COFFEE TABLE COMBAT RETURNS!

After an absence of more than three years, I am happy to announce the return of the Coffee Table Combat blog.  A lot has changed for me since 2021, but most significant to this blog is: I'm about to get the coffee table back for gaming (and maybe the dining room table, too)

So, what am I up to game-wise, now?

Well, I'm doing mostly historical miniature gaming now - particularly the First and Second World Wars.  So you'll see content for Bolt Action, Chain of Command, Blood & Valor, Trench Hammer, Scouts Out! and other similar games.  You will probably also see some Battletech and Alpha Strike.

While I've traditionally done 28mm wargaming (and to a great extent, still do), I have begun to accept that space limitations necessitate a smaller scale. There are advantages to that.  While 15mm minis are a bit harder to paint, they're also more forgiving (less detail necessary) and more importantly, they're a LOT more economical. You can literally field a company of troops for less than the price of a single platoon box of 28mm soldiers.  And they take less room to store.

And the best thing is, comparatively, a 30"x30" table for 15mm play is equivalent to a 5-foot square table in 28mm.  And that table takes up less of the room.

So you can probably expect that the true "Coffee Table Combat" reports will be using my 15mm armies, while stuff like 28mm will be done on the dining room table, or at the FLGS if circumstances permit.

Now I'll be honest - it's going to take me some time to get things back on the table.  I'm reconfiguring my living space and if things don't come together as planned I may be moving in the summer.  Right now I'm following the mantra of Paint Every Day - if I'm not painting, I'm building stuff to paint.  Even if it's only a short time each evening after work, slow progress is progress none the less.  So at first, it's likely that we will feature painted miniatures and squads - perhaps I'll break out the light box, and maybe finally figure out how to take photos that truly show off the work I've done!

I've also reserved a YouTube channel of the same name - but videos are going to take a while longer to come about.  I only have a couple hours of free time each night, and production takes a lot of time and effort too.  But we will get there.

Thank you for joining me in the reboot of Coffee Table Combat, and welcome our mascot Joe (pictured above).  Many thanks to Josh from WargamingNewb Historical for assistance with the logo and input on the channel (as well as equipment, advice, and solid friendship and moral support).