My June Gaming

 June ended up seeing me learning more games than I really expected. Some of that was from me looking at Board Game Arena for new games. A lot of that was because Button Shy had a wave of play tests that I was able to participate in.

I learned:

Dice Pyramid

The Great American Fox Hunt

Flip Freighters

Forest Rivals (playtest)

61 Leaves of Autumn 

Road Trip Solitaire

Villainopolis 2.0 (playtest)

Astronotl (playtest)

So, on a whole, it was good month.

Like April, I went to Board Game Arena early in the month to make sure I learned something, particularly because I wasn’t sure what the month would be like. Dice Pyramid is pleasant enough that I’ll probably make a hard copy and I was happy to finally play Flip Freighter, which I’ve been meaning to learn since it first came out.

I hadn’t expected Button Shy to be so generous with the playtests. I don’t feel comfortable on going into any details but Villainopolis (renamed Crime Sprawl) and Astronotl are particularly strong. I had jolly good fun.

I had vaguely heard of the season games made for Accessijeux charity but then I learned that they are available as free PnP games. The first one I tried was 61 feuilles d’automne or 61 Autumn Leaves. It was a streamlined, nifty little experience. And now I have learned that Accessijeux exists.

Good month.

My June PnP

 June was a craftier month than I feared it would be. There were two reasons. Button Shy had some very solid play tests. And I made some little Roll and Writes for a trip. (I don’t end up using them much but the thought was there)

Dionysia + Soliloquy expansion

Criss Cross

It’s Rotten

Villainopolis (second playtest)

61 Leaves of Autumn 

16 Lights of Winter

66 Flowers of Spring

62 Suns of Summer

Pinball Dice - Dragon Slayer

Astronotl (playtest)

My big project for the month was Dionysia and its solo module. I enjoyed the playtest of it so I felt it was a safe bet for a build. And, at the time, I didn’t know how much crafting I’d be doing.

I also learned during June that the season games that had been designed to for the Accessijeux charity had the artwork released so you can make them as a PnP. And that included low ink version, which is always nice. I made double sided so I had two seasons per sheet of paper. I’ve only played the Autumn one so far but they’ll all get played in the coming weeks.

I am hoping to make July another PnP heavy month because I figure life will get back to being hectic in August.