being public and acknowledged.

I wish Elicia was acknowledged more. They don't need to still be together, but at the very least Renee's assassin girlfriend from another dimension who she saved with the power of true love feels like someone who should impact her relationship with Kate.

Mandela effect discourse in this world must be wild.

Leviathan Dawn

Even more nonsense than Event Leviathan proper. At least that had charming moments.

Checkmate

All the characterization here is a mess.

It's very funny that everyone gets titles like "The Truth" and "The Wildcard", and job descriptions like "Spymaster" and "Operations", and then Vic doesn't have either. Even the introductory text doesn't know what his job is meant to be here.

Vic and Oliver get to hang out, and it's acknowledged they've worked together, but Vic is so weirdly written that it's missing all the charm.

Literally what is Vic's job. Why is he on this team. He doesn't do anything other than chill with Oliver.

Reflections of the Heart

What if the 2006 characterization of Vic, but actually interesting?

I still don't love it, but there's a clear intent here, it works.

[midnightunderground-hq]

Time stops for no man or beast and we march ever forward. The wheels of fate spin wildly.

Hello, my doves. It’s been some time since we last held correspondence, though my dearest and I have watched over you all for these past few months. Absence truly does make the heart grow fonder, but I’m not here to offer sentimentalities, rather I’m presenting you with several leads for your enjoyment…well, mine, but your consideration. 

001. Our children suffer for the avarice of others. The Black Market has wreaked havoc in your community for years, growing without limits, poisoning the minds of the disenfranchised humans among you and worst of all…turning my children and Hers into commodities. Those behind a velvet curtain have tapped into the inferiority complex of these beautifully mundane creatures, turning them against those twice blessed by yours truly. Some say they deserve empathy, but I cannot spare a single drop. Perhaps, you will approach the matter differently…all I ask is that you excise the Underground of this verdant tree and its poisoned roots. 

002. Be wary, children, of the snake in the grass. How I wish I was allowed to meddle just a little more into these affairs. Seeing as one after the other unfolds, has left us feeling both disappointed and impotent…to see the hatred in these hearts, to be unable to cut the threads being weaved before us…godhood is far more onerous than any of you would understand. Either way, Cicerone and I can only hope the breadcrumbs scattered around you prove fruitful. Goodwin is…a problem— I cannot and shall not reveal any more than that. But fret not, children, the answers stand right before you…you need only take a closer look. 

003. The eclipsed sun will hide behind the moon no more. I’m not sure if you’ve all noticed, but very strange things have been occurring lately; more than the mischievous doings of a wayward Faerie and her cursed companion. There’s something amiss in the air, a thorn in my side and a deadly parasite for others. Audacious creatures will always taint a God’s mercy, and this one child of a bygone era has polluted the well in its entirety. You must understand, they grow stronger with each passing day and if they’re able to remove their shackles, you will be the first to feel their wrath. It is in your best interest to stop this false God.

004. Checkmate, another false prophet has fallen. What a shame it is to watch this unfold. When a thread is woven, braided until it resembles rope and presented to one unlucky person; a thrall in this instance, flying too close to the sun. The former mayor now sits on the hand of a clock, disgraced, stripped of his prestige and soon, he will be stripped of his life. You should all be made aware that the hour draws near, he will become one of the departed and his secrets will be buried with him. Before then, you’re free to speak to this dead man walking, though there’s no guarantee that he would humor any chance at redemption. 

005. If you would like, lend me your sight. While the choices presented above are of utmost importance in my eyes, I sit on another plane and observe as one would an ant farm…if you feel I may have missed something of importance to you— summon me, if you dare…and please feel free to pull another from the pile.

[vinaysohan]

Carrom Gam

Certainly Board games are tabletop games that involve players moving pieces or markers on a pre-marked surface or "board" according to certain rules. These games can vary widely in terms of complexity, strategy, theme, and mechanics. Here are descriptions of a few popular board games.

Chess: Chess is a two-player strategy game that involves moving different types of pieces across a checkered board with the goal of checkmating the opponent's king. Each type of piece moves in a unique way, and the objective is to put the opponent's king in a position where it cannot escape capture.

