Board Game, Recap

May and Jun’s Whimsical Adventures – 2023

May was an odd month for me. As I mentioned in my July Upcoming blog, we got into a car accident in May and it was definitely a curveball. I didn’t spend much time working on the channel for a couple of months.

While I didn’t do much for the channel, I did get a lot of RPG videos watched. I watched episodes from a few different seasons of Dimension 20 – The Ravening War, A Crown of Candy, and Fantasy High. I really fell down the rabbit hole with Me, Myself and Die on YouTube. He makes great solo adventure videos and he inspired me to start my own solo adventure. I’m using the DND 5e rules set and the Mythic Games Master Emulator book to run it. I was expecting lots of adventure and fighting, but it has turned into a mystery adventure. It was completely unexpected, but I am loving it! I’ve been kicking around the idea to do some blog posts of my adventure and it’s been added to my list of things I want to do for the channel.

For games, I went hogwild in June! It was a fantastic couple of months for playing. I even got my husband to play a few games of Sushi Go with me! I had some table space available and was able to play the physical versions of La Granja, Under Falling Skies, Nemo’s War, and a new-to-me game, Sleep Tight. I recorded an unboxing video for Sleep Tight a while ago and need to get it edited and uploaded. On BGA I played 10 solo games of Sagani. What a great game. I also learned how to play Teotihuacan, Space Station Phoenix, and Loco Momo. Teotihuacan is such a puzzly game. I’ve played a few games against a much better player and I have learned so much from him by watching the actions he takes. The Castles of Burgundy, Carnegie, Earth, and Ark Nova rounded out the games I played. In all, I played 32 games in June which is the most I’ve played in one month this year.

As you can see, I kept myself busy outside of my channel work but it was channel adjacent. There are so many games out there that I have plenty to keep me busy for years to come.

Thanks for reading!

Upcoming

Sneak Peek into What’s Upcoming – March 2023

March is here with cold but sunny weather. As I’m writing this, it’s a beautiful spring-like day (if you ignore the cool temperatures), with blue skies and sunshine. 

I’m off on vacation soon so I’m trying to get some items done before I leave. I plan on publishing the Herbaceous video in the next day or two. It’s a game with a simple rule set and I’m considering recording an actual playthrough of the game in the future. 

I’ve also recorded a few videos for the future and would like to work on them during some downtime on vacation. Better to work on that than browse social media! Have no fears though, I am definitely going to enjoy myself on vacation in the warmth and sun. 

I’ve recorded the script for Under Falling Skies and have started very light editing of the video. That is slated to be the next unboxing video. I will also be recording a video game playthrough this week sometime. Since I’ll be gone for almost 2 weeks, this will help keep me on schedule with publishing. 

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