The days are flying by and I can’t believe we are already into July. June was a banner month as I finally launched my YouTube channel after talking about it for a couple of years. I really want to have fun with it and I try to not take myself too seriously. I uploaded my first video in the middle of June and it was an Unboxing Plus video of Unsurmountable by Button Shy Games. Earlier in the month, I worked on setting up my website, my Facebook page, and my Instagram account. I worked on my next Unboxing video which will be Tiny Ninjas. I also worked on some scripts for future unboxing videos that I will be filming.
As for games that I played, I played 3 games of Unsurmountable, won 2 of them and lost 1. It’s a great little game, quick to play but still makes me think. I also played a couple of games of the digital version of The Castles of Burgundy. I’m still pretty new to the game so I play against the easiest bot and won the 1st game and tied the 2nd game. I love the puzzle of having only 2 dice that dictate what you are able to do that turn. You need to think a few turns ahead to make sure you are grabbing tiles to place on your player board but also making sure you actually place those tiles.
I’m also addicted to the little computer that is my phone and I really like to play mobile apps when I have time. Some of the ones I played last month include Happy Color and Haru Slide. In Happy Color, you’re basically coloring in a picture. I love the mandala pictures. It’s a very soothing app to play when I don’t want to think. Haru Slide has cats and that drew me in. It’s a Tetris-like game where the pieces are different cat shapes and you have to completely fill in a row to get it to disappear. If the rows reach the top of the board you lose.
On the personal side of things, I listened to some gaming podcasts and watched YouTube videos. I usually listen to the podcasts while walking, I’m trying to get some exercise in 😊 I’ve been listening to board gaming podcasts and my go-to’s are Gaming Rules! and Shut Up & Sit Down. As for YouTube channels, I enjoy watching Gaming Rules!, Slickerdrips, and Watch It Played. I’m behind on my watching but I watched the Gaming Rules! monthly vlog, Septima and Ark Nova tutorial & playthroughs, Jiangnan solo playthrough, and a couple of unboxing videos. For Slickerdrips, I watched his games of the month recap. For Watch It Played, I watched some board game news videos from Matthew Jude and a couple of videos by Chaz Marler.
I also love to read and tend to be reading a few books at the same time. I finished Dim Sum of All Fears by Vivien Chien which is the 2nd book in her series. The main character acts pretty childishly so it has been a little difficult to get through the books. I’m unsure if I will continue the series. After finishing that book, I started reading Sherlock Holmes and The Three Winter Terrors by James Lovegrove. Oddly enough, I don’t think I’ve read an actual Sherlock Holmes book by Arthur Conan Doyle. I know about the character through movies and tv shows. I haven’t gotten very far into the book yet but am enjoying the story so far. I also read Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb. I love her In Death series.
Last but not least, TV shows and movies. I’ve been watching the new seasons of Josh Gates Tonight, Expedition Unknown and Expedition X. Other things I’ve watched are reruns of The Big Bang Theory, a new episode of Roadkill on MotorTrend, and the two F1 races. I’m a mega fan of Angela Lansbury’s Murder, She Wrote and listened to many an episode while I worked on my YouTube stuff. To round out the month, my hubby and I had date night at our favorite theater and watched Minions: The Rise of Gru.
