It be bloggin’ time dontcha know! Let us bloggin’ den!
This past weekend was the Extra Life charity drive. Gamers around the world went on gaming marathons to raise funds for Extra Life, a charity to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital Network. A lot of these groups had live streams of their games on Twitch or other similar services. A lot of these were of video gamers playing various video games, but the Game Night gang from Boardgamegeek put on a 25 hour live stream of themselves playing board games. I watched a good deal of it (I dozed off at various points throughout the night) and had a good time doing so. I was SUPER tired on Sunday of course and a I’m still a little tired today but easily capable of functioning. Maybe someday I’ll try my own 24 hour gaming drive.
A few weeks ago I signed up for a 1 month subscription to Board Game Bento, which is a mailing service along the lines of Loot Crate, where folks sign up and get a themed box of goodies every month. Loot Crate offers a variety of memorabilia that will be of interest to pop culture fans. Board Game Bento, as you may have guessed offers a box of board games. It’s a little pricey for Canadians what with the exchange rate being what it is and the cost of shipping, but I wanted to see what they offer. I got my box on Friday and it contained three board games, two of which looked interesting from the get-go. The third I’m not sold on, but I still think I got good value for my money. They aren’t games I would have given a serious look at on a store shelf, but I think that’s part of the charm of the service. It widens the subscriber’s scope. For the record, the three games were The Manhattan Project: Chain Reaction, a streamlined card game version of the original board game, World’s Fair 1893 and High Noon Saloon.
I finished the new cast portraits over the weekend. Expect a visual update to the site over the next few weeks.
That’s about all for now. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.