Yup, that’s right I’m currently on the slippery slope to
hobby burnout, I can feel it sneaking up on me like some kind of giant purring
tomcat that you can’t quite see in your peripheral vision but you know is just
about to pounce and dig its needle like claws into your arm, and I’m bloody
well allergic so will end up sneezing with runny eyes, trying to get the
slippery little bugger off me cursing all the while.
Sorry, what was I talking about again? Oh yeah, hobby
funk/burnout. Over the last few weeks I’ve been trying to make sense of our
garden and therefore I’ve not had much energy to motivate me to paint and as
any of you know, once you lose the motivation it turns into a mammoth task just
trying to muster up the focus required to pick up a paint brush. Arghhhh how
bloody annoying. In addition I’m still trying to find a decent place to store
all my hobby stuff in the new house, my plan to convert part of the garage has
been put on hold whilst everything else gets done. Even more annoyingly many of
my prized painted mini’s have been damaged in some minor way during our move (that
I am only now finding out as I root through my stack of stored stuff) and they
have to move over to the “repair“ pile on my painting table, which is slowly
growing to Kilimanjaro proportions.
Maybe it’s not a hobby drought but rather a blogging drought (although that is firmly part of my hobby now)? I’ve been listening to the Behind Enemy Lines Podcast quite a bit recently in which they talk quite candidly about their experience of it and it would seem that being a member of a
positive gaming community is pretty much the best way to overcome any sort of hobby slump (and maybe just having the kind of self motivation that kicks you up the ass!). Having a group of hobbyists that you meet regularly is great inspiration and a good way to lift your mood.
I have however had a couple of games of Saga with Ashley,
which is turning into a bit of fun as we both learn/re-learn the rules and come
to grips with the complexity that is the battle boards. Ash’s Anglo Dane
Warlord keeps kicking my Saxon Warlord in the teeth, which is evidenced by the
really poor pictures below.
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| Let battle commence |
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| Saxon Hearthguard try to sneak through the marsh |
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| Saxon warriors fancy their chances against some Viking Hearthguard |
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| The left flank, also trying to be sneaky through the trees |
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| Hmm, fatigue on saxon levies, not good! |
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| Trust me Saxon Warriors versus Viking Hearthguard does not end well |
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| Saxon Warlord vs Viking Warlord - what do you think happened? |
Maybe it’s not a hobby drought but rather a blogging drought (although that is firmly part of my hobby now)? I’ve been listening to the Behind Enemy Lines Podcast quite a bit recently in which they talk quite candidly about their experience of it and it would seem that being a member of a 
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