The Supply Shock Well this is nothing new, we expected this, the eventual supply shock due to the Land Cards have hit Praetoria. It was quick and readily visible in the wood supply curve below. It is easy

Baja California Sur: 2.0 In fact, I have been here more than two times (I think I remember four times, it could be one higher as well). The reason for the title is this post from 2022. I was checking

The Debate The debate surrounding price controls and mandated distribution fundamentally pits the efficiency of the free market against the goals of equity and access. Proponents of a pure free market

Stone is ROI Negative (Currently) The Lands SPL website sports a new alert at the player overview dashboard. It is fairly sleek and timely. If you are not living under a rock (stone), you probably know

Flavor of the Month! Got Wood? "Flavor of the Month" is an idiom for something currently trendy or popular but expected to fade quickly That flavor is favor! Industries goes in and out of favor,

What a day! Yesterday around 11am my time (Dec 05, 2025) the land cards sale opened to general public of Splinterlands. This was a limited mint of 100K common grain card Tireless Farmhand (and also a rare,

Cleaning House If you read my previous post, you may know that I am working or crafting the new land cards. The main element of the process to me, if better organization of your land plots. Mine is just

First Card I have spend some time on the new land card crafting. It is not nearly enough but I have made some progress. Again, the reference post is this one. Last night after work, I tried to craft the

The Glass Ceiling This is a Splinterlands land related post where I will be reflecting both on my hope and frustration on the eve of a major land update. I am looking forward to the four land cards as

Hanalei Bay I am at Kauai this week. It is the northernmost island of the Hawaiian islands where tourists can go. I checked worldmappin and I see that there are 3 pins only! I have been here many times

The Painful Necessity of Burning What We Built I am thinking about Cinder. I am still not sure if I will craft all the land cards mentioned in the latest post. Yet, if I do it or not, it is better to be

The Japan Within My Parting Memories I kind of didn't wrap up the Japan trip here on chain, which is not the right thing to do. Yet, the last few days of Japan trip was fast. I went to the southern most

A Caution for Praetoria I have been looking of land resource chart daily for a long time. The time we started keeping the data and making the chart. In fact, I am the one who made the first charts with

When Genius Fails I have been reading the famous book When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management. This was written in 2000 by Roger Lowenstein, who was a journalist and writer

Land Card Update It is time to publish a land card update post. I don't know how many of you land players of Splinterlands got a full grasp of it, but I don't. Yet, over the last couple of days I am trying

Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taikodani Inari-jinja Shrine I had to give myself a break in writing yesterday. It is for two reason, one I had no time and second I like to give myself a break. Even in case of excellent

The Eternal Wait: Okunoin in Rain, Mist, and the Shadow of Basho Yesterday I spent the whole day at Koyasan. Most of the time at Okunoin Cemetery. It is probably the most atmospheric place I have visited

A Samurai's Stride Yesterday was a bit blurry as I was busy passing through the great city of Osaka and its subway system! Yeah, that is how detached this post will be relative to the title. I was just

When the East Wind Blows Yesterday, I have walked 26K steps through different monuments of Nara, and I am overwhelmed both physically and emotionally. So if I drift all over the place while I write this

Fushimi Inari Taisha I have only heard about Fushimi Inari Taisha from my older daughter 2 years back when she visited the shrine during of her extended school trip of Japan. I have been always fascinated