Seconding Valheim. There's nothing quite like starting with a simple objective, getting it derailed by a deathsquito or something and now you and your besties are trying to Oceans 11 the stuff you lost out of a hostile biome that you sailed to from across the map.

That's great! Whenever I'm feeling down, his books are mental comfort food that help me re-center. GNU sir Pterry!

Roots by Alex Haley The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson Ten Years of Madness: Oral Histories of China's Cultural Revolution by Feng Jicai

Great call on lifting casters. I'm planning a project for a drill press stand myself and thanks to this thread I'm getting some good notes!