https://microsoftcasualgames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360054758672--Official-Microsoft-Casual-Games-Windows-8-Platform-Expiration-Notice-
https://www.trueachievements.com/n44488/microsoft-casual-games-server-closure
Despite the comment to the article - I am pretty sure you need online access at all times to these games even for the offline achievements.

GAMES:

Microsoft Jackpot (Win 8) [Not officially announced or included in the TA article - but will be affected]
Microsoft Bingo (WP) [Achievement synching in WP8 has been dead for a while, but active in WP10 until April]
Microsoft Jigsaw (Win 8)
Microsoft Wordament (Win 8) [This is the Win 8 version of what is known as Microsoft Ultimate Word Games on Win 10]
Microsoft Sudoku (Win 8)
Microsoft Number Puzzle (Win 8) [This is the Japanese stackable version of Microsoft Sudoku (Win 8)]
Microsoft Treasure Hunt (Win 8)
Microsoft Bingo (Win 8) [Also a reminder that the (Win 10) version is going offline soon, too)
Microsoft Mahjong (WP)
Microsoft Mahjong (Win 8)
Microsoft Minesweeper (Win 8)
Microsoft Solitaire Collection (Win 8)
-----Microsoft Taptiles (Win 8)----- [Not included in the official announcement but likely affected as it fits the pointers for removal]

NOTES:

I have the installers for all these games (PC guaranteed, can't guarantee for WP) if required. They only work if you have previously downloaded them on the Windows Store as that's when the licence is acquired. If you need one, PM me the game and platform and I can upload to my one drive. This is a FREE service and I am not charging like others seem to in private forums. I like to backup stuff and I'd be happy to help.

All games above are FREE and many are still available to download NOW officially from the Windows Store. You can play the Win 8 versions on a Win 10 machine if you have the Win 8 installer which is what I have backups of. No need to Virtual Box it. Again, PM me game name and I can link an upload of the file on my one drive. I'd link here all of them, but I don't want to be an OD and I use my one drive for other things so I need the bandwidth.

Unrelated News:

https://twitter.com/GearsPOP/status/1352367870534160395?s=19
GearsPOP! achievements may be made easier due to the coming closure of servers. If you ever played this game and have an achievement on your account - keep an eye out! If you never played this before - DO NOT START. There is not enough time to do anything and you will struggle to play as there are no new players to match with so you'll get stomped by much higher level players.

David Glenn Lewis was born in Borger, Texas in 1953, the second of two children to Hershel and Esther Lewis. In 1972, he graduated high school, and went on to attend Texas Tech University, where he excelled academically, graduating as an honor student in Political Science. David stayed in academia following this, gaining a place in the Texas Tech Law School, studying until 1979 when he earned himself a jurisprudence doctorate. He chose Amarillo, Texas to begin practising as an attorney at law, and was a distinguished member of the American Bar Association. Then just three years later, in 1981, he met and married his wife Karen, who gave birth to their daughter a short time after. David was a steadfast family man, and became a pillar of his local community. He was a member of his local church, regularly contributing a portion of his disposable income to its upkeep. He was also a district chairman of the Boy Scouts of America, and sat on the director’s board for the Dumas Community Education Advisory Council. He had a happy, successful life full of love and community spirit. But something dark was looming on the horizon, something that would baffle both professional and amateur sleuths for years to come.
On January 31 st , 1993, David’s wife and his nine year old daughter arrived back home from a shopping trip to Dallas to find the house empty. It was super-bowl weekend, and there was a blank tape in the VCR that had been set to record the game, but it had never been turned off. There were some sandwiches sitting covered in the refrigerator, and they appeared they had been made that day. Everything in the house seemed to be in order, there were no signs of any kind of foul play that might explain her husband’s absence. It simply appeared that David had gone out for a while, maybe been caught up somewhere, it was super bowl weekend after all, there was every chance he had simply gone over to a friend’s to watch the game. However, the later it into the evening it got, the more Karen started to worry. David hadn’t called, nor had he left any message telling her where he’d gone. By the time she went to bed that night, she was worried sick. The next morning, when he still hadn’t arrived home, Karen drove over to the Amarillo police department to report him missing.
Meanwhile, around twelve hours after David’s wife was having police file a missing person’s report, over a thousand miles away in Yakima, Washington, there were several sightings of a strange man walking down the centre of a Route 24. The individuals behaviour was so alarming that a handful of drivers actually turned around in order to warm people coming the other way that there was an unhinged person simply walking down the center of the dark highway. Many of the motorists went as far as reporting the person to the Police, who dispatched
Highway Patrol officers to search for him, but by the time they found the individual, they had been tragically killed in what appeared to be an accidental hit and run. The dead man in question was middle aged, and was wearing military style clothing along with heavy work boots. The subsequent autopsy showed no sign of blood or alcohol in his system, and it was something of a mystery as to who he was, and why he was acting so strangely, since there was no form of ID on his body whatsoever. He was simply listed as a John Doe, and a point was made to discover the man’s identity. Although due to the nature of the death, Washington State police were in no huge rush to do so.
Back in Texas, on the day following the filing of the missing person’s report, police found David’s red Ford Explorer abandoned outside of the Potter County Courts Building in downtown Amarillo. Beneath the mat under the driver’s seat, Police found the keys to the truck, along with the keys to David’s house. The truck’s glove box also contained his credit cards, driver’s licence and check-book, all apparently in the usual places where David was known to keep them. But despite such a find, it gave Police no real clues as to his current whereabouts, where he could’ve gone from there was simply a mystery. There was one incredibly pertinent piece of information to consider though, the fact that before he had disappeared, David had confided in his wife that believed his life to be in danger. She pressed him on the issue but David refused to reveal any more information, not about the nature or the urgency of the threats, since he believed sharing such knowledge would put her life in danger too. When talking to the Police, Karen told them that she suspected this threat to be related to his work as an attorney, that some kind of angry or dissatisfied client of his had blamed him for a failure on his part, possibly resulting in a prison sentence, and wished to seek revenge. Karen had dug through David’s case files and discovered that an appointment dated for a week after his disappearance. It was a deposition in a conflict of interest case between his former law firm and a wealthy client. She had also spoken to David’s father, who confessed that his son had also spoken to him regarding the appointment. He had told his father that he had absolutely no intention of covering up any of his former firm’s misdeeds, and that he was going to reveal the truth of the matter to all involved.
Despite the police considering this a worthy lead, there was simply not enough information on specifics and individuals to produce any serious new evidence. Yet a short time later, police did make a noteworthy discovery, the receipts for two plane tickets purchased in David’s name that were bought around the time that he vanished. The first ticket was from Amarillo to Dallas, probably the means that he used to escape whoever was threatening him in the first place. The second ticket was from Los Angeles International back to Dallas, a flight scheduled for the very name day the John Doe body was found in Washington State. But just exactly how David intended to use them is unclear. Who was he looking to fly out from LA to Texas, someone who could protect him from those who wanted blood perhaps? These were frighteningly important questions but none could be answered.
So with no more leads to follow, the investigation into David Glenn Lewis’s disappearance was closed after just under a year’s worth of work put into it.
Then, ten year later, in 2003, a Washington homicide detective by the name of Pat Ditter read a series of newspaper articles called ‘Without a Trace’, which pertained to missing persons cases around the country. One of the details which piqued his interest were the repeated mentions of the flaws in the National Crime Information Center’s computer system, which was believed to be responsible for many missing persons slipping through the investigatory cracks. Pat actually started Googling various characteristics of some of the missing people, including David Glenn Lewis, and before long, he found something very interesting coming out of Washington State. It was a picture of the John Doe’s body from the hit and run in 1993, and it looked shockingly similar to a picture of a still living David. The only difference was that David wore glasses, and there was no mention of the John Doe being found with any. But it only took a little more searching before Pat Ditter was able to find a list of personal effects found on the John Doe’s body, and bingo, a pair of spectacles was included on the list. This had to be more than just a coincidence, so Ditter got in touch with Amarillo Police, and arranged for them to be sent a series of items that were kept as evidence from the hit and run, including a boot and a tissue sample. Amarillo Police contacted David’s mother, arranging for a DNA sample from her to be taken so it could be compared to the John Doe’s. And so it came to be, that in October of 2004, almost twelve years after he first went missing, the hit and run victim from Route 24, a highway that was over fifteen hundred miles from his hometown of Amarillo, was identified as none other than David Glenn Lewis. But just why exactly was he so far from home?
There are many unanswered questions regarding what exactly happened to David Glenn Lewis that weekend, and just how in the hell he ended all the way up in Washington State. Texas police have asserted many times that David left his home of his own volition, and that there is absolutely no evidence of any dodgy dealing or threats against his life. But David’s wife and Father insist this is not the case, telling journalists and private investigators alike that they had never been their beloved David so utterly terrified in his life. They theorize that David had intended to hide out on the west coast for a while, as far away from civilization as was physically possible, hence the military style gear intended for survival. When it was safe to do so, it is thought he would travel down to California before flying back to Texas. Some believe that the hit and run on Route 24 was simply a tragic accident, some even suspect it was suicide, that he had deliberately ran into traffic to end his own life. But there are some who even darkly suspect that he was somehow tracked down, by a network of powerful individuals, and murdered to keep him silent.
And the scary thing is, that conclusion is not entirely out of the question. In the aftermath of his death, all the conflict of interest’s cases surrounding his firm simply faded into nothingness, all the trouble he seemed to have been causing went away. His death ended a sticky situation that could’ve ended in tens of millions of dollars in damages and fines being paid out. The murder of a man would be a small price to pay to avoid such penalties. The one huge thing that leads us to believe that David was being followed as far as Washington is the fact that he seemed to be unwilling to rent a car once he was there. He was on foot when he died, and had no rental documentation on him that may indicate he rented, then ditched a vehicle. If he was scot free and untraceable all the way up in Washington, it would’ve been no big deal to rent a truck to get around easier, but that wasn’t the case. In the end, he was walking up and down the middle of a highway, in the dead of night, in all likelihood trying to stop a vehicle so he could hitch a ride out of the area. There is no doubt in my mind that anyone with their headlights on, travelling down an open highway, would not have seen David walking towards them, unless they were either extremely tired, or extremely drunk. This raises the question, who exactly hit David that night on Route 24, and why haven’t they ever been found? From what I can tell, every investigation into the driver’s identity came up short, and this is very possibly due to the fact that the driver then escaped Washington State having completed the contract hit they were assigned to.
But regardless, we may never find out what really happened to David Glenn Lewis, why he was killed, or the true motivations for doing so, if he was even murdered at all. Many questions need answering, some that David’ s family have spent thousands of dollars trying to get the conclusions to. But we are only left to wonder if there is some tragically innocent explanation, or something much more darkly sinister at work.

