Land Ho!
It's been an exciting week. Like most of you, I've been waiting on this phase of the land expansion for some time. I'm not anywhere near the status of the some of the Spliterlands whales I've come to know (and envy), but I've stockedpiled 53 plots over the last couple of years.
![SL - Keep.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbGiz8yWJiCVHY1LMYRreGXnBK5xTYdkNgzABU3pyJdEw/SL%20-%20Keep.jpg) My main goal was to land a Keep. Knowing my odds were roughly 50%, I was happy to pull one out of the 42 deeds I've surveyed so far. Unlike some, I spread by plots around. This might end up proving a bad strategy, but after the town hall where I saw the sample tract reveal about 85 common tundras, I opted for more variety at the potential cost of having all my plots close to one another. So far, I'm pleased with my variety, but time will tell... ![SL - Nat Epic jungle.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmaxXg3Zh8PLdcobxFTBsnpw1FeJtfXGqzAqqcFMKtaqRi/SL%20-%20Nat%20Epic%20jungle.jpg) Here's my pulls for 42 deeds so far: Kingdom: Keep - desert Natural Epic - river Natural Epic - forest x2 Natural Epic - jungle Natural Epic - hills Natural Epic - plains Magic Rare - plains Natural Rare - bog Natural Rare - plains x4 Natural Rare - desert x2 Natural Rare - swamp Magic Common - forest Natural Common - plains x4 Natural Common - jungle x2 Natural Common - desert x7 Natural Common - river Natural Common - swamp Natural Common - hills x3 Natural Common - bog Natural Common - badlands x5 (my first 5 surveyed... NOT an exciting start!) ![SL - Magic Rare plains.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmRFJpqVaELUxCAj2whbo5deiyBh9x4UW3A2ew1tGpPBb1/SL%20-%20Magic%20Rare%20plains.jpg) Overall, a pretty decent haul. Would have liked to have landed an Occupied, but maybe I can catch one with my final 11 deeds. I'll post the overall results when I survey those last 11 plots. Having a lot of fun with this and my hats off to the Splinterlands team. It's taken a while to get to this point, but it does feel like a monumental project that I'm still quite enthusiastic to be a part of. Looking forward to even bigger and better things in the future - especially Land Phase 1.5!! Cheers, gang!

First days of 2022 in Tunisia