AFK || Parks

 midnightcurryjazz: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: AFK (The LoadingReadyRun crew play a board game! Game: Trails) at Wed 05:00 PM PDT (5m from now).
 midnightcurryjazz: wooo
ihlendrax: !box
  LRRbot: In the box is: PROTEIN!
 IbunWest: 
 Manae: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: AFK (The LoadingReadyRun crew play a board game! Game: Trails) at Wed 05:00 PM PDT (0s from now).
 SnackPak_: 
 ogier300: I'm very curious about tonight's game
 quasi79fu: is the park safe??? There are no bears in the park right???
 Mattmitchell45: My parents enjoyed learning this game
 Meyari: Are we playing Parks or Trails? Those are different games made by the same dev
 SnackPak_: 
 SymphonicLolita:  
 quasi79fu: doesnt parks have trails in them??
 GhostValv:   
 kusinohki: meows
Haroldholmes25: wiat
Despoiler98:     
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  Juliamon: Per the toot image, it's indeed Parks
 quasi79fu:  
 Mazrae: !advice
  LRRbot: Scorpions aren't good for dating.
 Mazrae: !badadvice
  LRRbot: QA should inspect something, it doesn't need rocket launchers!
 quasi79fu: !box
  LRRbot: In the box is: one Andrew from the teeming mass of humanity
 Fruan: Wait, Jacob is here today?    
 quasi79fu: can i get a box refund...I think my andrewe is broken
 Meyari: Interesting; I’m pretty sure they showed the Trails box in a different stream
  Juliamon: Makes sense Jacob would be around, he'll be with LRR at PAX
 Mazrae: No you must take care of the Andrew that you are given @quasi79fu
 quasi79fu: darn it...but hes drooolin on the floor
 DaniellNaruta: Whooo Bonus Jacob!
 Mazrae: A bib should help with that
DideRobot: LRR: Time for AFK! Tonight Ben Jacob, Kathleen and James battle to see who can have the most emotionally fulfilling wildness hike in Parks https://twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun (has image) | https://kind.social/@LoadingReadyRun/110981294342789984
 quasi79fu: thanks mazeae for playing the bit with me
   LoadingReadyRun: Tonight on AFK: A no holds barred grudge match to see who can have the most EMOTIONALLY FULFILLING WILDERNESS HIKE! Take nothing but photos OF YOUR VICTORY! Leave nothing but footprints ON YOUR OPPONENTS FACES!
 Mazrae: No problem
 quasi79fu: i sorry i act weird like this...i .. i just like interactions like that
  Juliamon: That's normal here quasi79fu 
 Mazrae: We are all weird in our own little ways
  Juliamon: Chat is always looking for a bit
 quasi79fu: i like roleplayin in chat at times...because we all people here
 Mischievous_Catgeist: hiya everyone
 quasi79fu: not just random words
 quasi79fu: doess that make sense??
 Mazrae: If no one was weird life would be boring
  Juliamon: *nodnod*
 ogier300: Some how the idea of competitive park hiking appeals to me.
 Mischievous_Catgeist: !y
  LRRbot: HONK!
 SymphonicLolita: s o o n
 quasi79fu: ahahahah
 quasi79fu: ok competitive trail hiking got me
 quasi79fu: LOL
 Mazrae: See lrrbot agrees
MarkovDescendant: Good Evening from the land of wind and rain. Hope you all are having a good and safe evening.
Shadowsoflife: now
 PinkfloydYES: I'm excited to see some cool board gaming
 Diabore: wait is it trails or parks?
 neisan2112: Yooooo Just in time!!
  Juliamon: It's Parks
 neisan2112: Wut up friends?
 Mazrae: Park trails, trail parks
 Nigouki: oh hey they reshot the intro
  Juliamon: They lied to us for a week
 SymphonicLolita: 
 underhill33: 
 raulghoulia: noticed Paul in the intro for the first time
 Diabore: oh shit jacob!
 quasi79fu: do i have to go outdoors
Despoiler98:           
Haroldholmes25: 
 HadesLeprechaun: WOO!
 GhostValv: woo!....
 JadedCynic: ow.
 quasi79fu: its scary outside
 ladyjessica: 
DaxStrife: And Kathleen just patiently putting up with the boys' shenanigans.
 quasi79fu: hahahahahah
 JadedCynic: so much for the headphones users.
  Sarah_Serinde: 
 GhostValv: JBen
 SymphonicLolita: Jenbamin
TotallyNotaBeholder: Hi Jen, Hi Jaul
 HbombAndFriends:    
 BusTed: Jello!
 quasi79fu: Jauuuullll
Despoiler98: Jathleeen
 PinkfloydYES: Jaul
 SeaDiegoFC: 'Jeneering
 neisan2112: Shout ot Jaul!
 HbombAndFriends:    
 Mischievous_Catgeist: i got this game a while back at a thrift store and fell in love
 LariatWest: Jaul the Jarl
 JadedCynic: Jaul doing tek for Jacob, Jenjamin, James and Jathleen
 Pteraspidomorphi: Oh well goodbye then
NimrodXIV: #BlameJames
 SymphonicLolita: ohhhh ok that makes sense
 midnightcurryjazz: All my homies love trails
 Mattmitchell45: It's time to learn about US National Parks
 Heckhoundbolt: Hooray!
 Diabore: parks is not just the trails, its the trees and the water and the rocks too
 SymphonicLolita: woo recycling
  Juliamon: !yay
  LRRbot: Yaaaaaaay...
 azninsect: hiking! but, indoors, and at a table!
 quasi79fu: does it celebrate getting eaten by a bear??
 inconsideratehat: I work for Parks so I'm HERE FOR THIS
 azninsect: Are we making flapjacks?
Shadowsoflife: We did this
TotallyNotaBeholder: Us't?
 Diabore: this remains our fault
 TheNerdWonder: Oooh, I've played this game, it's fun
 definenull: Meemst?
 Mattmitchell45: "Yomst" is the sound I make while hiking
 quasi79fu: meat??
 A_Dub888: Patreon (dot) com: This has and always will be, our fault
MarkovDescendant: Can we get the LOTR mat signed without going to a con?
 Diabore: beej has already departed
 azninsect: commerce!
  Sarah_Serinde: Ooh~
 DaniellNaruta: JBen is excitement, JBen is adventure, Glamour and glitter, fashion and fame, JBen is truly truly outrageous
  Juliamon: MarkovDescendant They don't handle them directly, so no
MarkovDescendant: @Juliamon awww Thank you ^.^
 Nigouki: Beej IS the booth
  Juliamon: Excited for that good new merch
 quasi79fu: how many mattts do you have??
 JadedCynic: 
QuixoticScrivener: I love when they can spring the budget to cast Jacob for an episode.
 SymphonicLolita: "we have Matt at home"
Shadowsoflife: o/
 quasi79fu: zzzz
 mercano82: The Matt at home: 
 arkham1981: I love how Ben and James have the mirror haircut.
   LoadingReadyRun:  how's the music volume?
 Diabore: @mercano82 thats the matt in vancouver, this is the matt at home 
 midnightcurryjazz: vibin
 A_Dub888: "Soothing music" got it "HO HO HO/ HO HO HO/ WE ARE SANTA'S ELVES"
 SymphonicLolita: could have a teeny bit more music
 definenull: Parks and chill
MarkovDescendant: @LoadingReadyRun I can't hear it
 quasi79fu: BEarrrr
 quasi79fu: is it a cocaine bear??
