review your wargaming year 2019

[petercooman]

End of the year again! so time for this one!


So feel free to fill in the questions, i always enjoy reading what people did this year!



1: best new rules/game you played?

2: worst new rules/game you played?

3: best purchase you did this year?

4: worst purchase you did this year?

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?

6: game you played the most this year?

7: game you wish you had played more this year?

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?

9:wich unused models/games did you sell/trade?

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?

I'll fill in the questions myself in the first post!

[petercooman]

1: best new rules/game you played?
For me, sharp practise 2

2: worst new rules/game you played?
None this year actually, all fine this time!

3: best purchase you did this year?
optivizor!!!

4: worst purchase you did this year?
fireforge albion knight. great models, but about 25% smaller than the rest of my knights!

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
that will be the d&d boardgame dungeon of the mad mage.  no regret

6: game you played the most this year?
blitzkrieg commander i believe, might be tied with d&d boardgames!

7: game you wish you had played more this year?
Lord of the rings SBG!

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
654

9:wich unused models/games did you sell/trade?
Idon't think i sold anything 

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?

Was a good year, but more games would be great!

[FierceKitty]

1: best new rules/game you played?                Nothing new here - just a few additions for special effects (Berserkir; Hunnic terror bonus)

2: worst new rules/game you played?              vide supra

3: best purchase you did this year?                 Huns. They've proved much better fun than expected. (Aztecs were free and last year, so don't count)

4: worst purchase you did this year?              Nothing I'm unhappy with. I did get the wrong piece of terrain sent me by Leven, but they were quick to replace it.

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?    Trafalgar fleets and a bit more. No regrets, though I think they'll be the last new forces I'll be buying, unless I inherit a fortune.

6: game you played the most this year?         A lot of ancients.

7: game you wish you had played more this year?     Strip poker?

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?          Several thousand.

9:which unused models/games did you sell/trade?     Silly person!

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?     A good one. Since Lee's got interested, there's seldom been a gameless week. She even lets me win from time to time.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1: best new rules/game you played? Sellswords and Sorcerers or Last Days:Zombie Apocalypse

2: worst new rules/game you played? none

3: best purchase you did this year? Hausa and Last Days

4: worst purchase you did this year? more GW LoTR Halflings, love them, but will I ever use them.  

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it? Last Days terrain, nope.

6: game you played the most this year? Mortiem et Gloriam

7: game you wish you had played more this year? Star War Armada or any game actually since September (Daughter's archery club clashes with club night)

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)? (exactly) 2875 (with another 96 to finish basing) a bit of a slow year.

9:wich unused models/games did you sell/trade? erm, a  15mm Sassanid army, a painted 15mm Roman, a pile of F8re and Sword Renaissance and a couple of 28mm but nowt else.

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more? Its been a great year, but to quote the Wonder Stuff: Give, give, give, me more more more

[Westmarcher]

1: best new rules/game you played?
The Pikeman's Lament  (actually, it was only one of two new rules)
2: worst new rules/game you played?
Unfairly, it has to be the other rules    but as these were also good, I will not name them.
3: best purchase you did this year?
Can't remember.    Good candidate would be the battalion guns I purchased from Magister Militum that painted up rather well. Their pack horses with leaders were also good. The Pendraken walls also turned out very well after painting and basing.
4: worst purchase you did this year?
A battalion gun from Donnington's Thirty Years War range that was a write-off because the two halves of the mould hadn't been properly lined up during the casting process. I wasn't too enamoured by some Donnington Halberds either for the same reason but was able to tidy them up.
5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
Nothing too expensive this year so no regrets (the most expensive single item was a gift).
6: game you played the most this year?
Probably The Pikeman's Lament
7: game you wish you had played more this year?
Possibly another go at Bloody Big Battles, I always enjoy Honours of War and would like to re-visit some others that I haven't played in years (e.g., Field of Battle, Black Powder)
8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
Not many this year. I don't take on anything too onerous and only tackle 'small' projects now, as and when I feel like it, often to augment existing armies with specialist units (e.g., dismounted cavalry, siege guns, transport elements, etc.) or single terrain items (e.g., buildings, bridges, etc.),
9: which unused models/games did you sell/trade?
Not applicable (at one point I offered some free stuff - some excess Pendraken SYW cavalry - but offer wasn't even taken up).
10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?
It was a good year, augmenting my solo games with games playing a human opponent thanks to meeting up with Steve Holmes through this forum.

[Ithoriel]

1: best new rules/game you played?

Warstuff - quick, easy, flexible and, best of all, free!

2: worst new rules/game you played?

Some "modern" era game a friend inveigled me in to and who's name, possibly just as well, escapes me. It tracked so much detail and had so many add-ions it would have been cheaper, simpler and faster to get a couple of hundred thousand guys together and slug it out on the north German Plain!!!

3: best purchase you did this year?

Soda Pop Miniatures "Ninja All Stars" chibi ninja/ ronin/ samurai

4: worst purchase you did this year?

"Non, je ne regrette rien"

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?

Lots and lots of chibi ninja. Nope

6: game you played the most this year?

Terraforming Mars

7: game you wish you had played more this year?

All of them!

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?

Three or four dozen, mainly scenery.

9: which unused models/games did you sell/trade?

Wash your mouth out! As if I'd sell my babies!

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?

Excellent for board gaming and computer gaming, not so much for miniatures games but gaming was definitely better on average than pretty much any other aspect of a fraught year.

[steve_holmes_11]

1: best new rules/game you played?    Honours of War (Osprey)

2: worst new rules/game you played? 

3: best purchase you did this year?       Figures for the Daniel Mersey (Osprey Games). Pendreken 10mm, Essex, Museum and Peter Pig 15mm.

