Streaming After Mythwind

I’ve covered Mythwind a lot. But I’m getting close to when I’ll wrap up streaming it. I like to show a game like this off, but there are so many campaign games or adventure games that I can play. Which is the one that I should play next? Here are a few that I’m considering.

Tales form the Red Dragon Inn

This one actually got talked about on the stream. Tales from the Red Dragon Inn is supposed to be a fun and lighter dungeon crawling game. You play as characters from the Red Dragon Inn board game. Whereas that game is about what you do after an adventure, this one is the adventures, or at least them being retold. I feel like I shouldn’t trust the narration in the game for what actually happens, but we’ll see. Plus the game uses a map book which makes set-up and teardown a whole lot easier.

Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies

I already did a play of Sleeping Gods on the channel, so continuing with the sequel to talk about what is new and different, I like the sound of that. Plus, I’ve watched some of the game play over on the Meet Me At the Table Channel. A lot of what it changes in the game are things that I got wrong in the first one. Or at least one of the main items is. I want a chance to experience that from the game, plus I want to see what adventures it has to offer that I can find.

Wild Assent

Wild Assent got added into the collection recently. This one is going to be a monster hunting type of game. If I had my Primal in, it’d take this place. But I do want to play Wild Assent and see what the game is all about. Th is is about taking hunters out and defeating monsters/creatures in a boss battling sort of experience. I haven’t done too many boss battlers so that element is very intriguing to me. And I think less heavy campaign elements could be good for me as well.

Hoplomachus Victorum

This one is going to be less of a story driven campaign and more just a campaign. The story is going to come from the locations that I choose than narrative prose. But that sounds intriguing. And like Distant Skies, it’s going to be a shorter campaign. There are a set number of combats and events to play. So it hits my list of potential ones for that.

Others

Let me know if there are other games you’d be interested in seeing me play. I have mentioned Nova Aetas Renaissance recently. That one I left off the list, for right now, because I think there is more to get ready. And the sessions might take longer to play, so it’s does it fit into my evening time slot.

Aeon’s End Legacy of Gravehold is another that I’d love to play. Like Distant Skies, it is a game that I’ve already played on the channel. Well, it is kind of. I went through Aeon’s End Legacy and I love that game. So my hesitation comes from doubling up on that one. I expect that that there will be new elements, so the game might be different enough.

Let me know which one sounds the best to you? Or, checkout my games over on Board Game Geek and let me know which one you want to see played?

Upcoming Streams

On Monday I stream at 9 PM Central. That is sometimes a bit hit or miss, but that’s the goal. And I do small solo game plays. The schedule is, right now, going to look like gaming every other Monday. A chance to see people in person came up for Monday and as much as I like streaming, it’s good to socialize as well.

On Wednesdays, well, I said that I plan to play at least a few more games of Mythwind. This is going to continue how I play my solo campaign games on the channel. The reason for that is with how many campaign games I can play solo, I want to try more. That is at 8 PM Central time for the campaign games.

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Top 5 – The Campaign Game I Want to Play Next

5. Agemonia

The order of the list doesn’t matter much, if it’s a campaign game, I want to play it. Agemonia is the most recent campaign game to come in and this one is a big box of fun. So I want to get it to the table. I didn’t back it all in for the minis, but I do have the giant core box which gives you the monsters as standees.

But Agemonia looks like a unique world with fun characters to play as. And while it doesn’t look, to me, to be the most complex game on the campaign game scale, I like what it offers. Card overlays that will change if you don’t interact with something in a certain time, or depending on what action you take. So it shows you want you need to know on the board and who you might be interacting with, but throughout a play, that can change and get covered up.

4. Aeon’s End: Legacy of Gravehold

This is a tricky campaign game to put on the list. Mainly because, though it’s not as obvious, this is a legacy game as well as a campaign game. I really enjoyed going through Aeon’s End Legacy on the stream. And Aeon’s End is a system that I really like. I think as a solo deck building game it works amazingly.

And a legacy game is always fun to play on Malts and Meeples. Or just to be one that I want to play in general. The idea of an emergent story and changing rules is fun. The original one I really enjoyed, but it was very basic in what it did. Some fun twists, but mainly basic. So I want to know what this one is going to offer and how it can play around with the story of Aeon’s End.

3. Wild Assent

Next up is Wild Assent. I recently got this one from a local game story that buys and sells uses games. I was selling some games and I came back with the same number of boxes, but fewer games. Wild Assent is the reason for that.

