Before we get on with the main post a little life update considering I have been sharing on that side more than usual lately.

Yesterday I tested negative for the second consecutive day using a Government/NHS sanctioned/approved lateral flow kit.

Which under the current guidelines means I am allowed to rejoin and once again become a productive member of society. It also means I’m all go for the gaming sessions at the end of the week.
Rest assured I’m still going to be testing daily (while it’s still free to do so). 

My big game challenge only has nine games in it. And what I’m thinking is now a ridiculously short time scale, with a deadline of the end of this year to play them all.

As you can see I’ve only played two of the games on the list.

I am not confident this challenge will be completed by then.

I am hoping that Star Wars Rebellion, Scythe and Xia: Legends of a Drift System will be ones I get to play with Nathan. Only Rebellion is a true two player game. Which will be perfect for us. However although both of the other two games are better with more players. I think Xia most definitely with it’s npc ships controlled by players will be just as much fun for him.

Looking at my stats I have played Scythe as a two player game. Both times with Jeff. Plus it looks like they were early games. If not learning games. However these two plays would have been on the full game board. Since then the modular game board has come out that makes the map much tighter at lower player counts. I think promising a different experience.

I think meeting the challenge with the remaining games will be easier with our new hosts for our gaming sessions the Wisbech St Mary Sports and Social Club. I don’t think getting players for the games will be an issue either. The main issue will be co-ordinating schedules for players to meet up and play.

Plus I’d want to get the games already played back to the table. And that’s the age old problem for gamers, too many games, not enough time to play them. So often we have great games just sitting in our collections feeling unloved and unplayed. It’s why I’ve set up challenges like this one to help get some of those games back to the table, getting some of that love back.