Paul Beakley interesting. I’ve had great con games where I was proud of my contributions, and I blame that on having a table of awesome players. In a game with (ugh what’s a way to not sound negative?) less bold players, my own play also seems to falter.

Really terrible metaphor for this venue, but I almost wonder if it’s like the sport of olympic weightlifting – you can learn it on your own but it’s going to be ugly and inefficient until you get some hands on help from a real coach.