Summing Up 2020

Well that was rubbish, wasn't it. Can't say I care to repeat all of that again. My lowest level of blog postings for five years.

Regardless, I have done my annual compilation of games played. Compared to previous years the numbers are down - under half, just, of last year's. That isn't a surprise. Whole months went by with no wargaming, except for some out door games in the summer, and the recent spate of on-line wargames.

So, this is the list. 11 periods and 15 rule sets. There's one game that I didn't blog, a huge, sprawling game set on the Roman frontier, in the aftermath of the death of Augustus, played by WhatsApp. It's missing because I wasn't really blogging at the time, but working on other projects (I was also in a bit of a grey fug - I won't say depressed, as I have friends who genuinely suffer from depression, and I was not completely incapacitated).

Ancients is top again, propelled there by being an enormous period, and me playing games of "To Ur is Human". It's followed closely by Colonial, due to the development and publication of the "Era" rule books. We then have the Wars of the Roses, due to the on-going rules project for MNGer Richard, and his "Battle Commander" rules.

There's six of my own sets of rules in there, plus D&G has an asterisk by it, as it was about to go into major surgery and emerge as a completely different set of rules, all prevented by the late unpleasantness.

The various restrictions did mean my energies went in other directions. In the last 12 months I published four sets of rules (one of which wasn't written by me) and sold over 550 copies (as self published books on average sell less that 100 copies each, that's okay). 

And I also wrote/complied two history books on Northamptonshire too, in collaboration with others, so it's not like I haven't been productive.

Even painted some more figures.

But it would be great to be playing face to face again. Despite making a new friend with the on-line stuff, I have lost wargaming contact with others, and that isn't ideal.

Right. On with 2021. I'll have my jab now, please nurse.