Sweet Mother of Invention, where does the time go? In the case of the day job, that's easily answered by Y11 and Y10 controlled assessments, and the marking of said assessments. So...I've been bad at updates.
News in brief therefore: The VC company are all painted (and rebased where necessary) now, for Charlie Don't Surf and Men of Company B. I've foolishly offered this as the club game at our show Overlord (10am onwards at FitzHarrys School, Abingdon, Oxon, Sunday March 6th, 2011). To be perfectly honest, hopefully it'll serve as some reasonable eye-candy to draw in some punters who can be brainwashed persuaded into joining Abingdon Wargames Club. Another bout of jungle terrain building has thus been embarked upon, thanks to a timely and generous resupply of plastic palm trees (Thanks to Overlord, nom d'email of a fellow AWC member who happens to organise our show; yes, he's Overlord, the Overlord overlord...). Now to pick a suitable scenario from Surf's Up and get in some more practice games.
Popped to Warfare. First time as a punter, having usually gone to the show with a participation game. Stocked up on essentials (paints, brushes), a couple of Kaiser Rushforth storage cases and some Skytrex goodies. My Google-Fu failed me in the search for a Vietnam-era combat 'dozer, so I've commited heresy and will substitute a British WWII era 'dozer whilst the search continues...
Got in a playtest of 7TV, the latest wheeze from the suave criminal geniuses behind the Dr Who Miniatures Game. Jolly good fun- it may have been unrealistic, but as a simulation of cult TV like the Avengers, Adam Adamant and the Man from UNCLE, it was on the button. Having Doktor Zermitz wave an ineffectual fist in the last turn as agent Bonaparte Singleton escaped via jet-pack gadget was the icing on the cake!
Obligatory pig-product references- a rather nice chilli using chunks of pig cheek, a chorizo and chestnut soup (just as it snows, too) and naturally pork scratchings at the recent committee meeting.
Plus some Haggis on St. Andrews Day.