But this isn’t as heavy a campaign game. So while I talk about Agemonia that meant that from what I remember the game play is lighter. In Wild Assent I mean that it’s not as long as other campaign games. The commitment to it isn’t there because it’s mean to be played over a few sessions and that is a campaign. So it’s resettable you grab new characters and go again. That is an intriguing option for a campaign game experience.

2. Tales from the Red Dragon Inn

Tales from the Red Dragon Inn is the next campaign game expansion. Red Dragon Inn is a game that I like and that I don’t like. I like it because it should be a fun, light, silly game with some crazy powers and cards for each character. It is that, but the issue is that it almost always takes too long. It might be a game that I’d only play at four because that’s the right amount of time for it to go on, it feels like.

But that’s not the game on the list, Tales from the Red Dragon Inn is supposed to be an easy to get into campaign game. It builds off of the world and some elements of Red Dragon Inn, but obviously changes it up some from being a free for all. What intrigues me is about the ease of set-up of the game. Everything you need for the map is printed on it. So it’s more of a grab what you need and go versus as intensive a game in terms of set-up.

1. Mythwind

Finally I have Mythwind for my list of campaign games. And this one is interesting in that it’s less of a campaign game and more of a persistent world. It’s not meant to take you through this epic journey that a lot of campaign games do. Instead Mythwind is meant to be a cozy game like a Stardew Valley where you can just play.

The game offers you a number of characters to play as. Each of them has their own mini game. What you pick and who you play as, that’s up to you. And you can change that any time. So you get to explore different characters all while leveling up your town, unlocking buildings, going exploring, and completing your own goals. I like the balancing nature of this and think, from what it shows, it offers some fun story and experience.

Which To Play?

Now these don’t have to be the only options. Kinfire Chronicles, Hoplomachus Victorum, and others, are all sitting on my shelf waiting to get played. Or even non-campaign games like Unsettled still offer a group of games to play through because there are different planets each time.

Help me decide what to play. Which campaign game sounds the best to you? And one of them might just end up being played on some Monday streams as well depending on what my schedule looks like. Is there a campaign game that stands out to you or one that you think is just so good I need to get it to the table?

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I bring this up now because I am getting near the point, in a few weeks, where Lands of Galzyr will come off the table. It’s a great gaming, sandbox, type of story driven game. Not a campaign, but campaign adjacent. So on my shelf, which game do I play next?

ISS Vanguard

ISS Vanguard is an epic space game. But different than some where it’s flying about and blowing things up. So for example, different than Stars of Akarios (also an option to revisit). That is tactical space combat. In ISS Vanguard, humanity has uncovered a string in our DNA that leads to coordinates in space. Those coordinates, well, we don’t know what we are going to find out there, but, with humanity coming together, we find a way to make it out there.

The game is basically split into two parts. The first generally is planetary exploration. You go down to a planet, interact with things, complete tests, try and research, whatever the objectives on the planet might be. You take down crew and explore with them. The other part is back on the ISS Vanguard where you are maintaining and improving your ship. You also deal with issues that arise. A fun spin on things.

Oathsworn

Another option is going to be Oathsworn. Like ISS Vanguard it is going to have two parts in what you are doing. The first part is an investigative phase as you spend time around town or some location interacting with story and characters on a map. Trying to figure out things that will help you out in the next phase.

The second phase is doing to be boss combat. Characters are taken into combat with an interesting card mechanic that you play with. Each card has a cooldown on it, and they don’t cycle down until you play other cards that push them down on the cooldown track. And another thing that I like, you pick if you want to roll die or draw cards to see if you succeed.

Middara

Middara is a game that has been on my shelf for a while. Part of me is waiting until the next two parts come in as well. But Middara is going to be a dungeon crawl style game set on an alien planet that has an almost anime feel to it. So big crazy monsters and adventure as you go and a ton of story. It’s kind of from the peak of dungeon crawlers on Kickstarter where everything is huge.

My concern about streaming this one is that the map changes or grows over time. So like Chronicles of Drunagor, a game that I enjoyed playing, it is not going to be the best for streaming. But it’s an option and there is a lot of content for it just in Act 1, and I have Acts 2 & 3 coming eventually as well.

SHEOL

SHEOL is an interesting game, darkness has taken over the lands. And now as humanity you are pushing back against the darkness and monsters with the little Lux, light, that you have. Can you complete your missions and survive through the darkness?

