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Latin Roots — Out NowLarge vocabularies are not built one word at a time.They build from the root buried inside a word and the prefix bolted to the front. Latin Roots hands you that machinery. Learn a single root — par, to make ready or make equal — and a dozen words open at once: prepare, repair, compare, parity, disparage, even emperor and rampart. — 500 cards, 1,000 words, across five tiers that climb from transport to perfidious and stringent. Every card shows the root, its Latin source, and exactly how the parts assemble, with synonyms and antonyms to place each word precisely, and clean Piper audio on every word and example.The complete word list, every reference lesson, and a playable boss-fight demo are free on the website for Latin Roots and all material in the FlashBoss catalogue — browse the curriculum before you buy. Latin Roots is the classical and scientific layer of the Roots Series, sitting alongside German Roots and Norman Roots.Boss fight demo The word list The lessons The website updatesThe whole site has been rebuilt, or is undergoing renovation. The headline addition is the Word Lists page: free, printable vocabulary lists for every FlashBoss language — English, Italian, German, Spanish, and Esperanto — the most useful words in each, frequency-ranked and grouped into thematic clusters across five tiers, each paired with its English translation.Closing the season — Italian Pareto 2, June 11Italian Pareto 2 is in final editing and goes on sale June 11. That's the last drop — it closes out the release run that's been shipping since Easter. By then FlashBoss will have its full planned catalogue across five languages.One outstanding bugThe Grimoire is awarding double Drive in German (at least — possibly elsewhere). A fix is coming shortly. In the meantime: bank the streak protection while it lasts.Steam Summer Sale: June 25 – July 9 — all FlashBoss content 20% off for the full two weeks, with a free text-to-speech generation window arriving in time f...

The free English content path is now completeFlashBoss is a progressive vocabulary builder with spaced repetition flashcards and gamified boss fights as the mastery testing and card-purging mechanism. Every foreign language pack targets the same destination: the high-frequency vocabulary that carries around 90% of real text, roughly 3,000 words per language. The English format is described below:English Advance — A2 / 6th Grade / Core Skills500 cards. The base.Filling out forms. Reading official letters and understanding what they're asking of you. Writing letters and emails without issues. A series of short review lessons, with a focus on the structural rules of writing — capitalization, paragraphs, basic structure.Don't allow language skills to be a factor in your success. English Adept — B2 / 8th Grade / Advanced Skills1,000 cards. The superstructure.Places you for university entry. Critical thinking vocabulary. Synonyms and antonyms for the words you've already learned. More advanced grammar shown in actual use. Vocabulary for precision and clear articulation of cognition, emotion and intention.Other NewsBug fixesPreviously Flagged: Mac Launch bug. Status: FixedMac was launching in the background and you had to find the terminal and click on it. Amateur hour is over. If you have any issues, please contact me at flashbosscontact@gmail.comNew finds and fixes:The Vault: the backup profile was losing master information on save. If you have any issues with saving or backing up, or restoring profiles, please contact me. The big one, and I'm sorry. The streak buffer from drive wasn't working in the case where you completed a few cards but fewer than your daily streak target. More than zero, less than streak. I cost myself with this bug. I was reviewing German myself and lost a substantial streak.Remaining Known Bugs:The vault is not cloud saving between machines. If you back up a profile on one machine, it will be missing on your other machine. I am actively working on...

On the bugs themselves:The early build had issues that went beyond rough edges. Some users have experienced more serious hiccups, including display and save state issues. These have been completely addressed in the latest release. If you have experienced issues, my apologies. Please start new with a fresh profile.What's fixed:Steam Cloud saving. The major technical hurdle and the source of most early frustration: master selection bugs, profile-switching issues, unstable save state. All completely fixed.Full audio caching is now built in. Generates pack audio up front for instant playback during sessions. See the Help menu, Option 8 from profile selection.Boss fight audio. Hear the drums of war as you face off.Formatting issues across the interface. All addressed.One known issue remaining:On macOS, the terminal window doesn't take focus when FlashBoss launches. You have to click Terminal in the dock to bring it forward. A fix is in development and will ship with the final language packs.On the release schedule:Italian Pareto 2 and Latin Roots will land after the Mother's Day weekend, a few days behind schedule. This closes the content release season for FlashBoss.Coming to the website over the next month:Full word lists for every pack are being published on dedicated language pages — browse the entire vocabulary curriculum freely, organized by cluster, with English translations.Bug hunting season is open.The system is ready for serious play. If you tried FlashBoss earlier and set it aside because something wasn't working, now is a good time for a second try.If you find anything broken — no matter how small — I want to know. Reply here, make an error report at the website, or email. Newly reported errors will be compensated with a dlc pack of your choice within a week of confirmation. Factual errors in the card and lesson content can also receive rewards.flashbosscontact@gmail.com. Every bug reported from this point forward will be addressed in the next patch cycle.An...