Merry new year...

2013 was a fairly rubbish year for me. So I'm very pleased to be in a new one, not that it should actually make any difference, but it sort of does - doesn't it?

Anyway, when I look back over my posts for last year it all started out with a lot of optimism, but then slowly dwindled as the year went on. To be honest there were a few reasons for this: my right knee was being rubbish and not working, Open Uni required a lot of time and I had to change jobs which cut out nearly all my free time. But that aside, I think things can only really get better at the moment. My GF and I have been ill for a fairly long time since xmas, but we're both nearly fully up and running and ready to tackle the new year!! (a few weeks late, granted).

So what were my favourite things from last year, I hear you cry! Well, I did have a good couple of weeks where I knocked out Wastelands v2.3 and I am still pretty chuffed with it because it was definitely the most successful version to date, although still in dire need of a lot more play testing. Also, I indulged in RAGE!!! a great amount and really enjoyed beating it on nightmare difficulty! I also chatted a lot to mates and my brothers about good old games, which I think we will be seeing a sort of revival this year. I should say, not so much of a revival, but a re-imagining. We tried to "revive" our 40k gaming a few years back to much stale boringness. But now my brothers have discovered Bolt Action and Flames of War and they look very exciting! So I'm keen to try and get back into the table top gaming spirit. There are a few other titles out there that are tickling my taste buds too, but I'll maybe mention those in a future post.

Right, so what will 2014 bring for me? A lot of uncertainty right now but hopefully by the end of the year my wonderful woman and I will find a little stability somewhere, I'll be over half way through my Open Uni degree and better able to program and start pissing around with Java and maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to get back into a little writing.

For now it's just job-work, Open Uni work and trying to squeeze little bouts of gaming with my mates on a Monday. I'll keep you posted! (and if my brothers are reading this, I will try and find time to do some painting but I just haven't the time right now).

Onwards into 20134!