Resolutions 2024: September Roundup

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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 2024.  Let’s start with a reminder of the resolutions and where we got to in August: 

Resolutions Recap

Painting

  • Paint at least 4 Warhammer armies of approx 2000 points (Aug status: 1/4)
  • Paint an Underworlds Warband (Aug status: Complete! 1/1)
  • Paint two Malifaux crews (Aug status: 0/2)
  • Paint 2 starting forces each for 2 different games (Aug status: 3/4)
  • Take part in at least 4 club painting contests (Aug status: Complete! 5/4)
  • Paint 366 miniatures (Aug status: 277/366)
  • Paint more than I purchase or print (Aug status: on track!)

Gaming

  • Play at least 40 different games this year (Aug status: 35/40)
  • Play 6 games that I already owned but had not yet played. (Aug status: 5/6)
  • Play at least 3 non-D&D RPGs (Aug status: Complete! 3/3)

Writing

  • Publish a blog post per day (Aug status: on track!)
  • Publish 6 items on DriveThruRPG (Aug status: 0/6)
  • Write 18 reviews (including Game of the Month reviews) (Aug status: Complete! 39/18)

So, how did September go?

Painting

It’s been another quiet month. After quite a long dry spell, I picked up the paintbrushes to finish off some miniatures. First, I went with the Morbheg Knights that I needed to finish off my Flesh-Eater Courts Spearhead:

Really, I only needed 3 for that goal, but it made sense to just do a reinforced unit when I was at it. I’d like to do another 6 at some point. They’re already built and primed, but I want to do some other stuff first.

I then set to work on the one mini that I printed this month; my final C’tan miniature for my Necrons army:

I’m pretty happy with how she has turned out, and I’ve gotten pretty positive feedback on Discord and Reddit.

My final mini for the month was the first of my Malifaux horseymen. This is Death/The Dead Rider:

So, then, that gives us 8 painted miniatures for this month. There were no miniatures purchased this month, though I did print one. Our totals for the moment:

Bought: 0 minis
Printed: 1 minis
Painted: 8 minis

Not super productive, but at least the balance is in the right direction!

This means that my totals for the year so far are:

Purchased: 121 minis
Printed: 116 minis
Painted: 285 minis

The next things to be finished will hopefully be the rest of my Malifaux horseymen, probably starting with War/The Pale Rider. After that, I don’t know. I’m looking to do some different stuff.

Gaming

September has seen a fair amount of gaming but, like August, not very varied gaming. I’ve played a lot of Commander. It’s my most played game for the month, definitely.

Here’s the list of games that I had played already this year, before the start of August:

  1. Century: Golem Edition
  2. Architects of the West Kingdom
  3. Sushi Go!
  4. Warhammer Underworlds
  5. Age of Sigmar: Soulbound
  6. Traveller
  7. Dungeons & Dragons
  8. Santorini
  9. King of Tokyo
  10. Ticket to Ride
  11. Twilight Struggle
  12. Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
  13. Ark Nova
  14. Arcane Academy
  15. Robot Quest Arena
  16. UNO
  17. Root
  18. Apiary
  19. Dixit
  20. In the Hall of the Mountain King
  21. Quadropolis
  22. 1960: The Making of the President
  23. Everdell
  24. Age of Fantasy
  25. Call of Cthulhu
  26. Raiders of the North Sea
  27. Scout
  28. Warhammer 40,000
  29. Kluster
  30. Rummy
  31. Lorcana
  32. Flotsam Fight
  33. Twilight Struggle Red Sea: Conflict in the Horn of Africa
  34. Magic: the Gathering
  35. Eclipse

I added one new game to the list in September:

  1. Arcs

I got in a couple of games of AoS4. I’m still getting used to the changes, and I do think the armies I’ve tried have lost some of their fun, little features, but the edition does feel really good so far. In September I played with Maggotkin and Sons of Behemat. Sons were just last week, actually, and I had a lot of fun stomping some Stormcast:

It was a really close game! By the end of turn 3, we were still tied, but I managed to edge out a victory, largely by getting very lucky and shutting down Yndrasta before she could start murdering m’boys.

Everdell continues to be a regular visitor to the table, and it’s far from outstaying its welcome. I keep trying it with new people and new groups, and it’s just so easy to teach. Such fun!

Arcs was fun, but I need another game to really get my head around it. Century and Scout have been to the table a fair bit, too. Lorcana is seeing a lot of play at home. My wife really likes it (it’s her who originally picked it up) and I’ve built my first (very cheap!) deck, too.

And of course, I had a fantastic time with a series of Call of Cthulhu sessions. That’s why it became our game of the month!

Writing

I’ve managed to maintain my goal of posting a blog post per day. I’m happy to be doing well on that front.  Reviews are going very well, too. I’ve loved doing book reviews, and some more board game reviews. Some highlights from this month’s blog content are:

I’m enjoying the Magic Monday posts. They’re making me do more research and really learn a lot more about the game, the cards, and deck construction. Reviews have also kept up, though there have been fewer book reviews. I suppose the summer was a great time to read. I’ve got a book review sitting in my drafts that has been finished for a couple of weeks, but I keep pushing it back to fit in other things.

No progress on the DTRPG stuff. That’s not going to happen this year.

September Summary

Painting

  • Paint at least 4 Warhammer armies of approx 2000 points (Sept status: 1/4)
  • Paint an Underworlds Warband (Sept status: Complete! 1/1)
  • Paint two Malifaux crews (Sept status: 0/2)
  • Paint 2 starting forces each for 2 different games (Sept status: 3/4)
  • Take part in at least 4 club painting contests (Sept status: Complete! 5/4)
  • Paint 366 miniatures (Sept status: 285/366)
  • Paint more than I purchase or print (Sept status: on track!)

Gaming

  • Play at least 40 different games this year (Sept status: 36/40)
  • Play 6 games that I already owned but had not yet played. (Sept status: 5/6)
  • Play at least 3 non-D&D RPGs (Sept status: Complete! 3/3)

Writing

  • Publish a blog post per day (Sept status: on track!)
  • Publish 6 items on DriveThruRPG (Sept status: 0/6)
  • Write 18 reviews (including Game of the Month reviews) (Sept status: Complete! 44/18)

And that was September. Catch you in October!

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