Some time ago I stopped writing weekly overviews of crowdfunding campaigns as I'd rather spend my energy on posting stuff I enjoy writing. I can do one game at a time, not ten 🙂
It worked for me, I could post almost daily. But I got sent comments, about how much people missed them and how the overviews were the backbone of our website.
So I tried to do them again. And got fed up with them all over again. And it keeps me from posting other stuff. So, I'm back at square one.
We'll see what the future brings for Solitaire Times. Enjoy your plays!
Eventually, I came to shift my mind about it. I'd much rather read a post from you from time to time, that you enjoyed writing and that transpires the fun you had in making it, and have only that, rather than only have a weekly compilation of upcoming KS campaigns that will be outdated on the very next Tuesday.
Sure, it gives a nice "cyclic" aspect to things, and I'm sure it brings quite some audience, but it isn't what makes the core value of the Solitaire Times experience, which is your wit and grumpiness and excitement and skepticism when you write about games you like, don't like, shouldn't like, or would like to like.
Myself, I'm stuck a bit in a corner in my personal life. I sleep 4 hours at night. I have delusions while being awake because of extreme tiredness. Sometimes I have parts of my body that I can't feel anymore and I have developed weird skin abnormalities. I feel like a wreck and can't think clearly. I don't play board games anymore, because I have neither the time nor the energy. And I failed all of my job applications - unemployment looms around the corner, with three mouths to feed and an addiction (of which you often heard about in this lounge!) that eats lots of my money, so this intense investment in research and teaching seems to have amounted to nothing. But I still check ST daily in the hope that I may read something from you that will distract me for a moment and bring back a smile while it lasts. I can't contribute to the adventure right now, I stopped hoping life would come back to a semblance of normality anytime soon, but I'm still a very much eager audience of whatever you may offer to us!
I, for one, will be happy with however you roll it out (weak pun referencing dice, obviously), JW. One main reason is because I don't have to do it. 😄 I'd often think while reading one of your (or Z's) longer ones, "Damn, this musta taken a while to compose and post. Plus, you take the time to insert nice photos in addition to samples of your razor-sharp wit. 🙂 Besides, since you're the one steppin' up to do it, it seems fair that you elect how to present it. You've always been open to suggestions, but in the end, you're the one rubber-stampin' it. I think I can speak for everyone in saying we want you to enjoy it and not have any level of dread or "this sucks" type of a vibe. I'd be bummed-out if you said one day, "I'm tired of doin' this. Someone else can do it." It would truly be a day of mourning for me. So, I say, "Hip, Hip, Hooray" to you, JW. What's the Dutch equivalent for that? Oh, and despite the suck-up soundyness of my Comment, I'm no suck-up. Except to maybe some female beauty - and you ain't that! 😄
P.S. Derek too, contributes some of the most bad-ass gameplay narrations (also with great "action shots"). I'd love to see a 2-3 minute time-lapse Video of him playin' a full game of Scythe.
You know, when I first found this website it wasn’t because I was interested in what was coming through the crowdfunding pipeline, but rather just reading about and having conversations of games. Eventually, I started just reading about upcoming projects, but now that I’ve slowed down on my purchasing, I must say I enjoy you and all of our readers here just posting about stuff they love. What they bought, what they are playing, whether they like it, etc. I hope you find a happy medium, JW, and enjoy whatever works best for you. If people want crowdfunding information that is fine, but there are many other ways to go about that rather than depending solely on you.