Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

Here's the first third update of 2026, a summary of my gaming up until the end of April.  The projects update can be found  here . This was the gaming board at the start of the year (detail  here ): And this is the current position as of the end of April: I've played ten games.  I'm very happy with this. I was roughly aiming for an average of two a month so to have played two more over the four months is great. Fantasy  - I played Sword Weirdos using some of my Warmachine and Black Scorpion miniatures.  The AAR is here . Verrotwood  - I played another two games of my Awakening Campaign.  I'm getting into the last throes of this and it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.  The AARs are here and here . Sci-Fi/ Post-Apoc  - I started the year's gaming with a game of Space Weirdos using the only "true" Sci-Fi figures I own of some biker girls and desert raiders.  You can read the AAR here . Ancients & Medieval  - I pl...

Once again I've split my Ovelists into gaming and doing ( here ).  Here's the 2026 gaming plan: And as in 2025 I've gone for periods rather than specific rules.   Fantasy  - I didn't play any games using Fantasy figures last year.  I lost all interest in the genre and mused  about selling my Warmaster armies, having little interest in the GW world.  Sword Weirdos, Warlords of Eherwon and Midgard will be the rulesets I'd use, dependant on the size of game for this genre. Verrotwood  - I'll be continuing The Awakening Campaign for it's third year. I never lose interest in this! Sci-Fi/ Post-Apoc  - I played a couple of neo-Sov post-apocalypse games last year using Space Weirdos.  Much as I like that game I'm thinking of using What a Cowboy/Cartel going forward as I can then run the games as a campaign.  I still want to give the Last Days zombie rules that I've owned for years a go. Ancients & Medieval  - This covers my Punic ...

Here's the final gaming update for 2025.  This is the summary of my gaming from September to the end of the year.  The doing update for the same period can be found  here .  This was the gaming Ovelist at the start of 2025 (detail  here ): This was how it looked at the end of April having played six games (detail  here ): Here's how things looked at the end of August having played a further eight games (with the detail here ): And here the final gaming Ovelist for 2025 with another four games under my belt: As can be seen by the big red crosses I didn't get to play three of the categories of games that I planned to.  I lost all interest in playing any fantasy games part way through the year and this hasn't changed.  I may sell my Warmaster armies in the New Year as I have no interest in the GW setting.  I started wargaming pre Warhammer and by the time it had come out, I’d moved on to guitars and girls, so I have no feelings of nostalgia for ...

Here's the 2025 second third update, the summary of my gaming from May to August.  The doing update for the same period can be found here .  This was the gaming Ovelist at the start of 2025 (detail  here ): This was how it looked at the end of April having played six games (detail here ): And here's the current status: I've played eight games during this period, working out at a doable two a month.  I’m very happy with that, especially as I didn't get to play at all in July.   16th Century  - I used the Sword Weirdos rules to play a game set in the Elizabethan era ( AAR here ). Verrotwood  - I picked up my Verrotwood campaign again and played the fifth and sixth games (AARs here and here ). 18th   Century  - I got the 6mm Seven Years War collection out for my biennial game using the Honours of War ruleset ( AAR here ). Second   World   War  - I played another Eastern Front Battlegroup game using forces from the Bagration supple...

Here's the first third update of 2025, a summary of my gaming up until the end of April.  The doing update can be found here . This was the gaming Ovelist at the start of 2025 (detail here ): This is the current position: I've played six games.  This is not as many as I'd have liked (I was aiming for eight, two a month), but it's six more than I did in the first third of last year so I’m happy enough.   Sci-Fi/ Post-Apoc  - I used Space Weirdos to play a game set in my fictional neo-Soviet city of Grozniansk ( AAR here ). Rome’s   Wars  - I gave the Early Imperial Rome collection that’d I’d completed last year its first outing with a game of Midgard ( AAR here ). 18th   Century  - For the first time in years I got my small collection of 15mm Pirates forces on the table for a game of Sword Weirdos ( AAR here ). Second   World   War  - My other games were all set in Hungary during late 1944/early 1945 using my 20mm collection. ...

Last year was the first time that I’d tried the Ovelist approach from The Hobby Support Group.  I found it really helped to focus and keep me from disappearing down too many rabbit holes, so I’m doing it again.  Once again I've split it into gaming and doing ( here ). You’ll notice that I've gone for periods rather than specific rules.  I agree with the Too Fat Lardies maxim of “playing the period not the rules”.  I also have so many rule sets that I don’t know what I may use 😄  All those listed are ready to play and as with last year it's about getting those unused collections onto the table.  Here’s a few notes behind each choice: Fantasy Skirmish - I love Sword Weirdos and it's an easy game to set up and play in a short time,  As I don't have a dedicated gaming space that's an important factor for me.  It also lets me get those figures out that I don't use with their "parent" system anymore like Warmachine/Hordes and Celtos and the handful of...