 Diabore: got music now, thanks paul
 JadedCynic: @LoadingReadyRun that is very nice now - just right for background mood 
 arkham1981: Music is good now Paul
MarkovDescendant: Thank you Paul. Sounds great.
 kusinohki: IIRC, all the artwork is from National Park brochures/maps
 Dog_of_Myth: Oh Parks, this game is great.
Haroldholmes25: no stale water in the canteens
 Mischievous_Catgeist: fresh water no dysentery
   LoadingReadyRun:  yes, all the park art is from the Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series
 Heckhoundbolt: we cannot see the bear
 quasi79fu: rats??
 control_rig: Turtle!
protojman: oh my!
 Mischievous_Catgeist: turtle
 tehfewl: Rat Gang
 kusinohki: thank you paul!  forgot the specifics...
 quasi79fu: capt planet
 HbombAndFriends: Ever forward
MarkovDescendant: Stealing land?
 Jennie_Fuchsia: I’m really sad- I know it’s my own neurospicy problem, but I’m having trouble understanding people with the music playing. Not a volume problem. Have a nice stream!
 kusinohki: what were the inverse?  smog, hate, sludge?,  ...  I forget the rest...
 midnightcurryjazz: illuminati hiking
 JadedCynic: well, there ARE visitor limits to mitigate their impact on the park...
Haroldholmes25: the first hiker token is so good
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 Fenrikson: Time to visit a national park with some lovely friends
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 HbombAndFriends: @jennie_fuchsia I hear ya. Speaking from experience, auditory processing issues suck.
BluTGI: BRB going to try and pay my rent in sunshine.
 MrTheWalrus: Wish I could purchase gear using sunshine...
  Juliamon: Jennie_Fuchsia My sympathies! I find having some white noise going (in this case, my fan) obscures the music without obscuring the voices too badly.
roastbeefsandwitch: Zion National Park is actively *removing* parking spaces to explicitly limit visitors. The rest of the people wait on hot, non-air conditioned busses that are rushed through the park in only a perfunctory manner.
roastbeefsandwitch: Recommend: visit national parks from Monday - Thursday, not on heavy tourist days.
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 kusinohki: don't walk on the sunshine.... especially in bare feet
 JadedCynic: Yeah, I've struggled with APD for decades, I'm lucky that I can 'tune out' the lovely music to follow the instructions clearly
MarkovDescendant: @JadedCynic What is APD?
  Juliamon: audio processing disorder
BluTGI: no hiker left behind!
MarkovDescendant: Oh, I've never heard of that before. I will have to look into that later.
roastbeefsandwitch: I want to brush off that hair on the table from my screen ><
 JadedCynic: @MarkovDescendant Auditory Processing Disorder (in my youth it was referred to as 'Figure-Ground Defect' - unable to pick out speech you WANT to hear over unwanted background noise)
 quasi79fu: legit question sorry if its weird..is APd part of autism..because im on autistic spectrum but i swear i sometimes hae that Apd thingy
 Mischievous_Catgeist: @roastbeefsandwitch i tried to wipe it off my screen XD
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  Juliamon: quasi79fu It is very very common in ASD
roastbeefsandwitch: anyone with neurodiversity can have sensory processing issues, including ASD
Haroldholmes25: Scores in this game are usually in the 30-40 point range
 JadedCynic: I gotta praise both Ben for his well enunciated speech that's clear, and also Paul's mixing ability
 quasi79fu: thnxs chat
 HbombAndFriends: @quasi79fu Not necessarily part of autism, but can co-occur, like ADHD.
roastbeefsandwitch: *co-morbidity
 quasi79fu: oh i know i have Adhd
 quasi79fu: i definitly know that one
roastbeefsandwitch: Also, Ben is a *great* explainer. Yay for Ben's great elocution, preparation, and patience!
 HbombAndFriends: We need a neurodiversity channel on the Discord
 JadedCynic: @roastbeefsandwitch indeed! 
MarkovDescendant: Would love to see a new video series for LRRTTG that is Ben explaining how to play different Board Games.
roastbeefsandwitch: He's the next Wil Wheaton!
 quasi79fu: hahhahaha
 definenull: Oh no
 TheNerdWonder: @LoadingReadyRun I think there's a restriction where wildcard tokens can't be spent on something
MarkovDescendant: @roastbeefsandwitch Without the dice curse.
 midnightcurryjazz: ololol
 quasi79fu: oh no not the tiffs
MadWolf1290: they were roommates?!
 quasi79fu: bob rosss lol
 ElektroTal: tiffne and tiphany
 ArcOfTheConclave: 23k steps today for thish chater
 TheNerdWonder: my copy of the game is at my parents' house, unfortunately, so I can't doublecheck
 RealGamerCow: Bob and Ross own ALL the Patagonia
Haroldholmes25: these are very good
 quasi79fu: yay bert n ernie
Sarusta: I have many questions
 definenull: I'm noticing a trend
 midnightcurryjazz: wow two sets of roomates
 Welbog: I have questions.
 blip2004: music is a bit loud
 quasi79fu: ahahahahahah
 definenull: Nvm
 MrSarkhan:  
 ElektroTal: Burdt and Urknee
 jessieimproved: Here it wouldn't be tiffney it would be TIFahnee
 Heckhoundbolt: a forced year-long vacation?!
Sarusta: oml Kathleen
  Juliamon: That's Kathleen for you
 quasi79fu: Kathleeen has best ones
  Sarah_Serinde: Strong traditional Kathleen names 
 JadedCynic:  Kathleen's names 
 NewtyNewts: Oh wow that's some Kathleen names.
MarkovDescendant: Is that a big scratch shaped like a number 3 in front of Kathleen?
 TheWriterAleph: grooooan 
 NotCainNorAbel: 
 jessieimproved: 
 MrSarkhan: 
  Akaiatana: Stay the Horse.
 TemporallyAwry: #PunCrimes
 LordZarano: 
 JadedCynic: chef_kiss - and THIS is why I watch these streams instead of just play these games myself 
 Mischievous_Catgeist: hoof and stream
Sarusta: This YEAR?
 JadedCynic: 
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 JadedCynic: @Sarusta you only have to do Shreddies Horoscopes for a LONG range
 JadedCynic: *coastal
jwholla: this game looks so pretty
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 Blacklm1492: I LOVE Parks...one of our favorite games
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Sarusta: That made me even more confused
 inconsideratehat: Hey that's my job, Jacob!  
Shadowsoflife: Neat
 inconsideratehat: You're welcome anytime
 JadedCynic: Shoutout for Parks Canada, US National Parks Service, and similar agencies across the world! 
 Heckhoundbolt: is ben supposed to start with the camera?
 ChargingFurret: yes
 inconsideratehat: @JadedCynic 
Chesul: I believe you also can't trade FOR wildlife with those.
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Haroldholmes25: I believe the camera goes to the player the right of the first hiker
 TheNerdWonder: Wildlife tokens can be used in place of any other token to visit Parks or take Photos. Wildlife cannot be used in Canteens or toward buying Gear.
