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 January 2025. Let’s start with a reminder of the resolutions:
Resolutions Recap
Painting Resolutions
- Complete 3 active army projects
- Finish two Malifaux crews
- Starting forces for 2 skirmish games
- Take part in at least 4 club painting contests
- Paint 200 miniatures
- Paint more than I purchase
Gaming Resolutions
- Play at least 30 different games this year
- Play miniature games at least 12 times
- Play at least 5 games that I already own but have not yet played.
- Play at least 3 non-D&D RPGs
Writing Resolutions
- Publish a blog post per day
- Write 52 reviews (including Game of the Month reviews)
Now, let’s take a look at what sort of progress was made in January
January Roundup: Painting
The pain continues and painting hasn’t been happening. I’m hoping to change that. Things are getting better, so maybe I can do a little tidy up and then settle to some painting for the first time in… too damn long.
That said, I’m still planning for things to be painted…
I’ve picked up a fair amount of new Orruks that are gonna get painted up by someone else.
This makes the tally a bit tricky… I picked up the following sets:
- 2x Wrekkamob boxes (54 minis)
- 1x Arboy Big Boss (1 mini)
- Zoggrok Anvilsmasha (2 minis)
- Bossrokk Tower (1 mini)
- Manifestations (4 minis)
So that’s 62 miniatures in all. The thing is, I’m not going to paint them, so do they fit into the “paint more than I purchase” thing? probably not. I certainly wouldn’t take credit. So let’s open two tallies:
Main Miniatures list
- Purchased: 0
- Painted: 0
Minis to be painted by others
- Purchased: 62
- Painted: 0
I’ll probably just close off the second tally once they’ve been painted.
January Roundup: Gaming
With Commander and Lorcana featuring more heavily in my rotation at the moment, and a goal to get more miniature games played, I’ve reduced this year’s target to 30 games. This month, I managed to play 7 different games to kickstart this year’s played list:
- Magic: the Gathering
- Disney Lorcana
- Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
- Apiary
- Architects of the West Kingdom
- 7 Wonders
- Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
It’s been a good month! Apiary was a big highlight of this month. It was a huge game for us in the first half of 2024, but we got burnt out on it. Writing a review of the expansion, Expanding the Hive, forced us to get back into it and fall right back in love with it. The updated that come with that expansion fix a lot of the problems that we had with the game.
Magic continues to be a major part of the rotation, and the day that this get published on the site is the day that I’ll be at a club Commander event.
January Roundup: Writing
with 7 reviews in January, we’re well on our way to our goal of 52 for the year. I tend to look at books, games, and others bits of media that grab my interest. Sometimes, I get sent things to review. Those items are marked in the list with an asterisk:
- The 1997 Royal Rumble, recently added to Netflix
- Marc Alan Edelheit’s novel, Off Midway Station*
- The MTG Commander precon, Lorehold Legacies
- James S. A. Corey’s novel, Mercy of Gods*
- The Apiary expansion, Expanding the Hive*
- The classic card game, Rummy
- Creator Spotlight on The Voyager’s Workshop
Good stuff!
Of course, there are many other posts that go up throughout the month. Some highlights from this month include:
- Plans for expanding my Ironjawz army
- Excitement at the return of Be’lakor’s boys
Yeah, not a bad month. I’m hoping to get some more book and game reviews up, soon!
January Summary
Painting Resolutions
- Complete 3 active army projects (no progress)
- Finish two Malifaux crews (no progress)
- Starting forces for 2 skirmish games (no progress)
- Take part in at least 4 club painting contests (1/4)
- Paint 200 miniatures (no progress)
- Paint more than I purchase (no progress)
Gaming Resolutions
- Play at least 30 different games this year (7/30 games played)
- Play miniature games at least 12 times (1/12 games played)
- Play at least 5 games that I already own but have not yet played. (no progress)
- Play at least 3 non-D&D RPGs (no progress)
Writing Resolutions
- Write 52 reviews (including Game of the Month reviews) (7/52 published)
- Publish a blog post per day (on track!)
Catch you in February!
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