Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to one and all!!! I hope this year is filled much peace, joy and happiness.

Looking back at 2011, it was an interesting year. Here are my thoughts:

Historicon 2012 gets moved to Fredericksburg.

All I can say is what a bunch of nonsense. The BoD got themselves into this mess by trying to hit "The Next Level" with Baltimore. Now they move the convention to VA. Frankly, I hope it bombs out. I never believed in rewarding stupidity. This point of view angered allot of people, especially those that thought we should tow the line. Sorry, not my cup of tea. I'm frustrated with the Board's lack of concern for all those that made Historicon what it is today. Time will tell if I'm right with this one. The one high spot with this move is that I'll be attending more local cons, e.g. NJ CON, and moving away from HMGS.

Old Glory and Crusader Minis split

I really felt bad about this one. I bought allot of Crusader from Old Glory over the years. Now you can only get them from Northstar in the UK. Northstar is a good company, but they have some pretty big shoes to fill with this will. I'm also losing the Old Glory discount. We'll see how this pans out.

Getting back into GW

For the longest time, I resisted getting back into Games Workshop. Well, I now own a Tomb Kings army for Fantasy and a Necron army for 40K. What can I say? They're nice models - even if they do cost an arm and a leg!!

WAB Armies of Antiquity

This is a nicely laid out book. However, it does shorten the lists and seem to change the flavor of some armies - e.g. Viking can now have mounted troop and can move in Shieldwall. The book seems to be aimed at tournaments. We'll see how well received this is. I'm on the fence about this book.

On the painting table

Currently, I'm painting 40K Necrons, WWI Arabs and Turks, ECW Scotts and some pirates. Let's see if I can finally focus this year!

Until we speak again....