Welcome to JohnHQLD.com! I’m JohnHQLD, and this is my little corner of the internet. Hopefully, you will come and join us as we share our love of gaming.
Mainly I will be talking about things that catch my interest, primarily in gaming. Board Games, Video Games, Puzzles – I don’t mind. As long as we are all having fun, that’s all I worry about.
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Last Week’s Gaming
Well, last week was a roller coaster. Work things are coming back under control. Facebook decided JohnHQLD.com was a news site. And I got back to some serious gaming! A great board game Saturday with Alpal, and Bravely Default 2 released. At the end of the week, I think it was a good one overall. 
March 2021 Highlights
March seems to be a month of a lot of my old favourites getting some TLC in various ways. Remasters, sequels, new platforms – in one way or another, I will be able to play some old favourites or play them on a platform I couldn’t before. What do I mean? Well you will have to check out my March Highlights to see!
Um, thanks? JohnHQLD has been struck from Facebook sharing
So it has come to light that JohnHQLDPLays, our Facebook page, has come under Facebook’s news blackout ‘experiment’. So while a lot of people use the page to see what’s happening, rest assured the site updates are still happening, even if Facebook isn’t sharing!
Last Week’s Gaming
The workaround for the delays in my PC is almost in place. I just need to get through this week and tweak any setups. And just in time too – Bravely Default II comes out this week! But that’s future games. This is Last Week’s Gaming! Again, not a lot, but I did get in some gaming and I have more detailed thoughts this week.
PlayStation 5 Sort of Review – How is it 3 months in?
Looking around for what to review, and my eyes kept focusing on my PlayStation 5. OK, it was because I just wanted to kick back and play games, but while I am trying to write up PC guides, I thought why not review this console? So after a film review that wasn’t a review, welcome to a console review that isn’t quite a review either!
Project Terminus – a solo RPG Kickstarter
Every now and then, I will back a Kickstarter on nothing but a hunch. Project Terminus is one such roll of the die. A solo RPG that somehow incorporate journalling? It’s a new take on gaming to me!
Willy’s Wonderland – This movie shouldn’t be as good as it is
Saturday I took a rest day after a long week. Lucky for me, Saturday was also the release for the Nicolas Cage film Willy’s Wonderland. After watching the trailer, I decided that I had to sit back and enjoy some B grade goodness. What Rabbit and I experienced was not the mindless laugh we were expecting, but a surprisingly enjoyable (but still B grade) film that I can see becoming a cult classic.
Last Week’s Gaming
After a long week, I didn’t get much gaming in. I even had to bow out on normal Saturday games session. I did get to spend a great day with Rabbit catching up on a lot of shows though! But that’s not what Mondays are about. Monday’s are for games! What did you play last week?
Istanbul the Board Game (and Digital Edition) Review
Istanbul is a game that I enjoy, but don’t get to the table often. In fact, it’s so rare, I can’t find Istanbul the Board Game in my library, only the Dice game! But the last few weeks after trying the Digital Edition, my love for Istanbul the Board game has been rekindled to the point it’s almost my default laptop game while recovering at night!
Site posts are going to get spotty as stock delays kill my plans
So my plan was to hand in there until the new CPU arrived. Well, that’s at least 2 more months away, so posts will slow down for a week or two as I work out a new workflow. But that doesn’t mean the site is slowing down!