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Harriet Cooper

@hmflowerpot.bsky.social

French/German to English translator: Board games, literature, international development. Written reviews, playtesting, rules editing. (She/her)

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Harriet Cooper@hmflowerpot.bsky.social · last yr.

Tonight's gaming: K2. First playthrough. Enjoying it so far, but then no-one has fallen from the mountain and plummeted to their death yet. Totally different from yesterday's Happy Little Dinosaurs.

Partway through playing a board game about climbing the mountain K2.
Katy Derbyshire@katyderbyshire.bsky.social · last yr.

Whole book “translated” for $100? You get what you pay for, and if you don’t understand what makes human translators valuable, maybe you don’t value the creative work that goes into the writing process either. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators

UK-based GlobeScribe is charging $100 per book, per language for use of its services, but translators say that nuanced work can only be produced by humans

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Harriet Cooper@hmflowerpot.bsky.social · last yr.

Just won at Rattus Cartus because the other two players went bust with too many rats at the end. I knew it would be low so only had 3 rats. Hahahahaha Yeah I'm a bad winner ... but I don't often get the opportunity to gloat. So I'm making the most of it 🙃

Game of Rattus Cartus. The players need to have 4 or fewer rats at the end in this game, but that number is hidden until final scoring.I don't have as many points on the scoreboard as the other two players, but they both went bust with too many rats. I only had 3 rats.
Harriet Cooper@hmflowerpot.bsky.social · last yr.

We have hundreds of games. A well -stocked shelf of opportunity. Happy to plough days into a complex game with lots of minis. We know our way around BGA if we ever needed something new to play. So what did we play last night? Llama. For the hundredeth time.

Harriet Cooper@hmflowerpot.bsky.social · last yr.

Someone asked "what's the most boring subject for a game?" and I commented "a telephone hotline game". Then I had an idea for a luck-based dice game for it. Technically that makes me a game designer. I think I'd best stick to the day job, generally. Enjoy ;) hcoopertranslations.co.uk/free-print-a...

Free Print and Play

Insure-A-Lot: A Print and Play game for one or more players. Welcome to the Insure-A-Lot helpline. Your call is important to us. Choose from the

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Harriet Cooper@hmflowerpot.bsky.social · 2y ago

[1830] Harrie's railway empire is going okay, so far. Trains are getting a bit pricey now. My corporations are Erie, and Chesapeake & Ohio. It's only our 4th game I think. Does anyone recommend playing near New York etc, or have any tips there? Everyone seems to struggle with that area of the board.

Money and trains for me two corporations in the game 1830.My linked railway tracks near Lake Erie, in the game 1830.