Great gaming weekend!

So two days of gaming this past weekend was a good start. On Saturday I was involved in two board games, The classic Aliens game by Leading Edge and Sentinels of the Multiverse. Both are easy go to, comfort games that have been played a lot and therefore I have a vague recollection of the rules.

In the Aliens game, despite my best effort all my marines, actually made it off the board, although two of them, Hicks and Dietrich, were both wounded. In fact all the marines were able to escape, something that does not happen all that often.

The Sentinels of the Multiverse game saw Sky-Scraper team up with the Sentinels to combat Friction and Ermine. It was a long challenging game that at times looked like we were going to quickly go down in ignominious defeat and then we would suddenly get a reprieve where we were able to recuperate and then reenter the fray. Sky-Scraper found it very difficult to deploy her arsenal of equipment as Friction and ermine were able to destroy any such items almost as quickly as they were deployed. I could never get ahead!

On Sunday we played Fantastic Battles, a game that none of the players had played before. While the original plan was for a very big game the plan was changed to a standard 750 point conflict we me acting as GM.(I had more familiarity with the rules) The game lasted just under 4 hours and unlike many other fantasy games that we have played we were able to finish the game with a decisive winner.

It was great to get the boys back together to roll some dice and swap some tales, overall a good time had by all!

The game room has finally been redecorated and organized

So it took awhile, but at last the room seems to have come together. I still change things every now and then, more refinements than actual changes I mean it all seems complete. The painting area is the real big change, it feels so much more open, I no longer feel like I am crammed in against the gaming table (which is what I was) Now I have room to move, I can push back from the table and not bump into anything. I reduced the depth of the shelves so the wall of shelves is no longer so imposing. I have also shifted anything that I could out of the room. Such things as my bits boxes, my collection of models to be built (plastic) and sundry other containers are now out in the garage. Anything that might be harmed by the extreme cold/heat are now in the storage room. Just the essentials remain.

One of the big things that I did was to add more lighting. It is now bright down there, really bright. There are the two original hard wired LED overhead lights, but I have now added eight (8) more twin LED overhead lights, not hardwired, so I can rearrange them should I ever reorganize the room again (hopefully never again!)

Oh, there are many 'little' projects still to be done. I do need to label a lot of boxes where ever they might be stored, and I really need to organize the miniatures shelves, group stuff in some form of order, but also consolidate stuff, I still have some shelves not well used.

The new painting area, roomier no more bumping into things

Re-purposed shelf unit will be for big scenery items

More space around the table even places to sit

The shrine to my late, great dog, Hamish!

Still have a fridge, but the area is better organized!

The view as you enter the room, a pillar with pithy statements

 

So that's it for now. But please visit the club site to see our first battle in over two years!