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 March 2025. Let’s start with a reminder of where we got to last month:
Resolutions Recap
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 (1/200)
- Paint more than I purchase (Not on track)
Gaming Resolutions
- Play at least 30 different games this year (9/30 games played)
- Play miniature games at least 12 times (2/12 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) (12/52 published)
- Publish a blog post per day (on track!)
Now, let’s take a look at what sort of progress was made in March.
March Roundup: Painting
After managing one miniature in February, I completed 4 in March. The first miniatures I finished were a pair of Marrowscroll Heralds for my Flesh-Eater Courts army:
I’m really happy with how these turned out. Both were painted during a club painting event. It was nice to sit together, catch up, and just chill with some hobbying:
I followed this up with another couple of characters for the army, including a Crypt Haunter Courtier and Ushoran, the Summer King:
I’m pretty happy with these minis, all in all. The Ushoran is a little scrappy, but he’s fine.
The rest of the month saw me working on my Armies on Display board. More on that, soon!
- Purchased: 9
- Painted: 5
March 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. Up to the beginning of March, I had played the following games this year:
- Magic: the Gathering
- Disney Lorcana
- Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
- Apiary
- Architects of the West Kingdom
- 7 Wonders
- Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
- Raiders of the North Sea
- Paranoia: The Uncooperative Board Game
This month, I’ve added a whole bunch of games to the list:
- Unstable Unicorns
- Viscounts of the West Kingdom
- Wayfarers of the South Tigris
- Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
- Clank! In! Space!
- Clank!
- Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress
It was fun to play Clank! for the first time in a long time. I was previously a bit burnt out on this game, but I actually had a great time getting back to it when our club ran a Clank! evening:
We played Clank! In! Space! first. It’s a more complex game than the original Clank!, and it’s probably a better game, but after a game of it, I enjoyed following it up with a lighter, quicker game of the original.
My game of Eclipse was a lot of fun! There were 6 of us playing. I was initially worried that it would be clunky and drag on, but it actually went really smoothly. I’d played it a couple of times before, but the rest of the table had played a lot, so they really had the rules down and the game was excellent.
I also loved getting Viscounts to the table. That was really excellent.
March Roundup: Writing
The month felt a little lighter, writing-wise. There were fewer big, more involved posts. There were a trio of reviews, though:
- A review of the Family Matters Commander deck
- A review of the Food & Fellowship Commander deck
- March’s Game of the Month
My biggest highlight outside of the reviews was probably this post:
- Thoughts on my favourite Magic card
quieter month, but progress is progress.
March 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 (5/200)
- Paint more than I purchase (Not on track)
Gaming Resolutions
- Play at least 30 different games this year (16/30 games played)
- Play miniature games at least 12 times (2/12 games played)
- Play at least 5 games that I already own but have not yet played. (2/5 games played)
- Play at least 3 non-D&D RPGs (no progress)
Writing Resolutions
- Write 52 reviews (including Game of the Month reviews) (15/52 published)
- Publish a blog post per day (on track!)
Catch you in April!
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