1: best new rules/game you played?

Altar of freedom

2: worst new rules/game you played?

Memoir 44 (it doesn't mean it's bad)

3: best purchase you did this year?

My big ACW order from Pendraken this summer

4: worst purchase you did this year?

a pdf file to print a 6 by 4 battlefield, cheap and beautiful, but not appropriate to 10mm scale

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

My big ACW order from Pendraken this summer, no

6: game you played the most this year?

First part of the year Battle cry, from September on Tide of Iron

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

General de Brigade

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

hard to say, between 7 000 and 8 000

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

None

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

I always want more but it was a good year

1: best new rules/game you played?
Sharp Practice 2

2: worst new rules/game you played?
Rapid Fire - not really new, but convinced myself to try them again and realised why I disliked them so much first time around

3: best purchase you did this year?
My 28mm terrain collection - Last Valley Hedgerows and trees and a boatload of 28mm Buildings from 4ground

4: worst purchase you did this year?
Rapid Fire - see above

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
My Vespa PX125 70th Anniversary Limited Edition Scooter at £3400  Best fun I've had n years

6: game you played the most this year?
Sharp Practice

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

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
Difficult to say but probably around the 500 mark - mainly 28mm stuff

9:wich unused modeld/games did you sell/trade?
I had a real cull this year. Sold at least half of everything wargaming I own which funded my terrain collection, my shiny new Vespa and paid for Christmas and 50th Birthday presents for my good lady. Made almost £6000 in total.

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?
A good year - more nights at the club for a start, but always keen for more

Best new rules - To the Strongest

Worst new rules - If the Lord Spares Us

Best Purchase - Deep Cut squared mat

Worst purchase - ITLSU

Most expensive purchase - Deep Cut squared mat

Game played the most this year - Field of Battle 2

Figures painted this year - 200 - 300

Sold off my 28mm Romans - they were never going to get painted in my lifetime

This was an excellent wargaming year, although I would like to have painted twice as many figures - had two big mojo periods. Only misfire was Itlsu which was happily corrected by the purchase of Contemptible Little Armies. Most enjoyable games played this year were BBB, HOW, TtS, Contemptible Little Armies, FOB2, Basic Impetus 2

Hopes for the future - more Square Bashing, Altar of Freedom, FPW and APW, TtS Italian Wars.

1: best new rules/game you played?
Muskets & Tomahawks; Dead Man's Hand; To the Strongest; X-Wing

2: worst new rules/game you played?
A very old school 1970s-style clunky ACW ruleset.

3: best purchase you did this year?
6mm Baccus Austrian army for 1848/1859/1866, beautifully painted by Monty:
http://www.montyswargamingworld.co.uk/painting-service.html

4: worst purchase you did this year?
A card game, Duel - nothing wrong with the game except that my regular opponent didn't like it.

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
Those Austrians. Worth every groschen!

6: game you played the most this year?
BBB of course! (Bloody Big Battles)
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/

7: game you wish you had played more this year?
BBB of course! In particular, battles from the Hungarian War of Independence 1848-1849, and Konstantinos Travlos's magnificent series of scenarios for the Balkan Wars 1912-1913. Hopefully I will get to these in 2017.

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
Zero - these days time spent painting is time I could be either gaming or researching/writing scenarios.

9:which unused modeld/games did you sell/trade?
I gave away Duel.

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?
An excellent year, the highlight being the inaugural BBB Bash Day convention back in April. We've got such a good group going that there are always games to be played and players around, so I get a game in most weeks. The Oxford Wargames Society is thriving. Come on down!
http://www.oxfordwargamessociety.org.uk/index.html
http://www.oxfordwargamessociety.org.uk/bigbash.html

1: best new rules/game you played?
None

2: worst new rules/game you played?
None

3: best purchase you did this year?
Pendraken walls and hedges

4: worst purchase you did this year?
I tend to stick mostly to Pendraken, so there are no bad purchases.

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
?? No

6: game you played the most this year?
My rules

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

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
1000? Do tanks count as more than 1?

9:wich unused modeld/games did you sell/trade?
Unused? Sir, I cannot comprehend the concept.

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?
Goodish, but I always want more.

1: best new rules/game you played?
Sword & Spear – new to me

2: worst new rules/game you played?
None

3: best purchase you did this year?
An old wooden bridge from Model Scenery Supplies, suitable for most periods - £4.50

4: worst purchase you did this year?
I bought some resin figures which were expensive and I think will break easily. 11Euros for 6. I bought about 9 packs of various types – none broken yet though.

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
Crusader Army – no regrets

6: game you played the most this year?
Sword & Spear or Lion Rampant

7: game you wish you had played more this year?
Chain Of Command

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
About 200.

