A LONG OVERDUE UPDATE

It HAS, indeed, been far too long since the last update to the Blog, and even longer to Honved.com. Lots of real life stuff going on, one thing leads to another, etc...

My current tabletop projects have been fairly varied. 

This month has seen a lot of frenzied activity in preparation for the upcoming KUBLACON 2008 convention, where our gaming group will be presenting a miniatures translation of the classic BAR LEV board game. It's been quite an interesting challenge, what with building terrain boards and painting loads of terrain and micro armor, but I'm fairly proud of the end result. This week, we're having our second play-test: this time of the Golan Heights, specifically, and I hope to get some photos, which will be posted, promptly to the Blog.

I have also been working on the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division (Battlefront calls it 'The Third Canadian Division') for Flames of War. These are the first 15mm infantry I've painted in years, and I'm  actually enjoying them, which tells me that my skills have progressed, at least minimally. The tanks are no problem - I've been doing them a lot in recent years, but typically I've resorted to buying or commissioning pre-painted 15mm infantry, as I'd found the experience of painting it unpleasant.  Actually enjoying 15mm infantry painting is very new to me.

Finally, I have managed to snag a very nice terrain piece for one of my long treasured "secret projects" - in this case, an arena for a Gladiator project. More on this next time, when I post photos of the completed amphitheater, but I'm very excited about this new chapter in my miniatures gaming, err, obsession. 

In the case of writing and game design, I have been writing the "unofficial" Early War Hungarian army lists for FOW. They have been well received, when folks take the time to eye them, but I've been disappointed by the lack of response, overall. Don't need accolades, really, but having some sort of response to my work is a huge motivation for keeping going, in that it provides the kind of critical response I need to make a "better end product." Fortunately, a couple folks have been reading the lists, commenting, etc, so they've kept me going and provided some very valuable insight. I am very close to finishing off the project, and I will continue to work on it, nevertheless.

I have also finished the third revision of my prototype for the board game I'd been working on since moving from Virginia a couple years ago. I will be having the first public playtest of "Divided Republic" at Kublacon. Quite nervous about this, but hopefully I can pull it off.

Lots of future projects in store, too, but that's where I stand, just at the moment. More updates coming soon!

-A.