Haroldholmes25: yes the canteen effect counts for the season
 midnightcurryjazz: wet ben
 quasi79fu: wet treees
 NewtyNewts: Soggy Ben
Shadowsoflife: damp bed
Shadowsoflife: ben*
 BITs19_: like wine?
 quasi79fu: i like kathleeens fingernail colors...i hope that not weird to say
Shadowner: get the water back
 Mischievous_Catgeist: the sunshine yellow is a very lovely nail color
 inconsideratehat: Lovely nail job, Kathleen!
  Juliamon: Makes me want to do my nails
 midnightcurryjazz: it was from the ppr!
 quasi79fu: look i not tryin to be weid.... i just notice things...
  Juliamon: It's not weird!
 midnightcurryjazz: I mean, they are on screen
 inconsideratehat: Honest compliments on decisions are ok here
  Akaiatana: Don't engage Jacob's team in a fight. They'll give you the tiff knee.
Shadowsoflife: 
 quasi79fu: you can lose a trail???
Haroldholmes25: It is when a camper reaches the end yeah
 TheNerdWonder: each time a hiker hits the end
 Mischievous_Catgeist: mario sunshine land?
 quasi79fu: dolphin??
MarkovDescendant: Ca-Caw!
 Mischievous_Catgeist: go birds
BluTGI: Dolphin Were-eagle.
DaxStrife: Dolphins: the birds of the sea.
 quasi79fu: lol
 NewtyNewts: Does that icon mean he has to spend a resource to get the animal?
Haroldholmes25: yes
TokenMickus: Flipper took to the sky
BluTGI: So long and thanks for all the fish!
 NewtyNewts: I didn't see if Ben spent anything for it... did I just miss it?
 Heckhoundbolt: you gained a tree because of the season card
 ChargingFurret: @Heckhoundbolt it's the other order: tree -> water
 arkham1981: That Black Bay is lovely. Delighted every time I see it on stream.
 NewtyNewts: No worries, glad to help Ben!
  Akaiatana: It's okay Ben, you're following moist rules.
 JadedCynic: omnomnom
 BusTed: The plastic trays remind me of Dunk-A-Roos or something. Me want bite
 ShaneLeeAtk: I miss those chalky Flintstone vitamins
 quasi79fu: sunland
 quasi79fu: lol
 Mischievous_Catgeist: thank you for reminding me i got dunk-a-roos the other day
 JadedCynic: brb, getting some cheese and crackers to fend off the stream-induced hunger 
  Akaiatana: Team Jacob and Kathleen (Team Goth): TiffNeigh
 quasi79fu: lol
Haroldholmes25: now we're zooming
roastbeefsandwitch: This game is *so* beautiful, like with Trails. I own Trekking the National Parks (original, signed by creator), but this may be better.
Shadowsoflife: @JadedCynic This is why I eat durning most of the streams I watch
 quasi79fu: Loook at this photograppph
 NewtyNewts: Look at this -graaaaphh
Shadowsoflife: look at this GRAPH
 quasi79fu: chat ur awesome
 Heckhoundbolt: how do you get the parks again?
Shadowsoflife: 
laudablecalms: This is genuinely one of the most gorgeous tabletop games I've ever seen. Glad LRR gets to enjoy one of our family's favorites!
 James_the_Dabbler: This game is very good
 quasi79fu: at end? I dont know i wasnt payin atttention
 quasi79fu: lol
Haroldholmes25: @Heckhoundbolt the action at the bottom of trail end. It will also show up on a trail site later
 JadedCynic: @quasi79fu yep, and so are you - being part of chat. Q.E.D. 
  Akaiatana: No matter what player is winning, the rest are trailing
 James_the_Dabbler: My family is a national parks family, it would make a great christmas gift
 midnightcurryjazz: @LoadingReadyRun The ending part of the bgm gets a bit loud compared to the voices before it loops back
laudablecalms: @Heckhoundbolt Yeah, either the action at the trail end, or a special trail site.
 inconsideratehat: I've resisted buying any board games because of the space they take up vs how little I make time for them, but this might be the one that I buy.
 quasi79fu: wattta botttle
laudablecalms: @inconsideratehat EVERYTHING fits in the box, it's so great
 quasi79fu: wolf
laudablecalms: In fact, my only gripe with the game overall is that there's not enough space in the box for the expansion sets' stuff.
 NewtyNewts: The first of your three wolves.
 quasi79fu: awooooo
Haroldholmes25: love seeing people go for gear, just because it's something I always ignore in this game.
 Dread_Pirate_Westley: Awoo?
 SymphonicLolita: $200 fine
 JadedCynic: awooo.
 A_Dub888: !findquote wolf
  LRRbot: Quote #6231: "I think wolf-howling is not a bad tactic!" —Heather [2019-07-21]
roastbeefsandwitch: if it's a space issue, I'd recommend the (something) of the West Kingdom or the (something) of the North Sea series. Decent games of varying weight, good art, and small box size
   LoadingReadyRun: @midnightcurryjazz we might need to apply some normalization on the music 
 JadedCynic: could be a coyote?
 quasi79fu: strange looking weasel ben
 quasi79fu: LOL
 IbunWest: 
BluTGI: we need 2 more wolves
 ChargingFurret: it's a woof!
 quasi79fu: it could be a coyote that is true
 ShaneLeeAtk: Moon Moon?
 inconsideratehat: @laudablecalms Oh I believe it, I just never have people over for board games, I let my BG friends do the collecting.
 JadedCynic: @ShaneLeeAtk dammit 
 ShaneLeeAtk: Heheh
laudablecalms: @inconsideratehat This game also has a very playable solo mode that I run through when my family is off doing other things.
 inconsideratehat: Awww 
Haroldholmes25: 
 NewtyNewts: Are the animals wildcards?
 TheNerdWonder: yes
laudablecalms: @NewtyNewts Yup.
 quasi79fu: wawa
 JadedCynic: "so crowded" - sadly like the more 'popular' parks...
 Heckhoundbolt: and you get a tree
BluTGI: The tokens look like Flintstones vitamins.
 quasi79fu: get treeee
Haroldholmes25: @Heckhoundbolt other way around
 quasi79fu: oh right
 Heckhoundbolt: damnit, I keep messing tht up
 quasi79fu: me too
 quasi79fu: i hate rules
Haroldholmes25: it's easy to forget
laudablecalms: @BluTGI Ayup. I wanna eat the eggs from Wingspan, too. They look like Peanut M&Ms.
 Heckhoundbolt: the card formating makes me think its " Do x, get Y'
Haroldholmes25: 
Haroldholmes25: the wingspan eggs look real tasty
 LariatWest: is there a trail site later on that lets you reserve/buy a park?
laudablecalms: @LariatWest Yep
 NewtyNewts: Sounds exactly like what a hiker would say
 quasi79fu: oh thats coool
Shadowsoflife: neat
 quasi79fu: purty owl
goombalax: I've Canoed out there, the beaches are fantastic
 SymphonicLolita: when I went to buy wingspan a couple weeks ago the lady at the counter told me to but cadbury mini-eggs and use those as tokens nstead, because "you're absolutely gonna get the urge to eat them, so you might as well make them edible"
Haroldholmes25: AK is alaska
Haroldholmes25: AR is arkansas
 TheNerdWonder: really hoping my local nation park shows up tonight
 NewtyNewts: AA is aardvark
 ChargingFurret: @SymphonicLolita sounds like someone with experience
 quasi79fu: does canada have national parks or is the entire thing a park???
 stizzet: This debuted at GenCon, yes?