This is a long fucking story.
In 2013, I met him right before my 19th birthday, he was 25. The first few months were great. He introduced me to a lot of really cool music, shows and experiences. He was a pretty cool person at the time, but looking back, there were so many red flags. He would tell me about his past relationships, how they lasted so long but he didn't understand why they didn't work out. He would call his exes crazy constantly.
About 6 months in; he always wanted me to spend time at his house (we both lived with our parents at the time). He wouldn't approve of me hanging out with my friends, and would beg me to come over if I wanted to spend time with my family. I wasn't allowed to have male friends anymore. Shortly after, I was introduced to his friends; he and I, and his longest female friend went to bingo one night. They completely ditched me in the middle of it to smoke weed. Around this time I was dealing with a lot of bullshit surrounding weed, and people hiding it from me. He didn't tell me what they were doing, they just up and left. Came back smelling like it, needless to say, I was livid, and mortified for being so angry. He's an adult, he can do what he wants, but he knew I was dealing with the sneaking around aspect. I eventually got over the pain of what I was dealing with surrounding this, and he coerced me into trying it. Over the next 6 years, I relied heavily on weed to get through the abuse.
A year in; I'm not a diva when it comes to my birthday, but I do love celebrating my birthday. It's my day. I leisure, I don't work, I have a fun me-day, then spend time with my family and friends. I wanted to hit up a corn maze for my birthday for my 20th. My birthday is right around Halloween and my local corn maze does a really fun Halloween theme with a haunted house and spooky maze. He was complaining the whole time about how cold it was (he didn't dress for the end of October, in Canada). He blamed his being cold on me the entire night. He got mad at me for choosing a corn maze for my birthday, he made a fool out of me in front of my friends. He bitches at me about it the whole way back to my parents house to drop me off for the night.
The next summer, he threw a big party at his family's cabin. His co-workers and all of his friends. I was allowed to invite two friends, and their S/O's. I have social anxiety, and there were roughly 50 people there. We were all drinking and having a good time. A good time until the fights broke out. He and one of his co-workers started a brawl. Punches thrown, people caught in the crossfire, people thrown over the railing of the deck, where the railing eventually broke; which I was blamed for. A couple hours later, they brought out fireworks. Everyone expected a cool show, but what we got, was 4 people with burns, and I had damage to my right eye from a burning ember. They started to have a fight with fireworks. One person was holding his backwards when he lit it, it bounced off the retaining wall, and hit me in the eye. I was screamed at for being too close (I was roughly 50m away) and that I should've known that they were shooting fireworks at each other. He was 26 at this time. Later in the night, he was flirting with a different co-worker, right in front of me. He screamed in my face about how I wasn't good enough and I should apologize to him for being upset over him flirting with another woman in front of me, a woman he worked closely with.
A year and a half into the relationship; I was moving out with some friends of mine, and he pleaded to let him move in with us. He forced me to say yes. We lived together for 4.5 years, and during this time, everything got so much worse. I was at fault for everything. All of the money I earned belonged to him. All of my personal belongings were now his. I was his personal sex toy to use whenever he wanted. I became really ill, I had to stop working, naturally I was a piece of shit in his eyes. I had a migraine that last for 3 months straight. I was hospitalized, I was tested for tumors, I was tested to cancer. I was prescribed so many medications for pain, that he took upon himself, to abuse. I was in so much pain I couldn't move and was bedridden for so long. I know that sounds dramatic, but if you've ever had a migraine, I'm sure you understand.
We got our own apartment a year later. I had no say in where we moved, so he moved us an hour away from my hometown to his. He justified this by saying he moved an hour away from his, to mine, for a year; I did not ask him to do that. He isolated me there for 4.5 years. I could not see my friends or family (my vehicle broke down, and I could not afford to fix it, or drive it) and they were not allowed to visit us. I feel into a very deep depression. It took me a long time to find work there, and when I did I could not find anything for more than minimum wage. He picked up a lot of the bills, because he made 3x more than me.
A year and a half into living in this new city; a local pizza shop was opening their second location across the road from our apartment. I was applying to so many jobs to find something more suited to my career goals. I found this one in passing and applied. He screamed at me one day after he came home from work to apply to it, and told me I had an attitude when I told him that I already had. So I applied again to prove to him that I did. I got the job, I was hired as a supervisor to open the new location. I quickly moved up, and I am now the manager of the restaurant, and manage production for the company.
During my time living there with him, we brought in a roommate. They both took all of their shit out on me. I wasn't allowed to watch tv. I wasn't allowed to do my hobbies. I wasn't allowed to use my laptop, because my ex deemed it as his, he eventually snapped it in half to get back at me. One night, my ex brought home a BB gun. They both took turns shooting at my feet, screaming "dance bitch" in my face.
His dad was diagnosed with esophageal cancer two years ago. More of his anger and frustration was taken out on me. I was his human punching bag. I let myself go. I started to grey rock. His dad's stomach was removed, his intestine was moved to create a new stomach, and he was in remission. Things were looking up for him.
In November 2018, his brother was getting married. They decided to do a Carribean cruise. I could not afford to go, and my ex and his family offered to pay for me. I told them I would not be able to pay them back and would prefer not to go. My ex and his mom bullied me into going, saying that if I was family, I was going, and if I didn't, I wasn't family. Needless to say, I ended up having to go. Our flights, were on my birthday. I was okay with that, as long as I had a good day; I did not. I forgot my wallet at home, with all of my cash, and cards. My ex screamed at me all day, calling me a fucking idiot, saying I was so stupid and how could I forget "our" money. It was my money, my cash. It was a birthday gift from my parents. The trip was fun, I was not sober the whole time. I don't think I would've come back had I been sober honestly. I have some really fond memories of the trio, unfortunately however, not with him. We visited Haiti, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, and San Juan. My fondest memories were kayaking with his dad, snorkelling with his brother and sister in law, and walking the streets of San Juan for their wedding photos.
My ex had a history of abusing prescription medications, and early in the relationship, forced me to get them in my name so he had more to take. When he would blow through these, he would buy some from varying people. He would also get them from his mom when he was desperate.
In November 2018 he lost his job for testing positive for amphetamines not prescribed to him, but to me.
His uncle passed away in December 2018. He recieved a large inheritance, a truck, and his uncle's hunting equipment. Guns, knives, etc. He does not have a gun licence, and could not actually collect them until he passed the required courses and tests. In July 2019, he crashed this truck. Totalled it. Hit a tree making an illegal turn, with something slippery on his hands, going 80 km/h.
The next spring in 2019, his parents bought him a house. It was a rent-to-own kind of thing. This home was a fix up project for he and his dad. His dad fell ill once again just after buying the home. This time, the prognosis was not good. We ended up kicking out or roommate for his disrespect towards me, and my exes family. I gave my ex an ultimatum, either roommate leaves, or I do.
His dad passed away in September 2019. During our entire relationship I endured ongoing and continued emotional, psychological, sexual, financial, and physical abuse. After his dad's passing, this only got worse. Our neighbours hated us, and I don't blame them. He was constantly screaming at me, throwing things, he was up at all hours of the night blasting music while playing his video games.
In January 2020 he took out a payday loan in my name to pay our bills. I had no knowledge of this loan, until the application was accepted. He forced me into going to their office to sign it. He threatened to kill me if I didn't. It was for $10,000, at 49.99%, meaning, because I signed it, I'm now on the hook for roughly $15,000 that I have no means to pay. He took $7000 to spend on drugs, and gave me $3000 to pay our mortgage, utilities (which were insanely high due to his constantly leaving lights and electronics on, ran the heat way too high, and was always running water) and buy food.
He destroyed every I gave a shit about. Paint brushes, ruined; furniture, destroyed; plants, up in flames; my art, literally ripped apart. I'm really into plants, I have a pretty big collection. We had a fruit fly problem because he would never take out the garbage from the compactor. I was working 50+ hours a week, all day, every day. I was exhausted. I woke up, went to work, came home, and went to bed. Every. Damn. Day. Yet still, because I'm the woman, all of the housework was my job, while he sat at home all day, making a huge mess. I was acting as a mother to a 31 year old man-child. His mother had him so fucking convinced that the flies were coming from my plants, that he took a blow torch to them. He destroyed the one thing I had left to hang onto. I fell to ground, sobbing. He told me to just fucking get over it. I told him I couldn't fucking take it anymore. I couldn't take any of it anymore. I was beat down, the most depressed I had ever been in my life, wanted to die. I told my parents everything. All of the abuse. I secretly made a plan to stay with my aunt.
On February 4th, 2020 I had finally had enough. I told him I couldn't do this and I was leaving. I called my dad for help, and all my dad heard was my ex screaming at me that he would kill me if I left, I was sobbing. He left the house and I was finally able to ask my dad for help. He called my aunt to come over and be there with me if he came back. My mom called his mom to come over to diffuse the situation. She called my brother to tell him what was happening, he left his rehearsal and came. My ex came back, fuming. Holding a knife and threatening to kill me. My aunt and cousins finally showed up, they came inside, and he left yet again. His mom came in and locked my family out. They took my phone from me. I was on his plan, and a week before leaving I learned I could have him seperate the phone from the plan, I just needed his authorization. Of course he didn't give it to me. Just screamed that the phone was his property. My mom couldn't get ahold of me, so she called RCMP to perform a wellness check. During this time, my brother arrived. His mother went outside to tell him everything was fine. He heard me from inside the house screaming for my life, as my ex had pinned me down. He was going to slit my throat. He was going to fucking kill me that day. I kept screaming for help and to see my brother. His mom came back into, and locked my brother out. My ex quickly let me up and hid the knife. Then came a loud, aggressive Kock at the door, RCMP arrived. His mother commented "well that was an aggressive knock, who could that be, your family again?" with utter disdain. RCMP came upstairs and asked if I was okay. I replied, I am now that you're here. She took me outside to talk to me. At this time, my parents arrived, they briefly spoke to me, before the constable sat me in her truck to take my statement. She was going to charge him for the sexual abuse, I refused. I really regret refusing to charge him, and now I'm much too scared to go through with the charges. His mom made him leave after he went off on my dad, who is much, much bigger than him. He threatened him, asked him if he feels like "a big man now, ruining his life and taking his things". My dad replied calmly with, "I don't want any problems, I want my daughter and her things out of here safely, without more problems. Are we going to have a problem here?" We gathered my things, and I left, alive. I stayed with my aunt for a couple of months. I got a new phone, with a new phone number. I no longer had a vehicle. My granny was so mad about this, and everything I had been through. She actually bought me a new vehicle because he had forced me to trade in my old one for a Porsche Cayenne he bought with his insurance settlement from totalling his truck.
If I was still with him throughout quarantine, I know I would not be here, writing this today. Either he would have killed me, or I would have taken my own life.
The criminal harrassment continues. He's made 7 Facebook accounts, 3 instagram accounts, 4 email accounts. I've blocked him and his mother from every account they own. Yet he still keeps making new ones. Luckily though, it has slowed down.
After I left, he hacked into my Facebook account and remotely accessed the laptop I bought for school. He locked me out of my laptop completely, took my administrative access away from me. He signed me up for Facebook dating. I didn't know that this was a plug-in until he did this. I got home from work one day to 100+ messages from random people on this app. I immediately deleted the profile, and changed all of my passwords.
March 2020, right before quarantine; I was pretty bored and decided to meet some people. Not looking to date, but I set up my own profile for the dating plug-in. I (now 25) ended up meeting someone (27), and we went for coffee that day. We hit it off immediately. It was a very awkward date. Neither of us could make proper eye contact, and we shared stories about our past and shared our dreams and aspirations. We quickly went on a second date, and we began spending a lot of time together.
This is where my life took an unexpected turn for the best.
I fell hard for him, and he fell hard for me. We shared stories about our past relationships, and the traumas we've been through. We're working on ourselves, while supporting each other, and growing together. We respect each other and each other's boundaries. Neither of us have ever experienced that in a relationship before. He is my soulmate, and I have my ex to thank. I want to spend the rest of my life with him by my side.
I've moved away from the city my ex isolated me in for 4.5 years, 3 weeks ago. I now live much closer to my family and friends. I live 5 minutes away from my new boyfriend.
I've learned so much about myself. I've treated myself how I know I deserve to be treated. I have learned to love myself for who I am, and how I deserve to be loved. I will not settle for less. For the first time in my entire life, I am happy. For the first time, I look forward to my future. I no longer wake up dreading daily life. I no longer wake up in tears because I wish I had died in my sleep. I look forward to my days, I look forward to seeing the people I love and care about. For the first time in 20 years, I want to grow old.
I am free. I am alive. I am stronger than I've ever thought. I have fought for my freedom. I have fought for my life. I will survive.
If you've made it this far, my advice to anyone in this situation is, don't forget the trauma. Don't repress it. Watch out for those red flags. You never have to forgive your abuser.

