2018 Round Up and 2019 Plans

Time for my year in review...sorry for the wall of text, this serves as my hobby diary.


PAINTING
J: 30
F: 60
M: 75
A: 50
M: 0
J: 21
J: 102
A: 78
S: 60
O: 62
N: 47
D: 65
Total:650, down a little, but have been working on 6mm and 28mm, not my usual 15mm.

2018: 650
2017: 753
2016: 712
2015: 431 
2014: 1708
2013: 1990
2012: 1119
2011: 1013
2010: 1389
2009: 441

GAMES
11, 6 of them at Historicon...must get more on my own table.

BUDGET
Went off the rails this year. Must be better disciplined in 2019. 



Review of the Original Plans for 2018:

1- 6mm Sci Fi
--- All on hand figures complete.

2- Wooden Warriors
--- Finished two forces.

3- Zombies
--- All on hand figures complete.

4- Spending: Keep things to <$1000, plus Historicon expenses. Really need to abide by my budget this year. I know I will buy some 6mm sci-fi...but they are the only planned purchases right now.
--- Massive Failure...started the AVBCW project and purchased a huge amount of Slaughterloo figures.

5- Gaming plans
- 6mm Sci fi - Check
- Wooden Warriors - Check
- Katzenstein Campaign- No
- Pulp Alley- No
- 15mm Fantasy- No

6- Fantasy Rules: continue to tinker and add in the magic and characters/leaders portion; use my new home card deck
--- Continued to tinker; moved everything over to google docs.

7- Local Gaming: get in at least 2 games with the local crew
--- None.

8- Attend Historicon and check out NJCon
--- Attended Historicon, but had to work during NJCON


Plans for 2019

1- Complete all on hand AVBCW figures by end of June

2- Game more than 10 games

3- Attend Historicon

4- Keep spending under $1000 (plus Historicon)

5- Consider the next major task from the list below:
- Phase II of 6mm SciFi
- Phase II of Wooden Warriors
- Phase II of Zombies
- Phase II of AVBCW
- Return to 15mm Fantasy
- Start Slaughterloo


Project Update
A Very British Civil War: My latest project, half done painting the 600+ figures.
---Last Painted: Dec, 2018
---Last Gamed: Dec, 2018

Slaughterloo: Not started
---Last Painted: Not started
---Last Gamed: Not started

Zombies: Phase I complete.
---Last Painted: Jul, 2018
---Last Gamed: Oct, 2018 

Wooden Warriors: Phase I complete.
---Last Painted: Jun, 2018
---Last Gamed: Jun, 2018

6mm Sci-fi: Phase I complete.
---Last Painted: May, 2018
---Last Gamed: Apr, 2018

Fantasy 15mm: Large number of figures on hand to be painted.
---Last Painted: Jul, 2016
---Last Gamed: May, 2017

Pulp Alley: Will have some bleed over with the AVBCW figures. No major additions needed. I will continue to collect all of the Pulp Alley cards and scenarios.
---Last Painted: Dec, 2017
---Last Gamed: Dec, 2016

World War Two 15mm: No planned additions.
---Last Painted: Jan, 2013
---Last Gamed: Jul, 2014

Sci-fi 15mm: A mix of sci-fi and modern figures. No planned additions...but I just started looking at the 5Core/5Parsecs rules from Nordic Weasel.
---Last Painted: Jun, 2013
---Last Gamed: Oct, 2013

WW2 Air Combat: No planned additions.
---Last Painted: Apr, 2013
---Last Gamed: Apr, 2013

Splintered Lands Animals: No planned additions. 
---Last Painted: Dec, 2011
---Last Gamed: Feb, 2013

Starmada Space Ships: No planned additions.
---Last Painted: Jun, 2011
---Last Gamed: Feb, 2013

Kingdom of Katzenstein: My 15mm "Napoleonic" imagi-nation. This is the project that got me started in November 2008.  I will continue to add a unit every now and then.
---Last Painted: Dec, 2018
---Last Gamed: Dec, 2011

15mm Pirates: No planned additions.
---Last Painted: May, 2016
---Last Gamed: Never


Long Term Plans at the Ten Year Mark
1) Finish the AVBCW project in 2019
2) Fill in the final parts of the 6mm sci-fi project
3) Decide if I want to add any wooden warriors and zombies
4) Continue the 15mm fantasy project...tons of lead on hand. This is my open ended opus project
5) Start the Slaughterloo project with the massive amount of Alternative Armies figures I bought this year on a very expensive whim.
6) Game more
7) Attend more conventions...this will be a major goal once I retire.
8) Keep spending in check
9) Don't start any new projects
10) Add to the terrain collection