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Breweries and Games! End of the Year Discussion


You may notice that today's post isn't about an old game. You may also notice that there was no post on Thursday. You may also have noticed that this is not the first time this has happened. There's two things I want to talk about tonight and this topic is the second one. First though, I'd like to get something out of the way.

Merry Christmas everyone!  Wherever you find yourself, whatever games your playing, whatever pint your drinking have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

This blog has only been going for half of 2017 but in that time we've played some awesome games and seen some spectacular breweries. I'd like to take this chance to thank everyone who reads this blog for being apart of that. Comments or not just knowing that people are reading this blog makes me smile. So thanks guys and gals. Raise a pint for yourself this winter.

The second point relates to our schedule. When I set out to create this blog one of the rules I set for myself was not to miss a deadline. I would have content out every Monday and Thursday. Unfortunately I haven't done that. I've missed days more than once and while there have been problems beyond my control I don't like making excuses. This is on me.

That said, I have been working more since I started this blog.  My writing is a passion but as work changes I have less free time to devote to it.  And this isn't my job unfortunately.  While we are sponsored by Fatal Grips I don't make any money from this blog. Every game I review is paid for out of my own pocket and every pint at any brewery I visit comes out of my wallet. Now I'm not asking for money here, I'm explaining an upcoming change.

For the combined reasons of work and money Breweries and Games! will officially be moving to a once a week schedule, alternating each week between brewery and game reviews, for 2018. I don't want to see this blog die but I need to adjust the format in order to do so.

We'll start off 2018 with a new game review on Wednesday and go from there. It's my goal once again to never miss a week and I believe with this new schedule this is attainable. Unlike before I'll try to have opinion or discussion pieces whenever I can in addition to the reviews to balance things out. Sound good?

Again, thanks to everyone who has stuck with me so far. Like I said when we got started. This blog is about two of my passions, and I've become very passionate about it.

Merry Christmas,

-James Verzuh

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