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| Looking forward at the year to come |
2011
was a pretty busy year for me. It was my self-proclaimed Year of the
Empire, which saw me focus (almost) exclusively on Empire in
tournaments, as well as in terms of painting. By the end of the year I
had gone from having a couple of painted units to a quite large painted
army. I had also played in 4 tournaments, which saw me qualify for the
Australian Masters in December, and added a 5th tournament to the tally.
I say “almost”
because there was a tournament where I did not use Empire last year.
That event was the Victorian Inter-Club Championships (VICC). A
tournament with a twist, it included 2 rounds where members in the team
paired off and played together in a 4 player game. This, combined with
all 3 other members in our team taking Forces of Destruction, saw me
pull out the Orcs and Goblins for a last hurrah with their old army
book. Given the unusual nature of the event, I figured this didn’t
really count as a violation of my Empire resolutions – it would have
looked pretty odd having Empire and Beastmen lining up side by side.
Hampton went on to win the Warhammer Fantasy section of the event, as
well as the Warmachine and overall titles. All in all, it was a quite
productive year.
With all my
resolutions wrapping up at the end of 2011, I was a little bit
rudderless at the start of this year. Logic would dictate that I declare
2012 to be the Year of the Ogre, or Year of the Orc, or something
similar. After all, it worked rather well with the Empire. However, I
wasn’t keen to be locked into a particular army for another entire year.
There were also a couple of main considerations that confused things:
