u/Asshai

The experience that my group will like the most is DTA (we prefer co-op, and we're often 3 players), but even the publisher recommends knowing the base game first, so that's what we'll do: purchase 1 or 2 characters each, and get to know the game in standard 1v1 sessions first.

1. A lot of S1/S2 boxes are currently out of stock at all my local FLGS, with upcoming Hero Packs announced on their website instead. At first I thought the Hero Packs were for new characters, but I saw an upcoming Hero Pack for the S1 characters too. Will the standard 2-character boxes go out of print and be replaced by that new product line?

2. A few characters were "patched", like the Huntress, and I've seen that I can print her updated version on the official website, do we know if the Hero Packs will contain the updated material for these characters?

3. Generally speaking do you recommend that I get the currently available boxes, or since they're being released in the upcoming weeks I'd better wait for the Hero Packs? ... In any case I assume that I should avoid the S1 boxes that are not the Rerolled version, right?

4. What's the consensus on the promo packs, if I try to hunt down the DTA promo pack for the minions/loot, is it a good idea, or wasted effort (it's no longer listed in any FLGS, so it's gonna be Marketplace)?

Je me souviens de mon premier vrai roman: L'aigle qui n'avait plus qu'une tête, écrit par Hitchcock (mais pas vraiment j'imagine), un livre de la Bibliothèque Verte. C'était plein de mystère et d'aventure, j'avais adoré et ça a assurément contribué à me donner le virus de la lecture...

... Maintenant j'ai une fille de 8 ans. Pour la 1ere fois elle a pris un roman en librairie, mais c'était une saga en 3 tomes de 300 pages chacun, je lui ai conseillé peut être de commencer par quelque chose de plus atteignable. Sauf qu'elle n'a pas trouvé la perle rare. Donc finalement elle a pris complètement autre chose (un atlas junior et un livre illustré).

J'ai cherché sur Babelio mais leur tranche d'âge est de 7 à 12, il n'y a pas de critère plus fin. Et entre 7 et 12 les compétences de lecture changent du tout au tout...

Bref, je serais content d'avoir des recommandations: quel serait un bon premier roman selon vous, SVP? Je pensais 200-250 pages environ, avec des personnages féminins forts, axé aventure, mystère, ou sorcellerie (des thèmes qui lui plairont assurément!)... et avec une vraie conclusion, et pas un "à suivre", afin qu'elle ait un vrai sentiment d'accomplissement à l'issue de cette lecture!

At a point in my life closer to my birth than my current age, I felt angry and disgusted at myself, and because of that anger I took a knife and cut my forearms. A lot. I have around 100 scars on my forearms.

I changed a lot, of course, I have a great wife now, and an amazing kid (F7)... who asks just the kind of question that is difficult to answer. So two days ago she asked "what are those scars?", I told her it was getting late and I'd need time to give a proper answer. This morning she reminded me, thankfully it was on the way to school.

And... I honestly don't know what to say, or if I should say anything at all. The thing is, my mother has scars on her wrists, one day when I was a kid I asked what they are, she said "one day I was mad at your father, and I punched through the window, it was really a stupid thing to do". And for the longest time, I accepted that answer and didn't really put it into perspective. But when I did, it struck me as obvious that these aren't "broken glass" scars. These are cuts, probably back from before I was even conceived. My family doesn't really talk about our feelings so I never got the opportunity to discuss this with my mom. And of course my main and only thought now is to stop that cycle, and make sure my kid remains as joyful and carefree as possible for the longest time.

So I don't know what to tell her. I could refuse to answer, tell her she's too young, except I've always found a way to provide an age-appropriate answer for each and every question she threw at me. Or I could lie, except I really don't want to do what my mother did, I think that lie will be similar to a wall built between my kid and I and will make every discussion about her mental health when she's a teen more difficult. Or I could say the truth, but how, to what extent, what kind of word to use... I don't know. I just don't want to let her down.

So I'd really appreciate any help, please.