 Heckhoundbolt: I did not know my state had a national park
 quasi79fu: bearrrrs
 NotCainNorAbel: Canada has an amazing National Park System
 JadedCynic: rawr.
BluTGI: Free bear!
 quasi79fu: did she find cocaine bear??
 quasi79fu: grizzzly bear??/
 quasi79fu: yogi bear??
 ani_laurel: Canada has Awesoem parks
Decahawk: @stizzet Not GenCon this year if that's what you mean. Parks has been out for a while now, its got two expansions even!
 SymphonicLolita: I highly recommend looking up the National Parks Project as well; a bunch of Canadian music artists recorded an album based on each of the national parks of Canada
 Dog_of_Myth: Parks came out in 2019
 quasi79fu: parks and rec is a tv show
 quasi79fu: lol
 stizzet: @decahawk I thought something to do with this was one of the big gets at GenCon this year, but might be confusing it with a similar game...
 omdorastrix: I literally JUST booked a camping trip to a provincial park for later this month
 quasi79fu: nice
BluTGI: Watersdeep!
 RealGamerCow: Dikembe Mutumbo finger waggle.
 stizzet: And AK is Alaska if Denali is what they thought was us Arkansas
laudablecalms: I LOVE being the photographer in this game. It's a source of practically free points.
 RealGamerCow: Not enough people laughed at shutterthug
 quasi79fu: laughs
laudablecalms: Hootie
 quasi79fu: barrel of owls???
 SymphonicLolita: love some bioluminescent fungus
 IbunWest: James going for Hootie is on brand
Haroldholmes25: wait how do the owls get in if they're barred?
 NewtyNewts: It's a Barrel of Monkeys, just with owls
 JadedCynic: America has Wawa, and Canada has Petawawa
 SoaringDragon42: James gets Hootie!
 JadedCynic: Hootie!
 Heckhoundbolt: HOOTIE
 baltimore_667083: HOOTIE
 SymphonicLolita:  praise Hootie
 Lord_Hosk: Give hooty a sniff
DaxStrife: I've just got Neil Ciceriga's "Wow Wow" stuck in my head.
 NewtyNewts: Hootie!
  Akaiatana: I'm suddenly reminded of the visual novel Kathleen played that personified national parks.
NimrodXIV: Hootie!
 quasi79fu: aww hoootie
BluTGI: Blowfish still available!
 midnightcurryjazz: hooooo
 SplittingImage77: Haleakala is here in Hawaii!
 JadedCynic: our good buddy Hootis 
 corefluxx: HOOTIE!!!
 SoaringDragon42: Hootie!
 JadedCynic: *Hootie
 MrSarkhan:   
 BusTed: huff
 inconsideratehat: huff it
 SnackPak_: 
 JadedCynic: PRE COVID AIR!!!
 JadedCynic: 
 Heckhoundbolt: Ian said the same thing Kathline
 MrSarkhan: Jacob looks so uncomfortable
 quasi79fu: hufffin owls??
 SplittingImage77: Haleakala is on Maui, unfortunately you may have heard about Lahaina
laudablecalms: I love how much Hootie looks like he's wearing a pepperoni pizza
 HbombAndFriends: It was our money!
 JadedCynic: that is a factor - hope they give Hootie periodic cleanings
 quasi79fu: is hufffin hoootie how we get Last of us the game???
 Lord_Hosk: We all gave a tiny bit of money to buy hooty
 LordZarano: @HbombAndFriends Our Hootie comrade!
 JadedCynic: I approve of this expenditure 
 quasi79fu: YOure welcome
 quasi79fu: lol
laudablecalms: Dwayne "The Bathtub" Johnson
 JonnyGlitched: Hello everyone what did I miss?
 quasi79fu: parks
 quasi79fu: hufffin owls
 quasi79fu: wawa??
 quasi79fu: not much i guesss
 inconsideratehat: So the usual
 Heckhoundbolt: As a good hiker knows, you must keep your canten empty
 JadedCynic: yeah, stale water can be problematic
 stizzet: Ooooo advanced!
 Mischievous_Catgeist: sugar beets
 JonnyGlitched: is that black marker on Jacobs face?
 Heckhoundbolt: Why does wind make things cheaper
Haroldholmes25: Love to see that one early
 quasi79fu: we start with one foot infront of another??
 ShaneLeeAtk: One swing ahead of the sword
laudablecalms: You must have no more than 12 tokens by the end of your turn.
voren_chalco: Is Jacob hiking through scenic Snorsh?
Haroldholmes25: 
laudablecalms: If you have more before the end of your turn that you can't use, you have to discard down to 12.
 JonnyGlitched: vaugely middle eastern european
Haroldholmes25: Missouri, MT is Montana
Decahawk: Missouri, not Montana.
 Mattmitchell45: Montana?
ChaoticObserver: Missouri
 corefluxx: Papers Pleas 2 with Jacob as the guard?
 JonnyGlitched: !birb
  LRRbot: Wark, wark!
 Mattmitchell45: St Louis Missouri
DaxStrife: We ened to get Ian to this game so he can have Ian's Park of Lies.
laudablecalms: B0rd
Decahawk: It's the "gateway to the West" right along the Mississippi River. It was a huge starting point for people along the Oregon trail!
  Akaiatana: You gotta wet for it
 Daisyg1313: Does Ben not get a wawa after getting the tree?
 Heckhoundbolt: @Daisyg1313 last year
 quasi79fu: that was last season
 JonnyGlitched: we can all wa wa
 Daisyg1313: Ohhh cool!
 Daisyg1313: Cheers all
 JonnyGlitched: I have a wa wa bar
Haroldholmes25: new season effect is "gear costs one less sunshine"
 quasi79fu: ahahahahah
Haroldholmes25: 
 JonnyGlitched: are whammies and wa wa not the same thing just one is done with a hand and the other with a foot?
 Daisyg1313: @haroldholmes25 thank you ❤️ I missed the start and didn’t realise it was a season bonus!
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 Daisyg1313: @jonnyglitched pretty much. I don’t know why when you get practically the same sound it’s called a different name.
 Heckhoundbolt: Drink water, get a bear
 NotCainNorAbel: BEN!
BluTGI: Pretty sure that's just water bending!
 Daisyg1313: Although one doesn’t put the same strain on the strings and neck as it’s faked aha
 TemporallyAwry: Ben 
 kusinohki: a whammy bar tightens or loosens a guitar string to change pitch.  a wa wa peddle (I assume) use digital magic to change tone
laudablecalms: Bless Ben and Jacob.
 JonnyGlitched: @Daisyg1313 is it because the pedals are more of a "switch" than something that changes the sound how much you press?
 Lord_Hosk: You have never spoken wrong Kathleen, only happy accidents, happy little trees
 frameshifty: I'm glad it wasn't just me
 midnightcurryjazz: A wah wah is a foot controlled high pass filter @kusinohki
 Daisyg1313: @jonnyglitched the wa wa peddle works like a throttle usually. So you have the same kind of control.