I think that this one is easier to see on the table than to really explain. But it’s one that I didn’t back on Kickstarter and then I needed to track down after seeing Meet Me At the Table play it. It’s definitely one that is harder to find.

Skyrim

One of the newer ones to come out is Skyrim. Skyrim is a campaign game, like the video game. But how much time you spend in a game on a main quest or when you stop, I think is a little bit more up to you. And this is less of a dudes on a map sort of minis and dungeon crawl game. There is a ton of adventure to it, versus just trying to kick down a door and fight the next thing. So in some ways a little bit like Lands of Galzyr, though, there is still combat, or more combat in Skyrim.

Etherfields

Etherfields is an Awaken Realms that I backed and did single wave shipping, so for me it took a long time to come in. Now, I am still interested in the game, just a little bit less than I originally was. Etherfields is a world of dreams where you are exploring different dreams or nightmares and completing objectives. I believe it is a game that has progression and story to it, but it’s less of a campaign game than some.

Aeon’s End: Legacy of Gravehold

I’ve already played regular Aeon’s End Legacy. Legacy of Gravehold is the newer bigger box and I won’t lie, it is tempting me. I love Aeon’s End solo. And to play a giant box, I want to know what legacy content is in there. There is something fun about a campaign where you are opening up and exploring new things.

On the flip side, I already have showcased Aeon’s End Legacy and I think played Aeon’s End: War Eternal before on Malts and Meeples. So that makes it a bit lower on the list for me. But I also know already that I really like the game. So that is what keeps it on the list.

Relics of Rajavihara

This one very well might end up being a Monday streaming game. It’s a pretty simple, from what I’ve seen, experience that is meant to be played quickly. It is basically puzzles that you are trying to complete to get the treasure and it’s done on different levels. It reminds me of, I think it was called, Chip’s Challenge. A game about sliding around blocks to open up areas and, well, complete challenges. So a smaller game, but one I want to try.

Yggdrasil Chronicles

A friend taught me this game recently and I loved it. Yggdrasil Chronicles is a tough game of trying to stop various Norse gods, like Loki or Hel from messing with the world tree Yggdrasil. You play as one of the good Norse gods, but you are trying to do so much to make it work. And the more the frost giants, or other things get out of control, the harder it is to win the game. So it’s about remediating, but seeing if you actually can make it through.

I’m not sure what the campaign element brings. It does have some story to it. And I think it could be one that is fun to play, though trickier to film. Mainly because you are playing on a 3D tree that rotates. I would likely need to film it from the side to make it work.

Hoplomachus Victorum

Finally, and I do have more, Hoplomachus Victorum. This one actually isn’t quite here yet. But it is on the way and should be here soon. From Chip Theory Games, Hoplomachus Victorum is a solo and campaign version of an earlier game of theirs, Hoplomachus.

In this game you take your hero, build up troops, and fight in contests to become a hero. So that you can be standing tall as you go through the different areas and face off against different bosses. The story is light on this game, it is more a campaign of just gaining things and making your own story, versus a narrative adventure. But it’s also one that might work well on a Monday, though, that depends on how much setup there is.

Which Game to Play?

Let me know which one you think I should get to the table. I think that I am probably the most excited to play ISS Vanguard. But ISS Vanguard is one that I might want to play with a bigger group. So that would put it lower to the list.

SHEOL is probably the most different theme, in my opinion. The rest feel like themes you see in more board games. Maybe Middara is different, but it is more of a dungeon crawl with a lot of familiar things, just a less familiar setting.

And of course, this doesn’t include more Pathfinder Adventure Card Game or Arkham Horror The Card Game. And I can see games like Shadowrun Crossfire, Solomon Kane, Folklore: The Affliction and more that would certainly be options to play as well. Let me know which game you think I should stream after Lands of Galzyr.

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The $1 Crowdfunding Pledge

Let’s talk about the $1 pledge level. Why do I pledge at that level sometimes, and how often do I get more?

So what is a $1 pledge? It is basically a cheap way to get the updates on a Kickstarter campaign. With Gamefound you can follow along if you subscribe to it. But Kickstarter, is is $1 and often times it gives you access to the pledge manager as well.

The nice thing about a $1 pledge is that you don’t need all the money at once. If both Final Girl and Marvel Zombies run at the same time – they did – then you don’t need to give both of them a couple hundred dollars right at the same time. You back $1 now you can get one now and save up for the other one later.

