I'm posting at a much slower pace these days. Even the "edge" of wargaming is mostly out of my mind, and it's only now I've built up enough to make a post out of.
Got hold of some daylight bulbs, but only one of them fits my three available lights. Shall have to go back and get smaller ones for the light over my desk.
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| Picked up these old classics. No idea what I'll do with 'em, but nice to have. |
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| Messed about with the 40K 10th edition starter set. The rules aren't actually quite the same as the Space Marine board game; the latter are a bit more complex. This one is simplified enough that the sides are surprisingly even. |
Picked up some ancient paperbacks from the local dusty used bookshop:
- The Prince Commands by Andre Norton - a Ruritanian romance with a good combat scene. Again, some fun inspiration for VBCW.
- Ranks of Bronze by David Drake - another classic I'd never read. A Roman legion is sold into slavery to an alien merchant combine. Makes me want to look up his Raj Whitehall and Belisarius series.
- A US Boy Scout manual from 1948. 500+ pages, should be fun.
- A history of the Battle of Leyte Gulf published in 1947. I never did read Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, so I look forward to learning more about the Battle off Samar.
- A first edition Games Workshop Fellowship of the Ring rulebook, complete with card miniatures (!) folded inside the back cover. A throwback to a time of more attractive rulebooks from GW.
Also reading The Bletchley Riddle, a recent children's mystery.
Ordered a Kill Team starter set to supplement my 8th edition 40K collection.
Finally, while at an action-figure store (who I need to send a list of stuff I'm hunting for), I spotted and snagged a set of Enterprise-D blueprints for a mere $20.
So no gaming (other than getting paid every week to lose badly at chess), but plenty to chew on. See you next time.