4: worst purchase you did this year?     A new cheap inkjet printer - I'll inevitably buy another new cheap printer in 2020, and it will likely be that year's worst purchase.

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?    Car to replace the one written off by a white van gent. I miss the old one, growing to love the new one.

6: game you played the most this year?    Congo - Adventures in the heart of Africa (Studio Tomahawk)

7: game you wish you had played more this year?   

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?    I'd guess I'm approaching a thousand this year.

9:wich unused models/games did you sell/trade?     What is this sell/trade you speak of?

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?   Yes an excellent year.

[paulr]

1: best new rules/game you played? only one 'new' set tried this year an Indian Mutiny V&B variant that played rather well, if I do say so myself

2: worst new rules/game you played? none, see above

3: best purchase you did this year? very few purchases this year, mainly terrain bits and pieces (including clump foliage for 300 hedges for Cheriton)

4: worst purchase you did this year? none

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it? clump foliage and ice block sticks for 300 hedges for Cheriton, not at all

6: game you played the most this year? For King & Parliament

7: game you wish you had played more this year? All of them

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)? around 3,000

9:wich unused models/games did you sell/trade? je ne comprends pas

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more? Good, more would be better

[Norm]

1: best new rules/game you played?
Black Powder II rules to replace 1st edition

2: worst new rules/game you played?
I have one set, which does not have a QRS and the charts and modifiers are all over the place embedded in text and hard to find as I grind through repeated testing with just a couple of units per side  - I would like to work with the set a little more before dissing it publicly.

3: best purchase you did this year?
Boardgame - Old School tactical, Stalingrad, this had gone out of print and this year returned and was the only module I was missing for the collection.
Figures - city printed neoprene game mat from Gale Force Nine

4: worst purchase you did this year?
I'm lucky enough to have liked everything - I am easily pleased!

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
Woodlands Scenic static grass applicator - hmmmn, a bit, but I am getting used to it!

6: game you played the most this year?
Boardgame - Stonewall's Sword - Battle of Cedar Mountain by revolution Games
Figures - Black Powder ACW

7: game you wish you had played more this year?
Boardgame - Advanced Squad Leader (ASL)
Figures - to explore Battlegroup (WWII tactical)

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
40 x 28's (ACW), 6 x 1/72 WWII vehicles, 375+ 12mm (1066 armies), felt like a million - it always does!

9: which unused models/games did you sell/trade?
Boardgames - the Panzer series by GMT sold off (sad)
Figures - All 15's went (stupid, stupid, stupid),

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?
A good year I think, family wise, I am given the freedom to spend a lot of time thinking about and doing the hobby - but the thinking and doing are not in balance yet :-)

[pierre the shy]

1: best new rules/game you played? - not really "new" since  got themin 2018 but FK&P ECW rules

2: worst new rules/game you played? - None really

3: best purchase you did this year? "Highland" tufted grasses - really offset the 10mm Scots bases well.

4: worst purchase you did this year?  - Didn't buy anything I can't use 

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it? More 10mm ECW Scots figures - err no regrets....

6: game you played the most this year? Lots of different stuff

7: game you wish you had played more this year? ITLSU - might be more active in 2020 depending on various factors currently beyond my control.....

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)? 50+ artillery pieces, animals and did a LOT of basing.

9: which unused models/games did you sell/trade? None

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more? (Almost) finished 10mm Scots ECW so yes that's a big box ticked off for me. Got inspired thanks to Jack to develop an WW2 aerial campaign using fairly simple rules, will be doing some more with these in 2020 as they seem to work well. 

[fsn]

1: best new rules/game you played?
Nobby's Renaissance Rules

2: worst new rules/game you played?
Nobby's Air Rules. Ripped 'em up to start again.

3: best purchase you did this year?
Ummm ... dunno. Definitely Pendraken ... probably the Saracen and Saladin.
I would also add Posca pens.

4: worst purchase you did this year?
Some £1 superglue gel. Wouldn't stick anything to anything.  

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
I spent quite a bit in Ikea to set up my wargames room ...and I didn't regret a penny.

6: game you played the most this year?
Nobby's ACW

7: game you wish you had played more this year?
Nobby's WWII

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
4,323 (271 aircraft, 6 ships, 2682 infantry, 233 artillery, 67 guns, 180 vehicles, 164 command and 466 "other")

9:which unused models/games did you sell/trade?
Nah.

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?
Wanted to play more. Can do that now I have the room set up.

[steve_holmes_11]

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
4,323 (271 aircraft, 6 ships, 2682 infantry, 233 artillery, 67 guns, 180 vehicles, 164 command and 466 "other")

[paulr]

Seconded

MiLord Oik appears to be a quiet achiever

[Steve J]

1: best new rules/game you played? - Probably The Portable Wargame by Bob Cordery.

2: worst new rules/game you played? - Nothing I can think of.

3: best purchase you did this year? - Pendraken Fenian Raids figures.

4: worst purchase you did this year? - Nothing terrible but one book I bought is not an easy read, so have parked it for a while...

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it? - Nothing really expensive (£30 ish) and no regrets.

6: game you played the most this year? - Blitzkreig Commander

7: game you wish you had played more this year? - I had a good broad mix of games that ticked all the boxes.

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)? - Around 200 ish.

9:wich unused models/games did you sell/trade? - I sold some rules and figures that have never really been used or were still bare metal after many years of storage. Pointless keeping them and the space freed up was used for rules and figures I do use.

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more? - A good year with the right mix of wargaming, painting mixed up with my other interests.

[petercooman]

Seconded

MiLord Oik appears to be a quiet achiever

True!!! congratulations!