Gaming And International Men's Day

Today has been a good day for me. Some daddy daughter time always helps my mood. It was really good today for some reason. Then I got some time with mates playing This Is Not A Test. This is probably my favourite skirmish wargame of all time.

I am really behind on my painting plan. I am probably not going to get to my target for a thousand figures for the year now. I'm not overjoyed with this but it is what it is. I am not going to beat myself up over it.

Yesterday I found it watfws international Men's Day today. I only found this out because I know someone who is going through some stuff. Us blokes are not good at talking about stuff. We forget about our health or the stuff that is importaEnt to us. It's not just about health. There are so many things that we are falling behind on. 

Never be afraid to look out for yourself and check in if you even think you might have a health problem. If you can help someone else don't be afraid to help another.

Post-Apocalyptic Terrain

I started to write this post some time ago. Now I have been playing a bit more Stargrave (well it sounds like a post-apocalyptic universe to me) and plan to This is Not a Test, I am back at my post-apocalyptic terrain.  Post-apocalyptic games are I guess what I want to do the most and I am always after usable 28mm terrain and figures. I guess it's being the child of the cold war, or maybe I just watch the news too much. My own version of Fallout is still a thing as is my own background, Underground. I guess I am also still thinking of doing this for X-Com (or ET-Com as I was thinking in terms or Extra Terrestrial COMmand).

I had some Amazon gift cards to use I went looking there. Every now and again I find some stuff and I get some stuff as gifts. So It was time for a bit of a change and I found some time. So I swapped out what I have been doing for a bit. I finished off and did some tarting up.

This whole year has felt a little apocalyptic. Everything has felt like hard work so far, In reality I should be counting my blessings. I do have a lot to be thankful for.

These didn't take that much time so I moved back to painting minis. Also good to keep painting. Despite having a lot of time this year, painting figures hasn't been up there on my list. Aside from painting up some snowtroopers for sale, I don't think I have started and finished any figures this year. There is a pile of figures that are part way through the process. They have been like that for so long that I now have to blow the dust off them before I start painting. the only other figures I have finished this year were started last year and probably almost a year ago.

So right now the only figures that I find "shameful" are the ones on my workbench. I am getting a few terrain projects done and in pretty short order.

Getting Things Done - Counters

It appears that today was the day to finish my This is Not a Test counters and maybe a few others. So back in 2019 in the summer before my daughter was born I went to Salute. The big plan was to start playing This Is Not A Test. It kind of hits a lot of buttons for me.

The game uses a lot of counters and as of today, I now have them. Designed cut and stuck to bottle cap stickers as per Guerilla Miniatures Games.

I may even get a game in.

Thanks for your help Ross.