Thursday 29 December 2022

2022 - A Brief Review

Normally I don't do this as I am too lazy to go back and check what I got up to in the preceding twelve months but having read a few other reviews and with my self-imposed aim to hit 132 posts this year, I decided this was a good topic to make use of! So here we go.....

First up, games played. Down a bit on the previous year I believe, but I still managed 30, which isn't too bad, just short of an average of 3 per month. Era's covered included Napoleonic, Russian Civil War, English Civil War, Pulp, Fantasy, Border Reivers, Colonial, WWI aerial and WWII. In a new departure. I also played a few solo games on my "new" 2' x 2' folding card table, which helped raise the total number of games played.

I had the bright idea of "a few" pix of each game - but maybe I have gone a bit overboard....just scroll through quickly, I wont be offended!


























































































Off the painting table marched a multitude of figures to add to the following collections - RCW, SCW, Pulp, Border Reivers and WWII. Included in this count were both 20mm and 28mm figures and equipment, including quite a few 20mm/1/72 scale plastic kits, which is something I have not done a lot of for a few years.

Yes, you have guessed what's coming next, but hey, its Christmas and I have a lot of time on my hands!




































































Right - that is DEFINITELY more than I intended to do - hope you have found it mildly interesting and honestly, I haven't even got images of everything I painted throughout the year, I did use some discretion and left lots out that I would have liked to have included! Maybe something to look at in 2023 is creating a "Year in Review" folder that I can add images to as the year progresses, so that next Christmas, it is all ready to add to a similar post?

Thanks for dropping by - another post is likely in the next 24 hours!
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39 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag29 December 2022 at 14:46

    Very well done, Keith! You were quite productive in 2022 both on the gaming and painting front. I did not remember your Clue game. I may go back and dig that one up. Could not recall your work on the M3 halftrack either. My memory must be slipping although I do remember much of the rest of your efforts.

    Happy New Year!

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    1. rross29 December 2022 at 16:45

      Thanks Jon, we are all getting older mate, don't worry....I am pretty sure you commented on the "Clue" game, because in the Commonwealth, it's known as "Cluedo" ...and you mentioned the difference!
      Not wanting to be pedantic, but they are actually M5 Halftracks....not that I know what the difference is, EXCEPT the PSC models come with Commonwealth figures in the M5, which was what I wanted! The M3 comes with US personnel.

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    2. Jonathan Freitag29 December 2022 at 17:44

      I am sure I did comment on Clue. Pedantic? You are the second blogger this week to correct my oversights and identification errors. Thanks for the correction. Now, I will go see what the difference is between an M3 and M5.

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  2. Ben Cato29 December 2022 at 15:21

    A lot of quality work there and well done. Great to review all the games. One of my favorites is the Cluedo game 😁

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    1. rross29 December 2022 at 16:47

      Thanks a lot Ben, for a quick solo game that I pinched the idea from another blog for, the Clue(do) game garnered a lot of positive comment!

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  3. Mark Strachan29 December 2022 at 15:58

    Well done mate! It’s always a bit frightening looking back…I am looking back over my year at the moment.

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    1. rross29 December 2022 at 16:49

      Cheers Mark....I had a bit of spare time on my hands today, so took the opportunity to spend an hour doing this! I really do think I will do that year in review folder idea.....!

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  4. KEV. Robertson.29 December 2022 at 16:23

    Well done Kieth- you have done a lot this year- three games a month is a good tally. Happy NEW Year to you and family. Cheers. KEV.

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    1. rross29 December 2022 at 16:50

      Thanks Kev....like Mark says above, looking back, it always surprises me how much I actually have done, and how many games I have had ....it doesn't seem that many, to be honest!

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  5. Gonsalvo29 December 2022 at 16:33

    A nice retrospective, Keioth. Mine will come shortly after the first, but I don't generally include photos from the past year's posts, which isn't a bad idea; in that regard I am more of a numbers and comparison to plans type guy! :-)
    30 games in a year is doing very well for the vast majority of us!

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    1. rross29 December 2022 at 16:54

      Thanks Peter.....there wasn't really a lot of thought or effort in my review, hence the sensory overload to distract the readership! I had meant to mention, I did several "parades" of full collections during the year, and also refer briefly to some reading done, but after an hour (or more) of trawling through images, I had had enough.....plus, my wife kept asking me WHEN are you going to get your hair cut.....!😄

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    2. Jonathan Freitag29 December 2022 at 17:46

      A little early for a review from me too. I have games and painting up until the calendar clicks over. Last game is scheduled for the 31st.

