Year in Review

Napoleon’s Battles got a welcome work out with recreating the Battle of Auerstadt, and a couple of goes at Scenario One and a game using Scharnhorst to set up an interesting encounter.  I also agonised over markers, labels etc for use with this rule set (and others).

Computer games were Hearts of Iron IV playing France which I blogged, and later playing Romania which I didn’t blog along with Europa Universalis (France again) and my crushing addiction Everquest (where my long suffering wizard went from level 100 to Level 106 and rising). I don’t/didn’t blog these.

Boardgames were a dominant feature and included Holland’44, Ardennes’44, Fortress Europa, The African Campaign and amazingly World in Flames.  This included some play throughs using Vassal.  Oh, and I can’t forget Amoeba Wars.

There were only a few fantasy games using Songs of Blades and Heroes.  A few Wings of Glory Games.

Rommel was a big focus and saw an evolution to using hexes as well as more figures and kit added to my 15mm WW2 armies.

Probably the main miniatures game I played was Impetus in its various guises and my Byzantine Army handled itself well.  It received numerous reinforcements and even a trophy: a highlight of the year which I modestly didn’t blog was winning my club’s Ancients and Medieval League trophy.  Yeah me!

In reviewing 2019 I see I got a substantial indexing of my Military Modelling magazines completed. I fear with the wealth of information on the Internet these old magazines are a bit redundant (and space occupiers), however they can’t be beat for nostalgia.