Been a long and exhausting week. I have a lot of personal appointments and home improvement to catch up on. Haven't got much done gaming-wise done at all; my plan for a Battery Wagner game at work was shot down, so won't have a chance to use it at work anytime soon. This week is Fourth of July, though, so I'm hoping to get away with a "patriotic" game of some sort. I'm torn between a reenactment of North Point using Junior General and Paperboys I built during the pandemic, and a round of the Perry's TravelBattle (its Napoleonic style works just as well for War of 1812). I'm leaning towards the latter, as it's more "game-like."
So this weekend was spent working on personal stuff a bit, and a few books and hobby bitz.
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| I read the first volume online, and hunted the second down on Ebay. A very interesting biography of a perhaps over-maligned commander. |
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| Not specifically gaming-related, but by a well-known game designer I've gotten to know on Facebook. The first volume's quite good so far - a fun series with the style of a classic. |
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| Completed the 3rd Edition 40K ruin I bought at Recon. Very easy to build, and solid even without much glue. May try painting it one of these days. |
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| Another Recon purchase - Mark 6 Heresy Marines. Each slot contains the parts for one model, in the unlikely event I do a build-n-take at work. I'd need inexpensive plastic glue, though. |
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| Spent some tiring time in the heat today collecting a 6x4 piece of light plywood. Laid atop my 2x4 plastic table, I'm hoping this will enable me to play more conventionally-sized games. |





Hope work and job search allow more time your hobby. On the hobby front, my weekend has not been very productive besides cranking out a battle report on Sunday. Perhaps I can spare time for a meaningful painting session Monday?
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that. Time off tomorrow means I might get something in...
Deleteneat way of enlarging your table-top
ReplyDeleteVery basic, but I hope it works!
DeleteHobby time comes in waves and eddies.
ReplyDeleteBraxton Bragg is definitely NOT over maligned. Lol. 😀
This second volume promises to look at his time as Davis' military advisor with more detail and consideration than most writers bother with. The thesis is that, his abrasiveness aside, he wasn't THAT bad a general. He did win Chickamauga, after all. Also, the idea that his troops hated him is mostly from Tennesseans, who he got along with worst - there are some surprising quotes in the first volume from private soldiers who liked him and even encouraged him in letters.
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