2024 - Year in Review - The Games

 This is really just another large number of images - 3 from most games and 4 from each of the Sunday all-day games played at Barrys. Given that the latter often have 60-80 images in the relevant AAR, I thought 4 was pretty conservative, but as I played over 30 games last year (a fair bit down from 2023), that still means you are having around 100 pictures inflicted on you!

EDIT for some reason. all the images are small and non-clickable - and as there are so many, I really can't be bothered redoing the whole lot - sorry!

First game of the year was a "dungeon crawler" at Andrews

In the same session, we had a more modern twist on the same theme!

Next was a boardgame with figures at mate Julians place

Then, I had a couple of solo games in my Ballade of Sweet Lady Mary Bell Border Revers "campaign" - I must get back to that one day.....!

Game 2

Next, the first of the all-day Sunday games a Barrys was an initial (and so far, only) run out for my new 28mm German Blitzkrieg collection

Another Friday night boardgame with figures at Julians - this one is Blood Rage and is based on the Norse mythology around Ragnarok

Next time, it was Napoleonic Sharpe Practice at Julians

And a week later again - with some cavalry this time......

Then, it was back to Barrys for a Sunday session, this time, the 1920 Russo-Polish war

Followed by more of the same on a Friday at Jules place!

And back to Barrys for a Pulp/1920's Colonial game.

Then it's another all-day game at Barrys - this time AWI.

We must be up to June now, as I remember doing this small solo D Day Game on or about 6 June, the 80th anniversary of the greatest seaborne invasion of all time.

And back to Barrys yet again, this time for a large-scale Napoleonic bash.

Another solo game, featuring some of the recently painted AWI militia in the Light Infantry assault against the rail fence at the commencement of the Battle of Bunker Hill (I think this may have been around the anniversary of the actual battle, too)

Barrys for the Imjin War between Japanese Samurai and the defending Koreans

Part Two of the Battle of Bunker Hill solo - I never actually did Part Three, the final assault that took the American Redoubt

Must be July or August - Julian was back from his extended trip to Europe, and we played another Russo-Polish War game on a Friday evening.

Sunday at Barrys and a 15mm WW2 desert game pitting NZ Div against the Italians

A Sunday game at Julians for a change - To the Strongest Reconquista action

Friday Sharpes Practice back in the Napoleonic era

And another game of Zombicide.

ACW at Barrys - this one is for Stew!

Then Iron Cross using 20mm WW2 figures back at Julians

Another Pulp/Colonial type all-dayer at Barrys

Russo-Polish War again at Julians place

And then yet more Zombicide!

Julians Birthday Game - a Sunday with very nice lunch provided - and a great ECW game using For King and Parliament

Sunday at Barrys for late war WW2 - 15mm Soviets v Germans

My last "away" game of the year, a few weeks ago at Julians - and it was Sharpe Practice once again!

My final two games were solo affairs, play testing OHW ancient rules with my new 10mm Cromarty Forge figures

And the same scenario but giving my amended version of Andrews ASN rules a try out.

And that was it in terms of games played in 2024. I do have a half-formed plan to get in A LOT more solo games in 2025 - I may even call it "Wargame Wednesday" and try to play a small solo game every week - we shall see how that pans out though!

In the meantime, thanks as always for your visit and particularly to all those who take the time to leave a comment, and I look forward to interacting with you all via my blog in the coming year.