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 August 2025. Let’s start with a reminder of where we got to last month:
Resolutions Recap
Painting Resolutions
- Complete 3 active army projects (1/3)
- Finish two Malifaux crews (Completed: 3/2)
- Starting forces for 2 skirmish games (1/2)
- Take part in at least 4 club painting contests (Completed: 5/4)
- Paint 200 miniatures (106/200)
- Paint more than I purchase (on track!)
Gaming Resolutions
- Play at least 30 different games this year (Completed: 30/30)
- Play miniature games at least 12 times (7/12 games played)
- Play at least 5 games that I already own but have not yet played. (4/5 games played)
- Play at least 3 non-D&D RPGs (1/3)
Writing Resolutions
- Write 52 reviews (including Game of the Month reviews) (30/52 published)
- Publish a blog post per day (on track!)
Now, let’s take a look at what sort of progress was made in August.
August Roundup: Painting
This has been an alright month for painting. I started off by adjusting last month’s numbers slightly. I don’t know how, or when the mistake happened, but I had 106 written down and a quick recount gave me 108.
First up were a pair of Hexmark Destroyers, which were the final miniatures I needed for my 6 C’tan Necron army.
I’ve gone ahead and ticked off a second finished army with those done.
On the Gitz front, I did a Rabble-Rowza and then a quick, second Squigboss:
They look alright! I love this army so much. I do have quite a lot of it, now…
The next things on the list were some Daemons that had been sitting for quite a while. First, I painted up 20 Bloodletters of Khorne:
I didn’t really enjoy painting these. They weren’t really all that fun.
I enjoyed the Daemonettes of Slaanesh a lot more. I think I just really liked painting their hair! Here are the finished miniatures:
I then did something very different and opened up the Trollblood side of the Warmachine starter set. This little cadre, Foulblood’s Armada, was a lot of fun to paint:
I’m delighted with how these came out!
Here were the totals from the start of August:
- Purchased: 36
- Painted: 106
Our totals to be added for this month:
- Purchased: 20
- Painted: 51
And, through the power of addition, here are the totals for the year to date:
- Purchased: 56
- Painted: 157
Next up will be… I dunno. Maybe some FEC, Votann, Necrons… who knows?
August 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 May, 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
- 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
- Tiny Towns
- Isle of Skye
- Risk
- River Valley Glassworks
- Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux
- Necromunda
- Call of Cthulhu
- Century: Golem Edition
- How to Save a World
- Scout
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Arcane Academy
- Everdell
- Deep Sea Adventure
This month, I’ve added one more game to the list:
- A Fake Artist Goes to New York
- Adeptus Titanicus
A Fake Artist Goes to New York is one that I picked up last year, so this also completed my goal of playing 5 games that had been sitting on the shelf of shame. Woot! It was a lot of fun, hence being our game of the month.
The majority of other games this month were a mix of Magic: the Gathering and Age of Sigmar. It’s been great getting back into AoS.
My Troggoths have been hitting the table a fair bit, and I love using them again. Those Rockguts hit like trucks, and the characters do a great job of backing them up. The simplified Bad Moon rules really help, too.
Right near the end of the month, I got an intro game of Adeptus Titanicus. I’ve got my own copy now, and I’m working out what I want to do with the minis. I absolutely loved the game. My maniple (Jim, Stephen, and Susan) scored a win against an identical list that was set up for the intro game. I like the control you have over the individual units, and the ability to really push your luck and gamble a bit.
In September, I’d like to get some games of AoS in with the new Flesh-Eater Courts book.
August Roundup: Writing
With my Star Wars rewatch underway, I wrote a couple of reviews for that series, along with our usual Game of the Month post and a bunch of book reviews. In all, there were 9 reviews in August:
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (film)
- The Eye of Atlas (novel)
- Incredible, Legendary, Obvious (novel)
- Korea: War Without End (book)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars 2003 (TV)
- Hadestown (musical theatre)
- Six Wild Crowns (novel)
- K-Pop Demon Hunters (film)
- A Fake Artist Goes to New York (game)
Summer reading, eh?
And here were my other wordier, more thoughtful posts:
- Thoughts on our Club’s Upcoming MTG Commander Colour Challenge
- Arrangements for our colour challenge event
- Building a Baylen deck
- Thoughts on the MTG card, Vampiric Tutor
I’m hoping to get some more reviews out in the coming month. I’ve got a couple more Star Wars ones written, another book review, and a deck review. I’ve got a couple of Vampire supplements that I need to get around to, and a graphic novel.
August Summary
Painting Resolutions
- Complete 3 active army projects (2/3)
- Finish two Malifaux crews (Completed: 3/2)
- Starting forces for 2 skirmish games (1/2)
- Take part in at least 4 club painting contests (Completed: 5/4)
- Paint 200 miniatures (157/200)
- Paint more than I purchase (on track!)
Gaming Resolutions
- Play at least 30 different games this year (Completed: 32/30)
- Play miniature games at least 12 times (10/12 games played)
- Play at least 5 games that I already own but have not yet played. (Completed: 5/5 games played)
- Play at least 3 non-D&D RPGs (1/3)
Writing Resolutions
- Write 52 reviews (including Game of the Month reviews) (39/52 published)
- Publish a blog post per day (on track!)
Catch you in September!
No Rerolls 
Wow, I’m so impressed by all this. You have wonderful writing discipline!
And some great games played too.
Keep it up!
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