1 rare, large Star Wars miniature via eBay, @ £9.70
1 OOP painted HLBS Dinosaur miniature via eBay, @ £13.10
2 packs of Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars CMG miniatures via Orcs Nest, @ £8.99 each
A Magical Society: Ecology & Culture, RPG supplement via sale at Forbidden Planet, @ £0.99 Bargain! 
Total: £41.77
Total for the quarter: £34.05 + £52.63 + £41.77 = £128.45. Well over budget. 
3 x packs of Doctor Who CMG figures from Woolies, @ £8.00 ea
1 pack of Star Wars CMG figures from Forbidden Planet, @ £14.99
4 Rare Star Wars CMG figures via eBay, £9.94
1 issue of Miniature Wargames, @ £3.70
Total: £52.63
Broncosaurus Rex RPG from eBay, @ £8.58
Renegade Legion Interceptor from eBay, @ £5.49
2 packs of Star Wars Legacy of the Force collectible miniatures from Forbidden Planet, @ £9.99 each
Total: £34.05
1 Star Wars collectible miniature from eBay, @ £3.65
10 28mm WotC Star Wars metal miniatures, plus 13 25mm WEG Stars Wars metal miniatures from eBay, @ £21.40
1 issue of Miniature Wargames, @ £3.70
1 booster of Star Wars Legacy of the Force collectible miniatures, @ £8.99
Total: £37.74.
Oh, and there was Salute as well but that comes out of a different fund.
2 Star Wars collectible miniature from eBay, @ £9.35.
2 OOP Phoenix Command supplements from eBay, @ £8.90.
1 Copy of Wargames Illustrated, @ £4.00
Total: £22.25.
2 packs of Doctor Who micro-universe figures from Woolies, @ £4.99 each.
1 rare Star Wars collectible miniature from eBay, @ £4.51.
1 Dinosaur Planet RPG supplement from eBay, @ £6.24.
4 OOP Grenadier dinosaur miniatures from eBay, @ £10.29.
Total: £31.02. Just about on budget.
So today was SELWG, the start of the new year so far as this experiment goes.
Bit of a final splurge on eBay – some out of print role playing game books, some Star Wars minis and some old Ral Partha dinosaurs – and some miniatures from Discount Hobby, all of which adds up to £74.6.
Grand total for the first year is £738.43
So, how about year two?
Including a bus ticket and entrance fee I spent £87.68 today. There wasn’t any impulse buying which was a good thing, instead I bought stuff that I’d had my eye on for some time (plus two Star Wars Universe boosters, sigh). Namely, The Starmada X Brigade rulebook; two DZ Miniatures Mammoths and two Wooly Rhinos (now available in resin from Stratagem, also available: three cave bears and a Glyptodon – very similar to, but a bit larger than, the Steve Barber version); a bunch of starships from GZG, including a Glowbug 
class free trader; and some of those little ‘gemstone’ markers that CCG players use and which I need for Chez Goth games with Lettice. The only thing I was after but didn’t get was the Serenity RPG book.
Last night Lettice stayed up until half past four working on her thesis proposal. There was computer related stress as well. And there’s some sort of bug doing the rounds at work. I feel very fuzzy headed and just want to go home and sleep.
A while ago my head of department revealed that in a previous life she had been involved in the creation of the sort of game that people who read this blog would probably be interested in. However an eBay search for “Romulan Challenge” reveals four copies for sale and no bids.
Not exactly a cult classic then.
Essex’s finest, Hal Berstram – famous for his election blog over at The Voice of the Turtle, is threatening to return to the world of blogging but needs just a little bit of a kick up the arse to get going. Hal, consider yourself kicked.
After a month of cock ups and delays the sfsfw.net domain name is now back pointing where it should. I suppose I should make some time to update the site (especially as Steve F sent me the cover and contents for Rag 48 last night).
This weekend is SELWG which marks the end of the year as far as the Counting the cost of war(games) experiment. I need to update the running total with the past fortnight’s eBay purchases (a really random collection of stuff but more on that later).
Renew SFSFW membership: £18.00 and Rebel Storm miniature from eBay: £2.20.
Running total is now £356.74