Random thoughts the past few days about my wargaming being stuck in a rut. The past few months have been focused on GBACW, Red Actions!, Glory (War of Resistance) and Irregular Wars. I guess it’s time to move on to something different.

On the other hand, the consistent focus on these game systems allows me to enjoy them in some depth. There’s a tendency in our hobby to be a gadfly, moving from one period to another, accumulating lead or games that sit on the shelf or closet. I’m as guilty as anyone about that. I have cleaned up “Lead Mountain” to just a handful of figures, but the game shelf and closet is still full of unplayed games.

The temptation is to read the rules, give it a setup, play part way through and if the game doesn’t work, pack it up and put it back on the shelf. I’m trying to resist that.  Also, this repetition is a motive to get more in-depth about a period, battle, or war.  That’s why I bought Paddy Griffith’s  books.

I do own a number of games that are part of a series. That’s by design, even though I accumulated many of these games without having played one of them. Just went with recommendations I found on-line. Hopefully, I will find these games and gaming systems as enjoyable as others.

For now, I’ll stick with repetition, only with a new series of games. That’s appropriate for the New Year.