Alex @Plane Sailing Games

@planesailinggames.com

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Ennie-nominated Designer and publisher of indie ttrpg games including A Cool and Lonely Courage https://planesailinggames.com/

Giant 200 year old plane trees drawn in ink. Tiny figures can be seen around the bottom of some of them. We don’t see the buildings, just the trees.
A Cool and Lonely Courage by Alex White. A photography of a painting of Virginia Hall, an SOE operative making a clandestine radio call
Tail-End Charlie, a solo game about the tail gunners of Bomber Command. On top of a black and white picture of the badly damaged tail gunner turret of an Avro Lancaster
Anakin and Padme meme template, but with no text added.
Two minions playing a very desultory game of football, with no effort
Low morning sunlight illuminating a five bar gate into a field
Dance (1898) by Alphonse Mucha - predominantly in yellows, I’m interested in the abstract background to this piece - the large circular frame in the centre, with nested circles and a border of circles, the corner frames and so on. These more than the actual female figure are what draw my eye here.
Pikes Peak Library District24 September 2023 Imagine yourself as a spy carrying out a mission during World War II. Join us for the immersive, engaging roleplaying game A Cool and Lonely Courage by Alex White and put yourself in the shoes of female operatives carrying out missions and crossing enemy lines, such as those portrayed in The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line (this year's All Pikes Peak Reads book). This program is thanks to a partnership between PPLD and UCCS' Kraemer Family Library. No previous experience or reading necessary. All materials provided.
Among the many soldiers of the 30th Infantry Division was David Thompson's paternal grandfather. "I remember holding my son, who was named after my grandfather, and who was just five months old at the time, in the water off Omaha Beach," Thompson recalls, "and thinking that I would really like to make a game about my grandfather's experiences."
The cover of Wryd Science, green science-fantasy characters in a bluish cavern filled with strange things
Meta argues that the number is so high that it has no parallel "in the history of consumer protection enforcement."
The shadow of a human hand were paint has been blown around it, like some of the oldest cave paintings. Inside is the text ‘Human Made’
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The argument against is clear: England probably won’t win. Mexico have lost only two of the 89 matches they’ve played at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, and the Three Lions haven’t exactly been firing on all cylinders. But the argument in favour is equally clear: we’re good old-fashioned patriots. And so… If England lose against Mexico, we’ll refund every annual subscription taken out between now and kick-off
Inflation has many complex causes and dynamics, but this much should be obvious: when prices go up, and the profits go up, the price rise - the "inflation" is in part the result of greed — it's greedflation.
If there exists, in the text of your game, a phrase like "but if this doesn't work for your group, you can always decide to do something else!" or "but feel free to do something different if you prefer!" in reference to one of your game's mechanics, CUT IT OUT. STRIKE IT. REMOVE. DELETE. I WANT IT GONE. You do not need to give people permission to play your game differently. If they want to, they WILL. What YOU need is to be confident in the presentation of what you've done, and it will make them WANT to follow your rules. I understand the impulse to undercut yourself as a beginner designer, but DON'T DO IT.
An enormous, brightly lit carnival float with the “Road Block” in lights at the front, with a car leaping through the sign. I’m afraid my wits fail me in trying to describe all the lights, people and activity on this float. It is amazing
Two issues of wyrd science magazine. The bottom one has unusual mushroom art, the top one has a weird swords and ray guns feel to it with a man, a woman, and a small blobby alien with guns and swords.
European goldfinch with typical red face and golden wing patch
Smart Sci-fi citizens talking to a rough looking mechanic
Tango’s face squeezed between my knee and the edge of the couch
Black t shirt with Plane Sailing Games logo
Me on a train platform looking pensive. In the background a sign says my train leaves at 10:22
Spider-man (wearing a magic helmet) is talking to a horse SM: Whoa, are you a TALKING HORSE? H: All horses are talking horses. But I believe your helmet is allowing us to communicate. SM: Oh. Wow.
A European Robin hovers and lands on my outstretched hand
The cover of the book showing a badly shout up trail of a Lancaster bomber; includes the rear turret where the tail end Charlie would be sitting
Alcoholism Body Horror Bullying Cannibalism Casual Murder Childhood Abandonment Classism Dental Horror Disease Drug Abuse Epidemics/Pandemics Eye Injuries Graphic Injuries/Gore Harm to Bystanders Harm to Children Harm to Pet/Domestic Animals Harm to Pregnant People Harm to Wild Animals Homophobia/Transphobia Intimate Partner Violence Kink/BDSM Medical Horror Mind Control PC Betrayal Racism Religion/Cults Rioting Romance Sex Work Sexism Sexual Assault/Sexual Violence Sexual Content Slavery Slurs Spiders Stalking Starvation Suicide Torture And Romance options.
Screenshot of the floating keyboard suggestions overlaying the text entry box in an app - so you either get rid of the suggestions bar or type without seeing what is going on!
