Bavarians and the Current State

While I cannot speak for others, I occasionally fall into a period where there is so much on my wargaming plate that thoughts explode on possibilities and works pile up. Without concentrated focus, the wheels of progress wind up spinning with limited traction.  Anyone else suffer from too many ideas and not enough time or energy to tackle them all?

I notice this sense of falling behind correlates closely on the heels of hosting a game and tapping out a long battle report.  Both require a lot of work.  These two efforts can leave my energy levels depleted for a few days.  Last week's Agnadello game with Richard (see Agnadello, Rematch) is the latest such example.

Before I had a chance to catch my breath, another Agnadello battle played out on the table in a rematch on Tuesday.  Another interesting and exciting battle whose tale is yet to be told.

Battle of Agnadello

After today's task of clearing the gaming table of Great Italian Wars, the plan is to pull out the Old West gunfighters for a game or two.  Now, these figures have not seen action in more than 20 years.  

I will dig up my playtest copy of Bryan Ansell's The Rules With No Name to see what I remember from hosting gunfights all of those years ago.  I have been making character cards and a QRS and should be prepared to host a few remote games in a week or two.  Rather than historical, big battle scenarios, we will try our hands at something more lighthearted and Hollywood.  Tentatively, the plan is to host a few cross-group remote games.  I think it will be a fun change of pace for all involved.  Hopefully, I can get up to speed on the rules quickly enough to present a seemingly smooth game.

Besides gaming, there are two GWS2024 analyses in work.  Preliminary data wrangling is complete.  Now, just need to write up the findings.

Among the books arriving in-house over the holidays, one title delivered last week was Ford and Hutchinson's, The Fundamentals of Tabletop Miniatures Game Design.  While weighing-in at 241 pages, the book is a quick read containing a number of interesting ideas and thought-provoking commentary.  For me, the first section, Miniatures as Medium, especially deserves further exploration and counterpoints before delving into the remaining two sections.

What about Bavarians?  Oh yeah!  I ended 2024 with a satisfying flourish of painting activity that will be detailed once I get around to the Year in Review painting round-up.  Figures are stacking up at the photo booth but I managed to push out a 23-figure regiment of Bavarian infantry today.

Foot figures are Lancashire Games led by a Eureka mounted colonel.  Lots more SYW/WAS units mustering out soon including British, French, and Spanish.

Until next time...