(Originally posted to A Year of Frugal Gaming) If I’m going to get anywhere with my resolution to have all my Dark Elves painted by the end of the year, I’ll have to have a plan ready before I lose too much time. Having ransacked the shelves and boxes that house my collection, I’ve taken …
Monthly archives: February 2010
Blog Power Up!
I just upgraded the blog to version 1.6 of BlogEngine.NET, using the incredibly useful guide from David Wynne. Two things he missed though: Remember to change your CSS file as described in the ‘official’ instructions (change #widgetzone to .widgetzone, and #widgetselector to .widgetselector) and to be sure that any changes you made to your web.config …
First Game of the Year, or Losing Well
I played my first game of Warhammer in 2010 at the weekend, and since a lot of my Dark Elves are organised in piles on shelves according to how ready they are for painting, I decided to take out my Wood Elves for the day. It was a standard 2,500 point Pitched Battle, against my …
A Night To Remember
[originally posted on A Year of Frugal Gaming] As I mentioned before, I plan to hold more Games Nights this year than I have previously. Here’s what I’ve found that works for me, but I’m refining my process continually and if anyone else has any advice I’d be happy to try it out next time. …
First Steps
So, it’s February and I think I can say I’ve made an acceptable start to my New Year’s resolutions. In order, then! Filing. My aim is to scan and shred fifty documents each week. I have done 392 so far, compared to an expected 250. This is pretty impressive, though it helps that the first …