237 Dice, and my gaming, has been put on the back burner for
quite a while now. At least it seems like a long time. I completely chalked off
November in order to participate in NaNoWriMo. But some really bad shit decided
to happen to me in real life in the middle of October which put paid to all my
gaming for the foreseeable future. So all the painting I planned to do while
taking breaks from writing in November and painting in December has not
happened at all (it means that my Menoth army will not be fully painted by the
time January rolls around).
But now that things have settled down a little, and Cross
Gaming Club not opening up again for a little while yet, I have got back into a gaming mind-set. So to begin
with, let’s end 2012. Stats please:
Warmachine/Hordes
P - 66 W – 18 D – 0 L
– 48
Infinity
P – 4 W – 0 D – 0 L – 4
Malifaux
P – 5 W – 1 D – 0 L – 4
Overall
P – 75 W – 19 D – 0 L – 56
So, it’s not quite the 50% win ratio I wanted but it’s an
improvement (it’s still all about the playing and not the winning) on the 2011
record. The longest win streak was two (2) and the longest losing streak was
fifteen (15) – thankfully not the famous twenty game streak of 2011. I would
like to say that some of the losses, especially on tourney days, did go down to
tie-break situations so I was marginally short of a few more wins. However, a
loss is still a loss.
I have also, finally, got round to playing Malifaux and
Infinity. Both have been fun, and I have put the effort of getting my Morat
force (most of them anyway) and Viktoria crew painted. I am also happy, and sad
that I steered clear of Bushido recently. It looks like a really fantastic game
which is being tweaked to be better. The minis look awesome and the people
playing the game sound like they are really having fun.
Painting wise, I haven’t gotten any better when it comes to
technique and style, but I have improved on my patience in front of a painting
table. As it stands at this moment in time, I have over 66% of my main armies
fully painted and based.
So for 2013:
I’m hoping to be involved with Infinity and Malifaux bit more
in 2013 by taking part in the clubs Infinity campaign and attending the Malifaux
tourneys being advertised on the Wyrd forums.
As for WarmaHordes, I want to concentrate on my Menoth force a
bit more. This was something I had planned back in October by wanting to
constantly use the casters that I haven’t used that much. I started to utilise
eKreoss and eFeora a lot for the UK Masters, ETC and for a handful of one day
events after that. To start off the year in I wanted to field the High
Reclaimer and Vindictus a bit more, but that was before I made a few purchases.
In order to cheer myself up from my personal life, I bought Intercessor Kreoss
and a Judicator. Naturally, with the new Kreoss, I would want a unit of
Vengers. Which is totally new for me as I have never fielded a cavalry unit
before. So, horses will be my main thing for the first couple of months of the
year along with squeezing m new Colossal into an eFeora list.
I will continue to attempt to churn out fully painted minis
at the same rate as the third quarter of this year. I want to be able to have
finished my Menoth army (only another 43 models to go) before I start up on
something else.
I have started to pick up my paints again just now so
hopefully I’ll have the Judicator and horsey Kreoss and his horsey friends
finished before the club opens up again in January.
I cannot wait to get back to the table top.