Let’s start by I’m turning 17 tomorrow ( March 27th and just fitting out life almost wanted to end it a few times if I was on meds I probably would of done something but I don’t, I hate these thoughts, if you can understand or relate please reply or even take a 15 minutes or how ever long it takes to realize your not the only one and I’m with you and I’m falling but hopefully fall into place
My mom wanted to move and I never really wanted to move last year Jan, 30th. We stayed in a hotel for a few months and I went to school and started to get into drugs smoking a lot of pot cause my parents grew there own for 15 years and would go out and buy be liquor if I needed it, I also started vaping, first week of being in the new town I was asked to smoke with some people and I’m still friends with them, I made lots of friends. Then we moved into a rental beside the school, just a shack 3beds 2baths and no privacy, I went to my house in my other town for my 16th birthday and it was so fun cause I was with my old friends and we went to the movies and I still smoked then, but they didn’t smoke so I just had a puff or two out of a dab pen and went to my gym and was fooling and blasting music and having so much laughs haven’t been that happy since I left, when I had to go back I begged to not go back , but they finally pulled me to go back, finally a couple months past I still went to school then summer break started and went back up, I hung out with a few other friends, one of them never smoked weed so I told him let have the alcohol first, we went to the school to have a quick puff, one of them have never smoked before like I said, also wanted him to be comfortable he hit my DAVINCHI and he didn’t feel it he said cause he was also feeling a drunk buzz, but he took another and couldn’t stop coughing, my other friend and I was laughing and he also was, we all smoked then we were backing back and the non-smoker said he felt like he was in a game and running while I was laughing, we walked to McDonalds, and got food. Enough of that story I’m all over the place let me get to the serious part. So I had to go back to my “new town” my friends asked me to do shrooms for the first time ( blue vein strain ) took a gram each went to Denny’s and once we got there was about 45 minute walk, we sat down and didn’t feel like eating, they all felt the effects and I didn’t still I went outside, long story short we walked back to his place and I said imma walk home ( by myself ) this is in town a lot of druggies live here, I was walking home and I was on my phone and realized I was walking in the middle of the road good thing the town is dead at night, besides the bums hanging at the schools, got home to my rental and went to the bathrooms and laughed so hard and realized how skinny I was, couldn’t sleep watched spongebob ( fav show ) felt tired for the rest of the next day and down and anxious I also took a break from smoking weed if I do remember, for about a week unless I went to parties and then stoped but I stoped smoking August 21st 2019, cause when I took my tolerance break to get high again I took a bowl like I normally would and was so high now this wasn’t my weed, some black kids ( not being racist or point fingers ) and I coughed so much and tasted butane not good weed but still got you high I was ringing and tingling all over my body and mostly face and ears, then the cops pulled up to the school, and I just told my friends that I knew was there that I wanted to go home cause I knew I wasn’t normal. Got home open the door and it creeped and felt like I was in a movie or a puppet went to the kitchen and got milk to try and throw up, I told my mom I was high and was going to throw up and I did and I guess I passed out on her bed with my eyes and mouth hide open and was freezing cold and white, I didn’t remember anything once I woke up for a few seconds or who my mom was, I told her to take me to the hospital cause she knew I smoked with those guys and I didn’t till my memory came back we got there and thought I was overdosing my pupils where huge like I was on shrooms, I kept blacking in and out and scared and didn’t know were I was while I was in the hospital and screamed for help, doctor said it was just weed, I didn’t believe it, couldn’t sleep for a few days only during day and was very depressed and anxious and got therapy and saw a psychiatrist and got a paediatrician for a doctor to prescribe me meds so I guess it was a panic attack and been on Prozac for a few months and a stimulant cause I may got adhd cause I got a lot of the symptoms the psychiatrist doesn’t know oh also since that panic attack I have been home schooled and I know I’m smart but don’t do anything, I did some math and got a 80%. Anyways I’m just ranting which I hate but I just need to get it off my chest, we moved cause my mom wanted to retire she barley works my dad is a hard worker, and cause my moms, mom is turning 80 March 26th and she may be getting sick she can live with us in my old town cause we got a guest sweet, but life is just a big mess, I need a job but can’t do it, I need my driver licence and I need it, I can play video games fine if I’m happy and FaceTime my friends from my old town and play with them, or if I write music in my studio, it’s my 17th birthday Tomorrow ( March 27th ) and not doing anything and I’m really sad about it we also moved into another rental which is better then before but now my grandma is living with us, and way farther away from my friends where my “ new town “ was like 20 mins away it’s mainly for my grandma I believe, got bingo, church, nice small neighborhood, but only time I’m happy is with friends or if I’m drinking, slowed down quite a bit but one night I told my friend I’m drinking a 2 6 and he took a few shots with me over FaceTime, and I also had 3 double shots of gin, hated it threw up everywhere, only like vodka, easy to go down, or even whizzed with Powerade, anyways I want to move back to my old town the house is paid for so my dad can take my mom on vacations and I don’t know what’s going on but it ain’t healthy was all good until I hit grade 10 which was when I moved on the second semester. I got so much to write but too much also don’t want to be an annoyance, I’m a very funny heart warmed guy, got more female friends than guy friends most of them like me but I feel a more of a friend connection, anyways I got anxiety possibly some depression, just don’t know why I can’t be able to get a job or driver licence or even a girlfriend I can flirt and hangout but can’t handle one always been told I was ugly worthless even lazy or the R word or skinny I can’t gain weight cause of my metabolism. Just comment stuff I’ll for sure reply just want to talk to someone that doesn’t know who I am in real life cause I seem like I ain’t going through anything cause I got the perfect jawline and body or even life and money all around me but that’s not all mine it’s my basically my dads money my family looks, I look nothing like them , I seem like a Jim Carey comedian mixed with a young Tom cruise looks or even a tik tok star. Just say something since I’m ranting possibly ADHD if I do have it still trying stimulants and trying to get on a routine again.

