The NYT has a great post about Emily Wilson’s new translation of the Odyssey, but here’s a snippet of the opening lines of the poem from a real good thread that I can’t stop thinking about: Tell me about a complicated man. Muse, tell me how he wandered and was lost when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy, and...

I've played a fair amount of Settlers of Catan in my day, and I find that a lot of the skill in the game comes from the initial placements. Almost two years ago, I built a rough setup that randomized tiles and numbers. My plan was to screenshot the boards, and make posts on Reddit to discuss the best positions to...