Quarterly RPG Campaigns
Divide the year into quarters and run a new game every quarter. This puts a hard deadline on story lines and promotes more variety.
I ran this past my regular gaming group and they all approved. Now comes the tough part – what to run first?
Terrain Projects
Look into low-cost alternatives to commercial terrain pieces and kits. Not that there is anything wrong with well-made, good-looking terrain being produced these days. Many of them are available for reasonable prices. However, limited funds are forcing me to choose between buying terrain and buying miniatures. Given the difficulties of playing miniatures games without miniatures, I'll be trying my hand at creating terrain rather than purchasing it. Not that I'll pass up good deals on commercial terrain if I find them.
For the immediate future, this means preparing more trees for the tabletop. I picked up a package of plastic pines suitable for 15mm or 28mm scale at Home Depot's after-Christmas clearance sale. A little paint, some flock, and new bases will make them ready to go.
There are also some odds-and-ends that I've collected that would be good for creating futuristic terrain. That will be a little further down the road.
Painting Projects
Knock down the amount of unpainted models in my collection. No more impulse buys. If I have no immediate plans to put it on the table, I don't buy it.
Clear off the desk. There's a couple of models that were repeatedly pushed aside in favor of other projects last year. Got to get them done before moving on.
Base and paint my 15mm ARC Fleet troopers from Critical Mass Games.
Base and paint miniatures appropriate for upcoming RPG projects – pirates and sci-fi at the moment.
Divide the year into quarters and run a new game every quarter. This puts a hard deadline on story lines and promotes more variety.
I ran this past my regular gaming group and they all approved. Now comes the tough part – what to run first?
Terrain Projects
Look into low-cost alternatives to commercial terrain pieces and kits. Not that there is anything wrong with well-made, good-looking terrain being produced these days. Many of them are available for reasonable prices. However, limited funds are forcing me to choose between buying terrain and buying miniatures. Given the difficulties of playing miniatures games without miniatures, I'll be trying my hand at creating terrain rather than purchasing it. Not that I'll pass up good deals on commercial terrain if I find them.
For the immediate future, this means preparing more trees for the tabletop. I picked up a package of plastic pines suitable for 15mm or 28mm scale at Home Depot's after-Christmas clearance sale. A little paint, some flock, and new bases will make them ready to go.
There are also some odds-and-ends that I've collected that would be good for creating futuristic terrain. That will be a little further down the road.
Painting Projects
Knock down the amount of unpainted models in my collection. No more impulse buys. If I have no immediate plans to put it on the table, I don't buy it.
Clear off the desk. There's a couple of models that were repeatedly pushed aside in favor of other projects last year. Got to get them done before moving on.
Base and paint my 15mm ARC Fleet troopers from Critical Mass Games.
Base and paint miniatures appropriate for upcoming RPG projects – pirates and sci-fi at the moment.
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