We are here to explore the world of historical miniature wargaming. We'll cover, game design theory, rules reviews, showcase new miniatures, and pretty much anything related to historical miniature wargaming. This bi-weekly podcast is hosted by veteran gamers each with 40+ years of experience in the genre.
We are half way through our first campaign in our Zulu Wars skirmish game.
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Blood and Steel Rules
Today I interview Larry Mackey as we examine why the ranks of wargamers is not more diverse.
Where do you wargame? The pub? The garage? A custom-made man-cave? Today we examine the types and importance of a place to play.
This week the gang talks about circling back around to Flames of War and Team Yankee. Re-evaluation or stuck in a rut?
We have tallied the votes and are ready to reveal what the voters have picked as our next project!
Taking a short break from gaming, the gang attended the opening night of Ridley Scott's Napoleon. Spoiler Alert! Well.... There are spoilers in the podcast. Napoleon dies!
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Today we give our thoughts on the American Civil War rules Altar of Freedom!
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Altar of Freedom Rules
Heart of Texas Wargamers
Sam Mustafa, author of Blucher, LaSalle2, Nimitz and many other games joins us in sunny south Texas to test play his latest WWII project in the works.
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Honour Games
If you want to hear three tech troglodytes talk about 3D printing are you ever in luck! Today we examine or limited experience in the medium and how it is changing how we game.
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You heard us! With War of the Roses in the books, it's time for a new project. Listen to our ideas and tell us which one we should do!
We recently played our first game of the Perry Brothers second edition of Valor & Fortitude. In this episode we share our thoughts about this free set of rules.
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Valour & Fortit…
It's convention time in Houston, Texas! Andy Bouffard tells us all we need to know about Texas BROADSIDE! 2023!
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Texas BROADSIDE! 2023
Battleship Texas YouTube Channel
You always need a new set of rules, right? Aching to paint yet another army? Well what game or time period would it be?
We actually kinda sorta met our goal! We've played multiple War of the Roses games! It's time for an update.
There are no words. Thank you so much for listening! We will look back on where we've been and where we might go next.
Well we may not be on the cutting edge, but after a couple of years we have some thoughts on Contrast and Speed Paints.
So how is it that after all the Epic bashing we are now painting Epic Pike and Shotte?
The gang made a pact in January to start 28mm Wars of the Roses. I wonder how that went?
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7th Son Wars of the Roses
Lance and Longbow Society - Wars of the Roses Banners
War of t…
We wanted to respond to recent YouTube video that alleged historical games suffer from people not wanting to play "The bad guys."
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7th Son response to the OP
It seemed fitting to replay our ESR episode just in time for the release of the Wargaming Company's new line of 10mm miniatures!
We will be back in two weeks with a brand new episode!