Opening the sealed AoA deck revealed the most excellent Woman who Sportily Accelerates Raids, who will likely continue to be involved regularly in Archon battles.
Part 2: Opportunity 50
Month
Plays
Progress
Games
January
2
[2/50]
On Tour, Monarch
February
2
[4/50]
Wits & Wagers, Friday
March
4
[8/50]
Firefly: Out to the Black, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, Great Western Trail, Battle Sheep
April
0
[8/50]
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No progress on the opportunities in April, with various plans foiled by assorted unexpected events.
Meaning a return to form a bit this month. Also got a fair few longer and heavier ones in, and 6 games of dark tower in a fortnight is a success in my books.
Automobiles: I’m in at least one other game on Yucata and I’ll certainly play it at least once more after that.
Rallyman: there are seven more monthly challenges this year.
PanLeg is over, I probably won’t get in six games of ST:A, I’m unlikely to play VektoRace again (I don’t hate it but I don’t think BGA is a good platform for it). So that’s definitely three slots open in the 10×10. Everything else is at 1-2 and at this point I have no particular plans for what might go into them.
Bad month for games, overall. A power outage resulted in my partner and I playing a game of Gravwell that we both had a lot of fun with, and I attended a 6-person Infinity tournament last Sunday that was a massive drain on my psyche but it was fun to push around war dollies again.
We didn’t manage to actually playDark Souls the Card Game, but during that same power outage I managed to get it to the table and start explaining the rules to my partner, and she is very excited to try it out! Which is great! I can’t wait to give it a shot!
No school this month, and I’m making progress on my novel again, so who knows. Maybe it will be a good month for games!
10 x Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
10 x Spirit Island - 2
10 x Marvel Champions - 6
[X] 10 x Unmatched - 10+ [4]
5 x Arkham Horror the card game - 3
5 x Tyrants of the Underdark - 1 [1]
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 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+
Another game complete for the challenge and one more started, at least. Almost halfway through the year, and not quite a quarter of the way through the challenge. Not looking good…
Three Sisters 5/5
Pipeline 1/5
Terraforming Mars 1/5
Cryptid 5/5 Rallyman GT 2/5 (2 games was enough for me to decide I didn’t want to keep it)
Antiquity 0/5
Fort 1/5
Gaia Project 0/5
Hansa Teutonica 2/5
The Great Zimbabwe 2/5
Import/Export 2/5
John Company 0/5
Pax Pamir 3/5
Oath 1/5
So, You’ve Been Eaten 0/5
Tokyo Metro 1/5
Troyes 0/5
Sprawlopolis 4/5
Yokohama 0/5
Tussie Mussie 5/5
Given that John Company is yet to arrive, I might have to bump that into next year!
270 days down on my attempted 30 day streak. Less than 100 days left to complete a year instead of the month that I thought I wouldn’t and couldn’t do. It turns out that gentle rain and sprawlopolis have been key to those busy days!
Still loving The Woman who Sportily Accelerates Raids, which has some excellent Brobnar and Mars shenanigans to deploy.
Opening the sealed Dark Tiding deck revealed The Beast that Attacks with Gravverse. Alas! the tide card is not working for me when playing the two DT decks on TCO, which makes things difficult, although The Beast has managed to win both games despite this handicap.
Part 2: Opportunity 50
Month
Plays
Progress
Games
January
2
[2/50]
On Tour, Monarch
February
2
[4/50]
Wits & Wagers, Friday
March
4
[8/50]
Firefly: Out to the Black, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, Great Western Trail, Battle Sheep
April
0
[8/50]
May
0
[8/50]
June
4
[12/50]
Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Sprawlopolis, Tiny Epic Defenders, Ascension: Darkness Unleashed
Back in business with the opportunity challenge, thanks to a spot of solo play. Enjoyed the first three, but wasn’t a big fan of Ascension… would rather spend the time playing more KeyForge.
This was a very good month for games. Finally got Beyond the Sun on the table (and enjoyed it!), my partner decided to dive back into Legacy of Dragonholt a few times (and probably a few more very soon!), and even managed to get a couple games of Battletech under my belt.
In addition, tried Orchard (it was fine but forgettable), Spot It (perfectly mediocre), Braintopia/Cortex Challenge (ditto)… I think that was it? But hey, got games on the scoreboard, and I am happy as a result.
Another off the list! Woo! And I should’ve checked off TI:4 PoK back in January… no time like the present.
July will start with some games on Sunday, but I doubt any on the list. I might get them to try Dune Conquest, but the current schedule is Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Dune: Imperium, and… there was one other my buddy wanted to try, but I forget. Maybe eXplorers?
No real plans to play games just to get a 10×10 (though if I do make it to Essen I’m bound to do at least ten demos of something I haven’t played yet).
10 x Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
10 x Spirit Island - 2
10 x Marvel Champions - 7 [1]
[X] 10 x Unmatched - 10+
5 x Arkham Horror the card game - 3
[X] 5 x Tyrants of the Underdark - 5 [4]
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 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+
29 plays total. Finished off Tyrants, which is nice, and great that we are enjoying it. I need to start getting more of my solo games to the table, I just never seem to have much time for it. Well, my birthday is next week, and that is often a good time to get an unplayed game or two to the table.
Had great fun with Railways of the World, but I found that I would rather play ANY Cube Rails. Calimala is another one. SICS games are taking over and there’s no space for Calimala
Not a lot of new and exciting this month. Still content with my progress compared to 2020 and 2021, though, so can’t complain.
Legacy of Dragonholt continues to be a joy. We’re about halfway through at this point? Great fun. Also started a PbF game of Mage Knight, which is lovely… gosh it’s been a long time since I’ve played, but it continues to remind me how good it is!
Nothing off this list, sadly. Ah well, c’est la vie.
I did end up playing Dune Imperium and Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition this month, and DI was great. TMAE was… okay. Not for me, but not bad (I gave it away).
