The entry for “Wayne’s Gun” is wrong as he doesn’t own a gun. Let alone many guns that would necessitate an entire rack.
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Maybe he borrowed it from behind that door where people are training like in a James Bond film for no reason.
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It’s been a long while since I heard someone making a Father Ted joke. My day is good now.
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Ripley’s Gun involves duct tape.
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Just had a 15 minute conversation about proper fire evacuation procedures with my five year old whilst at the nine year olds swimming lesson.
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In lieu of our planned Christmas outing to a restaurant, I’m doing a virtual games night with my team today (there are 6 of us, and unfortunately I’m the manager 
). I have a few games in mind, but I’d be interested to hear what you would all suggest. Gaming experience ranges from Dixit/Codenames level to snakes and ladders.
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I’ve ran codenames and wavelength virtually to pretty good success.
Or there is always a jackbox game.
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Mysterium works quite well too
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If you can get everyone to sign up, I think Haiclue on BGA is great. Opens up Diamant and Can’t Stop as well.
I’ve not played it, but have heard good things about https://garticphone.com/ which is Telestrations. Enjoy!!
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There was also the free lockdown edition of don’t get got which you could have people play as an aside to the main game (game within a game).
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We’ve had good results with Welcome to, if everyone is able to print out a sheet. Rules are not too hard to grok if one person already knows them and can explain.
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“Wavelength” is the best physical-game-over-the-Internet I’ve played. Roll n’ Writes tend to work really well if everyone has a copy… I’d start with something easy like “Ganz Schon Clever” and then work your way up to a game of “Welcome To…”, if you’re going that route… or Railroad Ink, if you can find a copy.
You might be able to do something like “Anomia” (lots of shouting, but silly shouting) if you have everyone point their cameras at the pile of cards. I suspect that would also work for “Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza”, but I’m a little less certain about that.
“Can’t Stop” would work well, although I don’t know if it plays up to 6? “King of Tokyo” might work as well, but not being able to roll your own dice does rob a significant amount of charm from the game.
And then there are online games. “Codenames” had a free version available early in the pandemic, not sure if it’s still up, but it’s always a solid recommendation.
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Or if you can pass out a PDF or something before the game starts. There’s definitely a Railroad Ink board PDF on their site, or there has been - ping me if you want the version out of my archives.
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Actually https://codenames.game and https://play-dixit.online have worked well for my partner at work socials. Nobody needs an account, the games are easy and lend themselves to socializing while playing.
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There’s a free app - you don’t need to print out sheets.
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Just normal midwestern US things: turned on my air conditioning today, December 15th, because it’s 77F (25C) in my home office today.
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I thought maybe someone would like to know that my Feuerland newsletter informs me that both TM and Gaia Project will be on digital sale:
Android Playstore: 22.12.2021 - 29.12.2021
iOS Appstore: 22.12.2021 - 29.12.2021
Steam: 22.12.2021 - 09.01.2022
The new TM Bigbox editiona and the TM Automat Box are delayed to Feb '22 
Nothing about that completely new version of TM I saw in a preview about a year ago.
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Allow me a moment to pitch my non-existent party game:
Vulcan Cultural Reference or Construction Material Brand?
Care to invest? We’re guaranteed to prosper. Try some names.
Tyvek Insulation by Dupont
Solek Vulcan name meaning “from the snake clan” but I will accept renewal energy co.
Sikan Vulcan name meaning “from the volcano” however Sika is a spray foam mfg.
The game’s working title is Galsh meaning “wall of memory”, which is catchy and a brand of septic tank sealant. Only one of these things is true.
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Okay, let me pitch a product idea.
Has everyone heard of Elf on the Shelf? Creepy elf doll that’s supposedly keeping an eye on kids to report to Santa or some such thing? Well, if you’re going to have something creepy like that, may as well go whole hog.
Thus, introducing the inevitable Cthulhu expansion of Elf on the Shelf: Cthulhu in the Corner. Along with his friends, Shoggoth on the Shelf, Hastur on the Hearth, and Dagon on the Dresser. Keep your kiddos safe from peeping elves with any of these critters, who will surely eat the damn thing if it ever tries setting foot in your home!
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As long as Cthulhu is napping the corner.
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