Good Riddance 2024. Please let 2025 be a much better year.

                          Good Riddance 2024. Please let 2025 be a much better year. 

Usually, I would write a decent review, well I think so of the year that was going. But in a lot of respects, it would be a pretty miserable and negative thing and that's one thing we definitely don't need.

   One can only hope things are a lot more positive this year. However, in 2024 there were two great sets of wargame rules released. One was the Never Mind the Billhooks supplement, Fantasia which I have really enjoyed, especially building a large old-school fantasy army. And then we saw the release of MIDGUARD, written by James Morris. I knew they would be good after talking to James several years ago, and they are for so many reasons. They are fun, very playable and offer some great opportunities for wargamers to use obscure armies. Yes, that includes me. I have always wanted an excuse to game the Trojan Wars and Midguard is perfect. 

 The painting of these armies will take longer than usual, courtesy of my back, but I refuse to give in to the damned thing. I will get there. The figures I am using are naturally the lovely range from Redoubt Miniatures and because of James Morris, I invested in a few Lucid Eye figures, which my wife bought me for Christmas. Luckily there was a great sale before Christmas so I could choose a few extra figures.

  I know it's the New Year but I will not be making any promises, predictions or new resolutions that will never come to fruition. I've let myself down so many times that it's pointless saying I will do this or that, knowing full well I won't. 

I do hope to intend more wargame shows this year, starting with York, naturally, well unless the sky falls in again like Middlesbrough. So this is the briefest of reviews, sorry.

I saw this image and it reminded me of yesterday afternoon when I finally got to have a decent drink. Sadly there was no semi-naked dwarf, but there were some very strange apparitions thank God. Because of illness, all Christmas plans were cancelled, so I had to make up for a lot of enjoyment in one afternoon.