Tag: Gloomhaven

RPG, Upcoming

Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – June 2024

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June is here already, and I don’t have much to show for May. I did get the Gloomhaven Buttons & Bugs video published and it did well which was exciting to see! 

I’m in a holding pattern for June as I have a lot of personal things happening so I don’t know how free time I will have. I will try to get one, but hopefully two, videos published this month. The items on my list are the same as May’s post. Since I already have many unboxings filmed that simply need to be edited, those will be my highest priority ones. 

I haven’t gotten much further on running an Ironsworn game, but I did get one quick session in. I find I am struggling with it as it is less structured than the Mythic system, so I need to get into the right mindset for it. I also had some time to start reading the Ironsworn Delve book which focuses on Domains and Themes for sites. This seems slightly more structured, and my brain likes it more, but I do want to give the regular Ironsworn game a try as it does seem like a good game. 

Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash 

RPG, Upcoming

Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – May 2024

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April Showers bring May Flowers. Maybe more appropriately, May the Fourth be with you. Welcome to May! April was a great month for recording videos and for playing gaming. I published my Dungeon in a Box Unboxing Plus video early in the month. I am glad to see the video doing as well as it is and I hope people enjoy it.

I recorded unboxing videos almost every weekend in May. I have quite the backlog to get edited and published! The only problem is that now that I have my gaming table set back up, I have been spending most of my free time playing these newly unboxed games. It’s a great problem to have.

I am in the process of editing an unboxing video for Gloomhaven Buttons & Bugs. I hope to have this published in the next few days. After that is dealer’s choice on what video to work on next. I started editing the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game unboxing. I also have videos for a Choose Your Own Adventure game, Dominant Species Marine, Maracaibo, Teotihuacan, and more.

I got a new Button Shy wallet game that has great artwork and I want to do an unboxing video for it. I also want to get a video game playthrough recorded, but I think that will be on the back burner while I get some regular videos done.

I haven’t had much time left over to run the Ironsworn RPG, but I have started creating my character and envisioning my version of the world.

Lots to do this month so we’ll see how disciplined I can be!  Talk to you next month!

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Board Game, Recap

Mar and Apr’s Whimsical Adventures – 2023

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And I’m back with what I was up to in March and April. March was mostly spent on vacation enjoying some hot, sunny weather. It was glorious and I enjoyed every second of it.

In March I only uploaded one video, an Unboxing video of Herbaceous Pocket Edition. What a gorgeous little game. I love the artwork and it’s a great size to take along on trips. I’d like to do a playthrough of the game. In April I uploaded a video game playthrough of Gloomhaven digital. I tried for a short playthrough and didn’t succeed so I ended up splitting the video in half. Both of those videos are live on the channel. Behind the scenes I worked on editing the Under Falling Skies Unboxing video but it was sporadic at best.

Game wise I was able to get a few different online games in. I played a couple games of Earth published by Inside Up Games.  It has beautiful pictures on the cards and it is pretty to see your player area, or island as it’s called in the game, get built up. There were a few games of The Castles of Burgundy. What can I say, it’s a classic and always fun to play. I also played 2 games of La Granja and a game of Carnegie. A nice variety of games to keep my brain occupied.

Other than that, I watched the Dungeons & Dragon’s movie, Honor Among Thieves. I thought it was fun and enjoyed it quite a lot. I also watched some YouTube videos on roleplaying games. I watched the Dungeon Dudes Dungeons of Drakkenheim series and Dimension 20s Fantasy High series. I’m getting pretty heavily into RPG stuff so keep an eye out for future videos having to do with the world of roleplaying games.

Thanks for reading!

Stray Video Game
Recap

Sept and Oct’s Whimsical Adventures – 2022

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 September and October were busy! It was all on the personal front though and unfortunately, my channel work had to be sidelined. We went on vacation and then I was away on a work trip for longer than expected.

On the channel front, I recorded a few unboxings before I left. I just need to buckle down and start getting the scripts and videos edited. In August, I released 3 videos. Gloomhaven and Stray are video game playthroughs. I’ve been waiting a long time to play Stray and it did not disappoint! You play as a cat in a future world, trying to find your way back to your family. I also did an unboxing video of The Hero’s Journal. This journal has you solving a personal quest and is a fun way to track a situation happening in your real life.

I got a few playthroughs of physical games in – Tiny Ninjas, Unsurmountable, and Herbaceous: Pocket Edition. Learning games for Herbaceous but what a great little game and beautiful artwork. I played a couple rules wrong so I will need to get a few more playthroughs in soon. Keep an eye out for a future unboxing video for Herbaceous.

I played in a group tournament for The Castles of Burgundy in September. I didn’t win the tournament or even advance to the final round of games, but it was my first time playing online with people and my first tournament. It was a step outside of my comfort zone and I had fun and will definitely play online more. I came 2nd, 3rd and 1st in my games so I nice range of places 🙂 I ended on a high note though which was nice!

I also played a couple games of Galaxy Trucker in the app. I’ve not played the game before and it was fun. I lost both games but I am not giving up.

For android apps it was mostly the same as I’ve been playing. My Mini Mart (yes even with the annoying ads) and Color Sort Puz which is similar to SortPuz. Color Sort Puz has little peeps you are sorting who have some snazzy dance moves when you win the level. I also pulled out a couple old favorites, myVEGAS and Pop! Slots which are slot machine games. Both of these you can earn points which can be exchanged for actual savings at Las Vegas hotels and attractions and select places worldwide. I also downloaded a couple games from Microsoft, Wordament and Mahjong. Both are fine and are basic games, they get the job done.

That’s about it for me. Time is moving ever onwards so I will get this posted. Thanks for reading!