"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Yes, it's time for the yearly year in review. I do like reading these types of post as it tends to put what happened into a nice neat box that you can then throw out. First off a strange mixed year for yours truly. I was formally retired and am now still adjusting to retirement. Its strange and unusual to not have to get up at odd hours and go to work. But I am adjusting. Slowly.
On the miniature gaming front a most interesting year. The club and friends provided a great number of games, many of them periods I do not usually game in or have an interest in. High on my list would be Mark D's Pikemen's lament game "Ambush at Black Rock." Also the outstanding "Hunting Moby Dick game.". And of course Adam's truly outstanding sailing ship games. All were wonderful and fun and I appreciate the time and effort they put into them. Thank you!
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Great time at the Huzzah convention in Maine. Best thing was meeting up, in person with Vincent from The Corlears Hook Fencibles who's blog I have followed for a long time. Here I am with Mr Ed and Vincent as the bloggers three!
Going to Historicon was definitely which point. A few days away from life to see friends, play games and be with friends. Again the high point for me was playing in Jim's Picket's Charge game. Great fun and exciting.
Lastly our club's game day in October. Played in AJ's Battle of Rhode Island game which was outstanding. I usually do not care for computer driven miniature games but his was different and great fun. Also in Mr Ed's outstanding Jousting game. Very well done a barrels of fun.
Not too much on my painting front. I did rebase my American Rev War figures. And added another division for my American armies. Also added a few civilians to liven up the table top.
Next year? Planning on working on a small portable game to tale on my travels. Also really need to get out and put on more games. And I have a few research articles I plan on posting here.
Thank you all for following! I wish you all a most happy and healthy New Years.
So Janine did get me a radio controlled ship for Christmas. I was very surprised when I open the package and it was a radio controlled version of the RMS Titanic. A little over three feet long, it lights up and is a pretty cool model.
Interestingly in talking with other radio controlled people they all tell me it's pretty slow. I guess that is compared to speed boats. To me it goes along at a very pleasant pace. It does needs a very wide turning radius so looking for lots of room. Reading reviews from Amazon I made sure the batteries were fully charged before testing. When sailing it gets a lot of attention and comments. Most people want to know where the RC iceberg is! I tell them its in my drink.
Back hone I have been doing a series if history talks at local museums and senior centers. One of my most successful and requested talk is Massachusetts connections to the Titanic about individuals from Massachusetts who sailed on her. I already have three scheduled talks for it next year. So Janine thought it would be a good connection for me and my new interest.
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A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
Thank you all who have followed my blog. I have enjoyed writing the blog, and I enjoy hearing from all of you so much more. And thank you to those who drop by and post comments. I hope you enjoy it or find it fun. You have all helped to make my life brighter and happier during the past year.