Plans for 2026

 I shall continue with breaking down my plans into Battles, Campaigns, Painting/Modelling.

BATTLES

ANCIENTS:

Early Imperial Roman: TBC from Britannia campaign.

Punic Wars: Battle of Lake Trasimene.

WARS OF THE ROSES:

Mini siege campaign.

First action - "The Messenger"

ECW:

Historical Scenarios - Stratton 16th May 1643

AWI:

Historical Scenarios - White Plains 28th October 1776

NAPOLEONIC:

Peninsular War project - Fuentes de Onoro 3rd - 5th May 1811. 

Campaign -  3rd Battle of Ainsworth (French v Prussians)

ACW:

Port Republic 9th June 1862. 

There is also the possibility of playing a large battle such as Shiloh but dependant on available time.

PONY WARS:

This really will be a priority this year!

COLONIAL:

Zulu Wars - Rorkes Drift

WW2:

Market Garden: Battle in the Woods from the Rapid Fire scenario book involving the UK Paras.

Operation Compass: Attack on the Maletti Group. This is a scenario from a mini-campaign acquired from Wargames Vault. 

Continued -

CAMPAIGNS

ANCIENTS:

Roman invasion of Britain. Rome must avenge the destruction of the 9th Legion. Map moves to be completed generating the next game. 

NAPOLEONIC:

Warplan 5/5 campaign to continue. The last of the 3 battles occurring on the same campaign day to be played (see 'Battles' above) followed by map moves.

WW2 NAVAL:    

The "Defending the Malay Barrier" campaign will continue. The intention will be to play through campaign turn 5 and depending on available time, possibly turn 6 concluding the campaign.

PAINTING/MODELLING

Targets for the year:

I shall be aiming for 2,000 x 6mm figures painted. Unlike in previous years I will not be setting targets for each period as it has become rather fragmented! Changing primarily to the Black Powder family of rules has meant some adjustments to various units and formations. I can therefore foresee most of the year taken up with completing those adjustments with the only significant new period being the AWI which will require a concentration of painting effort.

Elsewhere, I anticipate more WW2 ships and aircraft will be painted. 

On the terrain front, there are no major projects planned so it will be more a matter of working through the collection of unpainted stock. To make the tabletop more interesting I intend to add more clutter - barrels, carts, small outbuildings etc. 

A happy new year to everyone and have a great wargaming year.