 JonnyGlitched: @Daisyg1313 I see
BluTGI: Come for the parks and sunshine, stay for the accents.
 Daisyg1313: And I can say neighbours love them all 😂😂
 JonnyGlitched: I personally loathe "baby talk" but I'll get over it
 midnightcurryjazz: thats not baby talk. Its like mousy servant
 NotCainNorAbel: deer
laudablecalms: James got his moose!
  Akaiatana: Accent and Canteen are anagrams! (Don't think about it)
 TheWriterAleph: save the cheerleader...
 inconsideratehat: "The moose is on fire" *concern*
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Shadowsoflife: @TheWriterAleph Save the world
 JadedCynic: Moose comes with a bonus flying squirrel
BluTGI: Moose has learned Fire Attack. It's super effective.
 quasi79fu: waterworld
 quasi79fu: I am Batman
Shadowsoflife: YEAH, BATS!
 IbunWest: 
 Daisyg1313: Don’t do an Ozzy!
 LordZarano: Ben is playing mono flyers
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 quasi79fu: bats are important for insect control
 NotCainNorAbel: Wasps are not very active at night
 JonnyGlitched: What are you doing to the wasps?
Haroldholmes25: 
 JadedCynic: Thank you, Jacob 
 SymphonicLolita: 
 ghyllnox: Was going to say 
 RealGamerCow: wasps are generally asleep when the bats are active
BluTGI: New England has all the wasps.
 MrSarkhan: 
 Revenant77x: If you put a microphone in the bat box you might end up with a Beatbox
 ChargingFurret: thanks jacob 
ChaoticObserver: Ba dum bum
Decahawk: I think not as much since wasps are more active during the day while bats are basically exclusively nocturnal
 quasi79fu: badum tisss revenant lol
Haroldholmes25: a toitle
  Akaiatana: That kid is now an adult and has stated they still like turtles.
BluTGI: Adult Normal Karate Turtle.
 ChargingFurret: what are ben's canteens?
Haroldholmes25: 
 Diabore: i was gonna say amonkhet
 JonnyGlitched: Isn't there some piece of media called The Second Son?
BluTGI: Buck Skywalker? Is that you?
 JonnyGlitched: Luke wasn't the second he's a twin
   LoadingReadyRun:  A Bat Box should not be confused for a Batbox, which is where Batman stores stacks of old magazines
 ani_laurel: I've been there, its pretty neat
 quasi79fu: isnt there a national park somehere in the Us where the rocks move on their own
 SymphonicLolita: [badum tish]
   LoadingReadyRun: and, of course a Bat Batbox is how Batman makes a nice environment for bats
 quasi79fu: and people track the movement through the trails the rocks make??
 ChargingFurret: did kathleen spend 2 trees for that?
 MrSarkhan:  
 GreatGodOm: Batman: I'm here to chew bubble gum and hug my parents. And I'm all out of parents.
Haroldholmes25: @ChargingFurret she has a gear
 JadedCynic: FREE Brave New Faves capsule! 
 Heckhoundbolt: 
 ChargingFurret: 
 Spacecarl: 
 ani_laurel: Bryce might be my favourite USian park
Cunobelenos: I’m so happy you’re playing this game. As an outdoorsy person, I want this game and it’s cool to see it in action.
Haroldholmes25: what did jacob visit?
 ChargingFurret: don't gear cost 1 sun less?
 NotCainNorAbel: https://clips.twitch.tv/CourteousAnnoyingStinkbugPanicBasket-0V6MpC_biidfS0iw
 Diabore: raisins?
 quasi79fu: chocolate covered cherries
 MrSarkhan: Same James!
MrSarkhan: They're so good
 Diabore: im basic, milk chocolate almods are king
Haroldholmes25: It's Alaska 
voren_chalco: Alaska, surely?
 JadedCynic: AlasKa, not ARkansas
 ani_laurel: Denali is in Alaska
 quasi79fu: i dont think thats arkansas
 quasi79fu: LOL
 SymphonicLolita: eh, close enough
 JadedCynic: postal abbr.
 quasi79fu: true
 quasi79fu: maybe??
MadWolf1290: @ani_laurel LOL, imagine if it was in AR though
 ani_laurel: You have too many states
 ChargingFurret: did ben and james spend an extra sun? I thought gear cost 1 sun less with the season
 ani_laurel: You need to consolidate
 ShaneLeeAtk: Arkansan here, can confirm
 Heckhoundbolt: season of wind makes items cheaper
 Daisyg1313: Being in europe. Yeah absolutely close enough relatively 😂
Haroldholmes25: @ani_laurel The M states are a real mess for postal abbreviations
Decahawk: Once named Mt. McKinley, it was actually renamed relatively recently to Denali, the original native name!
 ani_laurel: I can Imagine
 LordZarano: We're not in Arkansas anymore Dorothy!
 JadedCynic: @Haroldholmes25 ME, MA, MI, MO, MS, MT....ugh
  Juliamon: Am American, have never been able to keep state abbreviations straight
 Dog_of_Myth: Denali is the cooler name
Haroldholmes25: yes
 Daisyg1313: Me, ma, mi, mo sounds like a vocal warmup.
Shadowsoflife: ^
  Juliamon: and I live ADJACENT to ME and MA.
 quasi79fu: i hope your adjacent to ma...your ma would disapprove if she couldnt talk to you
Cunobelenos: Maine, mass, mich, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana
Haroldholmes25: 
 coronax_cj: Don't forget Minnesota
 Daisyg1313: Wait so ME is Maine?
Haroldholmes25: yes
Cunobelenos: MN
 quasi79fu: are you also adjacent to Pa??
 Heckhoundbolt: wait, the art on the mountain card is the same on North Cascade
 LordZarano: So it also wouldn't trigger any "You get X when you get a sun" effects
 RealGamerCow: Only one state is adjacent to MA and PA
  Juliamon: While it is possible to be adjacent to MA and PA, I am not
 JadedCynic: @Cunobelenos tyvm! How could I forget the land of a thousand lakes?  (one of the few states I've been to - it was nice)
 quasi79fu: they keeep close to family
Cunobelenos: @jadedcynic Minnesota is a pretty beautiful place. I love the border area with Canada.
 quasi79fu: is that a picture of a palm treee?? a single palm tree??
Haroldholmes25: everybody else is playing parks, Ben decided to just play pokemon snap
 Daisyg1313: Tbh we did a states quiz for pub quiz round, and I was shocked to get over 30 right and in the right map location.
 quasi79fu: The Everglades
 quasi79fu: ive beeen there
 SymphonicLolita: crocodil 
 quasi79fu: Skunk ape is in the everglades
 Mischievous_Catgeist: floridy man
Decahawk: Parks fun Fact: The Everglades is actually increasingly in danger as water is redirected away from the wetlands to use in larger Florida cities. With that comes loss of habitat and other factors; not to mention the invasive species like ball pythons!
 arkham1981: Everglades...where nearly every mammal has been killed by giant snakes.
 ChargingFurret: are the tree pictures instead or in addition?
