Starting With A Clean Slate

The past four weeks have kept me busy getting the Fife & Drum dealer booth stocked and ready for the Seven Years War Association convention this past weekend. I will post a separate convention report later this week.

The basement became a wreck with boxes, bags and figures all over the place, as shown below and When I returned home from the convention, I couldn't stand it any longer so the Great Game Room Clean Up commenced yesterday.

The above picture is the "Before" view of the basement. It is not a pretty sight and I caution you to avert your eyes and not look at too closely.

Here are the "After" pictures, which are much more soothing to the eye:

The black bins hold most of my Finished Goods SYW figure inventory of Fife & Drum figures ( note that I'm transitioning away from the Minden name). I claimed a storage shelf unit from our general household goods storage area and placed it in the room, to the right of the door in the picture above. This allows me to get most of my buildings and terrain into one area.

Above is the central game table, 15 ft by 6ft, with parallel side table that are 2.5ft wide. On the back wall, you can see all of my storage shelves, which span the entire length of the wall. I keep terrain pieces and my Minden - Fife & Drum- SYW and AWI painted armies.

Above is a view of the entire room, noticeably cleaner, tidier and better organized than in the first picture.

I now have a clean game table, an empty canvas if you will, that is ready for a new game setup. So that leads to the question, "which battle should I do next?" Your thoughts and suggestions are welcomed in the comment section below.

Fritz