It’s been a hectic week and a bit, so fewer posts. As you probably saw, I’ve managed to clean up and post one of the last of the RPG play reports for the Old-School game I ran earlier. I’m really looking forward to being finished those. They’ve accomplished their goal of reconnecting me with running games, and I’m more than a little tempted to just stop where I am as the story line drags and becomes hard to follow. It is also a fair bit of editing work to get it out as a post. Mind you, I do like finishing tasks, so I may yet continue.

The weather here has been warmer than normal – and that is saying something. Here on Vancouver Island we’re blessed with very moderate winters and this winter has been warmer than most. Evidence is below:

So can’t really complain about that when I have family in Ottawa dealing with being colder than Mars.

I’m still slowly working at getting terrain sorted for the Arnhem campaign we’re looking to start next month. I’ve managed to get some fencing done, along with the first bit of work done on the Timeline Outbuilding. There needs to be some flocking added and some weathering and touch-ups, but the 4Ground fence was a quick and easy build and I’m going to turn my attention to some larger structures next. The good thing about doing this prep is that it will make it much easier for me to run games as my collection of terrain is growing nicely.

I did managed to get a game in of “A Test of Honour” last week, which was great. I really enjoy the game and it’s probably my favourite skirmish wargame to date.

Nate brought over some lovely terrain and his terrain mat from Euro mats:

The terrain was made in Europe for Infinity (a sci-fi skirmish game) but it lends itself very well to what we want to use it for.

The battle was a simple seize the objectives fight, with a turn limit and reinforcements for the defender. I defended and tried to concentrate my forces, while Nate threw his samurai up one side, hoping to knock my samurai out and take the centre of the table. It ended up being a lopsided victory as my samurai was able to defeat Nate’s 2 samurai and my spears threw his ashigaru back. Not so much of a victory based on superior planning, but I remember someone talking of lucky generals before so I will not complain that the dice greatly favoured me. No good pictures sadly, except of these lovely buildings. They come pre-painted and the doors are removable.

So overall, things are looking like I’ll be able to get some more gaming done soon. For the next Test of Honour fight I’m hoping to do a proper AAR as the game certainly warrants the attention. More terrain to come, and hopefully a game of What a Tanker later this week!