Just want to say a huge thanks to everyone for the recommendations so far! I’ve got a board game rental subscription with my local cafe, so I’ll have to scour their shelves and give some a try!

If you’re currently in no position to go private, then the first thing to do is get in contact with your GP. My local GP allowed me to fill in some details about my issue, and they’d contact me to dicuss it further.

I was asked to collect some questionnaires to determine the impact of any symptoms on my life. Now, at this stage, you should request to be referred via ‘Right to Choose’ along with a suitable private clinic, such as PsychiatryUK. I think I did this but was ignored and referred to my local NHS psychiatry unit with it’s wonderful 4 year backlog (18 months on the list so far!)

I had to appeal to doctor’s initial decision as there was a lack of evidence, so be prepared to provide school reports etc to defend your stance.

Get on the NHS/Right to Choose waitlists as soon as possible, and then you can pay for private if the funds come up first! Hope this helps!

I can wake up, and go 10+ hours without meeting/requiring a single human need, but as soon as I then acknowledge that I should be doing those, all the sensations hit me at once.

Nothing quite like having to prioritise all base needs at once!

Rather than come in aggressive, why not educate? It’s easy to forget that there are genuine needs for disposable items when you don’t encounter them every day.

I’m going to preface this with: I do not own nor have I played the board game! But I’m very familiar with the original video game. I recall there being complaint from a subset of people that the video was very light, with little to do.

With that in mind, I’ve heard similar ‘complaints’ about the board game. But the reason I’m hearing this is because the board game is a hilariously accurate representation of the original. It’s very light (hence the Speil de Jahre win), but if you’re looking for a co-operative version of the game, I think this will be a winner!

And it was only made on a roughly $20M budget! Truly my favourite film of last year, so I’m glad it blew your expectations away!

For a film of this scope, $20M is tiny! They manage to save quite a lot by filming the entire thing within a short window, and keeping the number of VFX shots needed to a minimum.

After you’ve finished the first game, you’ll score and be allowed (or maybe have to save up points) to open up boxes with new content to play with again - just like the Steam version!

I think they key to enjoying this one is to be aware of what Dorfromantik is, and I think you and your wife already know!

I’m not saying to stop being cynical, but it’s developed by Massive Entertainment - one of Ubisoft’s best studios. I know The Division games weren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but they got a lot of things right when other Ubisoft titles struggle

Members of our group were finally around! A couple weren’t, so there were just 4 of us which means Gloomhaven JOTL!

We hadn’t seen each other for best part of a month, so we spent far longer catching up than intended so we ran on later than usual, but thanks to some incredible damage output, we managed to speed through some sections of our scenario! Nothing like the smell of burning vermlings to invigorate us before a boss fight!

Our copy of Button Shy’s River Wild also showed up this week, so my partner and I played an introductory game of that and scored a mildly reasonable 39 points! 1 more point and I could boast it was a reasonably good score!