Sunday, May 25, 2025

Weekend Update

 So, we have a very interesting system here in Doodle Land to help us govern ourselves. It's often described as a three ringed circus. We even made cartoons to tell children how this was all supposed to work... 


Despite the current occupant of the White House who even seemed to fail to make Saturday morning cartoon time, this is the theory behind the purported "Great American Experiment"... 

And the fact tomorrow is Memorial Day, just adds that much to this post. 


Sunday, May 18, 2025

Weekend Update

Busy times here in the Duchy. Not much on the hobby front. At least not as much as "I" would like to have going on...  

This past week has seen a series of exceptionally rainy days, followed with a very nice Saturday and today being the best by far. Cool, sunny, breezy. Yard work was done, and I was "generally employed in sundry tasks", as the ship's log might record. 

The Ducal rose bush in all its glory this fine day 

Hobby things have not all been cast aside. Some bits and pieces have seen some progress towards completion. My local clubs' Game Day was yesterday. More of that anon. And I've been doing some of the prep work for OttoCon 2025. 

And then my naval gaming interests got the better of me and I purchased this from Wargames Vault...

I've read some reviews online and I've made up some ship cards. 

Looking to do a test drive soon with my 1:1200 scale WW2 ships. Even though the rules say I'll need to double distances, etc, for the bigger scale vessels, I think I'll try it as is, first. 

Now, where's that model of the KMS Prinz Eugen.... 


Letting the Cat out of the Bag...and a Weekend Update

Well, I'm almost completely finished with a project.  I know. Shocking. But what project could that be?  Time to let the cat out of the ...