By Brush and Sword: A Year In Gaming

Once again, it's the end of the year and a look back at what I played and painted during that time.

Let's start with the games:

'O' Group - 4
Age of Hannibal - 1
Basic Impetus II - 1
Battlefleet Gothic - 2
Breakthrough - 1
Castles in the Sky - 1
Command & Colors: Ancients - 1
Fire and Fury (Homebrew) - 1
For King & Parliament - 1
Frostgrave - 2
General d'Armee - 2
Mythic Americas - 2
Naval Thunder - 4
Pickett's Charge - 1
Regimental Fire & Fury - 1
Saga - 1
Sharp Practice - 1
Strength & Honour - 4
The Battlefield - 1
To the Strongest! - 1
Wars of Orcs and Dwarves - 1
Wars of Ozz - 1

I played 33 games in 2022. That's... not great, to be honest. That's two less games than in 2020, the year when the world shut down due to the outset of the pandemic.

Then again, I could consider myself privileged to have been able to play so many games in the past. I'm sure there are plenty of hobbyists out there who would be happy to be able to hit that number of games, and the variety therein.

I also note the lack of any campaign or tournament games in the list that would usually come in the double digits. In the years past that would have been games like ADLG, Blood Bowl, Mordheim, and Guild Ball.

And here's what I've painted:

1/1200th Ships - 31
15mm Cavalry - 31
15mm Infantry - 162
28mm Infantry - 61
28mm Monsters - 3
2mm Cavalry - 3
2mm Infantry - 20
2mm Terrain - 8
6mm Vehicles - 18

Not so bad a tally once again. Definitely a focus on 15mm this year, and you can see the Castles in the Skies and Strength & Honour projects in the 'weird' scales.