RPG, Unboxing Plus, Upcoming

Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – February 2024

The start of February has been productive. I released my Lacorsa Grand Prix Unboxing Plus video yesterday. Next up are a couple of RPG-related videos. I want to work on the Dungeon in a Box videos I mentioned in my January post. I also have a calendar quest RPG that sounds really fun. I want to get into that pretty quick since it’s supposed to be a daily calendar for 2024. I think that is where most of my focus will be for February.

Not much else is planned out for February. Work life has gotten interesting so I need to spend some time concentrating on that. I do want to get a video game playthrough out this month. Those are quicker to edit and release which will help keep my release pattern going.

I think I’ll keep this one short and sweet. I will talk to you next month and hopefully will have more irons in the fire!

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Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – 2024 and January 2024

A new year is here. 2023 was a good year for my channel and I’m looking forward to even more in 2024. I published my first RPG video which was exciting. I’ve been wanting to get that done for a while now and it was good to finally check it off my list. I am going to continue with the new series and I already have my next 2 videos planned out. I joined the Dungeon in a Box subscription and as part of joining, I also received the December Wondrous One Shots adventure. Since the one shot is winter-themed, I want to get those done sooner rather than later. Hopefully, I can get at least one, if not both, published in January.

I don’t want to get away from board games though and I already recorded another unboxing for a Christmas present my husband gave me. It is for a game called Lacorsa Grand Prix. We both love F1 so it’s a good family game for us. I will also finish up the Campus Wahala unboxing video which has been on my list for a few months now. Hopefully, I can get the Lacorsa unboxing done in January, and possibly the Campus Wahala one as well, but that’s lower on the list of all the videos I want to finish in January.

Another new series I’d like to get going this year is playthroughs of some of these board games I am unboxing. I’m more nervous with that series as I don’t want to get any rules wrong. I will start small with some rules-lite games before considering any of the heavier games I own. I am also cognizant of my space constraints so I want to look into a different setup that will provide me more room for not only playthroughs but also unboxings. I don’t have any playthroughs planned for January, but I do want to start this soon as it’s been on my list for most of last year as well.

I will also be continuing my video game playthroughs. They’re a fun change from my other videos and pretty straightforward to create and edit. I will continue my current ones and I also want to add in a few other games. I would like one published in January, but with all my other plans, I’m not sure if I will get it done.

I’m also heading out for a quick vacation which will eat into my work time. I won’t complain though as it’s certainly been a tough couple of months and I need some relaxing time to recharge.

Thanks again for coming along on this journey with me! It’s been a lot of fun and I appreciate the support.

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Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – December 2023

Happy December! I can’t believe the end of the year is upon us already. On the positive side of things, I have my first RPG video rendered to watch. Hopefully it’s all good and I can get it published shortly. I’m still kicking around a few different names for the new series, I hope inspiration strikes soon.

After my RPG video, I plan on jumping back into the Campus Wahala video. It’s helped to step away from the video so that I can start fresh on it.

I was able to beat the end of November and I published the video game playthrough for Pathfinder. I need to decide what the next playthrough to record will be. Besides that, I don’t have much else planned at the moment. I want to get more unboxing videos going and more RPG videos. A lot of ideas, now I need to get them done!

We’ll see how it goes. A lot is going on right now between personal life and work life. Plus it is the holiday season so that will also cause some distractions.

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a great rest of the year!

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Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – November 2023

I can tell you that what’s upcoming is: December! Is this very late? Yes, but I am finally making some progress on videos. The past month or so hasn’t seen much as the two videos that I have been actively editing both had audio issues (different issues) which pretty much halted all forward momentum. I also had another one on the back burner with audio issues.

After some discussion with my design guy (aka my husband), he showed me how I could fix my audio issues and I decided it was easier to simply scrap two of the videos due to the audio issues. They were both video game playthroughs so it is easy enough to scrap them and re-film them. I re-filmed one of them yesterday and so far so good.

Unfortunately, Campus Wahala had some scratching in my microphone audio which my husband has worked to remove most of the offenders. While it’s frustrating to work through, I will not scrap this video. I will be finishing this one up and publishing it at some point as it is much harder to film an unboxing video on a board game that’s already been unboxed.

In the meantime, I decided it was high time to record an RPG book ‘unboxing’. I recorded my first one yesterday and started editing it last night! The video will be a little more involved than my regular board game unboxings as I also recorded video of myself to make it slightly more interesting than just staring at my hands. I’m about halfway through the first editing pass and it’s looking, and more importantly, sounding great! I also need to come up with a name for the new series.

With Thanksgiving in just a couple of days, I’m hoping it won’t derail my current momentum and I’m hoping to have both the RPG book video and the video game playthrough edited and published before the end of November.

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Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – October 2023

October is here and it’s the best month of the year! Vacation was amazing and I’m ready to get back into work for my channel. If I had written this a couple of days ago, I could have put down that I was going to publish my next video game playthrough. Alas, I did not, but I will mention that Stray, part 2 is now published so you should go watch it. Don’t worry, I’ll wait for you to get back.

I am working on a couple of videos currently. I’m editing a video game playthrough for a Pathfinder game and an unboxing plus video of a Kickstarter game called Campus Wahala. I haven’t forgotten about UNE and want to get that recorded. And I’m looking at the next couple of RPG books that I want to show on the channel.

