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 September:
Resolutions Recap
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)
So, how did October go?
Painting
It’s been another quiet month. I managed just three miniatures. The first of them was my second puppet horseman:
He’s probably my favourite of the riders. I love the charcoal face, the glowing eyes, and the flames.
I then did my third puppet horseman:
I liked doing the dress on this one, and the blue flames on the fire.
Finally, I did my fourth puppet horseman:
I like the yellow and the wood on this mini, and the picture really doesn’t actually do it justice. That happens from time to time, where the camera just doesn’t pick things up well. I’m not delighted with the cage, though.
So, then, that gives us 3 painted miniatures for this month. There were no miniatures purchased this month, though I did print one. Our totals for the month are:
Bought: 0 minis
Printed: 0 minis
Painted: 3 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: 288 minis
I’m not sure what will be next. Things aren’t quite going so well with the painting at the moment, and it’s now very unlikely that I will hit my goal of a mini per day.
Gaming
October has seen a fair amount of gaming, including a few new games for me. The first new game of the month for me was Nucleum.
I’m not completely sure how I feel about Nucleum. It was a lot. It was heavy, and I do like heavy games. I think I didn’t understand the game quickly enough and I’d fare better if I played again. It was interesting though, and I liked how action selection worked. Yeah, mixed feelings on this one…
Here’s the list of games that I had played already this year, before the start of October:
- Century: Golem Edition
- Architects of the West Kingdom
- Sushi Go!
- Warhammer Underworlds
- Age of Sigmar: Soulbound
- Traveller
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Santorini
- King of Tokyo
- Ticket to Ride
- Twilight Struggle
- Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
- Ark Nova
- Arcane Academy
- Robot Quest Arena
- UNO
- Root
- Apiary
- Dixit
- In the Hall of the Mountain King
- Quadropolis
- 1960: The Making of the President
- Everdell
- Age of Fantasy
- Call of Cthulhu
- Raiders of the North Sea
- Scout
- Warhammer 40,000
- Kluster
- Rummy
- Lorcana
- Flotsam Fight
- Twilight Struggle Red Sea: Conflict in the Horn of Africa
- Magic: the Gathering (Commander)
- Eclipse
- Arcs
I added four new games to the list in October:
- Nucleum
- Villainous
- Isle of Skye
- Navoria
I got in a fair few games of Lorcana and Commander, and I continue to really love both of these games. It was great to finally try out Villainous, as it had been on my shelf for some time. I really enjoyed it, as the asymmetry is something that really appeals to me.
The final new game of the month for me was Navoria:
I enjoyed Navoria. It took me a little while to fully get it, particularly the building aspect, but there’s not a huge amount to grasp. I actually think that it lacks a little bit of bite, though it is very fun and rather pretty.
This month, I’ve crossed the finish line on all of my gaming resolutions.
My game of the month was Commander.
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 in particular. Some highlights from this month’s blog content are:
- Magic Monday: Sharknado
- Review of Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
- Magic Monday: Norin
- Locations in Lorcana
- Unboxing Hobby Supplies
- Review of Lost in a Good Book
- Looking back at the old £5 Warhammer boxes
- Review of The Well of Lost Plots
- Magic Monday: Clamilton
- Just lovin’ on dice pool systems
- October’s Game of the Month
I was very busy this month, and away for a chunk of it, so I’m delighted that I kept things going. I’m hoping for some more book reviews soon.
No progress on the DTRPG stuff. That’s not going to happen this year.
October Summary
Painting
- Paint at least 4 Warhammer armies of approx 2000 points (Oct status: 1/4)
- Paint an Underworlds Warband (Oct status: Complete! 1/1)
- Paint two Malifaux crews (Oct status: 0/2)
- Paint 2 starting forces each for 2 different games (Oct status: 3/4)
- Take part in at least 4 club painting contests (Oct status: Complete! 5/4)
- Paint 366 miniatures (Oct status: 288/366)
- Paint more than I purchase or print (Oct status: on track!)
Gaming
- Play at least 40 different games this year (Oct status: Complete! 40/40)
- Play 6 games that I already owned but had not yet played. (Oct status: Complete ! 6/6)
- Play at least 3 non-D&D RPGs (Oct status: Complete! 3/3)
Writing
- Publish a blog post per day (Oct status: on track!)
- Publish 6 items on DriveThruRPG (Oct status: 0/6)
- Write 18 reviews (including Game of the Month reviews) (Oct status: Complete! 48/18)
And that was October. Catch you in November!
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