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Author Topic: Free resources to help keep you busy while you stay at home during the pandemic  (Read 6178 times)

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« Last Edit: April 03, 2020, 01:29 AM by panzer »

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SNIPR is a 2 to 4 players turn-based sniper combat simulation (board game):
https://www.tomcooks.com/projects/snipr/

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Useful info - thanks for sharing  :)

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You are welcome.

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AirSend free keeps everything organized in one place so that you can get work done faster and better (if you sign in before April 15th, you get Pro version for one year for free):
https://www.airsend.io/

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ (free until April 20th)

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Play a real board game you own over video chat:
http://www.dealme.cards/

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Play my implementation of the great Codenames Duet game via print-and-play with a friend over the phone, internet, email, text chat, etc.:
https://www.donation...enames-play-on-paper

cduet.pngFree resources to help keep you busy while you stay at home during the pandemic

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Play board games online:
https://en.boardgamearena.com/

There are several of those-

http://www.amarriner.com/#/ (the games are down right now, but played a lot of roads and boats there)
http://brass.orderofthehammer.com/
http://www.spielbyweb.com/
http://www.boardgaming-online.com/
https://www.yucata.de/en/
http://www.mabiweb.com/index.php (my love for In the Shadow of the Emperor came from too many games there)

There's also https://www.michaels...s.php?name=Game_Info, but I haven't played any games there.

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Chatfox Slack Bot (free for three months):
https://chatfox.app/

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Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Journey for free from April 15 through May 5:
https://blog.us.play...-at-home-initiative/

Assassin's Creed 2:
https://store.ubi.co...on&source=detail (free until April 17th)

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Github Sattelite:
https://githubsatellite.com/ (free until the end of the year)

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"... For many years, Netflix has allowed teachers to screen documentaries in their classrooms. However, this isn’t possible with schools closed. So at their request, we have made a selection of our documentary features and series available on the Netflix US YouTube channel ...":
https://media.netfli...tional-documentaries

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Free book writing course, worth 5000 $, is now free. You also get a free e-book:
https://scribewriting.com/bookschool/

https://scribewritin.../scribe-method-book/ (if you only want the book)
« Last Edit: April 24, 2020, 08:16 AM by panzer »

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Free book writing course, worth 5000 $, is now free. You also get a free e-book:
https://scribewriting.com/bookschool/

https://scribewritin.../scribe-method-book/ (if you only want the book)

Keep in mind that they're trying to sell you something.  There are several horror stories out there about these types of 'publishers' where you pay them a small 'fee' to publish your book.

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"Become a WordPress Developer" now free:
https://www.indiehac...oper-free-6c0e356b6f

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CodeTogether - pair programming from anywhere (PRO features are free during Covid epidemic):
https://codetogether.com
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