Just a quick note to share some minor changes.

Back in January, I asked for input on games I would play Jan-Mar 2023. While I did skip around a bit, I played a few titles. However the biggest title of interest was me diving back into GCACW.

Sadly the scenario I chose from RTGII just had me bamboozled.

It has sat for 60 days. Usually  2 weeks is my cut off for – ‘move along and get along’. So I just packed it up. This is no big deal, we will cycle back to it.

However the primary reason for the note is a modest change in circumstances. I have over the past 6 months felt a significant malaise for gaming and really only been passionate when writing some half arsed fictional narrative tied to the game play. Which has seen productivity and game play plummet. My last two scheduled posts release today, versus the normal two months or 16 posts. I have over 56 uploaded drafts, dozens of drafts on my PC and no real passion to do much of any of it.

 

You can find narrative stuff here:

https://bigboard.substack.com

Unusually I don’t know why.

I’ve recently been offered what amounts to a second gig/job/contract, while my business partners and I complete our launch of our small investment firm. The new role will be potentially be fascinating, interesting, and require some return to road warrior international travel, and hopefully rewarding. BUT….I’m currently building a house, have a current job, and frankly the world is a much more dangerous place to be abroad in, especially where I will be required to go. Plus I’m 59 and I don’t much relish the thought of returning to 100k miles a year routines.

The folks that called, guys that I’ve shared a house with, men I have known, trusted, and helped and have helped me over 30+ years cannot be ignored. So if the call really does come to help them out, I have to do it. I want to do it. But this hobby craft here will be where the ‘lifestyle changes’, I’ll likely need to move temporarily back to Austin in an apartment alone while I help the owners and new CEO get squared away deploying into the USA, Americas and EU etc.  I cant service that load from Kerrville TX LOL [ anyone own a jet I can use? ]

I’m a bit of a what if guy [hence the wargaming] and a turn around, un fuck things guy. So assessing the risk, seeing the upside and finding a way is what I love to do. Yet all three of the things I’m involved in plus some personal life stage challenges are really impacting my head space for gaming. It has me vacillating, and delaying choosing pretty much anything.

All this is to say that the schedule of two plus posts  per week on Thursdays and Fridays at around 10 am Central that has stood the test of time for 11 years is not really going to be an option as far as I can see going forward. Now all that could change if my final haggling over two pressing items in my world fall apart.  OR we may fail to come to terms on this contract we are sorting out. Its taken 3 weeks to 2k worth of expenses paid.

So maybe just play some light games- Kev? The more I play light games the more they annoy me because well they are filler, they are the corn starch of gaming, the corn syrup in your American chocolate, empty calories, pretty to look at but leaving a bad taste in your mouth.  I get their purpose and they are super for gateway gamers, but generally they lack much insight into history, offer few real options on historical choices or are so far off base as to be goofy….and ya know I want an opportunity to be 100% mentally challenged by a title.

Currently complex or detailed games I just cant find the mental energy to read. Case in point, I’ve read the rules to Overlord/Killing Ground a couple of times now and not much has stuck. Which is odd as its 80% Jaws of Victory, VitW system. Poop.

I have managed to get one beach played a little. Its pretty interesting. I wont be posting about this for awhile however. Also John Kranz was nice enough to send me as he had promised years ago a copy of GMT’s TRC. Maybe a revisiting that is what I need. Plus its also my very first ever complimentary copy of a game from GMT. I can no longer say they have not sent a game. LOL.

Anyway. No drama here, no major illnesses, I see wonderful folks with life much harder than me and count my blessings so all is well. I just really don’t want to let a bunch of fine men and women down, – yes you miserable bunch of Grognards.

Wargaming is fun, its mentally stimulating and provides a wonderful inclusive thoughtful and super smart community [ damn if I dont feel ALWAYs like the dumbest bloke at the party] so I am thrilled to be a tiny part of it.

Bear with me, perhaps once I get into permanent living quarters in the new house and have enough elbow room to record freely, play freely and ponder with some free time the gaming content will return to a normal cadence.

All the Best

Kev