I am sure you all know or are the type of person who gets into a hobby, spends a little or a lot of money, invests some time and then puts it away and finds a new hobby. Back when I was in college, the Star Wars Card Game came out. You could collect the cards and play a table top game. I got a few of my friends interested in the game bought the cards by the box and then the case and even sold some at the flea market. I held on to a decent sized collection of cards, packs a few unopened boxes and 1 whole case of the first series called the premiere limited edition starter decks.

Recently I have gained an interest in a miniature game called War Machine from Privateer Press.


That is the Reaper. The jack hammer looking thing in place of its left forearm, with the blade on it is called a Helldriver. Who doesn't want a model of a Reaper to use it's Helldriver on their enemies, I ask you. Anyway that Reaper is around $20 retail and I hope to find one on Ebay eventually a bit cheaper. This brings me to my point. I have, much to the enjoyment and surprise of my wife, decided to sell the star wars cards on ebay in order to finance my War Machine Army. So instead of taking up another expensive hobby, I will trade hobbies. I have quite a lot of the cards, and if I am lucky I can even make a profit seeing as how I have been a good boy and only buying the War Machine models that I am truly getting a great deal on. I even passed on my beloved Reaper because I am holding out for a great deal.

I am going to keep enough of the cards to make a few decks for each the light and dark sides of the force. This is partly because it is Star Wars, and partly because my Son wants to learn to play the game. He is also an avid Star Wars fan, making it easier for me to come to terms with his mother/my wife on keeping a few.

While she is happy about freeing the space from the Star Wars cards. She is not too happy that the models, unless won on Ebay already painted, come unassembled and unpainted. This means I need to have space where the kids can not get to them while I construct (only a few pieces), primer, and paint them. I will also need to buy some paints and supplies, but I will play with the models in their ever so bland pewterness until I get a good deal on some paint, too. The models are small and the box containing all of those cards well boxes, are quite large. I have a large moving box a medium sized box, and some assorted loose cards to sort. I have been pretty good with hobbies, as far as not getting into too many and not forgeting all about them after I start.