Introducing Charla and Justin, a husband and wife
team that love to play board games together.
We have always gamed as a couple. Justin caught my
eye in the early 90’s... ahem... when he invited me to his RPG group. Boy, when
that guy was GMing, something sure made that little introvert spark. (We're
both introverts BTW) Once we started dating we got swept up in that whole Magic
craze. Life happened and the infatuation with MTG waned. We still occasionally
RPGed, got into the occasional video game, and played many classic board games,
but still hadn’t found that something to snag hold of our imagination and
delight.
Finally, we found what we had been looking for,
mostly due to a little show named Table Top, and are delighted to introduce you
to our new obsession:
DESIGNER BOARD
GAMES!!
It's a great hobby for a husband and wife,
especially introverts who find making friends difficult. When my husband and I
sit down to a great game, I am reminded that we can still be besties after 20+
years together. Our board game collection has grown by leaps and bounds, but
our group of friends has also grown significantly because of the gaming.
Table Top, the many great boardgame reviewers, the
BoardGameGeek community, and the play-thru videos have been so inspiring, that
I wanted to put my 2 cents worth out into the interwebs. Reviewers sometimes
mention their wives, but I am often curious why they never show up on camera to
give a lady's point of view.
So I asked Justin, "Hey, you wanna?"
And he was all like, "Sure, let's give it a
go."
So Sweethearts or Rivals is born!
Our goal is share our thoughts about the games we
play from the perspective of a husband and wife. We will also be doing live
streaming games which will be on twitch.tv.
Our point of view will be half serious, half
silly, and we hope – all entertaining.
We hope you will join us on our journey through
gaming.
Our videos (reviews, play-thrus, gaming silliness,
live streams, and 7 second thoughts) can be viewed at:
And you can follow our gaming adventures on:
Thanks!
