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Nerd alert! First of all, Who Goes There is my absolute favourite board game. After playing it twice, I dreamed about playing it again for four years until I decided to ask for it as a Christmas gift. The thing is, the game is hard to source and had to be imported to Europe from the US.  Long story short, all my friends loved this game too and I was questioning if it is possible to become addicted to a BOARD GAME? At least I was obsessed. In my obsession, I tried to find out some better strategies for playing the game. A five-minute Google gave answers about the basic game rules but I wanted something more advanced. Hence this blog post. Board game freak warning! I only advise you to read it if you want to learn some game-specific strategies. My most burning question was - which characters should we choose? I have the deluxe edition with 12 characters (4 main + 8 additional). The instructions gave a brief description of each character but I wanted deeper knowledge. So here are my o...

For the first 24 years of my life, I thought that I was generally not seasick. This perception changed when I took up sailing more seriously. Having spent seven weeks at sea during the past few years with dozens of people, I gained some experience in how to deal with severe forms of motion sickness.  Broadly, it seems that ca 1/10 of people are those who never become seasick. They just swing through the storms with a smile and take seasickness as an incomprehensible issue. Ca 1/12 are those who become extremely sick, throwing up non-stop for several days. The rest of the people are somewhere in the middle. I have noticed that the earlier seasickness hits the harder it is. The longer you stand on your feet the briefer the sickness, usually. The first symptom to look after is becoming sleepy. The following symptoms are feeling cold, nauseous, vomiting and having digestive issues like diarrhoea. Is there a chance to avoid these? Yes and no. As you can probably see, I am quite sceptica...