But how often do I back for $1, once in a while, and I’d say maybe 2 out of the 6-7 that I did that with, I ended up adding in the pledge manager. One, for sure, that I did was The Witcher: Old World. And I believe there was another that I added. I don’t care enough, most of the time, to do $1 and get the updates.

The Drink

A Negroni again. It’s such a good drink, again a warm day and one that is nice to have on a day like that. But a good drink to have stuff around for. It is really one that I like to sip while grilling as well. On a hot summer day it is refreshing and with some ice in there, it doesn’t feel water down when the ice melts.

Upcoming Streams

Tomorrow I’ll be streaming, I think my plan is more Paper Dungeons. So join for some fun to play along. I’m still working my way through that campaign.

I talked about this on the stream, and maybe I’ll talk about it more tomorrow. But I am getting a gaming table with a topper. That will allow for me to leave a bigger campaign game set-up on the lower level and put the top on when I want to play something else. So once that comes, I am going to be getting back to streaming a larger game.

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Marvel Champions: Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch

These did come out a few weeks apart, but just with how things lined up, not that far apart from when I went into the FLGS, All Systems Go, which sets them aside for me. Haven’t gotten either of them to the table yet, but I’m excited for them. Like I said, this was perfect timing with Scarlet Witch/Wanda coming out at the very end of WandaVision, same day in the United States. Accidentally great timing, though it was because it was pushed back a month. Excited for both of them, and they are a pair that can team up with each other, which is awesome, I like anything that can give me that super hero team-up feel, and while Marvel Champions does feel some like that, this bakes it into those two characters, like they did for Ant-Man and Wasp.

Deep Madness Expansions

Again from All Systems Go, they had a Deep Madness Kickstarter traded in. Now, there was a bundle of the core and a few core expansions that they sold, but I’d already gotten a previous trade in of those. So now they have some of the other Kickstarter expansions. I picked up two of them. One was Spawn of the Sleeper and epic monster that can be added into the game. I liked this one because it has weird little eggs or spawn or tentacles, something for this deep sea base that is just horrifying. And the Faces of the Sphere expansion, which I thought looked cool, and interestingly enough, ties into their next game, which I missed on Kickstarter, whoops.

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Now, this is a hot game. In fact it’s so hot that it’s basically sold out everywhere. You look online at Amazon, Cool Stuff Inc, and Miniature Market, all sold out. Checked with my FLGS, they have a call list going for when it comes in. But I was able to find it online and not at a massive marked up price. I found it over on Barnes and Nobles’ site. Now, I didn’t pick it up from my local one, but I had to order it in. I am interested in this one because it looks like a Euro game where they gave it more of a theme and more to do. I also really like the theme and deck building, though the deck building might not be the biggest part of it. Exploring lost ruins and having that Indiana Jones sort of feel, that’s really interesting to me.

Tiny Turbo Cars

I talked about this one a couple of weeks back in a Back or Brick. In that one I said it was a back for me, and I’ve still kept the pledge. Tiny Turbo Cars just looks f un to me, and I like supporting a good board game company that has made a bunch of games that I enjoy. They really do nail the toy factor in the game, the little controller looks almost like it’s going to be some sort of technology. I know I won’t see this for a while, but I think it’ll be a fun one for certain groups of people. I know that the real time aspect will probably be a bit to hectic for some players, but it’ll be a big success for others, and I’m hoping it’ll work for most people.

Aeon’s End: Legacy of Gravehold

I love Aeon’s End, that’s all there is too it. And the fact it’s another Legacy game in the series, that’s awesome. I will have all the big boxes for Aeon’s End when this arrives, and I need to dive into that first legacy box soon. I just need to figure out if I play it solo or not. If I do, I can get to it sooner, otherwise I might have to wait or find a person to play semi-regularly with. I think it might be one that I play solo, because I had fun playing Aeon’s End: War Eternal solo on Malts and Meeples. This just gives me more Legacy goodness, and I’m very cool with that.

Zombicide: Undead or Alive

This one I did my Back or Brick on last week. What had me on the fence with it last week was the price. But I’ve now backed it because I think it’s going to be really fun. I love the theme, I think that zombies in the Wild West is cool. I love CMON’s minis, I mean they were known as Cool Mini Or Not for a while. And while I did just sell Zombicide: Green Horde, some of that was because I have a lot of fantasy games already. I guess zombies in the Wild West is technically a form of fantasy, but not the standard middle ages fantasy. So this felt different than things I have my collection so I wanted to pick it up.

Which of these games sounds the most interesting to you? Have you backed any of the Kickstarters? Let me know in the comments below.

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