A slight slowdown

I’m on my way to Australia until the end of the month, but I should be able to do some updates from over there as I’m taking a couple of data DVDs with me. Mostly the updates will be ruminations on gaming generally but I hope to have the basis of a couple of reviews worked up ready to post either early next week or when I return. I’ve plenty of work and notes to take with me, and I’ve drawn up my schedule of painting, modelling and writing for the balance of the year – the only thing now is to decide on the order of completion for the painting.

I still haven’t made a final decision on which army I’ll do next, but I do know one option that won’t be happening before the new year…Finns and Soviet Winter war as I still need to pick up a few models from various manufacturers – I’m not someone who cares to assemble armies in bits and pieces, I either have 90% of the models on hand or I don’t start. It’d be simpler if Battlefront did all the various T26 versions, Schlem Soviets and winter uniform Finns, but for now I’ll wait for the various models to arrive before making a a start on that particular choice – look for a start perhaps in January/February for that one.

I’ll be taking PBI, IABSM and some Flames of War books with me so I can at least get a headstart on my article regarding modifying FoW for a more interactive turn and scenario based game as well as a couple of reference works. But this two week break should at least give me a chance to gain a little more perspective and objectivity on my plans for the next few months at any rate. If things go well, I may even get a chance to do some web development for Hex and Violence as well as polish up some graphics ready for the new web-site launches.

I also start a brand new contract the day after I return from Australia so there may be a slight gap in posts at the beginning of November. I’m not sure how busy I’ll be, but given the workload of a similar position last year, I should be okay to post regularly for the first couple of weeks. At which point I’ll be able to get back into my ASL games and kickstart the next batch of painting and modelling – yes there are a couple of projects I’m about to start that I’ve been keeping quiet about.

P-J