What this is:

This is a weekly, curated listing of Kickstarter tabletop games projects that are either:

newly posted in the past 7 days, or
ending in the next 7 days (starting tomorrow) and have at least a fighting chance of being funded.

All board game projects meeting those criteria will automatically be included, no need to ask. (But the occasional non-board game project may also sneak in!)
Expect new lists each Sunday sometime between 12:00am and 12:00pm PST.

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Project Info	Status	Backers	Avg Pledge	Ending	Comments
La Caravana - Board Game Club in Mexico City Be part of the largest Board Game Club in Mexico and thus expand the community in our country. (Has currently earned MX$106,820 of MX$20,000)	534%	140	MX$763	10-02	kicktraq #cafe
Black Souls 2.0 - Cheaper. Better. More. Become a Level Designer & design the toughest dungeon crawler - But you must lead a party through that very same level and survive it! (Has currently earned $20,488 of $24,000)	85%	254	$81	10-02	kicktraq #take2
World in Flames Collector's Edition International award winning WWII strategy game. Largest boardgame ever made, 2.28 m2. All major aircraft, ship and land units included. (Has currently earned $153,597 AUD of $50,000 AUD)	307%	379	$405 AUD	10-02	kicktraq #reprint bgg
H.P. Lovecraft's ReAnimator Mystery Board Game Welcome to the spine tingling world of ReAnimator: a table top game of horror and mad science. (Has currently earned $13,373 of $12,500)	106%	223	$60	10-02	kicktraq
Legends of Draxia: Corrupted Mana Expansion New Spells, Buildings, and Characters bring direct PvP action into the fantasy-themed resource management card game, Legends of Draxia (Has currently earned $6,401 of $2,500)	256%	123	$52	10-02	kicktraq #expansion base game
GEO Mats by TABLEWAR Transparent gaming surface with a Grid for use in role playing and tabletop miniature games (Has currently earned $16,170 of $15,000)	107%	197	$82	10-02	kicktraq #bling
Werebeasts A game of social deduction and card collection from the creators of One Night Ultimate Werewolf (Has currently earned $50,595 of $5,000)	1011%	726	$70	10-02	kicktraq
Call of the Wild - Card Game Call of the Wild is a fast-paced party game for 3-6 players ages 5 to adult. Play five distinct animals, each with unique mating calls! (Has currently earned $1,039 of $960)	108%	41	$25	10-03	kicktraq
The Computer Classics Card Game What was your first computer? The Computer Classics Card Game features 32 digital milestones from a time long before smartphones. (Has currently earned €5,958 of €5,555)	107%	121	€49	10-03	kicktraq
Scrooge The Board Game A survival board game for families and fun-loving adults. Can you out-scrooge, Scrooge? (Has currently earned £15,847 of £15,000)	105%	268	£59	10-05	kicktraq
Ninja : The card game of sneak attacks and captures Ninja is fast paced, fun, and engaging. 2-5 players compete simultaneously to be the top ninja. (Has currently earned $5,385 of $4,000)	134%	218	$25	10-05	kicktraq
Cerebria - The Inside World Side with Bliss or Gloom, rally your Emotions and shape Cerebria's Identity in this immersive area control team game for 2-4 players. (Has currently earned $375,098 of $40,000)	937%	4193	$89	10-05	kicktraq
Wander: "The Cult of Barnacle Bay" Lead the brave heroes sent from the Wanderer's Guild to discover and end the corruption taking place in Barnacle Bay! (Has currently earned $118,467 of $50,000)	236%	1155	$103	10-05	kicktraq
Who Farted? The who-dunnit card game full of fun and flatulence from the family that brought you The Sock Game (great for all ages). (Has currently earned £3,454 of £4,000)	86%	103	£34	10-05	kicktraq
Penguin Brawl A card game about penguins, and their insistent need to blow each other up in hilarious ways! (Has currently earned £8,112 of £8,000)	101%	293	£28	10-05	kicktraq #take2
Supervillain. This Galaxy Is Mine! Intense card strategy of galactic domination inspired by all sci-fi worlds put together and fueled with frenzied humor! (Has currently earned $24,911 of $5,000)	498%	673	$37	10-05	kicktraq
Slang N' Friendz A Party Card Game for cool and uncool people. (Has currently earned $12,292 of $10,000)	122%	156	$79	10-05	kicktraq
Heirs of the Wizard King Avenge the King in this fast, mid-weight, set collection card game against an evil Black Wizard. How do you choose to earn the throne? (Has currently earned $7,501 of $3,500)	214%	395	$19	10-05	kicktraq
Gridstones: Night Sky – a tabletop game set in the stars An elegant pattern-matching puzzle game of strategy and visualization, for 2-6 players. May the stars align for you. Projects of Earth. (Has currently earned $6,731 CAD of $5,000 CAD)	134%	182	$37 CAD	10-05	kicktraq
Starship - 3d printable OpenLOCK-compatible Deck Plans Build your own Starship layout using OpenLOCK-Compatible parts. Ideal for tabletop wargames and RPGs, etc. (Has currently earned kr109,652 SEK of kr5,000 SEK)	2193%	190	kr577 SEK	10-06	kicktraq #bling
Tiny Dungeon 2e - Minimalist fantasy roleplaying is back! Return to the minimalist fantasy tabletop RPG Tiny Dungeon in this revised rules, now with micro-settings, additional content, & more! (Has currently earned $45,616 of $5,000)	912%	1114	$41	10-06	kicktraq #rpg
VIRAL OUTBREAK Miniatures A collection of 28mm outbreak themed plastic miniatures, perfect for Pandemic™. (Has currently earned $19,598 of $15,000)	130%	361	$54	10-06	kicktraq #bling
Brink - Table-top toss for the whole family Brink is a game of table-top toss that's simple to learn, impossible to master, and fun for all ages! (Has currently earned $5,275 of $3,000)	175%	88	$60	10-06	kicktraq
News@11 Make up Stories, Break the News . . A cyclical storytelling game for 4 to 11 players - 30 min (Has currently earned $9,025 of $11,000)	82%	317	$28	10-07	kicktraq
Five Ravens: A 15 minute deckbuilding game of Gothic dangers Five Ravens combines deckbuilding and tableau building in a decisive, 15 minute game inspired by the worlds of Edgar Allen Poe. (Has currently earned $4,155 of $1,500)	277%	201	$21	10-07	kicktraq
Land of the Lords (Third time's a charm!) The Gods have spoken, head their call and prepare for war. Expand your influence across the land, as you battle your way to victory. (Has currently earned $1,151 of $250)	460%	23	$50	10-07	kicktraq #take3
Churrascaria: A Cutthroat Game of Gluttony A casual card game of food theft, plate swapping, and backstabbing for 2-6 players fighting to eat the most meat. (Has currently earned $6,070 of $11,500)	52%	176	$34	10-08	kicktraq
RuneQuest Quickstarter Miniatures Licenced RuneQuest miniatures for 'The Broken Tower' scenario (Has currently earned £1,991 of £350)	568%	52	£38	10-08	kicktraq #minis
Rooster Rush Dexterity Game -ANTOINE BAUZA & Corentin Lebrat The speedy dexterity predicting game. Co-designed by Antoine Bauza & Corentin Lebrat. 3-6 Players try to cross the road in a mad dash! (Has currently earned $3,231 of $3,000)	107%	199	$16	10-08	kicktraq #take2