Monopoly: Monopoly is a classic economic strategy game where players roll dice to move around a board, buying and trading properties, and aiming to bankrupt their opponents. The game involves resource management, negotiation, and a fair amount of luck.

Settlers of Catan: Settlers of Catan is a modern board game that involves resource management and trading. Players build settlements and roads on a fictional island by collecting and trading resources like wood, brick, wheat, ore, and sheep. The game's popularity has led to numerous expansions and variations.

Risk: Risk is a game of global domination and strategic warfare. Players deploy armies, attack opponents, and conquer territories on a map of the world. The game involves both strategic planning and tactical decisions.

Ticket to Ride: In Ticket to Ride, players collect train cards to claim railway routes between cities on a map. The objective is to complete destination tickets and build the longest continuous routes. The game balances strategy with a touch of luck.

Pandemic: Pandemic is a cooperative game where players work together as members of a disease-fighting team to treat infections and find cures before the world is overwhelmed. The game emphasizes teamwork and strategy against the challenges presented by spreading diseases.

Carcassonne: Carcassonne is a tile-placement game where players build a medieval landscape by placing tiles with cities, roads, fields, and more. Players also deploy their followers as "meeples" to claim features and earn points.

7 Wonders: 7 Wonders is a card drafting game where players build civilizations over three ages by selecting cards that represent buildings, technologies, and wonders. The game involves choosing cards strategically and adapting to changing circumstances.

Codenames: Codenames is a word-based party game that requires players to give one-word clues to their teammates to help them guess the correct words on a grid. The game challenges creativity, word association, and deduction skills.

Twilight Struggle: Twilight Struggle is a two-player game that simulates the Cold War era. Players take on the roles of either the United States or the Soviet Union, competing for influence in various countries through political, military, and cultural means.

These are just a few examples, and the world of board games is vast and diverse, catering to a wide range of interests and preferences. Whether you enjoy strategy, cooperation, negotiation, or storytelling, there's likely a board game that suits your tas Of course, I'd be happy to continue describing more board games:

Dominion: Dominion is a deck-building game where players start with a small deck of basic cards and gradually acquire more powerful cards to improve their deck. The goal is to earn victory points by constructing the most efficient deck.

Agricola: Agricola is a worker-placement game where players are farmers striving to expand their farms, grow crops, raise animals, and improve their homesteads. Players must manage resources and plan carefully to meet the demands of each harvest.

Splendor: Splendor is a game of gem trading and development. Players collect gems to purchase development cards, which provide permanent gem bonuses and victory points. The game emphasizes resource management and strategy.

Lords of Waterdeep: Lords of Waterdeep is a worker-placement game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe. Players act as secret rulers of the city, assigning agents to quests and buildings to gain resources and complete objectives.

Dead of Winter: Dead of Winter is a cooperative and semi-cooperative game set in a zombie apocalypse. Players work together to survive, complete objectives, and manage limited resources while dealing with potential traitors in their midst.

Betrayal at House on the Hill: This game starts as a cooperative exploration of a haunted mansion, but as the story unfolds, one player may become a traitor with a secret objective. The rest of the players then try to overcome the traitor's plans.

Terraforming Mars: In Terraforming Mars, players take on the role of corporations working to terraform and colonize the planet Mars. They acquire resources, improve the environment, and compete to achieve various goals.

Catan: Catan, also known as The Settlers of Catan, is a game about resource gathering and trading. Players collect resources to build settlements and roads, while trading with each other to expand and develop their territories.

Forbidden Island/Forbidden Desert: These are cooperative games where players work together to solve puzzles and complete tasks. In Forbidden Island, players retrieve valuable treasures from a sinking island, while in Forbidden Desert, they search for parts to repair an airship in a desert.

Clue (Cluedo): Clue is a deduction game where players attempt to solve a murder mystery by gathering clues and making educated guesses about the suspect, location, and weapon. Players move around the game board to gather information.

These are just a few more examples from the diverse world of board games. Board games continue to evolve with new themes, mechanics, and styles, catering to both casual players and dedicated enthusiasts. Whether you're seeking strategic challenges, social interaction, or immersive storytelling, there's likely a board game that suits your interests.

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