From: Blake, CEO Yang-3
To: Yang Board of Directors
CC: Yang Public Relations Director
Subject: Solar Standard Year Report & Resignation

We are Krill.  I am the Fighter Bird, charged with leading our war parties. We, the Krill, are many and through our hive mind, we are one. Our home, The Nest, is a massive ship with an enclosed sun. It provides all of our needs. Through cohesion we prosper, through cohesion we grow closer to the Source of Life, through cohesion we survive.

It is a time of strife in the ancient world. The peoples of Greece and Rome have been at an uneasy standoff for a generation. By the Spear of Ares, that will change.

By Thel’s Light, we survive. By Thel’s Light, we thrive. For Jasmine, For Thel, for all. Thel is good.

I dart down the halls of the Dione. Once filled with festive party goers, she's now home to the overwhelming majority of colonists who have embarked on this mission. As I approach the bridge, I pass our Councilman and Chief Engineer and they're escorting…. My dead body?

The following is a guest post by Bradford Hendrickson. Thank you to Bradford for writing The Casual Area’s first guest post!

This past Saturday I stepped into the role of “Ace Diamond, Global Journalist” for the Dallas MegaGames’ December 2022 run of Watch the Skies.

Megagames require a hefty investment in time and that investment is paid off with Mega Memories. The unique intersection of huge groups of people, divided into teams, further divided into separate roles and crossing paths in weird and unusual ways creates memories that, for me, are unmatched by other forms of gaming.

What exactly is a Megagame?

This question is far more difficult to answer than it should be, but here it goes.

A Megagame is part role-playing game, part board game, part social deduction game where 30+ people are separated into teams working towards specific goals.