Excellent progress, although some bumps along the road… such forgetting many of the rules for Gaia Project since learning in January
Keyforge 10x10
No change, not a KeyForge month.
Monthly Mini Challenge
June: For the sixth month of the year, play six games from the shelf of opportunity
A very successful mini challenge, with 28 plays of these previously unplayed games.
Can take or leave Imperial Settlers, but all the others are great, particularly the hideously ugly but highly addictive After the Virus and the stylish, satisfying Knarr.
July Mini Challenge
There are regular gushing posts from the innumerable fans of Final Girl on the Solo Board Gamer group, but it really hasn’t clicked for me. So far (after a grand total of 3 games) it feels completely mechanical and overly reliant on luck. Time to decide once and for all whether I’m missing something or whether it needs to be sent on its way. Plenty of combinations can be achieved with three boxes, so let’s see how many are required to come to a verdict.
Only a few from the list this month. Three games of Battletech at SOBSCON, the Southern Ontario Battletech Society Convention, and that was great, and Descent continues to be my favourite Dungeon Delving co-op. Stylish, clever, exciting, great mission design… just super good.
Played a game of Game of Thrones, and it was really sharp and fun, and so many rounds of The Gang and Dro Polter. My nibling came to visit for the first time in almost a decade and we played a few games together… Just One, Ito, and even Pictomania.
And, as predicted, my games of Battletech this month meant only one game of SW Legion. Ah well.
Oh! We finished our campaign of Blackstone Fortress. Great game by GW standards. High on the randomness and no real sense of progression, but still surprisingly good. And we finally finished the last mission in Stuffed Fables, which again, surprisingly good.
My copy of Earthborn Rangers FINALLY showed up! I think I ordered a copy in 2023!? Whatever, I have it now, and it will get on the table later in July.
HEAT is proving difficult to get back on the table because one of my group regulars played it to death with another game group. Might get Frosthaven on the table after we finish the Descent campaign…
Anyway! Have a great July everyone! Halfway there!
No new games played yet again. So the goal was to play two of my unplayed games in my collection per month.
Stats for the year so far:
Jan - 3/2
Feb - 0/2
Mar - 3/2
Apr - 0/2
May - 0/2
Jun - 0/2
Currently sitting at 50% accomplished since I overperformed in Jan and Mar.
To be fair, I have been doing more video gaming as of late, as it’s a lot easier to pause and set down a controller and then get back into it when interrupted by the kids than a solo board game, plus I don’t have to worry about components getting scattered everywhere if one of them decides to be a little punk.
My birthday is this month, so hoping to meet this month’s goal.
