I foolishly posted in the 2021 thread as I’m behind the times, however I’m making some surprisingly quick progress after 2 weeks. A couple more off the unplayed shelf to sell still so that target will drop a touch.
Gaming streak is now up to 119 days. It turns out once you start it’s hard to justify stopping!
The new-to-me ones so far have been excellent (with the exception of STEM!)
One month down and it’s looking good for the year. Crazy busy the first two weeks so less played, but still did a huge chunk of the goals and kept my streak going. How you lot getting on?
Well, it is February already here (NZ always ahead of the times… if just by a few hours)
I managed to play Codenames 4 times on New Year’s Eve, but Omicron and red light all across the country has really dried out my gaming on the second half of January, and soloing has been taken over by the videogame version of Gloomhaven, which takes away my least favourite part of the game, the setting up.
Also, I have to add Tiny Epic Galaxies to the list of shame.
I have played a lot of games this month, by my humble standards. All remote, since Omicron is running rampant through Southern Ontario.
I’m going to try and see if I can convince my partner to try out Beyond the Sun with me soon, and I’d like to give Destinies another stab. Although we’ll probably finish Sleeping Gods first… we came very close, and then work picked up for both of us and we haven’t gone back to it yet.
Also, strictly speaking, I started a game of TI4, but I figure if I record the point I start PBF games, rather than when I finish them, it will make a bit more sense? I guess as long as I don’t double-dip it doesn’t really matter.
One down, 10 to go.
I still need to officially post a challenge yet!
I’m just about on track, but only because Three Sisters arrived at an opportune moment:
Okay, challenge created, and it’s a doozy, and unlikely to be completed.
10 x Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
10 x Spirit Island
10 x Marvel Champions
10 x Unmatched
5 x Arkham Horror the card game
5 x Tyrants of the Underdark
5 x High Society
5 x Night of the Ninja
5 x Hansa Teutonica
5 x Star Wars: Imperial Assault
5 x Lost Ruins of Arnak
5 x The Search for Planet X
1 x Unfathomable
1 x Troyes
1 x Kemet
1 x Inis
1 x Five Tribes
1 x Dungeon Petz
1 x Lowlands
1 x Downforce
1 x Raccoon Tycoon
1 x Star Wars: Outer Rim
1 x Exit: the Secret Lab
1 x Star Wars: Unlock
1 x World Monuments
1 x Tigris and Euphrates
1 x Princes of Florence
1 x Lawyer Up
1 x A War of Whispers
1 x Race for the Galaxy
1 x Mr. Jack
1 x Lost Cities
For a grand total of 100 plays. Most of the higher count games are going to be solo plays, but most everything else requires other people, or I feel will be more enjoyable with others. Many of the x1’s would be first time plays, in an effort to reduce my shelf of shame/opportunity, though there will still be more even if all of these do get played, so even though they are not part of the challenge, I hope to get more of them played as well.
END OF JANUARY
10x10
| Game | Plays |
|---|---|
| El Grande | 0 |
| Tigris & Euphrates | 1 |
| Stephenson’s Rocket | 0 |
| Inis | 0 |
| Senators | 0 |
| The Great Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Calimala | 1 |
| 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties | 2 |
| 1828 | 1 |
| 1860: Railways of the Isle of Wight | 1 |
20 New to Me
| Game | Played? |
|---|---|
| Wallenstein 2nd ed | No |
| Traders of Genoa | No |
| Warpgate | No |
| Magnate: First City | Yes |
| Argent: the Consortium | No |
| Pax Renaissance | No |
| Vinhos Deluxe | No |
| Ortus Regni | No |
| Kaivai | No |
| Versailles 1919 | No |
| In the Shadow of the Emperor | No |
| Senji | No |
| Import/Export | No |
| Path of Light & Shadow | No |
| Brick & Mortar | No |
| Amyitis | No |
| Ys | No |
| Qin | No |
| Dual Gauge | No |
| Harzbahn 1873 | No |
Nothing very impressive yet: 16 × 1, 6 × 2, 2 × 3.
| Game | Plays |
|---|---|
| Rallyman: GT | 3 |
| VOLT | 3 |
| Lemminge | 2 |
| Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2 |
| Rallyman | 2 |
| Terminator: Dark Fate – The Card Game | 2 |
and apart from the last one more of those will probably roll in without my making any great effort. (Rallyman and GT for the ISGOYTRA competitions, Lemminge and VOLT on yucata, PanLeg with my regular partner for it.)
