DSG has somewhat fallen silent lately, if you haven't noticed. Wakowski moved out of House DSG and Rookie moved in, and Big Bear has been studying for a licensure examination. Wakowski's departure made keeping up with Booze Clues far more difficult, as his new place doesn't quite have the set-up for broadcasting as we had planned, and I am not able to make every session, so we would have been trying to share each session after-the-fact or not at all. We moved on to wines after Wakowski moved anyway, and sort of stopped following the movie series, which made things far more difficult to share.
Also, D&D sort of petered off. Our online session which included most of the DSG team fell to the wayside as our DM lives in a different time zone and has kiddos, making it difficult to keep up with. Our local sessions were set to alternate DMs, which might have been confusing on twitter ;) After we switched DMs I kind of fell off the live-tweeting wagon. And now both sessions are currently on hiatus. If/When they pick back up, I will work harder at live tweeting our highlights and more humorous encounters. In good news though, we are looking to start up a Shadowrun campaign, played at House DSG! Our expected start date is around mid-April. This I can guarantee we will live tweet!
Twitch has also been put on pause :( We hoped to live-stream our online campaigns, but due to scheduling difficulties we have no idea if that campaign will continue. I still have a lot of the old sessions recorded and might see if we can edit these down into amusing videos or podcasts to share on our Youtube channel. We've yet to get a good flow and cadence down where I think we would be amusing live, at least for D&D. Maybe Shadowrun, or maybe we'll pick up the channel for video game sessions (since we basically already do something similar in the basement!).
However, while I can't guarantee what is going to happen with Twitch, I can say I am making plans to get Youtube active. I have been tasked with becoming the House DSG Game Master. We have a TON of unplayed board and card games sitting on our shelf because nobody know the rules, or nobody know them well enough to run a game. So I have started going through these unplayed games and educating myself on the rules. Once I am comfortable running a game with minimal reference to the rule book, I plan to put together "How to Play" videos which I will be posting on our Youtube channel. This should also, hopefully, lead to more game plays on our end. Not sure if we'll get video or live-streams as intended (nobody can come to an agreement!), but I can definitely start posting some post-play reviews. Let us know if you prefer blog reviews, video reviews, or if we should aim for both!
As we start getting back to this project, I will also work towards some of our original plans. Booze Clues will still "exist" online, where once every 1 or 2 months we will put together a post about how to enjoy alcohol. The aim is still to keep things educational and include recipes or recommended drinking lists where applicable. I also want to get going on our Baking with Booze series, where we provide snacks or treats to make. Our plan was a video series, but we want to know from our followers what their preference is!
So check back often over the next 2 months while we bring the DSG project back to life. Let us know your thoughts, requests, and recommendations.