New This Week

Project Info	Status	Backers	Avg Pledge	Ending	Comments
Andromeda The Game Welcome players to this exciting adventure, where terror and despair will sink into every fiber of your being. (Has currently earned €2,540 of €30,000)	8%	32	€79	10-28
BASTION WARS, next level wargames terrain A simple and affordable modular tiling system to bring your war gaming to a whole new level and maximise your war gaming spaces. (Has currently earned £332 of £8,500)	3%	3	£111	10-29
Carreau. 50 beautiful, unique, hand made wooden games. A fast action, 2 - 4 player, 30 minute, flipping dexterity game for all the family from age 6. (Has currently earned £1,984 of £500)	396%	51	£39	11-28
Dice Hospital - a 1-4 player game. Roll, Treat, Discharge! A worker placement and dice manipulation game! Featuring beautiful art, novel mechanics and a unique theme where the dice are patients! (Has currently earned £60,298 of £12,750)	472%	1042	£58	11-01
Dick In A Box, The Party Game Card game, where you act out the worst cards we could imagine. (Has currently earned $158 of $5,000)	3%	3	$53	10-27
Discover If... You Are on Santa's Naughty or Nice List A fun Q & A game for the whole family that shows if you are on Santa's Naughty or Nice List. (Has currently earned $11 of $16,000)	0%	1	$11	10-10
DRINKS with FRENEMIES™ Like games, drinking & sabotaging your friends? If you do, play this game! With this party game do your worst and get rewarded for it! (Has currently earned $600 of $3,000)	20%	15	$40	11-12	#lolwut
Dude... We're in a Horror Movie! Worker-placement meets micro-narrative in a haunted house setting complete with crisis management, monster battles and backstabbing. (Has currently earned £590 of £5,500)	10%	12	£49	10-31
Elected: The Political Discussion Game You are the next President of The United States (Has currently earned $280 of $15,000)	1%	9	$31	10-29
ELO Darkness ELO Darkness is a complete customizable strategy card game including 400+ cards, a 3-Lane MOBA inspired gameboard and custom miniatures (Has currently earned €45,185 of €15,000)	301%	851	€53	10-24	#take2
Empire Of Men - 28mm Sci-Fi miniatures collection Astonishing miniature line of sci-fi armies of dark future. Perfect for your favorite tabletop game, collection or painting. (Has currently earned $31,284 of $5,000)	625%	304	$103	10-09	#minis
Fireteam Zero (Second Printing) Fireteam Zero is an award-winning co-op miniatures board game featuring nail-biting tactical combat against world-devouring evil. (Has currently earned $70,175 of $40,000)	175%	716	$98	10-25	#reprint bgg
Five Ravens: A 15 minute deckbuilding game of Gothic dangers Five Ravens combines deckbuilding and tableau building in a decisive, 15 minute game inspired by the worlds of Edgar Allen Poe. (Has currently earned $4,155 of $1,500)	277%	201	$21	10-07
Four Towers Gain influence & power by promoting lords and demons in this one hour, abstract strategy/worker placement, fantasy game for 2-4 players (Has currently earned $3,804 of $29,700)	12%	37	$103	10-26
Freedom of Speech™ the game Four score and 1 year ago we brought forth a movement to remind this wonderful nation that we still have the right to Freedom of Speech (Has currently earned $1,650 of $10,000)	16%	23	$72	10-26	#lolwut
Frontier The Card Game Become the greatest outlaw that ever lived with this awesomely Western card game by collecting notoriety and bounty! (Has currently earned $2,005 of $3,000)	66%	30	$67	10-25	#take2
Generations - A Game of Ancestry & Rebirth Generations is a roleplay focused game set on an alt-Earth where, when you die, your next generation is born from your corpse. (Has currently earned $135 of $750)	18%	4	$34	10-30	#rpg
Gloom of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game Expansions The first set of expansions to Gloom of Kilforth the sell-out Fantasy Quest Game, plus the reprint of the original game! (Has currently earned £73,039 of £27,000)	270%	1299	£56	10-31	#expansion base game
Goatfish: The Goat Herding Card Game! Things just goat serious: steal your friend’s goats, avoid honey badgers, and herd your goats to victory in this hilarious card game. (Has currently earned $6,771 of $5,000)	135%	133	$51	10-26
Hardwood Gaming Accessories/Terrain/Dice Trays/Deck Boxes This campaign shows off some of my most popular items from previous campaigns, along with a few NEW and fun tabletop accessories. (Has currently earned $999 of $2,500)	39%	19	$53	10-31	#bling
In The Gutter Games A hilarious collection of interactive party games full of sexual innuendos and obscene phrases sure to create an unforgettable night. (Has currently earned $665 of $6,969)	9%	17	$39	11-12	#nsfw
Ludoquist Board Game Cafe Help our family business to bring gaming fun, yummy food, and great drinks to Croydon! (Has currently earned £8,207 of £5,000)	164%	149	£55	10-15	#cafe
Mini Gangs Skirmish Game Mini Gangs is a fast to play tabletop skirmish game for 2 or more players. (Has currently earned £1,700 of £2,000)	85%	36	£47	11-02
Monster Dice: The Exquisite Collection Metal Crafts Elaborately crafted metal dice(D4, D6, D8, D10X2, D12, D20) will give a pleasant joy in your tabletop games and your daily life. (Has currently earned $31,221 of $30,000)	104%	407	$77	10-25	#dice
Ninja Monkeys Pillow forts, lava covered floors, and monsters under the bed come to life in this family friendly strategy card game. (Has currently earned $578 of $16,000)	3%	25	$23	10-26
Noruega 1940 / Norway 1940 Wargame sobre la invasión aereo-naval de Noruega en 1940 / Wargame on the Norwegian air-naval invasion in 1940 (Has currently earned €2,199 of €9,500)	23%	31	€71	10-29
OBTINEO - A 3D Tactical Strategy Game OBTINEO is a 3D tactical strategy game with a modular terrain field that makes every game a new challenge. (Has currently earned $1,695 of $45,000)	3%	44	$39	10-27	#take2
Orbis Mundi 2 - Real Medieval Life OM2 is an expanded and updated version of the original Orbis Mundi, covering the reality of Medieval European Life for Role Players. (Has currently earned $1,416 AUD of $1,000 AUD)	141%	36	$39 AUD	10-30	#rpg
Pong Gone Wrong: A Party Game Revolution! Outrageous sabotage cards hide under beer pong cups, and with each made shot, a new assignment is revealed! Think Pong + Truth or Dare! (Has currently earned $4,515 of $15,000)	30%	34	$133	10-25
Put Yourself In My Shoes Put Yourself In My Shoes is a fun card and dice game that will get people thinking and talking about human diversity in the world. (Has currently earned $0 of $35,000)	0%	0		10-31	#lolwut
QuboRum board game // juego de mesa Test your intelligence with this funny board game // Pon a prueba tu inteligencia con este divertido juego de mesa. (Has currently earned MX$900 of MX$20,000)	4%	2	MX$450	10-27
RATLAND: conquest of the sewers! Think like a rat, act like a rat. BE A RAT. Become master of the sewers. But watch out for your neighbors! (Has currently earned $23,317 of $15,000)	155%	716	$33	11-02
Re-Chord A board game about playing the guitar. Re-Chord is a guitar themed strategy game for 2-4 players. Become a tabletop guitar hero! (Has currently earned $4,801 of $14,950)	32%	124	$39	10-27
Resident Evil™ 2 - The Board Game Designed specifically for the Resident Evil™ universe, this is a strategic game of co-operative survival horror for 1-4 players. (Has currently earned £448,602 of £150,000)	299%	5535	£81	10-23
Rogue Squad - The Board Game Cooperative SF combat board game with 63 miniatures. Battle your way through hordes of hostile aliens to fulfill your mission! (Has currently earned €12,052 of €40,000)	30%	131	€92	10-30	#take2
RWBY: Combat Ready RWBY: Combat Ready is a cooperative board game where 2-4 players join forces to take on fierce RWBY villains and slay monstrous Grimm! (Has currently earned $259,547 of $250,000)	103%	2949	$88	10-30
SEASONS - The Card Game Seasons is a rummy-style card game inspired by the Books of the Bible. Imagine Phase 10...with purpose & a twist. (Has currently earned $1,320 of $5,000)	26%	32	$41	10-25
SIP SIP DRUNK Take this fun drunken tool anywhere you want. The question is how much can you take? - a fun card game that gets you drunk (Has currently earned €19 of €7,000)	0%	1	€6	11-01	#lolwut
Starfinder Masterclass Miniatures Starfinder Masterclass Miniatures offers premium-quality miniatures for the Starfinder science-fantasy tabletop roleplaying game. (Has currently earned $134,818 of $50,000)	269%	962	$140	10-18	#minis
T2029: Terminator 2 Board Game A cooperative game where players must coordinate the resistance to defeat Skynet, in the final hours of the War Against the Machines. (Has currently earned $33,028 AUD of $50,000 AUD)	66%	457	$72 AUD	10-25
THE 7th CONTINENT – What Goes Up, Must Come Down. Get ready for brand new adventures in the first ever board game where YOU are the hero! 1000+ minutes of adventure for 1 to 4 players. (Has currently earned $2,108,787 of $40,000)	5271%	20169	$105	10-19	#expansion base game
The Elven Lords Elven Lords are 32mm miniatures, sculpted and crafted in Spain for fantasy wargames as 9th age. (Has currently earned €5 of €4,000)	0%	2	€3	10-16	#minis
The F'ing Truth: a card game for people who f' and tell. The talking-about-sex game for you and your f'ing friends. 'Bingo' and 'Never Have I Ever's cooler, funner lovechild. (Has currently earned $4,485 of $15,000)	29%	114	$39	10-28	#nsfw #lolwut
The most fun Mormon game ever created! Motes and Beams is a game, not a Sunday School lesson. Help us conquer the horrible stereotype of boring Mormons by contributing. (Has currently earned $389 of $9,400)	4%	14	$28	10-29	#lolwut
TRENCH - Play With Art! An innovative, timeless abstract strategy game for two players, based on the trench wars of WWI, by Rui Alípio Monteiro. (Has currently earned $11,354 of $4,700)	241%	228	$50	10-19	#take2
TSUKUYUMI - FULL MOON DOWN - a strategic board game A strategic tabletop board game in which unique, asymmetric factions fight for world domination after the moon crashed into earth. (Has currently earned €29,393 of €36,000)	81%	286	€103	11-05
Twisting Catacombs . The Minotaur Horde Detailed Minotaur themed RPG Miniatures, vacuum cast in resin for Miniature Wargaming and RPGs. (Has currently earned £15,217 of £6,000)	253%	233	£65	10-20	#minis
Warpgate A fast-paced game of hand management and area control. As a leader of a unique race of aliens, lead them towards triumph! (Has currently earned $6,659 of $18,000)	36%	156	$43	10-19
WARPOD: The Battle Of Junker Forge Warpod is a narrative skirmish miniatures wargame set on the backwater moon of Destron where malfunctioning robots wage an endless war. (Has currently earned $6,283 NZD of $3,000 NZD)	209%	38	$165 NZD	10-14

