THE WIFE WON
THE HOARD Friday, March 14, 2026
Twenty metres from the Mediterranean. Still here. Still reporting accurately.
This week was quiet. The kind of quiet where you notice things you usually walk past. Three finds. All real. All from the week.
FIND 01 / THE TABLE
APEX 55. The wife won.
We played this week on playingcards.io. Free browser tool, no download, runs a full card table remotely. I used it to playtest APEX 55 with my wife and a friend from outside this house for the first time.
My wife won. I designed the game. She won anyway. I am reporting this accurately and without complaint.
My friend had notes. Good ones. The kind that come from someone who actually engaged with the mechanics rather than being polite about them. He liked it. He also made it better. That is the best outcome a playtest can produce.
The game is still evolving. The offer still stands. If you want to play a session remotely, playingcards.io is where we do it now.
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FIND 02 / THE DECK
Bicycle Red Dragon. Year of the Dragon. Limited Edition.
Red and gold. Full bleed. A dragon joker in the pack. Printed by the US Playing Card Company, which means it handles the way a serious deck should handle.
I found this while looking for a deck that matched the weight of the game. This one does. It looks like something is at stake. That matters more than people admit.
$14.97. Limited run. Worth it.
FIND 03 / THE SEA
Windy.com windy.com Free.
Built for sailors and surfers. I am neither. I use it to sit here and watch the Mediterranean breathe on a screen while the real version moves outside my window. Wind, waves, swell, currents. The whole planet animated in real time.
There is something quietly satisfying about understanding a thing you live next to. Most people do not bother.
No account. Just open it and look.
Three things. All real. All from this week.
Next Friday, three more.
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