{"id":164,"date":"2010-12-05T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pagan-gerbil.net\/?p=164"},"modified":"2010-12-05T19:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T19:28:00","slug":"back-on-the-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pagan-gerbil.net\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Back on the Wagon"},"content":{"rendered":"

My gaming has been suffering recently. I\u2019ve definitely been on target with \u201cspend less\u201d – although the temptation to grab a new rulebook or two has been pretty strong, I\u2019ve managed to avoid it. Unfortunately, real life has been getting in the way of getting any actual gaming done \u2013 I\u2019m busy, my gaming group is busy, no-one ever lines up a day together. I have, however, used a few days off of work to get ahead on my Dark Elf painting.<\/p>\n

The particular style of batch-painting that I favour is \u2018do every model at once\u2019, meaning that my current batch is about 60 Corsairs. The downside to this is that until you pick up a model and examine it, as I did this week, it becomes difficult to work out how far away you are from completing. I\u2019m just about entering the final detail stage, which for me means that I\u2019ll be dividing models up into groups of \u2018haves\u2019 and \u2018have-nots\u2019 for particular things. The first will probably be gemstones – every model with a gemstone goes in one group, which becomes a small batch for painting. When that\u2019s finished, I\u2019ll go through the batch checking out models to see if they need anything else done – belts, buckles, whatever. If they don\u2019t, then I can actually call that model finished! So for me, entering this ending stage is very exciting, because the psychological obstacle of having sixty scowling warriors staring at you on a painting table makes the sense of achievement that much greater. And the increased sense of achievement will make me want to play more, meaning it\u2019ll be more likely that I manage to organise a game!<\/p>\n

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Another thing I was doing with my free time was planning a role-play campaign. I\u2019ve got a rough skeleton story sketched out, I just need to flesh and structure it a bit more and see what it becomes. My gaming group also have a role-play campaign going that was geographically inaccessible to me, but has fortunately moved closer, that I\u2019m now invited to. That\u2019s a weekly affair that will score many many points on the \u2018play more\u2019 part of the deal, and possibly save me the trouble of buying new rulebooks – role-play groups are great for borrowing and sharing books, or buying second-hand. That should also help nip the temptation to spend in the bud.<\/p>\n

I think role-playing games are one of the best kinds of games for a frugal and\/or social gamer – you might well buy a few expensive rulebooks, but you can bet that someone else in the group has done the same and that becomes a pooled resource. To get started, all you need is to borrow some dice (or still rather frugally, buy your own set for a few pounds) and there you go! I\u2019d heard somewhere that they first took off in popularity around the time of a recession, where people were watching their spending and to have a game based almost solely in imagination was a very frugal way of enjoying yourself – it may not be true, but it sounds plausible!<\/p>\n

So to recap, I\u2019ve had a lousy time of not playing enough games. Real life has been interfering, preventing the planning of games nights (for my board games fix) and regular wargaming opponents. But it looks like regular gaming is getting back on the agenda, and if there\u2019s one thing that I\u2019ve learned from my new year\u2019s resolution experiment, it\u2019s that having a real plan of action (not just a hopeful goal) will make all the difference. So you can expect next year\u2019s plans to be much more solid!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My gaming has been suffering recently. I\u2019ve definitely been on target with \u201cspend less\u201d – although the temptation to grab a new rulebook or two has been pretty strong, I\u2019ve managed to avoid it. Unfortunately, real life has been getting in the way of getting any actual gaming done \u2013 I\u2019m busy, my gaming group … <\/p>\n

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