Ah, the end of another
year... And I am glad to see it come. This year has been one of drama
and problems and was just not good. But, I'm not here to talk about
my drama, I'm here to walk about games!
Kickstarter:
This year was a bad
Kickstarter year for me. I thought I was going to be moving this past
summer, so I didn't invest in several good games that came up because
I didn't want to have to deal with changing my address at the last
minute and I didn't want to have things shipped to my mother's
address.
That said, I've got one
Kickstarter I've been waiting on for over a year now and it's leaving
a bad taste in my mouth.
That said, I've funded a
few projects, as shown from the brief posts about them.
Wargaming:
With the drama between
Pano and myself, followed by the closing of his game store, I haven't
done any wargaming in a long, long while. I haven't painted anything,
only primed three minis, and have tons of half-finished projects
laying around. But, let's start on the games.
SpineSpur:
Oh, SpineSpur. How I have
missed you so! I haven't played since the last battle report in
January. I love playing this game but it's so hard to get games in.
Since no one seems to play it, but you can't just show up at a store
with a force and play, like Warmachine, Infinity, or Warhammer. No,
for me, I have to get in touch with the two people I've taught how to
play and figure out the when/where/how of getting a game together.
Not fun. But, I'm going to work on changing that. 2015 shall be the
Year of SpineSpur! I'll be working on recruiting new players, be
finishing out my queue of minis, and starting a new series of
articles: The Streets of SpineSpur! More coming on that soon.
Road Kill:
Not that long ago, I wrote
up a 'Let's Review' of this game. Now, I'll be doing a series of
articles repairing and expanding the game. Hopefully, I'll be able to
sucker a friend in to playing a game or two with me. I'll also be
painting models for this game and posting them up here.
Warhammer 40,000:
I know what you're
thinking. Why am I writing about Warhammer after saying I'm done with
it? Well, Jay and I have discussed playing some Zone Mortalis games.
Since I already own a ton of minis for the game, there's not much I
need to update to play. I have the most recent Chaos Space Marine
codex (I bought it from Remi when we were still friends) and I just
acquired the new Imperial Guard codex. All I need to do is buy a copy
of Dark Vengeance, which I'll be doing on eBay, and I'll be ready to
roll. I'm not buy any new minis (except what I'll get from the DV
set), I'm just going to play with what I have already.
Also, my issue with
Warhammer has more to do with GW's business decisions than the game
itself. The game is fun, but it just happens to be owned by some real
jerks.
Malifaux:
One of these days, I'm
going to finish up these minis and actually play this game. That day,
however, may be very far off...
Card Games:
Not much going on here.
With the WoW TCG now dead, I don't play a single 'active' card game.
While that might seem sad to some of you, it does save me quite a bit
of money. And while the WoW game is dead, I've picked up quite a few
lots on eBay for dirt cheap. Which is about the only good thing to
come out of the cancellation. I wouldn't mind picking up a new card
game, but I am yet to see one that appeals to me in the slightest.
RPGs:
Due to the collapse of my
gaming group last year, I haven't done any gaming in so long. Since
I'm not playing RPGs, I'm not really buying them or paying too much
attention to them. Lately, I've just been buying things I missed the
first time around.
Articles:
As I'm sure you may have
noticed, I've been adding some articles to this blog. My goal has
been to expand the scope of this thing and I figured this was the
easiest way to do it. As anyone who has looked over the early entries
has noticed, this blog was formed to talk about Warhammer 40k. Since
the other contributors have left and I'm (mostly) out of the 40k
game, I've been trying to generate content here.
Blast from the past:
This is one of my favorite
articles to write. I have so many old RPGs laying around that never
got any love. It's nice to dig them out, look them over, and just
talk about was (or never was). If you look over the list of games
page at the top of the blog, you'll see that I have a lot of ground
to cover before this series comes to a close. For right now, I'm
trying to put out one of these a month. This series will also include
settings for old systems as well. If you have a game you'd like to
see written about, leave a comment and I'll add it to the list. Right
now, Hunter: the Reckoning, Teenagers From Outer Space, and Big Eyes,
Small Mouth are being worked one. Stay tuned for those.
Gone But Not Forgotten:
This is new series for me
and it will probably be on of the shortest ones, as I don't play a
lot of collectible games anymore. For right now, there's only two
more games for me to review: Doomtown (which will be rolled in a
larger series of articles about the Deadlands settings) and the Axis
& Allies minis game. I might buy some starter sets of older
games, provided they're cheap and unique. If you have suggestions,
feel free to let me know.
Let's Review:
This is a fun one for me.
I don't have a huge list of things for this one. Yet. As I get things
from Kickstarter, I'll be adding them to this series. It's also a
chance to talk about games I love that you can still buy and are
still supported. This should be a long-running series, if random in
updates.
How-To:
I had originally intended
to do more How-To articles from the beginning of the blog, as well as
getting the other founding members involved in writing some, but no
one wanted to. So, since I live in the 90's and don't have a
smartphone nor a digital camera, trying to do How-To things without
pictures proved to be too much of a drag to do. However, I would like
to share more things I've discovered, so I'll be doing some of these
this upcoming year. I hope.
Others:
I have a few other
articles planned for this year. I've mentioned a few already but
there might be others coming as well.
In addition to all this,
I'll be posting battle reports, painted minis, and everything else.
Stay tuned!