Good effort for January everyone!
Part 1: KeyForge 10x10
| No. | Set | Deck | Plays | Total | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Call of the Archons | Ms. J. Carmenbo | - | [0/10] |  |
| 02 | Call of the Archons | The Alchemist that Reviles Tempation | 4 | [4/10] | |
| 03 | Age of Ascension | Nevehelper of the Pirate’s Treehouse | - | [0/10] | |
| 04 | Age of Ascension | Random sealed deck TBC | - | [0/10] | |
| 05 | Worlds Collide | Svensdottir of Marsborea | - | [0/10] | |
| 06 | Worlds Collide | Random sealed deck TBC | - | [0/10] | |
| 07 | Mass Mutation | Zierha Ecimius, the Concrete and Inspired | 13 | [13/10] |  |
| 08 | Mass Mutation | Random sealed deck TBC | - | [0/10] | |
| 09 | Dark Tidings | Tallerpoet the “Mason” | - | [0/10] | |
| 10 | Dark Tidings | Random sealed deck TBC | - | [0/10] | |
Opening the CotA sealed deck revealed…
Anyone have a definition for “Tempation”?
Part 2: Opportunity 50
| Month | Plays | Progress | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | [2/50] | On Tour, Monarch |
Happy with the start to the year, although need to make sure Part 2 doesn’t get too behind, given that’s the bigger challenge.
On Tour was a hit, with multiple plays for the month. It’s harder than it looks, so was a bit more tense than Welcome to… or Railroad Ink.
Have a fun-filled February!
I believe it’s French for “typographical error”.
End of February update:
10 x Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
10 x Spirit Island - 1 [1]
10 x Marvel Champions - 4 [4]
10 x Unmatched
5 x Arkham Horror the card game - 2 [2]
5 x Tyrants of the Underdark
5 x High Society
5 x Night of the Ninja
5 x Hansa Teutonica
5 x Star Wars: Imperial Assault
5 x Lost Ruins of Arnak
5 x The Search for Planet X
1 x Unfathomable
1 x Troyes
1 x Kemet
1 x Inis
1 x Five Tribes
1 x Dungeon Petz
1 x Lowlands
1 x Downforce
[X] 1 x Raccoon Tycoon - 1 [1]
1 x Star Wars: Outer Rim
1 x Exit: the Secret Lab
1 x Star Wars: Unlock
1 x World Monuments
1 x Tigris and Euphrates
1 x Princes of Florence
1 x Lawyer Up
1 x A War of Whispers
1 x Race for the Galaxy
1 x Mr. Jack
[X] 1 x Lost Cities - 1+ [1]
So, two of my 20 x 1 plays are finished, just 18 more to go there. Making good progress on Marvel Champions and Arkham Horror so far. Lots to go yet, though I do have three plays in for this month already.
There’s an update of my progress, with two additions, Rallyman GT, and Iwari. For D&D The Legend of Drizzt Do’Urden I am using the figures in our RPG sessions, so 50% there?? You be the judge of that…
A few more playthroughs. My partner and I finished our Sleeping Gods campaign, which was nice! The ending was a tiny bit disappointing, but overall a strong game, and I’m excited to try it again (at some point) with the expansion stuff included.
Other than that, we played 4 mysteries from MicroMacro: Crime City: Full House, which continues to be a joy. Oh, and a great game of War of the Ring with a buddy, which was spectacular, and a quick game of Blitzkrieg afterwards. That was lovely.
Gosh I miss people sometimes.
Nothing off this list yet. Still.
Someday.
