Review of the wargaming year 2018-19

The fifth year of my blog has now been completed and the number of hits still seems to be rising but only slowly (up 9% on the previous year). The audience appears to be consistent, with USA, Russia and UK dominating, but a good number of European readers spread across the continent. Most interest concerns new rule sets (e.g. Saga v2, Impetus v2), but there are more views on posts related to my painting progress than in previous years. Boardgaming also continues to be highly viewed (see my next post on the Boardgame Year). I still would like to see more comments but overall I’m happy with how the blog has gone. The main purpose is to keep a sort of diary of my activities for my own record, and I’m happy that others may find this interesting.

The games I have played this year are listed below:

	Period	Rules	Type	Scale
1	Ancient	Impetus; EIR vs Germans	OpposedL	28mm
1	Napoleonic	Grande Armee	Solo	6mm
1	Ancient	TTS: Lysimachid v Thrace	OpposedL	15mm
1	Medieval	Saga: Teutonic v Pagan	OpposedL	28mm
1	Ancient	S&S; Persian v Indian	OpposedL	15mm
2	Dark Ages	Saga: Viking v Anglo-Danes Saga: Normans v Scots	OpposedW OpposedW	28mm
1	Ancient	S&S: Succesor v Greek	OpposedD	15mm
1	Ancient	Impetus2; Punic Wars	OpposedL	15mm
2	WW2	Chain of Command	Solo	20mm
2	Napoleonic	Sharp Practice	Solo	28mm
1	Pirates	Blood and Plunder	Solo	28mm
1	Modern	Cold War Commander	Solo	6mm
1	AWI	Washington’s Army	OpposedD	15mm
1	Ancient	Impetus; Han Chinese	OpposedL	15mm

 

I have played a similar number of games compared to last year but more of these have been opposed games rather than solo efforts, but I continue to lose more than I win!

The wargame highlights of the year must be the new editions of Impetus and Saga, both of which I think are improvements on their earlier versions. I enjoyed trying the “To The Strongest” rules and think they give a good game. I have also started to revisit other rules that I feel have been neglected, such as “Blood & Plunder”, and I hope to get my pirates on the table soon.

In summary 2018-19 has been a very quiet year. I continue to say that I must play more regularly, but life just seems to get in the way! I don’t have any specific plans in mind for next year projects, but the upcoming Colours show in Newbury may help.