The Masterplan

I thought it might be a good idea to try and quantify some of the wargaming ideas that have been germinating for several years but steadily going nowhere... I always knew going on the Project Management course would pay off!

 Category 1 [actually doing something about these!]

• Samurai ... 6mm Baccus figures
• Franco-Prussian/Risorgimento/Franco-Austrian... 6mm again with Baccus minis
• Zulus/British.... and once again, Baccus

               ....been using Black Powder for all of these

• SAGA...  28mm Gripping Beast figures

• Musket and Tomahawk... 15mm Blue Moon/Peter Pig

• Force on Force – Afghanistan... 15mm Peter Pig
• Ottomans/Hungarians... 15mm Essex.  Part of a plan to build up Renaissance armies, initially using DBA or Maximillian but eventually [if we get round to it] expanding to something bigger....maybe Pike and Shotte?

Category 2 [kind of started but not really got very far]

• WW2 in 28mm using Warlord miniatures.  Probably going to use Bolt Action rules for this but I also picked up a set of Normandy Firefight earlier this year which I still haven’t played.

• WW2... assorted 6mm figures.  In theory my son and I are going to use Kampgruppe Normandy for these.

• Aztec/Conquistador... I have some 20mm figures and acquired a load more on Ebay... one day I’ll get round to doing something with them!

Category  3 [not played for a while and could do with some attention...]

• Spanish Civil War... 15mm with Peter Pig figures.  Still trying to find a good set of rules.  So far I’ve tried I Ain’t Been Shot Mum and Blitzkrieg Commander both of which I like but I’m still not sure I’ve found the right set.
• AK47 with 15mm Peter Pig figures

• Russian Civil War... 20mm figures...mainly HaT.  Played several games of Red Actions with these but haven’t given them an outing for a while
• Back of Beyond Russian and Chinese armies ... Copplestone 28mm.  Used Contemptible Little Armies for these but looking for another ruleset.

• WW2 Naval... coastal forces in 1:600...Action Stations rules
• Modern [1980s NATO/Warpac] in 6mm... Cold War Commander
• WW2 Air in 1:300 using Bag the Hun
• WW1 Air... Wings of War
• ACW Ironclads in 1:1200.  Not sure what make the models are as I acquired them on Ebay.  Peter Pig’s Hammering Iron are a great set of rules for this period.

• DBM... I don’t really like DBM [although I really like DBA!] and have Italian Condotta and Swiss armies.  Really need to find a better set of rules.

There are also assorted boardgames etc that I haven't counted and I do have a nagging feeling that I've missed something!

 So... what does all this tell me???  I clearly have no attention span whatsoever and am far too tempted to dabble.  There are also lots of projects that get moved on to a playable stage but then don’t expand much more and don’t get played with often enough.  I need to try and remember this next time I see something shiny at a wargames show!!!!