Second Blogaversary

Two years of blogging. Still a bit surprised I've kept this up, but then again it may have been the blog that kept me going.

Not nearly so much gaming played as read about, but that's typical for me. Here's the wargaming goals I set myself a year ago:

• Finish my solo '45 campaign.
• Done, with help but in style. Thank you, George.
• Start a solo colonial campaign using The Sword in Africa.
• Nope. Did get to play a game at Recon, though.
• Run some more of Over the Hills and Far Away.
• Nope.
• Run some more of Glory:1861.
• Nope.
• Play some more Portable Wargames.
• Nope. This is looking bad, isn't it?
• Go to a convention!
• Now that I did, and got a whole four blogposts out of it into the bargain. It was an enjoyable experience and I'm happy I pushed myself to do it.

Whether I get to the next one depends on whether I'm still here. I'm looking for jobs not in Florida, at the moment. So one goal for the next year is to get off my butt and:

• Run Picacho Pass, soon. Now that I have some appropriate terrain and useful rules, I just have to, er, learn the rules. Maybe in the next couple months.
• Get started with VBCW. Now I've got some appropriate minis and the Xenos Rampant rules, I can do some solo playtesting.
• Another solo thing - the Mike Lambo English Civil War rules. I should be able to use my Memoir '44 board and tiles to recreate the hexgrids in his scenarios.
• Playing the solo Charles Grant scenarios, with 18th-century imagi-nations. Rules are up in the air here, kinda like the '45 campaign. I want to do the Junior General Leuthen scenario one of these days, but don't QUITE have enough minis yet. A couple packs of the 18mm Wofuns may cover it, but then the 10mm Wofuns are also on the way... we'll see.
• Run a historical game at work. Juneteenth and 4th of July are coming up, I really ought to be able to fit one in. And that model of Battery Wagner is still sitting by my desk... not in great condition but the kids won't care.
• Do The Sword In Africa thing. Possible, maybe if I can get anyone at the club to come in on a Sunday. Remote games might work too - any takers?
• Something Northwest Frontierish, just because I've never gotten to play anything in that particular period/niche. Not sure how. There are a few semi-solo campaigns for the genre out there; the one in Grant's Programmed Scenarios might suit. I want to run it with Bob Cordery's Bundok and Bayonet, which might assuage my guilt over not doing much with Portable Wargames.

The RPG types Over the Hills and Glory: 1861 fell by the wayside, mostly because they aren't really playable solo. I'm sorry about that, because the creation/design phase of gaming appeals most to me. I enjoy those pencil-and-paper RPGs, too, which start out with some worldbuilding, setting up what the group wants to play. If I thought I could get my local group (or my teens) to do them on a regular basis, maybe I'll try again.

Hmm, maybe if I have the teens build a map to play on? I've seen another librarian on Facebook do it...

As usual, I'm a butterfly. Too many ideas, too little time. But then, that's half the reason I started this blog in the first place - talking and writing about games is more than half the fun! Thanks for following me on the journey, whether you're lurking or replying - every little bit helps.