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  6. pancerni29 December 2022 at 17:22

    Great year end review, except for the obvious lack of outdoor adventures. You did add a lot to your collection. I think with the Friday old guys games included, probably had 30 games all year, mostly skirmish based. Hopefully your hair cut is successful

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    1. rross29 December 2022 at 18:20

      Thanks Joe...not 100% sure on the haircut to be honest but at least it's done! I considered the great outdoors for inclusion in the review, but that would have added ANOTHER hour and 50 more images!

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  7. Norm29 December 2022 at 19:21

    I was surprised as to just how many of the images I remembered, considering all that I have looked at this year. I never keep my images once posted (I compulsively clear out), but that makes it impossible for me to dip back for high res images for this sort of thing, so I might keep some faves going into 2023 - cheers.

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    1. rross29 December 2022 at 19:35

      Thanks Norm, glad you approve and saw some images you recognized! I save all images from my phone onto a laptop and create the posts from there, so it's simple enough to save them to a folder afterwards. I think I even have quite a lot of them saved onto a USB!

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  8. Phil29 December 2022 at 20:40

    Diversified and superb, what a splendid and productive year!

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  9. Michal DwarfCrypt29 December 2022 at 21:06

    Great year sir!

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  10. Steve J.29 December 2022 at 21:46

    A great little review there Keith and 30 games or thereabouts, is pretty good going for most of us. I reckon to get in about two a month on average. Mightly impressive too to lack back at all the stuff you have painted, most of which I remember, but a few I can't.

    What I do is at the start of the New Year is to create a Review post that I simply add to after each game, purchase etc, which makes it easy come the end of the year to then add the text to go with it. A nice idea to include photos which I might try to do in 2023, if I remember that is!

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    1. rross29 December 2022 at 23:39

      Thanks Steve, I am pretty sure the idea of saving images as I go for next years review is something I am going to do!

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  11. Richard29 December 2022 at 22:40

    Wow. What a great year Keith.
    You missed a trick here. You could' ve made two excellent posts for your review instead of one, and been a little closer to your target.

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    1. rross29 December 2022 at 23:41

      Haha...you know what, Richard, I seriously considered that option.....but I think I have enough stuff to create two more posts this year, so in the end, I left the review as a one off!

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  12. Neil Scott30 December 2022 at 01:33

    You've had a very productive 2022 with a good mix of projects and games

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    1. rross30 December 2022 at 06:52

      Cheers Scotty, ithe review was an interesting exercise and one I think I will repeat in twelve months time.

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  13. Lawrence H30 December 2022 at 09:13

    A fun round-up and an interesting mix of games and projects in there Keith. Well worth a review.

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    1. rross30 December 2022 at 18:53

      Thanks Lawrence, it was simple but time consuming to put together, so next year, the review folders idea is a definite!

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  14. nundanket30 December 2022 at 12:38

    That's good going Keith. 30 games and such a great variety of periods too. And some fabulous photos. Now I have to mop up the drool!

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    1. rross30 December 2022 at 18:54

      Thanks Chris, hopefully the first game of 2023 will appear next week!

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  15. Ed M30 December 2022 at 13:50

    Well, Keith, anyone scrolling through the "year in pictures" or who has been following along with your blog even casually would not be inclined to think you "lazy" 🤔 . Looking forward to blog year 2023 (if it's not too soon to say so).

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    1. rross30 December 2022 at 18:56

      Thanks for the endorsement Ed! 2023 is but 36 hours away for me here in NZ, so no, I don't think it is too soon to say so!

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  16. daveb30 December 2022 at 15:34

    A nice serving of eye candy here! Nice work on all the games played and your ability to document them. All the best for wargaming and painting in the coming year.

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    1. rross30 December 2022 at 18:57

      Thanks for the visits and comments Dave...I hope you have a good 2023 too!

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  17. Aly Morrison31 December 2022 at 09:40

    You have certainly been a busy chap this year Keith…
    I have had no where close to the number of games you have had.. nor as many miniatures painted…
    I look forward to seeing next year’s output.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. rross1 January 2023 at 08:48

      Thanks Aly...the game total was a bit of a surprise to me (although 6-8 of them were little solo skirmish games, so that boosted it a bit) as it felt like I had not had very many. It would be nice if I could get back into a routine of near weekly games, which I was lucky enough to have a few years back, but as I am totally dependent on others to host, that's out of my hands.

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  18. Matt Crump2 January 2023 at 01:25

    Nicely done Keith a productive year as others have said, the Napoleonic battles take the prize for me though 👍

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    1. rross2 January 2023 at 10:03

      Cheers Matt, the Napoleonic games are certainly the most impressive visually although I possibly enjoyed the smaller level RCW games more, as a player!

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  19. Ray Rousell5 January 2023 at 02:00

    You had quite a year Keith! A very productive and busy year, here's to 2023!

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