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Footnotes

#hmm means that something about the project seems a little off. Buyer beware kinda thing.
#lolwut is reserved for projects that seem like trainwrecks. Check 'em out for amusement.
#take tags are for projects that have been restarted for some reason, with the number indicating what iteration we're currently on.
Did I miss something? Particularly stuff that might go in the Comments column? Let me know and I'll add it in.

Hey guys, I got a request to post my opinion on Funfair FUN here, so here goes :)
It’s finally happening. A mass adoption dapps / platforms with scaling solution on Ethereum are coming.
I am looking at Funfair as one of the coins that will be able to escape bitcoin volatility over time. I am thinking to myself, when casinos adopt it and user base is formed, much of the FUN by big holders(casinos) will have to be HODL to pay the possible winnings to players.
It will turn from just speculation and trading coin to coin that you want to / have to keep since it will be bought more and more as casinos come on board, by those casinos and by players they bring to the table. I think Funfair will have a first backed up token, it's going live with first casinos in few weeks, partnerships are already made...in worst case scenario for crypto you can gamble with your coins, the purpose they are actually made for :)
Maybe this will be a turning point. First platform / technology, where you feel you are not holding just a speculative asset used by crypto traders but an actual coin that has its use case and that will be used by people outside of crypto community. I hope more and more dapps like that start to come out. I think people are sick of big promises and felling of owning something that is not used for anything at this point. That is why there is so much FUD and fear when prices start to drop.
For gamblers there is a benefit of buying cheap coin and with time gamble with that same coin which value has increased. Same thing in reverse for casinos. Throw in that the crypto scene and traders not related to gambling industry and the value will increase fast.
There is also a possibility of getting listed on new exchanges and buying fun token off exchanges. Like buying chips in casinos they can implement their own easier way to buy FUN so it can be available at more places than other tokens. Supply will be reduced by burning tokens with bets, reducing the number in circulation.
After the release they will not be any more security token but utility token, so exchanges that started to delist security tokens because of SEC crackdown can list it.
We are close to launch, single digit weeks away, team is also upping up its game in marketing and presentation by hiring PR agency and it looks to me like they are going to start pushing their product big time.
Jez also announced new website, with new roadmap coming out by the end of Q1. And the best thing is staking of coins to casinos, which is in their future plans.
The interesting thing is that marketing will be done by casinos on Funfair platform and not just by Funfair team them self, so we can expect a lot of marketing and affiliates presenting and pushing the product and what is better marketing then casinos that offer fair games :D
Developers that will be making games for Funfair platform will be paid in FUN, their PR agency is paid partly in FUN, making this the whole ecosystem, reducing the supply, and everybody giving their best for a coin value to increase, because it is in their best interest.
Although they don’t plan to be casino them self, they also filed for gambling licence a few weeks back, just waiting for approval now
There aren’t many coins that will have a institutions like casinos buying into them to keep the operations going.
And imagine this, some big casino buys FUN for 0.1$, I think they will try really hard not to let it drop under that price again because then players could buy more FUN and casino would need to pay bigger price in case of winning, then price they bought it at. As more and more casinos come, more and more tokens will be HODL and out of circulation. How can you not be excited by this statement? Jez quote.
„the casino operators themselves will be responsible for marketing to customers. we will certainly help them do the best they can do... but that is ultimately the casino operators main job... is to be good at marketing to find their players. if they can’t do that they won’t be a good casino operator. its for that reason that the first few casino operators we sign up will be ones that have done it before and are already good at casino operations, and especially marketing to players... and ideally, have crypto experience too. which is why we're being picky about the first few to sign up. after that we'll open the floodgates (slowly...) and let more casino operators in, and we'll be less controlling about who signs up at that point“
That’s what we have all been waiting for. True use case. And Funfair is going to be one of the first adopters, which is huge. They are the closest one to making a revenue.
Beta testing is starting and they are going live with first casinos in single digits weeks. They had excellent presentation at Ethereum Community Conference the other day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irpu2iHDiK0
After they resolve all the kinks with first few casinos, they are opening a floodgates, letting hundreds, thousands sign in and with time expanding to other sectors, sports betting, poker, lottery, bingo, e-sports, prediction markets etc. they are all part of the gaming world. Much of discussion is with Jez on Discord channel.
It's one of the bigest teams in crypto with most employees and they are rapidly hiring new team memebers.
All in all, a very good few weeks and excellent year coming up.

So, I've got a really interesting problem on my hands that I need to find a way out of.

The basics of it are I'm 36, Never had a payroll job in my life, and don't have a car or driver's licence.
The closest thing I had was worked on a farm yard piling wood and assisting with other things around the yard every week day 9-5 or so for 2 or 3 summers. I also assisted with numerous food bank unloadings and at the town hall setting up for bingo etc.
My parents help me out when they can and I am currently living on disability due to autism, which I would describe as mild.
I don't have any addiction problems like drinking or drugs, play games though, and do have some technical know how.
I couldn't make my own website right this instant, but I could easily learn that skill quickly.

The apartment unit I am in is cheap but it is also crap, and looking at other apartments from my area are all well above what I am paying unless i get a room mate which god only knows how that's going to work out.

I think my best bet at this stage is to go to the employment office in this area, and talk to them about this.

