Resolutions 2023: September Roundup

It’s one thing to set resolutions, and quite another to hold oneself to them.  I intend to review my progress monthly toward each of the resolutions.  Welcome, then, to our roundup for September 2023.  Let’s start with a reminder of the resolutions and where we were at the end of August: 

Painting

1. Finish 3 army-sized Warhammer projects (~2,000 points). (Aug Status: 1/3 complete)
2. Finish 2 starting forces each for 2 smaller, non-GW games. (Aug Status: 1/2 complete)
3. Paint a Warhammer Underworlds Warband. (Aug Status: no progress)
4. Paint a Blood Bowl Team. (Aug Status: no progress)
5. Paint 6 miniatures unrelated to current projects. (Aug Status: 14/6)
6. Paint 365 miniatures this year. (Aug Status: 395/365)

Gaming

1. Play 40 different games. (Aug Status: 38/40)
2. Play a new (to me) skirmish game. (Aug Status: 1/1 complete!)
3. Play 3 non-D&D Roleplaying games (Aug Status: 3/3 complete)

Writing

1. Complete 12 book/game/media reviews. (Aug Status: 9/12)
2. Release 3 titles on DriveThruRPG. (Aug Status: 3/3)

Onward, to September! 

Painting

After a couple of months of solid painting, I’ve only done one model this month. I might have burnt myself out a bit. My intention was to continue on with the Flesh-Eater Courts after making some progress with the Crypt Ghouls and Ghoul King. The Crypt Horrors turned out to be a bit more involved than I expected. I also really don’t like painting metallics. I will finish them, but I’ve taken away the rush; hobby time should be fun, not an obligation.

Having resigned myself to not having the FEC done in time, I am likely going with Troggoths instead. With that semi-decided, I picked up and painted Trugg, the newest Troggoth miniature:

I’m pretty happy with how Trugg turned out. He was initially way too red, but a bit of Zandri Dust drybrushed on brought the colour down to more acceptable levels.

Total: 1

And

Gaming

Here’s a reminder of the games I had played at least once already this year: 

1. Ticket to Ride
2. Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
3. One Night Ultimate Werewolf
4. Dungeons & Dragons
5. Star Wars: Rebellion
6. Galaxy Trucker
7. Century: Golem Edition
8. Root
9. Age of War
10. Malifaux
11. Call of Cthulhu
12. Warhammer 40,000
13. Blitzkrieg
14. Cyberpunk Red
15. Avatar Legends RPG
16. Twilight Struggle
17. Quadropolis
18. Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
19. New York Zoo
20. King of Tokyo
21. Quirkle
22. Clank! Catacombs
23. King of New York
24. Tiny Towns
25. Dice Miner
26. Monopoly
27. Codenames
28. Santorini
29. Lords of Waterdeep
30. Sushi Go!
31. DC Comics Deckbuilding Game
32. Euphoria
33. Zombie Dice
34. Endangered Orphans: House of Rath
35. Isle of Skye
36. Hive
37. Betrayal at House on the Hill
38. Frostgrave

This month, I added two more games to this list:

1. Architects of the West Kingdom
2. Warhammer Underworlds
3. Warcry

Well, that’s me managed my goal of playing 40 different games this year. This month’s featured game is one that I played for the first time this month. I also managed to get some old favourites back to the table, with games of Century and Root, among others.

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I had a particularly good time with Warhammer Underworlds. I have an intro game of this every year or so and it never quite clicks with me. I enjoyed it a lot more this time, and I particularly liked The Exiled Dead and how they played.

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A good month with some good games. October is when I normally start considering the annual Top 50 list, and I think I’ll have plenty of new games for this year’s list.

Writing

Some highlights for this month include:

• A review of Still Game and the release of a related Fiasco Playset
• Some thoughts on RPG morality and villain design
• A review of Munchkin
• Some ideas about playing through novels that are not necessarily obvious RPG fodder
• The start of a new series on RPG etiquette

My reviews of Still Game, Munchkin, The Autograph Man, and Architects of the West Kingdom actually see the completion of my reviews resolution. I’ll still be writing another few reviews this year, but it’s cool to strike a second resolution off this month.

August 2023 Summary

Painting

1. Finish 3 army-sized Warhammer projects (~2,000 points). (Sept Status: 1/3 complete)
2. Finish 2 starting forces each for 2 smaller, non-GW games. (Sept Status: 1/2 complete)
3. Paint a Warhammer Underworlds Warband. (Sept Status: no progress)
4. Paint a Blood Bowl Team. (Sept Status: no progress)
5. Paint 6 miniatures unrelated to current projects. (Sept Status: 14/6)
6. Paint 365 miniatures this year. (Sept Status: 396/365)

Gaming

1. Play 40 different games. (Sept Status: 41/40)
2. Play a new (to me) skirmish game. (Sept Status: 1/1 complete!)
3. Play 3 non-D&D Roleplaying games (Sept Status: 3/3 complete)

Writing

1. Complete 12 book/game/media reviews. (Aug Status: 13/12 complete)
2. Release 3 titles on DriveThruRPG. (Sept Status: 4/3)

Onward, to October!