SHoR: First Milestone

Over 1000 Views!

Two weeks ago we launched Sweethearts or Rivals: boardgame reviews and live play-thrus.  We started with a couple of videos, a YouTube channel, a Twitch channel, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Vine, and Instagram pages, no fans, and a lot of hope to have some fun!

A minor milestone to be sure, but still a milestone!  Over a 1000 views on our YouTube channel along with 23 subscribers and 15 videos, followers on Twitch, a super-fun live Valentine's Day special, and some vocal and muchly appreciated fans.

We are loving the whole thing and can't wait to game it up some more.  We hope you join us!

Valentine's Day Special

Valentine's Day...  Like a loving husband I asked my wife out to a fancy dinner at an amazing restaurant with the intention of treating her to a romantic night out. When she found out how much the dinner was going to cost she exclaimed, "What!  We could buy two really good games for that amount!  Nah...  Lets just stream a bunch of sweetheart fun games!"

And there you have it folks, Sweethearts or Rivals will be streaming a series of live games on our twitch channel ( twitch.tv/sweetheartsorrivals ) Valentine's Evening.  We will be playing some of our funnest/cutest games, games like; Takenoko, Tokaido, Bora Bora, Council of Verona, and Steam Park.  We may play more, we may play others, so tune in!  Game wins will be tallied and the winner will claim the coveted Valentine's Day Heart of Romantic Fantastic Awesomeness!

Hope to see you there, the chat will be live and we would love to answer questions and read your comments.  If you miss it, we will archive the games on our YouTube channel for you to enjoy later!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Welcome to the blog for Sweethearts or Rivals.

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:

youtube.com/sweetheartsorrivals

twitch.tv/sweetheartsorrivals

vine.co/sweetheartsorrivals

And you can follow our gaming adventures on:

facebook.com/sweetheartsorrivals

twitter.com/sheartsorrivals

pinterest.com/sheartsorrivals

instagram.com/sweetheartsorrivals

boardgamegeek.com/user/charlakillam

Thanks!