Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

Here's the 2025 second third update, the summary of my gaming from May to August.  The doing update for the same period can be found here .  This was the gaming Ovelist at the start of 2025 (detail  here ): This was how it looked at the end of April having played six games (detail here ): And here's the current status: I've played eight games during this period, working out at a doable two a month.  I’m very happy with that, especially as I didn't get to play at all in July.   16th Century  - I used the Sword Weirdos rules to play a game set in the Elizabethan era ( AAR here ). Verrotwood  - I picked up my Verrotwood campaign again and played the fifth and sixth games (AARs here and here ). 18th   Century  - I got the 6mm Seven Years War collection out for my biennial game using the Honours of War ruleset ( AAR here ). Second   World   War  - I played another Eastern Front Battlegroup game using forces from the Bagration supple...

Here's the first third update of 2025, a summary of my gaming up until the end of April.  The doing update can be found here . This was the gaming Ovelist at the start of 2025 (detail here ): This is the current position: I've played six games.  This is not as many as I'd have liked (I was aiming for eight, two a month), but it's six more than I did in the first third of last year so I’m happy enough.   Sci-Fi/ Post-Apoc  - I used Space Weirdos to play a game set in my fictional neo-Soviet city of Grozniansk ( AAR here ). Rome’s   Wars  - I gave the Early Imperial Rome collection that’d I’d completed last year its first outing with a game of Midgard ( AAR here ). 18th   Century  - For the first time in years I got my small collection of 15mm Pirates forces on the table for a game of Sword Weirdos ( AAR here ). Second   World   War  - My other games were all set in Hungary during late 1944/early 1945 using my 20mm collection. ...

Last year was the first time that I’d tried the Ovelist approach from The Hobby Support Group.  I found it really helped to focus and keep me from disappearing down too many rabbit holes, so I’m doing it again.  Once again I've split it into gaming and doing ( here ). You’ll notice that I've gone for periods rather than specific rules.  I agree with the Too Fat Lardies maxim of “playing the period not the rules”.  I also have so many rule sets that I don’t know what I may use 😄  All those listed are ready to play and as with last year it's about getting those unused collections onto the table.  Here’s a few notes behind each choice: Fantasy Skirmish - I love Sword Weirdos and it's an easy game to set up and play in a short time,  As I don't have a dedicated gaming space that's an important factor for me.  It also lets me get those figures out that I don't use with their "parent" system anymore like Warmachine/Hordes and Celtos and the handful of...