Author: Chris S.

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More!

I sold off the Joker crew that I originally picked up since I was getting another Joker crew with the Suicide Box.

They’re nice and all, but I do prefer a more traditional look.

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Deliveries update

The stuff not delivered on Monday, which said it was, arrived on Tuesday.

The stuff delivered today was due for delivery tomorrow (Thursday), except for the stuff that was due today, which did arrive today.

More stuff is scheduled for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday.

That is all.

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Multiple Hobby Disorder

Wargames, miniatures, role-playing, baseball, all waiting for my attention.

And suddenly I get the urge to play a tabletop GOLF game.

I won’t play at Augusta, which is a course I have in a couple of games.

But the tournament will be called…

THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT!

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Cutting it close

Back in January I ordered an item from Geeky Jerseys.

I was hoping to have it in time for the Raiders of the Lost Ark with Live Orchestra performance next Saturday.

Current status of my order says ‘Shipping expected in early April’.

Which means it might be here in time.

And now we wait.

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Deliveries

I knew that I was getting a bunch of deliveries on Monday, so I kept track of them online and in a text file on my work PC.

According to USPS.gov, everything was delivered.

When I went to retrieve my packages, 2 were not in our mail room.

I double checked online, and both were listed as delivered.

I checked the mail room this morning and they were still not there.

I suspect that they’re somewhere in another agency’s mail room, and they haven’t sent them over to ours yet.

So now we wait.

*grumble*

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This time for sure!

While I’m still waiting on the replacement arm for this guy:

A few more figures are coming in this week.

A hero must have it’s villain…
My name is Oliver Queen…
Also comes with helmeted head.

This is definitely it.  Until it’s not.  Arrrgh.

At 35mm scale, they’re a joy to paint.

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Weekend Update

3-Day weekend review, by activities:

  • watched Power Rangers
  • played 2 baseball games
  • painted miniatures
  • watched NCAA Final Four games
  • 1st play of Warfighter
  • watching baseball on Opening Day

What to do now, as the Giants opener ends and the Warriors game is on in about an hour or so?

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Coming Soon

I got an email from Legion Wargames today, about a game that I had reserved via preorder, and it’s now going to be released this June.  The email was asking for payment for my preorder.  Yay!

This is an updated/expanded reimaging of the old B-17 Queen of the Skies game, which I still play.  This has a variety of bombers and more targets across Germany.

It had been so long (2015?) since I placed my initial preorder that I had forgotten about it until I joined the Solitaire Wargames group on Facebook.   The folks there were talking about this upcoming solitaire B-17 game, so I went to the webpage to check it out, and found that not only did I already have an account there, I had already preordered this game.

Apparently I also had a couple other preorders:

And I added one more:

The damn trailers and commercials for the upcoming film got me interested in that last one.

Solitaire wargaming is fun!

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Warfighter: Mission 1

Location: South American Jungle
Mission: Covert
Objective: Eliminate Drug Cartel Boss
Squad: Staff Sgt. Giacomelli, SPC Corona

Result: failure

Deployed via helicopter, the pair made their way to the Wetlands, where they were immediately set upon by an ambush.  Corona managed to eliminate the the trio of ambushers, but Giacomelli had trouble dispatching a drug runner.  Thugs, lookouts, and more drug runners kept springing up, making progress to the objective a crawl. By the time all of the hostiles were dealt with, Giacomelli made it to the high ground, but time had run out and their quarry had escaped.

I made a few mistakes during play, like forgetting to check of hostile reinforcements, but I think I got the gist of the game play down.

I’ll be attempting this mission again, with a larger force.  Perhaps I’ll send in the British SAS instead of US Special Forces.