 Dog_of_Myth: Ben is just branching out
 quasi79fu: Tedddy Rooosevelt
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 quasi79fu: halllllfwaaaayyy thereeeeee.....hikkkkers on the staiiiirsss
 LordZarano: Empty your canteens everyone!
 quasi79fu: 'goes to pour out his canteeen and is shocked to see only sand come pour out"
 quasi79fu: IVe beeen sabotaged
 quasi79fu: "wanders off in search of water with a horse with no name"
 James_the_Dabbler: *pours out canteen* *out comes a swarm of bees* Well hello bees
loufghyslaufey: le' Pax
loufghyslaufey: (host not implicated in France)
 quasi79fu: i wonder....hear me out...do you think there is a card game where you are like a brew master trying to brew best alcohols and serve to customers??
Haroldholmes25: There is distilled, which is sort of like that
 quasi79fu: oooh awesome
 RealGamerCow: There are also several beer homebrewing card and board games
 quasi79fu: oh nice
 Diabore: we remain here
 Tiber727: @quasi79fu There's viticulture for wine.
  Juliamon: every time I see the Vegas slide I misread "signing" as "singing" because it rhymes with spellslinging and I'm disappointed
 James_the_Dabbler: @quasi79fu That sounds sick
 JadedCynic: @quasi79fu I remember Graham was involved with 'Tabletop Deathmatch' one season that had a prospective game about just that
 quasi79fu: oh cool
Haroldholmes25: season of fill your boots
 NotCainNorAbel: @Juliamon We have learned that we just need to give Ben the first words to a song...
 quasi79fu: i almost misread that as fill your bewbs... I think i need to lurn how to reed better
 James_the_Dabbler: I really appreciate how this is a full knowledge solved game, but also not? Like its a real bop
Haroldholmes25: at the cap exactsies, nice
 quasi79fu: its the eagle
 Heckhoundbolt: an orca, in the forest
 RechargeableFrenchman: Fun fact, orcas ARE dolphins
Decahawk: Orcas actually are a type of dolphin in a way
 ChargingFurret: ben racking up the pictures
 Tiber727: @James_the_Dabbler While I like aspects of this game, my experience was that I found the strategy to always win and got bored of at least the base game.
 LordZarano: @RechargeableFrenchman Cetacean needed
 ChargingFurret: @RechargeableFrenchman 
 Twilight_Spark: This feels somewhat more complicated than I remember from my last playthrough. xD
 RechargeableFrenchman: @LordZarano Booo urns
 midnightcurryjazz: I want some of these park arts for MTG lands
 Twilight_Spark: @LordZarano I'm genuinely impressed. That shouldn't work but it does.
 RechargeableFrenchman: @LordZarano but actually though that's very funny, I nearly choked on my drink
 JadedCynic: @quasi79fu Here's the relevant video about the entry of "Brewin' USA" https://youtu.be/8x_2Bg0bEtU?si=Ltujw4H-lXMjLmKv
 quasi79fu: oh thanks
 Heckhoundbolt: and you gain water when you fill your canteen
Shadowsoflife: Same @midnightcurryjazz
 Heckhoundbolt: because of the season
Haroldholmes25: when you draw a canteen
Haroldholmes25: it checks at end of turn
Haroldholmes25: 
 ShaneLeeAtk: Alaska
 Twilight_Spark: Awoo
Haroldholmes25: yes the arctic is in arkansas
 Scarbble: arcticsas
 ShaneLeeAtk: We do have a city called Snowball, AR
Cunobelenos: Ben…
 SymphonicLolita: hot takes about cold places
 PhorrestGaze: we built the highway to it, it's ours
 Twilight_Spark: Went to Banff in March, kinda reminds me of that.
 A_Dub888: Ben "Alaska's not a State" Ulmer
Decahawk: D:
 quasi79fu: simple and clean like Kingdom Hearts???
 Tiber727: @PhorrestGaze Right? They even drove on that road for content!
 JadedCynic: @A_Dub888 don't put words in his mouth: Ben "Alaska's not *really* part of the U.S." Ulmer 
 LordZarano: Much like the rest of America Alaska was never ceded by the nations that lived there
 Heckhoundbolt: @LordZarano I mean they were... by force...
 SymphonicLolita: 
 JadedCynic: 
 Tiber727: @LordZarano TBF, Most land in the world was never ceded to the nations that currently own it.
Haroldholmes25: 
 NotCainNorAbel: Step 1) no touch
Shadowsoflife: Step 2) ???
 James_the_Dabbler: Step 3) profit
 NotCainNorAbel: way to go chat
Shadowsoflife: 
 James_the_Dabbler: Alright, that's a wrap, everyone can go home now
 KeytarCat: Is Jacob's "beauteous" a North East thing?  My dad uses it, and he went to uni in Baltimore
 KeytarCat: (NE USA)
  Juliamon: I think it's more mid-Atlantic
 Twilight_Spark: 
 Heckhoundbolt: the consolation prize
 KeytarCat: Ben beat me to it!
 KeytarCat: Juliamon, ty
 SymphonicLolita: moose 
 TheWriterAleph: "pulling an oko"
Shadowsoflife: moose
 James_the_Dabbler: Maybe it *was* a moose. Oko is always a possibility
 Fanklok: James fake moose enthusiast
 KeytarCat: Is there a Hammond Organ in this track??
 Heckhoundbolt: you could either screw over kathleen for no gain or you could get zion
 KeytarCat: That would it be why it reminds me of Counting Crows
Haroldholmes25: :
 MrSarkhan: 
 RealGamerCow: Buffalo is better.
Haroldholmes25: that was buffa-low of james
  Akaiatana: Buffalo, Sell High
 RealGamerCow: Buffalo can run as fast as a moose but weighs twice as much
 KeytarCat: Love that guy!
 SymphonicLolita: I love that youtube channel, his videos are great
Tz_BG: You are better off visiting it then reserving it Kathleen
 DEATHlikescats: Casual Geographic is VERY entertaining
 MrSarkhan: Hey I was there a few months ago!
MadWolf1290: I believe GSMNP is the only NP that crosses state lines
 ChargingFurret: @Tz_BG I think she wants to go first too
 TheAwkes: A few small trees between you and an angry buffalo? You're good. A few small trees between you and an angry moose? You're getting smushed by those trees.
Tz_BG: @ChargingFurret Which is fair but getting 5 points, especially if it helps her year goal, is worth more than going first.
 SymphonicLolita: additionally: moose are still a lot bigger than you're imagining
 ChargingFurret: @Tz_BG totally true
 Heckhoundbolt: its cheaper because you got their first
 RealGamerCow: I just realized that the token holders are in the shape of National Park signs
 ChargingFurret: did jacob spend an extra sun? he did arrive there first
 SoaringDragon42: oh wow they are
 Dog_of_Myth: @MadWolf1290 Yellowstone does as well.
  Akaiatana: Sun of a 'anything!' now.
 JadedCynic: I saw the aftermath of an 18-wheeler that hit a moose; the engine block had been driven back under the driving compartment, making the peterbilt look like one of those euro-style trucks.
MadWolf1290: @Dog_of_Myth ah, you right. i just forget about the not-Wyoming parts since they're comparatively so small. 
 LordZarano: Fill this furret with cream, fill this furret with cream! 
 Dog_of_Myth: hahahah
 Wicker_Guide: @JadedCynic how was the moose?
 ChargingFurret: could ben do his gear stuff by copying the visit, or no?
