November 2025

17 years in the hobby...still going strong. A great month with painting and game. I am almost done all of the on hand VSF figures. Should close them out by end of the year. 

I attended the HMGS Fall IN convention this month in Lancaster, PA. 6 great games and I only bought 1 thing (bases). This completed one of my major 2025 retirement objectives...to attend all 3 big HMGS conventions. 

Militia and mix of character figures for the VSF project

Mix of VSF figures

Testing my 6mm operational scale sci fi rules

Littoral Commander at the club

Zanzibari's

and some more

Continued work on my 6mm sci fi operational level game. I think the core mechanics are now set. Next will working on formatting for ease of use. 

PAINTING 

132  points of Colonial/VSF

Total: 132

YTD: 1273

Next up: 

1) Continue the VSF project. I think I have 1-2 months of on hand figures.

GAMING 

1 x Quar with BattlegroundHD test game at home

6 x Fall in Games (Combat Patrol x 2, 7TV, CoC2, Setting the East Ablaze, Quar)

1 x sci fi test game

1 x Littoral Commander board game at the club

YTD: 47

BUDGET

$195- $180 on bases and movement trays, $15 rules

YTD:  $3645 (Sold: $1367)  

Fall IN 2025, HMGS convention

 I attended the 2025 Fall In convention at the Lancaster PA Wyndham Host over the weekend. Played in 6 games and bought very little loot for a change.

The venue is passable. Cost was OK, food on site acceptable with many options close by. The hotel is a maze and not very mobility friendly, but the smaller rooms did help with convention noise. The flea market area was very dark, that has to be corrected. 

Thanks to all the GMs, especially the HAWKS club for the Combat Patrol games. 

Only loot is not worth a picture...4 boxes of plastic bases.

Chain of Command 2, France 1940

Wild West movie set with Combat Patrol

Mongolia Back of Beyond with Setting the East Ablaze

Pulp Jonny Quest with 7TV

Quar with Clash of Ryflers

Bataan 1942 with Combat Patrol

BattlegroundHD, second skirmish test game with Quar

The second test game of the BattlegroundHD skirmish rules using my Quar sci-fi figures. A bloody assault by the Crusaders defeated. They were trying to destroy the tractor (tank) getting repaired in the courtyard before it could get away. The defenders only had a sniper team on watch, and the platoon HQ in the building with a squad coming back from patrol later. 

The loss of the Crusader MG team very early on (I should have kept them in cover until the assault team was ready) hurt badly. Coftyran marksmanship was also much better this game. 

Trying to save/aide wounded figures before they die is an added wrinkle. 

I need to read up on leadership actions, and suppression/grazing fire in the rules. 

Coftyrans: defenders

2 Heavy Wounded

Hero of the battle: the sniper's guard/observer. After the sniper was wounded, his #2 shot up several attackers in the distance and in the courtyard.

Crusaders: attackers

8 KIA

1 HW

1 Coward, trial by Court Martial

Hero of the battle: The squad leader that picked up the Splagen (AT weapon) from the fallen gunner, only to be cut down himself. 

Covered position for the attackers to advance

Tractor getting repaired in the courtyard

Sniper team takes down the MG team early

The rest of the base of fire peppers the farmhouse but it is a strong defensive position

The patrol rushes to the sound of the fighting

Flank attack gets moving

Sniper is wounded, but his #2 is in the next room

AT team sneaks up

It is about to get ugly

Crusaders shower the courtyard with grenades (to limited effect) and rush in

They are just in time to try to destroy the tractor

Missed! and now caught in the open

The base of fire has collapsed

Bloody! after the AT team if gunned down, the squad leader heroically tries to pick up the Splagen (AT), but he is KIA. Posthumous medal.

PL throws smoke to cover the retreat from the killing zone

They dash for the woods and pull back.

The tractor moves out, one of the crewmen is left behind with the medic.