I wasn’t able to work on the dinosaur script at all before I left for vacation but it is still on the list as is Numbsters by Button Shy Games. I still want to get an actual board game playthrough filmed but I only have so much time left outside of work!

I hope you are enjoying the ride so far and thanks for reading.

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Board Game, Recap

Mar and Apr’s Whimsical Adventures – 2023

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!

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Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – May 2023

Another month and another Upcoming blog post. This time I’m not sure what will be published this month. I will begin editing a new Unboxing video but I haven’t decided which one yet. I am also continuing work on Under Falling Skies, I have not worked on it since last month. I updated my laptop yesterday which will help make it easier to get some editing done.

Numbsters is still on deck for filming and possibly recording a playthrough of it. I will be filming at least one, possibly two, more video game playthroughs. I have a new setup in the room for it which makes it more comfortable for playing and easier to get it recorded.  I need to focus on some Unboxing videos though.

I’ve also been kicking around an idea to do a playthrough of a print-and-play game. I have a few to choose from and need to make some time to learn them and figure out a setup for recording. Now that spring finally arrived (fingers crossed), I’m hopeful the extra sunlight will kick me out of my hibernation mode.

Thanks for reading!

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Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – April 2023

Welcome to April! We’ve been teased with some warmer, sunny weather the past week and I am ready for summer!  Vacation was great. I was able to relax and re-set, it was just what I needed.

I recorded a video game playthrough of Gloomhaven digital and will be editing it soon to get it ready for publishing. Issues with my laptop forced me to change up what game I played but it worked out well in the end.

I bought a cute-looking game, Numbsters, from Button Shy and might be bumping that one up the list. I still need to film the unboxing but am planning an Unboxing Plus video for that. I’ve kicked around changing up my recording process but haven’t settled on how I want to film moving forward. Numbsters is a pretty straightforward and quick game so I might even pencil that in for a playthrough at some point.

As for items currently in the pipeline, I’m still working on the Under Falling Skies video. I also want to film another video game playthrough (or two) this month. Still trying to play catch up from my vacation last year but I feel like I’m making progress finally!

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Recap

Nov and Dec’s Whimsical Adventures

November was exciting because I started my journey into RPGs with a Humblewood play. I am playing a Strig owl named Koa. She is a young monk who is just starting out in the world. It was a lot of fun creating my character and thinking through my backstory. We haven’t been able to get together again for our next playthrough but hopefully we can get back into it soon.

For the channel, I was able to get the Three Sisters Unboxing Plus video uploaded. I had quite the adventure trying to open the box. I got a couple of blog posts done. I also edited and published my Tainted Grail video game playthrough part 2. I worked on and finished writing my script for my Herbaceous Pocket Edition unboxing video.

I got a new bookcase set up and was able to get a lot of board games unpacked that I didn’t have storage room for. This helped get games put away but unfortunately, I have already filled it up and am in need of another one!

On to the good stuff of gaming. I played a quick game of Galaxy Trucker on the android app and came in 2nd. Continued the campaign game and played against 3 bots. I played a 4-player game of The Castles of Burgundy on Board Game Arena (BGA). I didn’t win but I came in 2nd with 227 points. I also played a 3-player game of it on the android app. I played against 2 bots and it was a close game, but I won that one. Towards the end of December, I played a solo game of Carnegie on BGA. It was my first ever game of it and there was a lot going on, but it really helped solidify the rules for me. I did not win against Andrew the solo bot, but I gave him a good run for his money. Now that I am getting more comfortable with the BGA website and playing online, there will definitely be more games played that way. All in all, a good stretch of games over the past 2 months.

For Android apps, I continued on with My Mini Mart – still with the annoying ads. I played an oldie but goodie, Candy Crush Soda. I also downloaded a new game called Cats&Soup. Not much action but adorable kitties. It looks like most of the items need to be purchased but it’s a good brain break for a few minutes. I also started playing a game called Mob Control which is fun. I have been spending most of my time playing Eatventure. I love anything food related and it’s been fun leveling up in the game. No ads interrupting gameplay unless I choose to watch one to get a benefit for the game. There are in-app purchases but there is enough opportunity to earn the items that you don’t need to purchase them. It’s one of those idle games where you continue to earn money while you’re not playing it and it’s actually a lot of fun.

On a random note, I got into nail stamping! It was pretty interesting and worked fairly well.  I didn’t have the correct nail polish remover so the nail plates that have the impressions on didn’t get as clean as they needed to be. I will try again though because it was pretty fun. I got a plate that has a bunch of cute cat images and cat sayings on it.

For the holidays I ate a lot of delicious food and had fun both giving and receiving presents. I received some board games and some RPG-related items. I received the Turing Machine board game which I am very excited to play! It looks right up my alley. I also want to get into some solo RPGs including DND. To get me started I received some dice and some dry-erase map boards. Another hobby to add to my huge list!

It was a busy couple of months, but I didn’t produce as much channel content as I wanted. I hope to change that going forward. Thanks for reading!

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Sept and Oct’s Whimsical Adventures – 2022

 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!