This time last year, we shared our gaming ambitions for 2023. We looked at the road ahead, seemingly endless before us, and dreamed big. There seemed to be nothing we couldn’t do. Then a year went by and here we are. Here we are again.
So, how did we do? Did anyone manage to achieve their ambitions from 2023? This is our confessional. It’s also an invitation to do it all over again, and to join us as we dream ahead and lay out our gaming ambitions for 2024. What will you do this year?
Bertie
Last year I said I’d run a role-playing game, a tabletop role-playing game, and I failed. I didn’t manage to do it. But it wasn’t a complete failure. I spent more time playing Dungeons & Dragons than any other game last year, and my partner actually run her first D&D campaign, so technically I did, I suppose? Can you give me that?
Also, I did make loads of progress towards running a game. The hold-up for me has always been I’ve chosen a game that doesn’t have a pre-written campaign, Quest, which means I have to write my own, and dreaming up a world and story obviously takes some time. But I’m nearly there – really, I’m nearly there – and I think it’s only a matter of weeks now before I begin. 52 weeks. No! No, I joke. I’ll be tough on myself: I’ll use Maddie from Dicebreaker’s advice and set a date and begin.
I’m still super-keen to make it happen! If only to remove it from my tabletop list of things to do. I’ve got a whole pile of other games I want to run, see. There’s the DIE RPG, which has a really interesting ‘you play a character playing a character’ idea, and then there’s the Teeth RPG, which reminds me of Darkest Dungeon, and also The Witcher RPG, although that looks quite dense. Anyway, running tabletop RPGs is absolutely still my intention (and maybe obsession) for 2024.
But there’s something else too, and it’s streaming. I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while, but I’ve never gotten around to it because I’m a, a bit scared, and b, intimidated by what I think I have to learn. There’s always urgent Hoovering to be done instead. But I’m inspired by the people around me I can see doing it, like Ed on the news team, and my partner’s talking about doing it now (god why doesn’t she get her own ideas, eh?), so maybe that’s the incentive I need to follow through. Hang on, that doesn’t sound right – you know what I mean.
Watch out Twitch here I come?
Victoria
Last year, I said I wanted to become more ambitious with my gaming ambitions, and I am pleased to say I was. I played games I would never have considered before, including Street Fighter 6. Was I any good? Don’t be silly! But, gosh darnit, I did it.