"I have been but little in," said Ninian hastily...

Exhausted, but had a good time at Cold Wars. Five DBA games, two big-battle DBA games, two games of Carnage & Glory, and a short stand-in of an 1866 game. Ran into a couple of friends, made a couple more; bought some terrain and, of course, a few more figures. :-) No books and no new rules, though! OK, I did get one module for rules I already own.

A full report will follow, but it may have to follow a day of napping and dozing. I kept fairly reasonable hours (i.e., did not stay up for Midnight Madness, the round-robin that starts at 11pm and ends whenever a winner is decided...) but then last night's closing tournament ran until close to 1, and with the time change and the drive, I didn't make it into my bed until 4! (damn "Spring forward...")

A small breakfast (note to self: BG an inexplicable 128 after a weekend of mediocre food and no exercise), a little cat-petting, and then more sleep! Thanks goodness that at least today is Sunday! And that I have an evening with yet more friends to look forward to...

That's my name for today. Sorting out, tidying up, recharging my batteries, and clearing the decks.

I had a grand weekend at Fall In. I saw more than a dozen friends, from old pals to nodding acquaintances and newly made chums. I played 11 games of DBA (three doubles games partnered with my buddy Frank and using our new South Asian armies; three games using my newly painted--the night before--Chichimec army; and five matches in the vastly entertaining Two Davids' Gallic Wars Campaign, in which for the first time I ended the series independent, with vassals of my own, and solidly in the middle of the pack--in a tie for fifth place in a field of 20). I bought a pile of books (naturally), some terrain, and only a few minis. I did some Xmas shopping for friends. I had a hotel room for last night as a well as Friday, but I decided that since most of my friends were headed home or off to bed rather than make a late night of it that I'd just drive home and sleep in my own bed. And I'm glad I did--waking up in a sunny room surrounded by cuddly cats was excellent!

Today I need to give my sis a call to wish her happy birthday. I need to write my final exam for my master's program. I'm going to take some time to walk or bike outside. I'll put away my new toys. :-) And I'll try to make arrangements to catch up with some of my friends I haven't seen for too long. I did laundry before I left, so I need to fold that and put it away, but I already have clean clothes for the coming week, and I got gas on the way home, so I have a full tank. I'm feeling fairly caught up, for once.

It looks like a beautiful day; I need to go open some windows--time for fresh, sharp autumnal air! Hopefully next weekend will be like this too and I can spend a lot of time outside to make up for spending most of this one inside. But I've had a really nice weekend so far.

So, Eric, Phil, and I had put in to run another game of Age of Eagles (a Napoleonic miniatures game) at Historicon. Someone from a local group had gotten very excited about the idea of arranging a room for all the folks from the Maryland clubs to share and run games in, but apparently that came to nothing, as we arrived at the con to find we had been assigned a table in the big common room where most of the games are played (Distelfink). ( Read more... )

So, the first couple of HMGS cons I went to I came back with loads of figures. There are so many dealers, and so many potential new or expanded periods one could get into, it was hard to resist buying loads of stuff.( Read more... )