Wargaming Plans for 2024

Usually, I don't plan too much ahead for my wargaming hobby. I just start to look around for the next project when the current one is getting to the wrapping up stage. But this year, there's a few of events happening that will affect my wargaming. So, I'm thinking it will be useful to make a plan to keep my wargaming going.

Another couple of Dixon samurai miniatures get painted.

In 2024, the following events are happening: I am retiring, we are moving to New Zealand, we are preparing our house in Australia for sale, and will be painting our new house in New Zealand which will be extended to include a studio for our hobbies - my wargaming and my wife's quilting. All these events have been a long time coming, and it'll put us closer to our adult kids who live in and around Wellington. We'll be shifting countries in the latter part of 2024.

A few more samurai made it off the painting table this weekend.

At various times, I won't have space for my wargaming stuff, so I'll need to downsize to smaller areas and fewer models that I can easily pack away and if necessary travel with. Also, as the year rolls on, there'll be less time for painting. 

Anyway, here's my plan for 2024…

Reduce the number of unpainted miniatures. Keep painting models for my existing armies whenever I can. An example of that is my Samurai, Ancients, and WW2 armies where there are still a few figures and model to paint up.

6mm WW2. Rework my 6mm WW2 Western Desert armies to fit into a small box for playing on smaller 2x2 foot or 3x3 foot area.

Sci-Fi Terrain for travelling. Make some flat-packed 28mm Sci-Fi terrain for skirmishes using my Necromunda figures.

Example of flat packed terrain from the original Necromunda game.

Battling Robots. Try out a BattleTech-style game using wooden blocks for buildings on a 2x2 playing area. Only a handful of models would be required.

Example Battletech models. They come 4-5 to a box. They stand about 30-40mm tall.

Block Armies. Create some generic block armies and terrain for gaming on a compact 2x2 foot area. 2mm scale blocks of figures may be useful.

Steampunk. Create a steampunk game using card-stock 2D miniatures from Okum Arts Games. This will be for when I have no access to my painting table and paints and want to do something creative.

Example of card-stock 2D miniatures.

Hopefully, these plans should keep my wargaming going while we're packing, moving, and settling in, which will take a few months, but I'm hoping these setups will make it work.