2016 was a very busy year which impacted the hobby for me. No figures painted, terrain made or shows visited, or campaign weekends in 2016. I did manage 13 games, plus I kept up to date with all the Star Wars Armada and X Wing waves, and acquired all the latest 7TV, Battle Group, Hail Caesar and Black Powder publications. I even managed to buy some figures adding a brigade of French lancers to the plastic pile (courtesy of Warlord Games sending me vouchers) and 4 7TV starter casts from Crooked Dice whose 7TV Directors scheme I joined.
Well on with the review or more correctly a list of wargame and related stuff I did in 2015.
Places Visited
Very few this year and nothing military. I will work on putting this right this year
Games played - 11 (down 6)
I had 11 games with the Conwy Wargames Club. 1 solo game. All written and posted on the blog!
Finished models - 0 (non mover)
Shows visited - 0 (down 2)
Blog posts - 53 (less than 2015 by 29)
Kickstarters backed - 0 (down 1)
Books Read
This year I managed to read lots, but not many historical books. The historical books I read were
- Ottoman End Game
- Quatre Bras
- Quatre Bras: A French Perspective
- Waterloo: A French Perspective
- Collapse of the 3rd Republic: An Inquiry into the fall of France 1940
Non fiction are too numerous to mention but I was mainly reading these authors:
- Stella Gemmell
- Eric Flint
- John Birmingham
- Christoper Nuttall (discovered in 2016 and most read)
- John Scalzi
- Peter Hamilton
- Neal Asher
- SM Stirling
Favourite Films - that inspire games
Star Wars Force Awakens (Rogue One is better but watched this year)
Anything Marvel - I'm now almost up to date
Warriors of the Rainbow (about Taiwan's resistance against the Japanese 1890 - 1900s)
April 9th (about Danes fighting the German 1940 invasion)
Favourite TV series - that inspire games
Dark Matter
Gotham
Wayward Pines
Agents of Shield
Game of Thrones
Grimm
