Twelve bucks for a whole board? That's wild. I was looking at a busted unit last month and they wanted like forty. Makes me wonder what was wrong with your donor if it was that cheap, maybe the screen issue was already there.

Actually Python 3.8 and up throws a syntax error for that exact case... so it would break.

Holy cow, four hours with three new players? That's brutal. I can't even imagine trying to explain drafting on top of everything else in that game. The sheer number of cards alone is overwhelming for a first timer. Your cousin was totally right, that's like throwing someone into the deep end with weights tied to their ankles.

A whole vise jaw from a dull quarter inch cutter? That seems a bit much. Those jaws are solid steel and usually bolted on tight. A dull end mill might grab and break itself, but wrecking the vise hardware is a bigger claim. Maybe the setup was already loose or something else gave way first. It's hard to picture the tool being the only thing at fault there.

Wait, you start with plate tectonics for a small region map? That seems like overkill. Tectonics shape continents over millions of years, not a local valley. For a regional map, you'd just need the high ground the rain falls on.