It has become apparent to me and to some of those I work with that I just cannot keep going on trying to please every wargamer that is a customer of Alternative Armies and 15mm.co.uk. By that I mean that for the last eight odd years I have written more than half a million words in free scenarios and material as well as near a million in published email help and printed / ebooks which are now rule sets for both brands. This is a good output and I greatly enjoyed it, but a lot of it was in my own time (for the free stuff and for the Notables Yahoo Group ) and I just can’t keep doing it. I am losing my mind! 🙂
Now, I am not quitting or even giving up but I am beginning a new way of working and that is ‘Work in Progress’ or WIP. This means I will have no more than three projects under way at any one time. Therefore my output will be less but it will still be high. I have added a WIP category to the blog and also a WIP tag too so that when I post about a project you will be able to follow it back by these aids.
I feel a need to apologise which I have been told by everyone here is mad since I have made a lot of people happy and I now have many game ranges to look after not just a few. So I am a little sorry if that makes sense…I will keep on doing my best for all you Flintloque players, fans of the Ion Age, USE ME punters, HOF users and the rest.
As for what the first WIP projects are…well keep on reading they will come soon enough.
GBS
Makes perfect sense, really. As an artist (and a hobbyist at that) I tend to load myself with a great many projects, and feeling bad about it if I can’t finish them within a certain time, as I feel I’m letting down the people who are looking forward to my stuff. For me, I really have to learn to assess which things have priority over what (like our collaborative project has a certain precedence over the Barbarians tiles, which in itself has a precedence over the custom HOF tiles). And the miniature sculpting goes somewhere in between.
I believe that a focused, unrushed approach does lead to a better, more polished result, and that is what people will love more than anything.
Agreed! I think we both have it right.
After all if we do not then all the projects you and I have planned together might not happen and wargamers will NOT like that one bit.
The first WIP postings will be coming soon. We will see how it goes.
GBS