Well 2024 has been the usual mixed bag. The high spot was playing in Jolly Broom Man's English Civil War campaign at the start of the year and winning! It was a really interesting system that left me feeling like an actual senior commander. I made the strategic moves on the campaign map and selected the troops and gave the grand tactical orders needed to fight any battles, but after that had no input to the actual tactical level of field actions as JBM fought those solo following the remote player's plans. What clinched it was King Charles dying early in 1643 following the defeat at Winterton Field. I played a few solo games using my quick play Pike and Shot rules and in the aftermath of Christmas played a family game of Lord of the Ring's Risk. If you haven't come across that game it is a different take on Risk and gives a good afternoon's fun. I'm saying that even though I had my Ass (other equines are available) handed to me by the forces of evil. It's a game which really deserves a post all of it's own and I will see what I can do in that respect in the New Year. I also regained my painting Mojo which is a huge relief.
Real Life has been a bit of a bugger in 2024. In part it's the inevitable legacy of getting older, I have lost a number of friend's from my misspent youth over the last few months. It's to be expected I suppose, but it is an unwelcome reminder that none of us live forever!
I didn't really set myself any major objectives at the start of the year but I did say something about getting to some wargame shows, playing more games, posting more on the blog and painting more figures. I got to a show so I'm calling that done, I posted slightly less than 2023 but hey that's close enough for Jazz, I don't have the data on games played over the two years but I was involved in a fair few this year. Painting was an overall win as I end the year with less unpainted stuff than I started with so that's a result.
The big question of course is what objectives am I setting for 2025? In no particular order then:
- Complete the following DBA armies and ideally extend them to ADLG size: Early Byzantine Army (its about half way there), Goths (Ostro and Visi), Hunnic and some infantry based Germanic types probably Franks.
- Finish the year with less unpainted stuff than I started with!
- Rebase my 6mm British Civil war troops
- Build a couple of 2mm armies for Strength and Honour and get a game or two in.
- Play some ADLG
- Put together some sort of AI system for use in solo games
All the best for the coming year
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