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2025 Wrap Up

2025 has come to an end and I wanted to share what has happened.


  • Donation Recipient

  • Local Support

  • Legacy Adventure

    • I ended the Legacy Adventure for a few reasons.

      • 1. I severely cut off most of my personal social media engagement and by extension do not interact much with the organization's.

      • 2. It had very little engagement. For the amount of work I put into it, it did not yield much. While I had fun doing it, there were times it was hard to accomplish what I wanted.

  • Year End Total

    • This year we ended with $1139.01.

    • Not as much as I would have liked but I had to take a huge step back this year.

  • Costs

    • This year, my subscription for the website renewed. I have a 3 year plan for both website and domain. When I first subscribed, I got a 50% off promotion. Not only did that promotion end upon renewal, but the subscription cost also went up. Around 25%.

    • $1,195.95 went to website admin costs. That's about 70% of what I had to spend this year.

  • Personal Health

    • If you saw my previous 2 updates, you will already know the bulk of it. I'll try to be concise.

    • I discoverd this year that I have autism. I also have ADHD. Essentially, I have needed to dedicate a lot of time to myself to be able to manage it. It has proven to be difficult. This year was hard on me economically as well. The effort I needed to invest in myself meant I needed to take a backseat for the charity.

    • I do not know if/when I will be able to pursue meaningful growth with the charity again. At times I have considered selling Games On The Table. I have personal goals I wish to achieve, and even pursuing those is a struggle. Currently, I cannot manage all of it. So I will try to do as much as I can for the charity while making sure I don't suffer for it.

  • Thank you to all the individuals and businesses who supported the organization, be it with money or morale support.




  • Merch sales are T-Shirts or Pins

  • Website donations all from the website

  • Event related donations are individuals donating at events, tournament fees, business donations, donation jars, charity of the month, etc.

  • Board game sales are used and new games I resell on ebay for additional funds



  • Administrative Costs

    • Website & Domain = $1,195.95

    • Miscellaneous Admin Costs = $10

  • Event Support was purchasing copies of games for tournaments

  • Discrepancy

    • If you notice, I spent more this year than I had funds. I incorrectly calculated available funds when purchasing the games. I personally backfilled the $51.03 to equalize. This money was not included in charity income.

 
 

Additional Update

Building off my previous update...


I have recently been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and had additional testing to confirm I also have ADHD.

The reason this is important, is because I have to manage myself and my time. Otherwise, I can easily become overstimulated or over stressed. Recovery for an autistic individual is lengthy. So, working toward Charity goals is up in the air. I'm not sure I can feasibly pursue them.

Managing my personal life is my top priority. Lately, that has been difficult because of finances. As many people know, the economy has not been kind. I have spent a lot of my personal money on this organization. I used all my own funds to get it off the ground. Sometimes I pay for things out of my own pocket. That is no longer possible. While I have reduced the amount of personal money I put into the organization, I still have expenses that come with running it.


Basically, when I am doing well, it is easier to grow the charity because I have the time, funds, and health to do so. But this year has not been great, so my efforts need to condense into my own wellbeing. If I can find personal and financial improvement, I will be able to invest into the charity again.

This doesn't mean the charity won't exist. I will still use funds appropriately. I will buy/deliver games. I just can't organize events and do all the steps to expand like I wanted to. Not yet.



For the Legacy Adventure, I have decided to stop due to several factors.

I don't feed the social media algorithm and I'm not going to sacrifice my mental health to do so. So, the engagement I get on the Legacy Adventure is nearly nothing. It was meant to be a fun side project for the charity to drive interest, which it is not doing.

With me having to manage my personal life much more closely this year, I'm having a harder time putting effort into the Legacy Adventure. I do like the idea of it and the progression and the creative ideas I draw from it. However, it is not worth it at the moment.

I may continue the Legacy Adventure on my own platform. If I do so, I will provide the links on where you may follow me.

In addition to this, the Kickstarter I wanted to do for 2024's Legacy Adventure has been put on hold. It is a lot of work, which I currently can't do. Also, because of tariffs, it is basically impossible for small scale Kickstarters to produce a physical book. I may consider doing it digital only. But I'm still debating what to do. Especially if I'm informally transferring it to my personal works.


Thank you to the organizations and people that do so much work and support Games On The Table. It is a huge relief.



 
 

Personal Update

I want to give an update on the goals and operations of the charity.


So, I have ADHD. There are also a lot of signs pointing to Autism as well. Is this bad? No. But it does effect how much I can invest into this organization.


I will try to be brief with the point I am making.

I have really ambitious ideas for this organization, and am aware that these ideas will take time and effort.

Some of the things I want to accomplish soon are:

  • Facilitate more tournaments

  • Have RPG workshops/events

  • Do a Kickstarter for the 2024 Legacy Adventure

  • Continue the 2025 Legacy Adventure

Here are the issues I face daily that make these difficult...

  • Executive Dysfunction. Making initiating tasks difficult.

  • Burnout. Working too much too long and then abandoning notable progress.

  • Overstimulation. Getting too wired from activities and then needed days, or weeks, to calm down.

  • Engaging with social media. To make social media actually matter, I need to utilize it in the right ways. Feed the algorithm. I have zero drive to do this. I limit my personal time with social media. And I do not have the capacity to learn all the nuances of managing proper presence on social media.


On top of managing these things for the charity, I also have to manage these for all other aspects of my life. My job, hobbies, projects, and my interpersonal relationships. Sometimes I crash hard and cannot find drive to invest into these things.

Sometimes I'm overstimulated and need to cease interaction.

And I never know when these are going to happen.


I've been better at managing my life after discovering I had ADHD. But with Autism, it gets even harder. They both like to push back at each other. Without revealing much more, I also have several other disorders that I manage as well, so its not just the neurodivergency.


ADHD: I need stimulation all the time or else become depressed

Autism: Too much stimuli and I become overwhelmed and cannot function

ADHD: I need routine to stabilize my life

Autism: Routine has bored me and if I don't do something else I'll shut down


The point of this update is to inform you that I am not sure I can achieve all the goals I want to with this organization. There could be a plateau for growth. I need to focus on managing and regulating myself before I can commit more to the charity. If I can find/develop effective tools for myself, then further organization growth is on the table again.




 
 
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