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?
Not bad. I didn't get to the club as much as I'd have liked due to other commitments, but thanks go to my club mates who came round to me for games which made up for it.

1: Best new rules/game you played?
Probably Sword & Soear and Sharp Practice II

2: Worst new rules/game you played?
One Hour Wargames. Too simple for my tastes, but his other books are excellent IMHO.

3: Best purchase you did this year?
Some 'old school' wargmaes books by Wesencraft, Featherstone et al.

4: Worst purchase you did this year?
None that I can think of.

5: Most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
Pendraken WWII Polish and no I didn't; they are lovely figures and vehicles.

6: Game you played the most this year?
Bloody Big Battles.

7: game you wish you had played more this year?
Blitzkreig Commander II.

8: How many models did you paint (roughly)?
Less than 100 I reckon. My painting mojo has been poor all year long.

9:Which unused models/games did you sell/trade?
Chain of Command and some 28mm scenery that I no longer have any need for.

10: Would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?
A good year but patchy on the gaming front due to the usual clash of work & family commitments limiting gaming time. I wish I had more time to paint, but the aforementioned issues kept cropping up.

1: Best new rules/game you played?
DBA 3.0, one of the few new sets I've played this year

2: Worst new rules/game you played?
none that were that bad

3: Best purchase you did this year?
DBA 3.0

4: Worst purchase you did this year?
No bad wargames purchases

5: Most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
My First Crusade project Non, je ne regrette rien

6: Game you played the most this year?
Hard to tell, probably General Quarters I/II, If the Lord Spares Us, or Volley & Bayonet AWI

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

8: How many models did you paint (roughly)?
I deliberately don't keep count over the year and I'm not going back to my various projects to check

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

10: Would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?
A very good year, of course I wanted more

Quote from: paulr on 29 December 2016, 06:57:31 PM

What is this "sell" you speak of

You know, you sell stuff that you said you were going to use but didn't, so you can buy stuff you say you will use but never will 

Cynical yet apt.

1: best new rules/game you played?
Whilst I've enjoyed the few miniatures games I've played, a computer game, Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy - 'Closing the Pocket' scenario was the most fun.
2: worst new rules/game you played?
None.
3: best purchase you did this year?
All of them (except the worse purchase)
4: worst purchase you did this year?
A 'new' tin of Humbrol paint that turned out to be half empty when I opened it!
5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it?
Can't remember and 'no'
6: game you played the most this year?
Combat Mission
7: game you wish you had played more this year?
Honours of War, FoB2 and Black Powder
8: how many models did you paint (roughly)?
About 120 figures/items, mainly 15mm, the rest 10mm.
9: which unused models/games did you sell/trade?
None - but have been toying with selling all of my 6mm buildings (but should probably build up a collection 10mm buildings first)
10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more?
Fairly satisfactory. Good start to the year. Visit to Vapnartak galvanised me into embarking on a 4 month painting (and re-basing) frenzy (well, by my standards). Visited Brandywine, Antietam and Gettysburg battlefields, Valley Forge, Philadelphia and Fort McHenry. Finished with a SYW painting spurt and 3 games of HoW in the last month of the year. Always want more.

1: best new rules/game you played? - New to me, Saga.

2: worst new rules/game you played? - NA

3: best purchase you did this year? - Some scenery from S&A Scenics at Salute.

4: worst purchase you did this year? - NA

5: most expensive purchase this year? And did you regret it? - Not sure but no regrets.

6: game you played the most this year? - TSATF

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

8: how many models did you paint (roughly)? - 350

9:wich unused modeld/games did you sell/trade? - None

10: would you review your year as a good year of wargaming, or did you want more? - Definitely an Oliver Twist year.  "Please, sir, I want some more"

A more detailed review of my year can be found here:

http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/end-of-year-review-2106.html

Tried posting it as a new topic but got the hacking attempt message

1: best new rules/game you played?

Bloody Big Battles - best set of rules I've ever played

2: worst new rules/game you played?

Frostgrave - too much paperwork

3: best purchase you did this year?

Terrain tiles for Magenta from TSS

4: worst purchase you did this year?

Several bags of Old Glory figures in both 10mm & 15mm

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

Terrain tiles for Magenta from TSS - my only regret was me specifying some measures incorrectly

6: game you played the most this year?

Bloody Big Battles, Battles for Empire & Descent

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

Bloody Big Battles, Battles for Empire & Descent

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

None - had a stroke which has f*cked up my eyesight so I can't focus

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

20 Peter Laing 15mm ACW

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

Good but I'll only be happy when I get to play a game every day

It has been a strange year for me as a blogger,

So I have done an end of year post

LINK - http://battlefieldswarriors.blogspot.co.uk

Thanks to everyone here who makes this such a welcoming place.