Blucher

I now have good sized Austrian and Prussian armies — 5 corps for the Austrians and 3-4 for the Prussians.  I have an unpainted French army but since one of the club members has one, I’ve focused on others.  I’m thinking of painting 2 Russian corps and perhaps other allied forces for the 100 Days period to go with the Prussians.  With Austrians, Prussians and Russians that should cover 1813-1815 and give a head start on 1812.

Franco-Prussian War

I’ve read most of the major works, have the figures (Baccus) and after much experimentation have settled on the basing.  I’ve played in two of Bruce Weigle’s games and that sets a high standard.  This is the project I think will receive that next push.  I am considering creating scratch terrain for this ala Bruce, but certainly have terrain that will work fine.

Modern Afghanistan

I am pleased to have a good collection of painted miniatures for this and had been expecting Skirmish Sangin to be the rules, but after four recent playtests I have reluctantly concluded that they just don’t scale.  Even with a couple of fireteams and a dozen Taliban the game quickly bogs down.  I have a couple of other options that I will evaluate over the next few months

Black powder skirmish

I am excited to hear that TooFatLardies is revising Sharpe Practice.  I have a variety of figures (18mm Napoleonics and 28mm ACW) that I want to put into play.  Since switching to 6mm for Napoleonics I’ve been aiming to use my 18mm Napoleonics for multi-battalion level games.  The original Sharpe Practice was scalable to that level and I had some good games.  We’ll see what the next edition holds.

Indochina

I have a squad+ of French Expeditionary Forces and Viet-Minh.  Lovely figures from Red Star, now owned by Age of Glory games.  There’s a Chain of Command supplement in the works