language for English (Conada) and English (Philippines) Faster AirPlay connections to Apple TV and HomePod Improved Top Results in Mail More relevant Spotlight search suggestions Filter photos and videos in Shared Albums Web audio no longer interrupts system audio Undo and redo Home Screen edits in ipados Faster PDF saving More document formats in Previow Add keywords to photos and videos in Photos Drawing in Notes in macOS New keyboard layout for Slovenian and Estonian Control Center access in iPhone Mirroring Audio scrubbing in CarPlay Now Playing More accurate stop tracking on Apple Watch Extra-large widgets in Today viow in iPadOS Live Activity for Precision Finding with Friends Better battery efficiency on Apple Watch Smart downloads on Apple TV Else if support in Shortcuts Faster board proviews in Freeform Sort by completod Fitnass+ workouts Faster message loading in Mail Improved connectivity for Thread home accessories Option-click to secondary sort Automatic punctuation when typing on muttilingual keyboards Faster smart home accossory update More efficient amergency alert monitoring AppleCare coverage details in Settings intOS More intuitive journaling streaks Natural language time formats for Chinose and Hindi More consistant window positioning persistence across extornal displays Updated video podcasts experiance in macos Enhanced power officiency for Safari in iOS and macoS Improved game controller settings Easier reading and editing of PDFs using VoiceOver Drawing app in Messages Faster data updates in the Health app Call Recording transcriptions support for Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuque: Improved battery insights Smoother scrolling in App Library Improved navigation in Game Overlay Smoother unlocking on iPhone Faster window closing in iPadOS Improved performance in Apple News Use your panoramas for Environments in visionOS Edge-to-edge sidebars More reliable right-to-left text editing in Freeform Find offloaded media in Me…
Another reason for the decline in student reading capability is increasing reliance on generative AI. In June 2025, Nataliya Kosmyna and colleagues at the MIT Media Lab released a preprint titled “Your Brain on ChatGPT.” They divided 54 participants into three groups writing SAT-style essays — one using ChatGPT, the second group using a search engine, the last group using nothing — and monitored brain activity with a 32-channel EEG. The ChatGPT group showed the lowest neural connectivity of the three, with up to 55 percent reduced connectivity compared with the brain-only group, and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.” Eighty-three percent of LLM users could not quote a single line from essays they had written minutes earlier. When the LLM group was forced to write without AI in a follow-up session, their brain activity did not bounce back to baseline; the researchers coined the term “cognitive debt” for the lingering deficit.
Four panels of someone handwriting on an apple newton 1. I am writing a test sentence / Siam fighting atomic sentry 2. I am writing a test sentence / Ian is riding a taste sensation 3. I am writing a test sentence!! / I am writing a test sentence! 4. Catching on? / Egg freckles?
Eccentric Millionaire: I've invited you to my private island because I crave the deadliest game... Me: (nodding) Knife Monopoly Eccentric Millionaire: I was actually going to hunt you for sport, but now I'm really interested in whatever Knife Monopoly is
Photo of the Niagara Falls taken from the maid of the mist boat. They are huge from this perspective
This is a donut which goes LG, G, CG, C, CE, E, LE, L with no sign of a 'neutral' anywhere.
A ring with LG, NG, CG, CN, CE, NE, LE, LN around the outside, and a whole in the middle
Poppies with fields of wheat in the background, leading up to a small wood on a hill
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The word shapes of the rocks, making strange squat towers
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Cover of The Long Road Home - a forest lit by golden evening sunlight with a trail leading into the distance. The subtitle is What happens after the quest is over?
Photo of a european robin taken through a binocular eyepiece. It makes the photo heavily vignetted to the left.
a Swedish poster, Nautiskt Bildlexikon, covered with maritime images - sail boats, sextants, turrets with magazines and so forth
Hogfather cover with death riding the sleigh pulled by pigs while an assassin is by a chimney at the bottom
Expect Three Visitors - a dark cover with a 19th century drawing of Scrooge being visited by Marley’s ghost. A game about spirits, troubled lives, and the chance of redemption.
Golden light shines through woodland trees. The title is The Long Road Home. The subtitle is What happens after the quest is over?
A 19th century illustration of Scrooge being challenged by Marley by his fireside. The title Expect Three Visitors is in an ornate font
Question to Google: how many r's in 100 strawberries? Answer There are 400 'r's in 100 strawberries. Here is the breakdown: • 1 strawberry is spelled s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y, which contains 3 'r's. • Therefore, 100 strawberries contain 100 × 3 = 300 'r's. • The plural word "strawberries" contains 4 'r's (s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-i-e-s). • The phrase "100 strawberries" uses the word "strawberries" which has an extra 'r' compared to the singular form. So, counting the 'r's in the word strawberries 100 times adds up to 100 × 4 = 400 'r's. e If you are just counting the letter 'r' inside the physical or conceptual 100 strawberries, the answer is 300.
Small Hyundai Inster, seen from the front drivers quarter. Shows off the round front lights nicely
White cat filling a transparent bowl. Text says “liquids take the shape of the container while marinating a constant volume. That’s it. So cats are liquid
Temperature range today from a low of 16C at night to a high of 33C during the day
Baby squirrel close up
Three quarter moon, clearly showing ‘seas’
Patchwork Fez Game at 4-912, between vanguard tactics avenue an warhammer colour avenue!
Stand 3-570 on ULOOM AVENUE just off ARNESON STREET
Screen shot of the menu bar of apple notes - now it includes an Aa formatting menu to the write of the attachment paperclip. Previously it only had a chevron there which didn’t lead to the full Aa menu.
Vast pebbly beach at Aldeburgh
You are at the bottom of a ring of sheep looking down at you
Me wearing a black t shirt with a green hexagonal logo for plane sailing games