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Happy New Year - 2026!

Happy New Year!!

Here we are in 2026! My God. A full decade on from having started this blog in January 2016. But we will focus on sentimentality later in the month as we approach the blog's birthday proper. 

Today, in the lull after Christmas I like to just take a quick look at some things that might be coming up in the next year here on the blog. 



While the blog has been very quiet in terms of Trench Crusade content this year, I have been very much engaged with it behind the scenes. I have printed every single official miniature for Trench Crusade (!) and have even achieved my goal of painting up a starting force! You will be seeing much more of Trench Crusade in 2026. 




This is a game that I actually backed two years ago on Gamefound and it is due to come out mid-2026. It was the second biggest campaign of 2024, raising 7.5 million dollarydoos! It is a high quality (Awaken Realms) fusion between board game and RPG set in an engaging new fantasy world. Shelfside described it as: "like playing tabletop Balder's Gate 3 with and Elden Ring aesthetic". Sounds good to me! It's my second most anticipated game of 2026. 




And where Lands of Evershade was the second biggest campaign of 2024, Cyberpunk was the biggest! Raising over 10.6 million dollars! For a board game! When I backed this I had been gaming the videogame version of Cyberpunk 2077 and so I was really engaged with the world and the aesthetic at that time. I haven't played the game in probably almost two years now, but when this board game arrives, I'm sure it will re-spark my love for the franchise.





The final game that I am keenly awaiting is Malediction by Loot Studios (based in Brazil). I have become something of a Loot Studios fanboy since my wife gifted me their Epic Fantasy Chess set for my birthday. I have been avidly following their monthly bundle releases - just window shopping at this point...

Anyway, since taking an interest in their stuff, I found their dark fantasy miniatures skirmish game Malediction - the crowdfunding for which I had only been peripherally aware of due to Trench Crusade having come out around the same time I believe. But now that I have found Malediction, I'm SUPER excited about it! It is a mash-up of Magic the Gathering and Warhammer - creatures you summon from cards in your hand, become miniatures on the battlefield. I will talk about it much MUCH more in the future, but for now I will just say that it has earned its spot on this list.

So, Happy New Year one and all, let's look forward to a fun and fulfilling 2026!


Listening: I Didn't Come Here for Art - Links
Watching: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)


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