My parents aren't going to be around forever, and if I don't take action right away I feel like i'm going to fuck myself over for good. I don't really have friends to help me out either.

I wish to stay anonymous, so I will give out only vague details of specifics regarding anything identifying.

What do? Please help.

This is going to be a long story and I'm not even sure if it has a place here. Hell, I don't know whether my mother is the narcissist or if it's just me. Where do I even start? Some background info, I guess.
I'm a 23-year-old man from the UK, and one of the earliest memories I have is of my mother hitting me across the face with a paddle (from one of those paddle-amd-ball toy things) because the ball and elastic had snapped off - right in front of my dad. I was six.
Our family (my mother, me and my two sisters) has never had a lot of money. My mother has never, in her 54 years, had a job. Nor has she had any desire to work. To quote her: "I shouldn't have to work". Her reason? She simply doesn't want to, and never has. Not that she'd do very well in any sort of working environment; she never listens to instructions, is easily upset (and really takes advantage of her perceived victimhood), hates being told what to do, and is generally a very judgemental person. In every sense of the word, she is a petulant child with zero respect for anyone.
So, onto the main part. My dad is wonderful. Or was. Or tries to be. It's hard to really describe him because he suffers from a host of mental health problems including Borderline Personality Disorder stemming from childhood trauma. He has a very long, turbulent history with drug and alcohol abuse, and yet he never allowed that to impact my life. In fact, he tried his damn hardest to avoid me knowing anything about his drug use or his problems. He was asked to leave our house by social services when I was 18 months-old (my other two sisters were 10 and 11, respectively), for all our sakes, or we'd be taken into care. He had absolutely no problem with leaving and was perfectly willing to do so if it meant a better life for us. And so he did, not without a fight from my mother though. My dad, paternal grandmother and the youngest of my sisters (referred to as 'D' from now on) have all confirmed that my mother would rather we all be taken into care if it meant she could stay with my dad. My mother and oldest sister (referred to as 'S') though? From the very first time I asked where my dad was, which must have been a ridiculously young age because this is the only response I ever recall getting, they both told me that he had abandoned me and didn't love me. This was the first of many, many attempts at making me hate my dad with lies and vitriol. S had never liked my dad (S and D are my half-sisters, we share a mother). She told me that my dad had a daughter elsewhere and never told me (unlikely, because my dad is gay and was 21 when I was born - there's a story to that but it's not particularly relevant here). Of course, being so young and impressionable, I believed it.
This part's important though: this was all going on in spite of me seeing my dad and paternal grandparents on a weekly basis. nMum and S were both telling me my dad didn't love me even as I had regular contact with him. And I hadn't realised until only a few years ago: the food I ate, the clothes I wore, the toys I played with - they had all come from my paternal grandparents or my dad himself. He had been relegated from loving father to the role of ghost caregiver.
Some key differences in the way my mother treated me vs the way my dad treated me:

My mother was a huge advocate of spanking. And verbal abuse. And occasionally punching. My dad never laid a finger on me and I was far better behaved with him than I was her.
My mother acted as if, by asking for things such as sweets and other treats, I was expecting a huge favour from her. My dad had stacks of treats and gifts ready for me practically every time I went to see him.
My mother preferred using her limited government benefit money on bingo and lottery "in case she won" instead of buying food for the week. My dad ensured I was adequately fed, dressed and washed every time I went to see him. His income was only slightly more than hers.
My mother put me in the bath once a week throughout my school life and wouldn't let me wash myself until I was 12. 12! My dad made sure I bathed every single night that I was with him. And to make up for the poor habits my mother was instilling into me, he bought toys made to be used in the bath and I have very fond memories of playing with pencils that reacted to water, in a huge tub overflowing with suds and filled with water that changed colours. Bath time was fun when I was with dad.
For my thirteenth birthday, my dad gave me £200 and told me I was officially a teenager. My mother gave me a birthday card and went to play bingo that same night. By this point, S and D had bothed moved away from home and my mother was only receiving Child Benefit and Child Tax Credits for me, totalling £80 a week. The next day, because she had run out of money, she "asked" me to lend her £40 so that she could buy groceries for the week. I said no at first, that I wanted to buy some games for my PlayStation 2 like my dad said I should. Big mistake. She called me a "fat, lazy c**t" and said she didn't raise me to be so selfish, that I was a terrible person by "begrudging [my] own mother" some money for food.

This was only the beginning of my financial obligations to her.
I told my dad that she had blackmailed me into lending her the money. He gave me an extra £40 to make up for what I'd lost and told my mother to return the money she'd taken to him by the end of the week or he'd report it as theft. Suffice it to say, she paid him back.
When it comes to money, my mother is ruthless. She's cold. Heartless. If you have more money than her, you've got too much and should therefore offer some up. She's the youngest of six children and was born incredibly premature (at 32 weeks in 1963). As a result, she was expected to live past the age of 10 (if what she's told me is to be believed). Regardless of if that's true or not, her older siblings all spoiled her from the moment she was born. Whatever she wanted, when she wanted it, she got - right up until my maternal grandfather died in 2009. It should be quite obvious where her intense sense of entitlement stems from. You can't no to her or she'll start crying, or get angry and call you names. Well, she used to call me names if I said no, before I grew a spine and began standing up to her, but there'll be more on that later. Now, saying no to her results in a face liked a slapped arse and then a vicious phone call to the nearest available relative when I'm not in the house. But that's water off a duck's back. I'm used to it now.
S was already known for being aggressive, verbally and physically abusive; she used to punch, kick and scratch all of us - my mother, my sister, and even me, her little brother who was ten years younger than her. Seeing my mother hit me with the paddle was the straw that broke the camel's back, and my dad went immediately to a family court and applied for custody of me. He was told that, due to his history, he would be unable to obtain custody of me - and that's where my paternal aunt came in. At 21, she stepped up and represented my dad in court, and was granted temporary full custody of me for the year during which the custody battle took place. Living with her for the year was just like spending a year at my dad's. He saw me every day. Spent time with me. Bought me those wonderful bath toys. Basically spoiled me. And it wasn't just him doing so much for me, either! My paternal grandparents, my aunt - regular trips to the seaside, toys, games, treats, clothes, regular baths, an actual childhood. My school reports drastically improved. While my learning progress had always yielded glowing results and praise from my teachers, there's one slight change that sticks out to me: "since moving to live with his aunt, [my name] regularly comes to school smiling, eager and clean". But since all good things have to come to an end, the year was up and the court case adjourned. S was ordered to move out of home. And she did - into our next door neighbour's house. But since the conditions of the order had been met, I had to move back in with my mother despite my own protests and insistence to my social workers that I didn't want to live with my mother. But I can understand why they didn't take me at my word; my mother had visitation rights to me during the year at my aunt's - either she could come to my aunt's to see me, or I could go to her house if S was out of the house.
She didn't like that. She didn't see why she should have to "move mountains" just to see her own son. And S didn't see why she should have to uproot her life just for me. So I didn't get to see my mother for a full month until the social worker warned her that she would lose custody of me if she didn't even attempt to see me. But that wasn't enough to convince her. My dad told my mother directly that, since I was living with my aunt now, she was no longer entitled to receive the Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit money from the government for me. When she realised that she was losing out on £80 a week, that was when she started actually giving a shit and arranged for S to leave the house while I visited her. During these visits, I was subjected to long hours of crocodile tears and lectures about why what my dad was doing was "evil" (taking a child away from his mother) and began spreading the rumour that my aunt had kidnapped me because she couldn't have any children of her own (which is obviously bullshit, because my aunt does have a son of her own now). And right up until I turned 19, my mother insisted that my paternal grandmother regretted "allowing" my dad to "do what he did". I spoke to my grandmother about this. She told me it was all lies, which I had already gathered, and stopped herself short of screaming down the phone at my mother. Do you want to know what makes this even worse? My mother had come into the habit of relying on her for money on a weekly basis - and both my parents had split up almost two decades prior!!! So my grandmother shut that down. She collected the final amounts of money that my mother owed her and that was it. No more lending. Oddly enough, they fell out of contact shortly afterwards. Just another example of my mother using people for money.
It was around this time that my troubled upbringing's latent effects really started taking hold. I was crippled with severe anxiety and depression, and had an intense fear of loneliness. Despite the year where I felt truly loved by my dad's family, the rest of my childhood had been spent in isolation - never receiving any praise or love or anything of the sort from my mother, and getting only verbal and physical abuse from my peers at school. I didn't know what healthy love looked like. Truth be told, I'm still only half-sure of what healthy love is but can't pinpoint it when I see it. My first (and currently only) boyfriend came into the fold. He took one look at the smouldering ruins of my family life and decided he would stick by me through all the drama and tension. Because of this, I idolised him. He embodied everything I ever wanted. He "rescued" me. Of course, the relationship was very unhealthy. We were together for two years before I managed to free myself from my mental health issues (two years of freedom last month, woohoo!), and a further one-and-a-half years before I realised that he was emotionally abusive as well. I've always struggled with my weight. He told me on many occasions that I was being selfish by not losing weight when he asked me to. He figured that demanding I lose weight was him showing tough love. But it wasn't. Saying "it's unfair for you to expect me to want to be with you when I'm just going to outlive you" isn't tough love. It's abuse. And once I got over my depression and anxiety, he would insist that I still had mental health issues if I was having a bad day, almost to a point as if he needed me to have mental health issues so he could find purpose. I got the hell out. And I'm happy now. Not necessarily happy to be single, because this life does get very lonely sometimes, but happy to not have that negativity there anymore. And I can lose weight in my own time. I've lost it before. I can lose it again.
Back on-topic, though. When the depression first started, I self-harmed briefly. My mother found out and instead of asking me what was wrong, she asked why I wasn't thinking of her or how she'd feel, and that she didn't raise me to be an attention seeker. I didn't have the energy to argue with her. But I didn't self-harm from then on either because she would've made it all about herself again. And that's a recurring problem with her. Everything has to come back to her.

