Gaming in 2020

2020 started with one game in the works: the Work game was in the midst of "The Mists of Lamordia". Fairly early in the year this game was shifted to an online approach, which worked surprisingly well. That campaign is still running. I had hoped we might be able to bring it to an end by the end of March next year, but that's looking unlikely. Still, it's reasonably enjoyable, so there's no great hardship that it looks to run later into the year.

Due to the success of online gaming, I was able to set up a second campaign, "The Quest For Memory". This is also going well, and is rapidly heading towards the first crucible event of the campaign. It will be interesting to see how that compares with the same event in the other campaign.

There has been no opportunity to play, nor to run anything other than D&D, in 2020. I suspect that will also be the case in 2021. And lest there be any doubt, there is no Christmas Game this year, nor any likelihood of one in future years.

In terms of purchases, this has been a light year. I've purchased three physical books: "Rime of the Frostmaiden", which I thoroughly enjoyed, "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything", which is technically a Christmas present - but, alas, the more I hear about it the less I'm looking forward to it - and "Tome of Beasts 2". That last is another Christmas present, and although I really don't need any more monsters, the previous offerings in that series have been excellent, so I doubt I'll regret the purchase.

There have been a significant number of electronic products. I bought into a Humble Bundle of "Star Trek" products, none of which I've actually looked at in detail, but it was a hell of an offering so I couldn't resist. (And I've been enjoying Trek recently, and enjoyed playing that game, so if opportunity allows...) I also bought a small number of products from the DM's Guild, with the two "Monster Manual Expanded" volumes being noteworthy for their quality and usefulness.

I did a little reading of old D&D novels - the two "I, Strahd" novels. The first of these was okay, the second poor, but neither was revelatory.

My expectation for 2021 is more of the same, hopefully with a reversion to some face-to-face gaming later in the year. I hope both campaigns will continue well, with at least one coming to a successful conclusion. I expect "Rime of the Frostmaiden" to be the successor to the Work Game.