Tz_BG: @ChargingFurret No he cannot
 SoldieroFortune: !uptime
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 ChargingFurret: @Tz_BG thanks!
 JadedCynic: @Wicker_Guide ...by the time the line of traffic allowed us to pass the accident site...I never saw a carcass... 
   LoadingReadyRun:  Maybe I just don't know enough about Buffalo, but I feel like, while both are scary, a moose is more likely to fight.
Tz_BG: @ChargingFurret You're welcome. I have this game and love it.
 Dog_of_Myth: @LoadingReadyRun Bison are just as scary.
 ghyllnox: Sag-WA-row
 SoaringDragon42: sah-huar-o
Haroldholmes25: sa gwar o
 SymphonicLolita: the beeg cacti
 cobthegreat: It's a cactus
  Akaiatana: Sekiro, Shadows nap nice.
 RealGamerCow: it's the cactuar cactus
 Wicker_Guide: @JadedCynic probably walked away annoyed then
 ChargingFurret: also, bison tend to be in groups of 10+
 Going_Medium: Cartoon cactus
 ghyllnox: Yes it's the traditional cactus shape
 quasi79fu: saguoro is a cactus
MadWolf1290: the ur-cactus
 quasi79fu: the threee armed cacti
Chesul: looking online, it actually seems pretty likely that the Bison would win. they're twice the weight and can move just as fast, so have a similar muscle ratio.
 JadedCynic: buffalo are heavy - you hit a car with one (or a cow) and your car is totalled...OTOH, you hit a moose, and the car might be salvagable but YOU are dead, as the moose's long legs mean it falls ONTO the roof of the car, not the hood of the engine compartment
Chesul: *Buffalo
 Heckhoundbolt: fun fact
 Heckhoundbolt: read the fun fact
loufghyslaufey: You keep... One goat? On a national park?
 SymphonicLolita: bison and moose are the kiki and bouba of animals that will mess you up with no hesitation
loufghyslaufey: ouch, Jacob.
 SymphonicLolita: 
 Dog_of_Myth: 
 JadedCynic: 
 TemporallyAwry: #Friendship
 SymphonicLolita: beeg tree
 KeytarCat: It's neat that I've been to a lot of these
 KeytarCat: In the sex joke, what does deciduous mean?
 Heckhoundbolt: Are we still on the buffalo vs moose topic?
 Tiber727: Free water? Don't let Nestle hear you say that!
 ChargingFurret: also, they are more likely to hit the moose legs, which would hurt the moose more than the moose hitting down would hurt the buffalo
 SoaringDragon42: Been there! It's awesome!
MadWolf1290: inspired by
   LoadingReadyRun:  Can't Buffalo and Moose just get along?
roastbeefsandwitch: Sand Dunes is awesome! As promised, huge sand dunes! Avoid digital cameras as the sand gets in
  Akaiatana: @LoadingReadyRun Moose Jaw, Buffalo Jump
 saucemaster5000: @LoadingReadyRun NO
TotallyNotaBeholder: Utah has many nice national parks, and some roads between them
 KeytarCat: ROOOOOOOOCKS sand
Haroldholmes25: rock sand! rock sand
 Heckhoundbolt: Is it Nevada or Utah that is mostly owned by the US government rather than the state?
 Sevinon: Ooh, very pretty game
 Sevinon: Just came in
Decahawk: Fun Fact: the Utah parks are routinely called the Mighty 5! They have 5 big parks with incredibly unique geology
 Going_Medium: There's some good mountain biking in Utah.
 Dog_of_Myth: @Heckhoundbolt I want to say Nevada.
loufghyslaufey: Like a bulk of Wastes, "basic land type" somewhere out here...
 NotCainNorAbel: @Heckhoundbolt Nevada
ArcLightningCanuck: I missed the beginning. Did Trails get played first?
 TemporallyAwry: @ArcLightningCanuck it was a typo, game was always Parks.
 Heckhoundbolt: @ArcLightningCanuck no, they kept calling it the wrong thing
ArcLightningCanuck: @TemporallyAwry thanks
 Mazrae: I'm glad that I wasn't the only one thinking of that song when Ben said are you ready for this
 JadedCynic: @LoadingReadyRun Yeah, Bison, Buffalo & Moose have to quit squabbling among each other (they don't - different biomes - Bison & Buffalo don't like marshes, e.g.) and focus their attention on their REAL enemy, like their Orca friends already have realized - the obscenely rich & powerful among the humans
loufghyslaufey: An Island & Mountain? Is Ben winning!?
 Heckhoundbolt: @JadedCynic Orcas eat moose
Tz_BG: You should reset your campfire
Shadowsoflife: ^
 TemporallyAwry: @Heckhoundbolt I'd like to see them do that on the Moose's turf.
jessicaengle: Howdy nature lovers
Shadowsoflife: @TemporallyAwry Moose are swimmers
loufghyslaufey: She running on sunshine, Wa, wah, Oh!
 Heckhoundbolt: @TemporallyAwry This is why Orcas do it when Moose try to eat in their turf
 JadedCynic: @Heckhoundbolt fine; ignore whatever I type; nevermind - thanks for making it clear it's a waste of effort
loufghyslaufey: Oh, hey!  Jacob has a Volcanic Island!!
Tz_BG: If Kathleen gained a tree from filtering in the canteen, she still gets a sunshine
loufghyslaufey: Two tropical Islands? Lawl.
 TemporallyAwry: @JadedCynic sorry for contributing to the conversation fork.
 midnightcurryjazz: Did you see the aki trailer ben?
 Dog_of_Myth: Big Turts
 HadesLeprechaun: I see the funni character stories have given way to DEEP THOUGHT which is the way of strategy games, haha
Tz_BG: Ben has it correct
 KeytarCat: oh Capitol Reef is hard to grasp.  The ranger station is far enough from the cline that I couldn't really feel the grandeur when I went through
 KeytarCat: Also that was before I cracked my egg, so I might just not have noticed
 HadesLeprechaun: I have been to many of these parks! national parks are my favorite things to do on vacations
 Heckhoundbolt: @KeytarCat ... is that a euphemism?
 SymphonicLolita: I am an outdoors person cursed into a family of people that hate doing anything that might require physical activity
 KeytarCat: @Heckhoundbolt yeh, for discovering one is trans
 LordZarano: Right to roam laws are very good yes
 Heckhoundbolt: @KeytarCat aaa
 HadesLeprechaun: I've never really enjoyed cities as 'vacation locations', always preferred nature
 ChargingFurret: angel feesh!
jessicaengle: 
 KeytarCat: I love stories, so if someone tells me a story about where I am, I'll have a good time
 dumbo3k: big turts!
 Heckhoundbolt: that is an elk
 SymphonicLolita: nobody tell him
 HadesLeprechaun: the art in this game is incredible
 LordZarano: There used to be that many turtles, until europeans arrived
 SymphonicLolita: I gotta go back to drumheller sometime
Tz_BG: Ben gets a sun
 blip2004: also some hoodoos in Banff
 SymphonicLolita: I wish to touch the dinosaur bones
 e_bloc: shen-an-doh-ah
Haroldholmes25: 
MadWolf1290: what Kathleen said
jessicaengle: 
 e_bloc: take me home
 dumbo3k: country roads
 Blacklm1492: ITS IN VIRGINIA
 The_Color_Twelve: that
 Blacklm1492: lolol I live there
 e_bloc: Kathleen did nail it
 ChargingFurret: that's a wild exchange?
