Time at the table and time away

It’s been some time since our last update.

The Love and Loss Games team has concluded that the lack of engagement from younger members isn’t due to a failure to find the right game. The reality is the group simply doesn’t value gaming as a way to spend their time together.

Despite creating and acquiring games, it’s common for us to go an entire week or more without playing any of them.

We dedicated over a year to exploring straightforward tabletop skirmishes using 3D printing for components. While the printing assembly and painting was a fun diversion, there was little success building a buzz for the gaming. Examples of games we’ve tried:

The gaming experience doesn’t fill the bucket very well for the family as a whole.

So, what’s next for LoaLoGa? We will no longer focus on finding or creating a single game that appeals to everyone in the family. However, we will continue to use the gaming hobby as a creative outlet. The specific form this will take remains to be seen.

One commercial game that’s had a lot of table time since January is Kyoto no Neko. I’m curious whether a gritty re-theme might hold our teenager’s attention. 🤔

Photos from a year of wargaming below.

Boxes of painted wargame miniatures
The miniature collection
A table setup for a skirmish wargame; urban style with building and cars
Kill Sample Process game in progress
Low-angle shot of a wargaming table - taken from behind miniatures of gang members in bunny suits.
Kill Sample Process action shot
Close up of a table setup for Gaslands.  Modified cars and desert rocks on the table.
Gaslands race in progress
A model of a red compact car with a minigun attached.  Photo taken on top of a 3D printed Gaslands dashboard.
Compact Gaslands car
A table set up for a skirmish wargame.  Nuns with guns in the foreground and a giant Nazi supergun at the far end.
The “Nuns of Gavarone” for 7TV
Close up on three storage boxes of miniatures.   Nuns of the French Resistance, artillery technicians in jumpsuits and alternative history Nazi soldiers.
The cast of “The Nuns of Gavarone”