I've been a bumbling little bee this last week, doing bits and pieces, experimenting, but not playing or making much progress on any single project.
Starting to sort my games, as part of a housecleaning effort. A box's worth of conventional board games that should probably go to work with me, a selection of previously-scattered wargaming and roleplaying books and magazines, a box/folder to keep the scores of pages I've printed out...
Adding to my small medieval project - only a handful of bases, but I'm quite proud of myself for making a whole extra base out of "extra" figures, which are intended to be stuck between ranks for a more irregular look. The way they are presented on the page makes it easy to line them up in the same orientation as on a regular base. Since one of the archers has a standard pole, this becomes a command base of sorts.
Reading another simple RPG - Spotted via my blogroll, no less. The ability to keep track of my favorites is a reason for this site in itself. The game even has some solo tips, and it fits on a single page: Play All the Books
Trying new Paperboys 18mm ACW - Challenging owing to having to glue paper edge-on to the base. My coworkers are flabbergasted that I can cut these so neatly, but it's really not that hard. I have the urge to run First Bull Run on its 160th anniversary, but I doubt they'll let me!
Demoing Catch the Moon, a Jenga-like dexterity game, at work. Both kids and parents seem to enjoy it. Of course my free-association skill led me to notice that some of these ladders are in scale for 54mm figures to assault something...
Watching five episodes of Sharpe - ... which could easily lead to a skirmish-scale Forlorn Hope scenario. And speaking of Napoleonics...
Basing 1/72 plastics - After a little frustration and indecision, I decided to try basing my 20mm plastics on 15mm MDF bases that came as extra with my last Wofun purchase. Here's the first unit - Napoleonic British militia.
Reading Henry Hyde's Wargaming Compendium - Did you know the Hoopla Digital library app has wargaming ebooks? Check it out! They have seemingly everything by Pen & Sword.
You have many projects on the go. The ACW figures look especially fab. Hoopla Digital? Never heard of it.
ReplyDeleteIt's available to most public libraries in the US and Canada. A free app that you can use to check out ebooks with your library card and read or listen to them on a tablet or PC.
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