Huh, how did we get to September already?
So in the last couple of months, I went on vacation twice, went away for a conference in Seattle, and worked on a room of our house found to have termite damage (yay). To do that I had to move all of my hobby material to the garage, and my hobby desk now graces the kitchen dining area, which is not ideal by any means.
Oh, and I turned 40 (certainly beats the alternative)
For my auspicious birthday I got some Barnes and Noble gift cards and some cash, which I converted immediately into gaming material.
For X-wing. my buddy gave me a TIE Advanced, and I bought a TIE Phantom and an ARC-170. I will also get a TIE Bomber later... all of which will make me well placed to have to re-buy all the rules again when X-wing Ver2 comes out later this month.
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Three X-wing miniatures |
My sister gave me Timeline:Events, and my wife's Aunt and Uncle gave me the Viking Game, and then I bought the other games. All have proved to be great fun so far, and Sushi Go! is easy enough to play with the kids, which is nice.
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Card and board games |
With a bit of cash, I finally got Romulan Armada to feed my Trek addiction. While I have been waiting to buy it, a new Unity edition of the underlying Starmada game came out, and ADB very generously allows for "Upgrade" copies to be purchased at cost, so I got a copy of Klingon Armada Unity edition as well. (and some drone/shuttle counters). I have only had the chance to flip through the books so far, but they seem to be pretty good, albeit different from the prior edition. More research needed.
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Unity Edition Starmada books |
Hobby-wise, I have not done all that much (please see excuses above), but I have made over 50 ships for my
Shapeways store now. I just need to have another birthday or 10 to fund the printing of those ships!