What I want out of 2015-Resolutions and the like

While of course I have a whole bunch of resolutions (go back to school, find a better job-both which I am currently working on). I always write a resolution for things that I like to do for the year. Goals in my fandom that I can work on. So here are my 2015 Otaku resolutions.

Stop buying so much on Amiami
This one is the hardest for me since Amiami makes it so easy to just load up your cart with preorders. To the point where it was getting pretty bad for me. Honestly even without another hobby major money sink hobby, I was spending on the average 40,000 yen a month (with shipping) on orders since after Sakuracon, and that honestly needs to stop, since I'm back in school and saving so I don't have to take out loans

I started to limit myself and look over my priorities already. I put a cap on myself that limits to no more than 20,000 yen a month which means only a few things each month can be purchased, and I have to choose wisely. So far I am doing great though, I have a few preorders for a few months, but a lot of the months are actually empty since I'm just not willy-nilly just shoving stuff into the cart.

Buy a fightstick
This is something I've been wanting for a long time but have never actually gotten around to purchasing for whatever reason.

Eightarc Ivory Fightstick

I love fighting games, but arcades aren't really a thing in the US anymore due to online play and everything. I've been playing fighters steadily since Street Fighter 2 and long for play with a balltop joystick. But man... These things are expensive. Even cheap ones will put you back a bit, but you still want something good though, or at least with parts that are good.

I'm honestly thinking about a prebuilt Qanba with Sanwa parts in them, since I like the feel of those buttons more than Seimitsu. Whenever I went to an arcade with Seimitsu parts it always felt like I had to beat down on the button in comparison to rather light taps with Sanwa.

Make sure to update with more Otaku and game content more
Though I actually did much better than I thought I would with blogging last year, I surely could do better and I will hopefully this year. I plan to update at least once a week with a substantial blog post that includes;game review, analysis or even coverage from conventions/events that I go to.

Overall I feel like I just need to blog more and make more content related to it that I and others will enjoy. I have a lot of fun blogging and telling people about stuff that goes on, and I hope it does come out in my writing.

Hope that 2015 goes great for everyone~

The Majority Complete Collection-Kickstarter

If there's one thing I really like it's games, especially card games. They're one of my favorite things to play since it's rather easy to teach people how to play and is an engrossing experience.

So when I was browsing the traditional games on Kickstarter I was surprised to see one for The Majority-Complete collection.

The Majority Collection-What $25 gets you

The Majority is a doujinshi game (an independent printed and created game) by the circle Ayatsurare Ningyoukan; The Majority is made only by two people. Those people are Muneyuki Yokouchi; an indie board game developer who has been making games since 2006 and Kiyoshi Arai; an illustrator who has worked on video games (including Final Fantasy 12 and 14). The objective is forming strong political factions and gaining money in the supernatural filled world of Pandemonium.

While The Majority looks rather simple it is played with 3-4 players so the instructions tell all but The Majority 2 is played with two people and the cards reflect it with instructions on the cards.

The Majority 2 cards in action

For the Kickstart itself the company, Ninja Star Games is asking for only $10,000 as their goal which would break down to $5,000 for each game. The game pledge is only $25 which is not entirely bad at all for two games.

Most likely the reason for the $10,000 has to deal with paying the developer and illustrator, translating the game, editing and typesetting, and the actual printing and shipping of the game itself. If this succeeds we may be getting more Japanese games translated into English as Ninja Star Games goal is to find gems and get them translated into English, a more international appeal and more importantly to play more fun games.

The Majority Kickstarter is here!

*All images are from Ayatsurare Ningyoukan's site and The Majority Kickstarter.

Tanto Cuore Oktoberfest-Kickstarter

So if you've ever seen Tanto Cuore at conventions in the dealer hall, you'll know it's a game about maids. Well it seems that there's a new Kickstarter out for a new version of the game which; Tanto Cuore Oktoberfest.

Tanto Cuore Oktoberfest

The game itself plays similar to Dominion, but the main difference, besides the whole theme is that you feel more connected with your other players, even though you're competing against them.

For $50 you get the game, which is the same price as the other Tanto Cuore games, but you also get all those sweet promo card stretch goals. Though some of them I don't like, just because I don't like cosplay cards. But the actual barmaid cards are adorable.

The add-ons for the game are standard fare though; playmats, towels and shirts. But the one thing I do like from the add-ons is the beer steins.

Ceramic Beer Steins, for the beer or the hot chocolate

I wouldn't have actually thought Japanime Games would commision a beer stein to be made, but there it is. While the actual cup is simple , the logo does a good job of covering up the face of the stein. Some people wanted there to be pictures of the barmaids but I think the emblem is classy.

Basic Tier

The tier I got was the apprentice maid tier since all I want is just the game, and nothing else.

Comes with the oversized playmat

The barmaid tier had quite a bit of anger and resentment since there is another promo that is not in the basic tier. Yeah even I commented on how weird it was that it wasn't offered to the people who pledge overall $75 and above (with add-ons) but I just wanted an answer as to why it was just in the barmaid tier. We did get an answer a bit later, though it looked like the kept skipping over it on purpose. But at least we got an answer. So I put my donation of $50 back. I don't need another playmat but I am ok without having that Mimoza maid card.

The Kickstarter ends on September 16 and the game is supposed to be sent out in December 2014.