Tz_BG: Jacob can't do that trade on that square
 TehAmelie: Country Roads is about west Virginia rather than West Virginia, so tricksy
Haroldholmes25: cool rocks
 KeytarCat: They're falling steadily!  but randomly.  You can't go near the arches because they could fall basically at any  time
 Mazrae: Two sons or Tuscon
 e_bloc: according to legend, Country Roads was also written about a road that runs through Gaithersburg MD (on the way to west Virginia)
 TehAmelie: ha
 e_bloc: if you drive on that road nowadays you will be much less inspired--it is mostly surburbs
 KeytarCat: Don't they all??
Haroldholmes25: oh hey that taps for rb
 e_bloc: taps for red or black
Haroldholmes25: 
 e_bloc: ^^
 Dog_of_Myth: Badlands is a neat park.
MadWolf1290: that's near (in South Dakota terms) to Mt. Rushmore!
 TemporallyAwry: I've watched someone repack a hiking bag so efficiently and compactly, it might as well have been a magic trick.  I can believe they have all that gear.
Rigarz24: Hey I'm from south Dakota lol
 TheNerdWonder: my parents just came back from a trip to the Badlands
Haroldholmes25: love the caves art
 ChargingFurret: the caverns are super cool
 TheNerdWonder: it really is beautiful out there
Haroldholmes25: new mexico
 SoaringDragon42: New Mexico!
 Dog_of_Myth: New Mexico
 MrSarkhan: That looks really cool.
 underhill33: New Mersey
silverstar216: I think carl's pretty alright, personally
Haroldholmes25: new mork
 LordZarano: Namibia
jessicaengle: 
ArcLightningCanuck: I've had someone hate draft a park away from me final turn of this game and win the game because of it. Whatever makes the points go the way you want, I guess.
 e_bloc: red national park
Haroldholmes25: Arkansas?!
 e_bloc: hey I was born in Arkansas
 Dog_of_Myth: Good old Pirate Kansas
Haroldholmes25: they've been consistently getting got by AK != Arkansas, which is very funny
Shadowsoflife: ourkansas?
Tz_BG: Ben may have to blind reserve to gamble on getting some more trees.
 SymphonicLolita: wet park
MadWolf1290: my parents live there (USVI) and I'm so happy/mad at them for it. 
ArcLightningCanuck: Draw of the top of the deck and see what you get?
Shadowsoflife: just top deck it?
 ChargingFurret: ben NOT taking a picture there? he must have a plan!
 TemporallyAwry: !chat
  LRRbot: Seriously, just never listen to chat.
ArcLightningCanuck: Has anyone been using the blind draw option? Worth a try if there's nothing you can buy.
Shadowsoflife: read that was he must have a plant
 TheAwkes: CA, good ol' Carolina!
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jessicaengle: LRRniversity
   LoadingReadyRun:  it feels like the "reserve a park" mechanic might have been a late edition to the game. Allowing people to claim a park before they have the resources gives something to build towards.
 kodalith: Just got here. I have no idea what's going on. But man is this a pretty looking game.
Haroldholmes25: I'm glad that we've confirmed that everybody finds postal acronyms indecipherable
 KeytarCat: Like buying one of the limited passes at the beginning of the year for your trip in September
 ChargingFurret: did ben not buy the thing he reserved? or could he not
Tz_BG: @ChargingFurret He couldn't because he didn't get enough water.
 ChargingFurret: @Tz_BG ahh! thanks
Haroldholmes25: pretty good for a first game
Tz_BG: Ben's goal is trees and pictures
 TemporallyAwry: Plus a Moose!
jessicaengle: Moose? Priceless
 Dog_of_Myth: 
Haroldholmes25: ben with the photo finish
 NotCainNorAbel: 500 - Visit your parks everyone.
jessicaengle: 
ArcLightningCanuck: I forgot you can only draw from the top of the deck when reserving a park, so no last ditch topdecking unfortunately.
Tz_BG: Pretty sure all of them are worth 2 or 3 points
Haroldholmes25: yeah I think they changed up the goals in the first expansions because it was a lil rough
Tz_BG: @ArcLightningCanuck Ben could have attempt to top deck when he reserved instead of reserving the park with all the water
 Tiber727: The secret goals are really just there to give you a tiny bit of direction, but they aren't a big deal to ignore.
 Tiber727: Personally, I think reserving parks is a trap anyway.
 HadesLeprechaun: I think it'd be an easy hour and a half on a second play
jessicaengle: 
Haroldholmes25: Question for the room, what state is AK?
 Tiber727: Alaska
jessicaengle: Alaska
 LordZarano: Road Quest II: National Parks
Tz_BG: @Tiber727 I mostly agree. If you happen to get the park/gear special trail in the first season, then it is less of an issue.
 SymphonicLolita: 
Shadowsoflife: We did this
jessicaengle: Thank you for the stream.
 iris_of_ether: Yay pax!
jessicaengle: 
 Fruan: Thank you!
 TehAmelie: byee
ArcLightningCanuck: Goodnight, all!
TheAinMAP: !next
  LRRbot: Next scheduled stream: LRRMtG (Join James, Graham and Adam (in that order) for the Wilds of Eldraine Streamer Event! Game: Magic: The Gathering) at Thu 10:00 AM PDT (14:10 from now).
 SymphonicLolita: full gobbo
 Fruan: Tell Jacob about Picnic Ruiner!
goombalax: the throat slittas are in Shadowmoor
 TemporallyAwry: Redcaps - Oh, like the Smurfs?
 LordZarano: It's OK, Adam was playing Killer Instinct today
Jensling: Faust is great
 Korolan: TOTSUGEKI
 pn55: Yea, Adam was playing that earlier.
 Scarbble: woooo, mono white commander night
 DaFhaye: I kinda want to play SF6 for the new snake lady
 LordZarano: So James, what's the Back In The Box score?
Shadowsoflife: hope there's a life game deck
 TemporallyAwry: insert joke about Kitchen Finks
 djalternative: oh. Will anyone be able to play Throne of Eldraine in that game?
ArcLightningCanuck: I remember the whole table being steamrollered by a monowhite angel deck once.
 Kramburger: Ben's not a believer in white supremacy
 midnightcurryjazz: No, its early access event
 LathosTiran: 20!
 SymphonicLolita: usm'st!
 ghyllnox: Dangit I'll be away for the holiday
 midnightcurryjazz: so early
 Kramburger: Gross
 Kramburger: But where could you catch the VoD?
EvilBadman: It's on the Nintendo Switch Online too
 Kramburger: Good Joke Streamer
 e_bloc: 100 100 100 1 1 1
TheAinMAP: 
 SymphonicLolita: dabits
 TemporallyAwry:  !
KWardJenx: Thank you for the stream
TheAinMAP: Thank you for streaming.
 NotCainNorAbel: 
 LordZarano: 
jessicaengle: 
 NotCainNorAbel: https://clips.twitch.tv/LuckyPlacidJamTwitchRPG-YUKA6SrjUbM-f3TD
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