The Auction Haul

A highlight of my gaming obsession is the twice yearly auction at Games Plus in Mt Prospect, IL. Every spring and fall they hold a giant games and figures auction. Sunday is minatures and I plan my weekend around it (I did mention that this hobby was an obsession right?). Before Ebay was so popular there were many great figures at bargain prices. Now it tends to be hit or miss. I still enjoy it as I can often find a few good deals and I usually pick up quite a few books and rules sets for next to nothing. So what will $250 get you? (see below)

Here is my new treasure trove fresh out of the car and ready to be unpacked. Being utterly mad, I actually have a spreadsheet with a catalog of my purchases at the auction. Here is everything unpacked and ready for... whatever I might do with all the crap I have. Mostly it gets shoved into a box for a future project.

Highlights fo my take are a couple of painted squads for future 5150 games and a number of rulebooks. I picked up the books for Infinity and Rezolution along with a number of less popular games. I really enjoy reading as many rulesets as I can to pick up scenario ideas, rule innovations, etc. The artwork, photos and background are always inspiring.

I am now counting the days until Little Wars in Lincolnshire, IL. Flea market, dealer area and games galore! Hopefully my checkbook will have recovered by then.

February Figures

Overall, I didn't make much progress on my VSF Project in January or February. However I did work on cleaning up my painting table and finished up a number of figures in February. Below are Skateboarders from Copplestone Castings Future Wars range and a couple of civilians from Superfigs. They were originally purchased for my Gang Wars but will probably also serve in All Things Zombie games. They pose in front of a Plasticville apartment building.


Below are several zombies for All Things Zombie, of course! The females are D&D Strahd Zombies. The other shambling messes are from Final Days by Kenzer & Company. The zombie menace keeps growing. They mill about near an Ertl 1/64 machine shed.