A Year in Gaming - 2025

I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season so far!

As it's become a yearly fixture of my blog, let's take a look back at my hobbying done in 2025.

Here what I played: 

• Bingfa - 3
• Clash of Rhyfles - 3
• Fire in the Sky - 1
• General d'Armee - 2
• Lionheart - 1
• Live Free or Die - 1
• Men of Company B - 1
• 'O' Group - 1
• Pike & Shotte - 1
• Right Cruel and Fell - 1
• Saga - 3
• Starship Troopers: Sector Sweep - 2
• Tercios - 2
• To the Strongest! - 1
• Tricorn and Bonnet - 1
• Wars of Eagles and Empires - 1

25 games isn't a bad tally. It's a better number than last year's 9 games, and closer to what I was averaging prior. I think the heady days of 100 games in 2018, or even 61 games in 2019, may not be achievable anymore. Had I been able to attend Cold Wars and the entirety of Fall In this year, I would have been able to add a few more game to the list. Hopefully I can make it to all three conventions next year.

And my painting list for the year:

• 3mm Aircraft - 181
• 6mm Infantry - 11
• 6mm Monsters - 8
• 10mm Infantry - 34
• 10mm Vehicles - 6
• 15mm Artillery - 7
• 15mm Cavalry - 1
• 15mm Equipment - 6
• 15mm Infantry - 167
• 28mm Infantry - 28

Finishing all the miniatures for my Fire in the Sky project took a large part of the year, but I also managed to complete the Germans for my 1940 'O' Group project. I do have some more to add the Germans and French to complete what's needed for the campaign, so that's another goal for next year. 

And here's a quick visual recap of the games I played:

Bingfa 

Clash of Rhyfles 

General d'Armee

Lionheart 

Live Free or Die 

Men of Company B

'O' Group 

Pike & Shotte

Right Cruel and Fell

Saga

Tercios

To the Strongest!

Tricorn and Bonnet

Wars of Eagles and Empires

So that's 2025 done and dusted. Have a Happy New Year, and let's look forward to more hobbying in 2026. 

A Year In Gaming - 2024

A very Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and Happy Holidays to everyone else!

Once again, another year has passed, which gives me a chance to look back at my involvement in the hobby

As always, we start with the games played:

• 'O' Group - 1
• Downsync - 1
• General d'Armee - 2
• Pickett's Charge - 1
• Pike & Shotte - 1
• Rapid Fire Reloaded - 2
• Wars of Such Magnitude - 1

Wow! Nine games in total. That's a somewhat dismal showing compared to previous years. 

Reflecting on this, the lack of games comes from several factors. This has been an incredibly busy year for me personally. Some major trips and life changes (like getting married!) meant I had to juggle my schedule and put gaming on the back burner. I also don't have the same regularity of gaming that I had while I was back in New Jersey. With Ted's hosting and the SJGA's monthly meetings, I was pretty much guaranteed three to five games per month. And Cold Barrage was the only convention I was able to attend. 

I do have a hope to increase these numbers, either by getting involved more locally or setting up a gaming space. 

My painting numbers are somewhat more comforting:

• 6mm Monsters - 21
• 6mm Infantry - 76
• 15mm Vehicles - 3
• 15mm Vehicle - 4
• 15mm Infantry - 340
• 15mm Equipment - 7
• 15mm Cavalry - 6
• 15mm Artillery - 8

15mm continues to dominate as my go-to scale, mostly thanks to the Napoleonic and WWII projects. 6mm sneaks in thanks to Starship Troopers: Sector Sweep.

And no 28mm at all this year! I think that's a first ever since I started tracking my painting progress back in 2017.

To round out the post, here's a look at the games I played. I'm looking forward to more gaming in 2025!

'O' Group 

Downsync

General d'Armee

Pickett's Charge

Pike & Shotte

Rapid Fire Reloaded

Wars of Such Magnitude

A Year In Gaming - 2023

 And we're back here again! 

What a year; some big personal changes for me impacted my gaming and painting schedule. However, it looks like I've some some good people down here to hobby with, so 2024 looks bright. 

So here's the games I played this year:

• 'O' Group - 1
• All Quiet on the Martian Front - 1
• Arena Rex - 2
• BattleTech: Alpha Strike - 2
• Breakthrough - 1
• Chain of Command - 9
• Combat Patrol - 1
• Downsync - 3
• General d'Armee - 1
• Live Free or Die - 1
• Midgard - 1
• So Convenient for Hewing - 1
• Strength & Honour - 4
• Wars of Ozz - 1
• Washington's War - 1
• What a Tanker - 2

32 games in total. One less than 2022, but I did pack up and move in the middle of the year, so overall I can't say it's that bad. Chain of Command definitely wins the "Most Played" spot, thanks in large part to Ted's focusing on the rules for his campaign (and what a shame that I never got to see the conclusion to it!). 

As for what I painted:

• 15mm Artillery - 4
• 15mm Cavalry - 42
• 15mm Infantry - 190
• 15mm Vehicle - 4
• 28mm Infantry - 31
• 28mm Vehicle - 3
• 2mm Cavalry - 2
• 2mm Infantry - 5
• 6mm Infantry - 20
• 6mm Vehicle - 5

Again, not too bad, especially since I had to pack everything up for a couple months and lost my enthusiasm while focusing on my new job. There was a focus on 15mm this year, thanks to my Napoleonics project. I expect to see the same focus in 2024 as I work on the French. 

And the usual recap of the games I played in:

'O' Group

All Quiet on the Martian Front

Breakthrough

Chain of Command

Combat Patrol

Downsync

Live Free or Die

Midgard

So Convenient for Hewing

Strength & Honour

Wars of Ozz

Washington's War

A Year In Gaming - 2022

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. 

'O' Group

Age of Hannibal 

Battlefleet Gothic

Breakthrough

Castles in the Sky

Command & Colors: Ancients

Fire and Fury (Homebrew)

For King & Parliament

General d'Armee

Mythic Americas

Naval Thunder

Pickett's Charge

Regimental Fire & Fury

Sharp Practice

Strength & Honour

The Battlefield 

To the Strongest! 

Wars of Ozz

So that's the last post of 2022! I hope everyone has a happy new year, and has plenty of gaming, painting, and general fun in 2023.