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2023 stats and challenges

 Still working on my next post but decided to do a little info on something that is big for me and that is my gaming stats. I started officially tracking my stats in 2018 and have gotten a little more in depth as the years have gone on using BG Stats app. A few baseline numbers for me: 1966 plays, 372 plays My most played games are Keyforge 121 Splendor 61 Azul 44 Kingdomino 43 My city 40 H index 20 I also love using the app to track my personal gaming challenges which I will also talk about here. For the month of February 2023 I had a slow month of gaming Plays 34, games 22, New to me games 9 Deduction games have been the theme of my year and February kept that trend going with 3 games of Decorum and a game of Cryptid, both which are new plays to me. This year I went a little stronger into my gaming challenges, pushing my limits from last year with higher targets and a larger variety of tasks. I am behind the pace of my 800 plays for the year but that usually is normal as the sum...

Where does one begin?

 I have dabbled in the ways of social media to get my thoughts, ideas, and opinions out there for my beloved hobby of Tabletop gaming. I did TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, however was wanting to see what other avenues there are and I figure the written word would be my next attempt. As a side note, I am also looking into working in something in the world of podcasts, but that's for another day. I have always enjoyed board games growing up playing Monopoly, Clue, Payday, and The Farming game at my Grandparents place, or Chess and Backgammon with my father. Mid 90s I took a plunge into the world of Magic The Gathering, starting with a Starter Deck from Ice Age, and two booster packs, one Fallen Empires and one Homelands. I knew no one that played, and my family were not gamers so for a while I toiled around with a deck of cards. When I finally found players at school I got destroyed game after game (and anyone who knew those starter decks knows that they were random, 5 color, and no...