My 2023 hobby (non) update

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This year, despite spending a silly amount of money on Games Workshop products (subscriptions, magazines, 10th edition rules and datacards, a few models), I played precisely two shortend games1. I also spent about 5 hours or so painting.

Given the money spent this is not really acceptable so I need to have a serious ponder about what to do. I figured writing it down here for the world to see might give me some momentum.

A Geordi LaForge meme. The first image of Geordi show him holding his hand out in a gesture of warning, the accompanying text reads 'getting hobby stuff done'. The second image shows Georgi pointing his fingure in a gesture of recognition and encouragement, the accompanying text reads 'getting hobby stuff done.'

Next year I’m going to get it done. I’ve a Necron combat patrol to paint up2 (I need those “battle ready” 10 victory point bonuses) and games will be scheduled to be played. I live 30 minutes from Warhammer World so I have exactly no excuse not to be playing on awesome fully painted terrain.

Images from the year + a visit to the Warhammer World Exhibition

A Necron unit of Warriors faces death in the form of a unit of Ultramarine terminators that have just charged in.
Necron flayed ones on the sprue.
A Necron Doomstalker mid-construction.
A Necron Doomstalker mid-construction.
An image of the large centrepiece display at Warhammer World.
An image of the large centrepiece display at Warhammer World.
An image of the large centrepiece display at Warhammer World.
An image of the large centrepiece display at Warhammer World.
An image of the large centrepiece display at Warhammer World.
An image of the large centrepiece display at Warhammer World.
An image of the large centrepiece display at Warhammer World.
An image of the large centrepiece display at Warhammer World.
An image of the large centrepiece display at Warhammer World.
A Heroforge mini I made of a long ago used character I played in a one shot.

  1. My group consists of three people and we all turned up. So two, two turn, games it is. ↩︎

  2. Well, almost an entire Indomitus box, and loads of Orks… and Deathguard…. and terrain but baby steps. ↩︎

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Adam Cooper

I am a software developer for the UK government. In my spare time I play tabletop and computer games; if the weathers nice I climb rocks, but mostly fall off of indoor ones.

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