END OF FEB
10x10
| Game | Plays |
|---|---|
| El Grande | 0 |
| Tigris & Euphrates | 2 |
| Stephenson’s Rocket | 1 |
| Railways of the World | 3 |
| Senators | 0 |
| The Great Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Calimala | 1 |
| 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties | 3 |
| 1828 | 2 |
| 1860: Railways of the Isle of Wight | 1 |
| Game | Plays |
|---|---|
| Inis | 0 |
20 New to Me
| Game | Played? |
|---|---|
| Wallenstein 2nd ed | No |
| Traders of Genoa | No |
| Warpgate | No |
| Magnate: First City | Yes |
| Argent: the Consortium | No |
| Pax Renaissance | Yes |
| Vinhos Deluxe | No |
| Ortus Regni | No |
| Kaivai | No |
| Versailles 1919 | No |
| In the Shadow of the Emperor | No |
| Senji | No |
| Import/Export | No |
| Path of Light & Shadow | No |
| Brick & Mortar | No |
| Amyitis | No |
| Ys | No |
| Qin | Yes |
| Dual Gauge | No |
| Harzbahn 1873 | Yes |
I took down Inis and put Railways of the World instead. I want to play this one regularly this year
Part 1: KeyForge 10x10
| No. | Set | Deck | Plays | Total | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Call of the Archons | Ms. J. Carmenbo | - | [0/10] |  |
| 02 | Call of the Archons | The Alchemist that Reviles Tempation | 6 | [10/10] |  |
| 03 | Age of Ascension | Nevehelper of the Pirate’s Treehouse | 8 | [8/10] | |
| 04 | Age of Ascension | Random sealed deck TBC | - | [0/10] | |
| 05 | Worlds Collide | Svensdottir of Marsborea | - | [0/10] | |
| 06 | Worlds Collide | Random sealed deck TBC | - | [0/10] | |
| 07 | Mass Mutation | Zierha Ecimius, the Concrete and Inspired | - | [13/10] | |
| 08 | Mass Mutation | Random sealed deck TBC | - | [0/10] | |
| 09 | Dark Tidings | Tallerpoet the “Mason” | - | [0/10] | |
| 10 | Dark Tidings | Random sealed deck TBC | - | [0/10] | |
Another good month for the 10x10, thanks to TCO.
Part 2: Opportunity 50
| Month | Plays | Progress | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | [2/50] | On Tour, Monarch |
| February | 2 | [4/50] | Wits & Wagers, Friday |
Some progress, but need to get a wriggle on to avoid falling further behind.
Have a mammoth month of March gaming!
| Game | Plays |
|---|---|
| Rallyman: GT | 6 (+3) |
| VOLT | 5 (+2) |
| Lemminge | 4 (+2) |
| Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition | 4 (+4) |
| Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 3 (+1) |
| Deception: Murder in Hong Kong | 2 (+2) |
| Rallyman | 2 |
| Star Trek: Ascendancy | 2 (+1) |
| Terminator: Dark Fate – The Card Game | 2 |
| Worldbreakers: Advent of the Khanate | 2 (+2) |
I’m making some swift progress on my goals for 2022 after two months.
Though somewhat less complex games played this month, and the crew is propping up the number of plays a tad.
The streak has hit a new high
The end of the month was stressful at work, so hopefully I can pick back up a bit and get some serious wood pushed and cards shuffled.
May I ask what app is that??
Three Sisters 5/5
Pipeline 1/5
Terraforming Mars 1/5
Cryptid 1/5
Rallyman GT 2/5
Antiquity 0/5
Fort 0/5
Gaia Project 0/5
Hansa Teutonica 0/5
The Great Zimbabwe 0/5
Import/Export 1/5
John Company 0/5
Pax Pamir 0/5
Oath 1/5
So, You’ve Been Eaten 0/5
Tokyo Metro 0/5
Troyes 0/5
Sprawlopolis 4/5
Yokohama 0/5
Tussie Mussie 5/5
Tussie Mussie and Sprawlopolis arrived this month. I’m hoping to get a few more of these games in by taking them to Airecon