You have money? "I'd do if I had "
I spoke to her a few months ago about my struggles after my breakup. "Well, I guess you'll just end up like your mother and be single forever"

And no matter what happens, whether it involves her or not, she always, always has an opinion. I'm on a three-month probationary period at a local supermarket and can't afford to take days off in case they don't renew my contract. My mother thinks I'm letting the store walk all over me and told me to grow a spine. She wouldn't listen when I tried explaining my situation to her. She doesn't even care about listening. All she cares about is being heard even when not asked.
I mentioned that she acts like a petulant child. In recent years, her obsession with money has intensified beyond mention. Once I started university, I began receiving student finance - roughly £2,700 every three months. I decided to stay at home because it was much cheaper (though I'm beginning to wonder...). I told her I'd give her £30 a week to go towards rent and utilities, and we'd split the internet, TV and phone bill, while we would each be responsible for buying our own food. She then demanded:

£30 rent
£20 utilities
£20 food for her, while still buying my own
£20 luxury money

I blew my top with her. Shouting. Screaming. Swearing. Calling her names. Everything had built up to a point - from the moment I turned 19 and her benefits ended, it became my responsibility to feed her, power her house, clothe her (I even lent her £50 for clothes a couple of months ago, and only £12 went on clothes while the rest went on fucking *bingo***), basically ensure that she can live comfortably with as little responsibility as possible. She takes loans out regularly and borrows more than she can realistically repay without bankrupting herself. Most of them she pays a pitiful £1 a week for. She's been summoned to court for not paying TV Licence. She's in rent arrears despite only having to pay something like £12 a week while the government covers the rest for her. She has a total debt of over £10,000 and in 2003, she started a Christmas savings fund. People on our street - her friends, neighbours, and their friends and neighbours - all saving up over £2,000 with her. And what did she do? She spent it all on Christmas gifts, food hampers, Christmas decorations, redecorating the house, paying her own debts. She ripped at least 30 people off and hardly any of them will dare speak to her. Our windows were smashed with bricks and other debris. We've since moved away from that street but my mother keeps herself to herself because everyone in our area knows her and what she's done. She's tried ripping off everyone she knows and continues to do so with me. But I know what her tricks are. I know how her mind works. I'm completely and totally fed up with her and desperately need to leave as soon as I can. I'm heading into my final year of university next month but even with student finance and my part-time job, I'm not going to have enough money to move out right away.
There's so much left to say but I've already taken up too much space with my story. I'll answer any questions you may have; there's a lot to take in here, and not all of it is in chronological order. I've probably missed out a load of important details and incidents but there's just too much to remember all at once. I'll try and wrap this up quickly by getting to the point of this post in the first place.
I consider myself to be a lovely person. Friendly, approachable, caring. Even generous. And yet, I can't help feeling as if I've turned the tables on my mother. Like I'm the abusive narcissist and she's the one having to suffer through me. I see a counsellor regularly and she has told me on numerous occasions that my mother is the source of many of my problems. But with how rapidly angry I become with my mother, and because telling her no in as many awful ways as possible whenever she asks for anything brings me great pleasure, I can't help wondering if I've become the narcissist. Or if my mother is just a garden-variety abusive parent and not really narcissistic. I will definitely hold my hands up and admit that the way I've begun acting towards her is extremely unfair at times, possibly bordering on abusive in its own right. But I feel justified by it. Terrible, but justified. I've done so much for her in the past and she has shown zero gratitude, only asking for more and more until I physically have nothing else to give and then continuing to do so anyway because "she's my mother". My uncle asked if I was going to be giving her more money each week now that I'm working and she immediately began crying, telling him that my selfishness really hurts her and that I'm completely unwilling to help her. I'm not. I gave her five months of the rent money we'd agreed on (£35 a week for my room and utilities, and I would buy my own food) back in April and she blew it all on bingo within six weeks. I've been single-handedly supporting the two of us ever since with about £1,600 of student finance to last those five months (before bills and my own debts are to be paid) and the wages I've been getting since I started work in June. We're currently living month-to-month and my wages don't even stretch the full four weeks because my mother likes to take my bank card to pick up other unnecessary groceries, costing me a further £30 each week on average despite our regular grocery bill coming to £50 - more than enough for two adults. I can't afford to keep paying £80 a week on groceries and she knows I can't. She just doesn't care. And even though I'm buying the milk, I'm not allowed to use it all because she "needs" her half-dozen cups of tea every day. If it's anyone else who's asking for help - if it's one of my friends - I don't even think twice about helping. Hell, I've been known to buy meals for my friends when they've come to hang out but haven't had a lot of money spare. And I'm always buying full carrier bags of food for any homeless people I find on the streets. I don't think I'm a bad person at all. So why does my mother have me feeling like I'm the most immovable, selfish prick on the planet?

As Mayer Amschel Rothschild used to say "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes her laws." Ok, old Amschel was a bit short sighted or maybe he just thought everyone would laugh at him if, instead of nations, he spoke of a whole planet's money, but we'll let it go.
Now that they have already stepped in and shown the music and mobile handset industries how to adapt or die in the internet age, Apple's modus operandi for the foreseeable future will be to write the rules and monopolise the world of mobile digital payments. But in doing so are they setting themselves up to be beaten at their own game? The music industry spent years fighting the inevitable and losing. Will Apple make the same mistake?
Apple's obviously successful strategy has been to develop, fund the development of and licence the latest technologies, package them up in a way that make them irresistible and sell them to people who can use them straight out of the box, no questions asked, giving them everything they didn't know they wanted. But there's a pretty good technology out there that they probably admire and that most people don't yet know they want only Apple can't really get their hands on it.
Now, if I were running Apple, sitting on a $100bn pile of crappy cash, I'd take a few of those billions and start quietly buying Bitcoins over the next few years through that small offshore subsidiary that no one ever asks about - maybe trying to accumulate, say, 20% of the Bitoins that will ever exist (at what price is another debate). At the same time I'd spend another few billion putting my clever and creative resources to work developing every possible layer of applications they can imagine that would allow Bitcoin to become the de-facto internet medium of exchange and payment network.
Then I'd give those clever and very highly paid chaps in the legal department a call and tell em to get on with a legal test case for their use that will either ratify or destroy the use of peer-to-peer crypto-currencies under US jurisdiction. Why? Because I'd have nothing to lose apart from a few billion soon to be worthless dollars (how much did Facebook drop on Instagram again?).
If Bitcoin or its like is, lets say, inconvenienced by new laws outlawing it in the US, most other western nations would likely try to do the same and Apple could just get on with its Plan A of destroying the credit card and bank payment systems. Apple win, to a degree anyway.
Or, if Bitcoin or its like is ratified under US law - Bingo. Apple win. They may not control the planet's money but they will have their hands on a fair chunk of it at a price that all other new comers could only dream of and its little investment would explode. At the same time, at the flick of a switch, they'd be ready to provide all the idiot proof, user friendly Bitcoin services the world needs.
Why won't Apple do this? Because they know the dangers of bringing the subject into the mainstream. Firstly, their attempt to get their hands on a sufficient number of Bitcoins off a bunch of early adopters who have no real desire to sell would most likely push the Bitcoin price to such a level that the whole world would start to hear about it before any legal cases had begun. Secondly, even if they did manage to quietly get their hands on them before legal proceedings started, the legal case itself would hang around in the press for some time. Even if Bitcoin was then outlawed in a number of controlling western states, every conceivable argument against them would have been played out in public, with the case "for" being argued by one of the world's my trusted brands. If made illegal, the Bitcoin price might crash for a while but it would still exist and have an unimaginable new audience, educated on every aspect of its workings.
Which can only bring us to the conclusion that, like the music industry did, they will just bury their heads in the sand and hope it just goes away. Good luck with that Apple. Old man Rothschild wasn't wrong you know.

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