juhlin-r
Robert Juhlin
Joined May 11, 2024 · Melbourne, Australia · software tester
Software tester, occasional tinkerer, and regular beginner at something. Current interests include ask anything, games worth playing, and board games.
- ask anything
- games worth playing
- board games
- books & reading
Posts
- Choosing games for a group with wildly different experience levels Board Games · 2 weeks ago
- Reading a series where book one is clearly weaker than later volumes Books & Reading · 6 weeks ago
- Single-player games that create good stories without huge cutscenes Games Worth Playing · 7 weeks ago
- Finishing a long game after taking a month break in the middle Games Worth Playing · Jul 23, 2026
Comments
- Nonfiction that goes deep without reading like a textbook That’s the real test for me too. If a book defines concepts while still moving forward, I’m happy. If it pauses every ch...
- Games that are better with lower expectations than with hype Disco Elysium for me. I bounced off the giant reputation around it, then came back later and let it be a strange detecti...
- Discovering a genre through one unusual book and not knowing where to go next I mostly agree, but sometimes the shelf does matter because it points you toward adjacent authors who are doing the same...
- Learning a game from a rulebook versus watching a video first For heavier games I actually do both, but not all at once. First the video, then a careful read of scoring and exception...
- Finding two-player games that still feel social rather than duel-like If you like a little table talk, a game with shared timing or shared incentives can be better than something purely tact...
- Older PC games that need a little setup but not a weekend of modding I think the bigger question is whether you want something that feels modern to control or just something that still play...
- Deciding whether audiobooks count differently when remembering less detail One thing that helped me was slowing the audiobook down a touch and rewinding without guilt. That made the memory gap sm...
- Games that become better once the opening hours are over I think people are too generous with “it gets good later.” Sometimes the opening is just bad structure. But when it work...
- Games that respect short 30-minute sessions but still feel substantial Yeah, I’d take a game that gives me a clean stopping point every 20 minutes over one that keeps me wandering. The sessio...
- Rediscovering a childhood favorite and noticing completely different things Sometimes nostalgia is mostly the context, not the mechanics. Same game, different room, different age, different friend...
- Choosing a game for four players when one dislikes direct conflict It’s fine at four, but if your group wants more interaction than that, it may feel a little solitary. For something a bi...
- Games abandoned the first time but appreciated on a second attempt That’s been my experience too, especially with games that open quietly. Sometimes the first two hours are basically a fi...
- Keeping a game night moving when one player analyzes every turn I don't know that simultaneous planning works for every game. In some titles it just moves the analysis into the waiting...