Take off your socks as well.

Damn, it’s in all my trouser pockets and How did it get in my ears?

I hate this stuff.

Horace the Endless Bear wraps himself around the top of a Christmas tree.

Let’s just hose ourselves down on the frontstep before we go in.

It’s sand-covered digital board gameDune: Imperium!

This is what leads to every finale being tense.

The leader selection screen in Dune Imperium’s Rise Of Ix expansion.

I have never been frustrated when this has happened.

Instead it feels nailbitingly tense and eminently fair.

No card shop, only tech progression?

A crowded and complex turn in Dune: Imperium

Forsake water gathering in favour of spice and money?

It’s a miracle, given all these many systems, that I’ve never felt overwhelmed.

All of which has made Dune Imperium a regular companion for the past six months.

That’s probably what Dune is about, yeah?

The real spice is the friends we made along the way.

One of those rare games where the losses are as compelling as the wins, maybe even more so.

Im a tad scared of the effect Rise Of Ix will have on my life next year.

I probably shouldnt play this game with friends.

Not the ones I want to keep.

Headback to the advent calendarto open another door!