Cast Dice Podcast

In 2025 we were expecting lots of great Bolt Action material in various new "Armies Of..." books and while we are getting that, we are ALSO getting cool new content in books like the newly released Bolt Action Compendium. Packed within its pages are over 25 scenarios, countless special characters, new units and other goodies for an astonishing number of forces that you can use to spice up narrativ...

After a few episodes featuring special guests, the Zero Threat gang is back! The Daves, Leigh and I talk about our takeaways from some local events and games that we have been playing before digging into our main topic looking at Dave's themed Captain Hydra list. Along the way we discuss the Scourge run of Captain America, how Sentinels took down one of Australia's best and how to spruce up your t...

Today we are joined by some of the fantastic tournament organisers behind Victoria's Mightiest Heroes MCP Qualifier events. Together we discuss what the Mightiest is and talk about how it has been created to help grow Victoria's already strong Marvel Crisis Protocol scene. Along the way there is lots of good MCP chat from several differing perspectives. It should be interesting even if you do not...

We are back with the Tournament Organisers of this year's huge Bolt Action Cancon event. We look at some of the consistencies across all the lists before digging into the top lists at the event and thinking about what this might mean for the Australian Bolt Action Scene.

Welcome back to Zero Threat. On this episode we are joined by the Tournament Organiser of the and the Winner of Australia's largest Marvel Crisis Protocol tournament to talk about the event, MCP in Australia and things that we love about the game. This podcast can be found on the Cast Dice Podcast Network.

Welcome to the newest Marvel Crisis Protocol podcast on the block, Zero Threat! We are a group of narratively focussed MCP players/experienced war gamers, who are chronicling our journey as we strive to get better at the game, all the while fielding interesting, themed rosters. Along the way we will explore unique table set ups, themed rosters and the miniatures/paint schemes necessary to make tha...

The Ghost Army is back in 2025 with an episode that goes back to its original show format! Andrew from Chicago Dice joins us as we look at some of the new rules and units available in the upcoming "Armies Of Germany" book. We then use those rules and units to create three historically themed, effective army lists that we are excited about playing on the tabletop.

We are back after a relaxing holiday season to discuss the first in the series of the new "Armies Of..." books for Bolt Action Third Edition, and it is a big one! I am joined by Marcus, from Warlord Games, to talk about the upcoming, enormous Armies Of Germany book and what to expect from future "Armies Of..." books going into future.

We are back with a new episode for the new year! Actually, this episode was recorded a few weeks ago but between travelling and a small technical issue, it is only coming out now. Sorry about the delay! 7TV is the ultimate sandbox game. You can play out almost anything on the tabletop and while this is awesome, it can make event planning interesting. To help us out, I am joined by a veteran 7TV ev...

2024 was a big year for gaming. This week, we take a look back at the year that was and the games we played. We also discuss what we are excited about playing 2025 and big events that we are already preparing for.

This week I am joined by the legendary game designer himself, Rick Priestley, to discuss his newest game Space Battles: A Spacefarers Guide.

In this episode I am joined by our friend Nick Beattie to chat about what we like about Trench Crusade. We then discuss the local 3rd Edition 40K event that we held here in Melbourne and what we like about that particular version of the game. PLEASE NOTE: This episode is later than it normally would be because Brad had microphone issues and it took longer than usual to edit and get out. We are sor...

We continue our ongoing coverage of the new edition of Bolt Action with a man who knows a lot about the game and who has some experience with the new edition, Bryan Cook, the author of our favourite campaign book, Fortress Budapest.

Please join us for Cast Dice's 7th birthday as we explore the new German National rules from the upcoming Armies Of Germany Bolt Action Third Edition book and as we look at the kinds of lists and what was is them from Melbourne's first big Bolt Action event, Operation Bear.

We are joined by Karl from Crooked Dice to explore the next upcoming Genre Guide for 7TV, our favourite sandbox skirmish game. 7TV Fantasy!

Warlord Games has put out PDF's for the minor power army lists, errata and FAQ's for Bolt Action Third Edition and we are here to cover it.

After getting some more games of Bolt Action Third Edition, Leigh and I discuss some of our big take aways and plans before digging into the player pack for Melbourne's first Third Edition event, Operation Bear 2024.

We have been talking about Bolt Action Third Edition for a while now, but now it is time to bring in the man himself, the game's author, Alessio Cavatore. Please join us as talk about the game's new edition and everything that it brings to the tabletop.

Now that we have had time to play Bolt Action Third Edition and think about our experiences, we are back to discuss our experiences and unpack some of our early takeaways regarding this new edition of the game. In this episode I am joined by Melbourne's own, Leigh Avery and our Scottish friend Alistair Unicomb. We do not agree on all of our opinions but there is a LOT to talk about!

Warlord has done an amazing job of giving us lots of information about Bolt Action Third Edition in its spoiler articles but what if we discussed something that has not been spoiled yet? That's right, today we are talking about what organised play will look like for Bolt Action Third Edition with the man behind the teaser articles himself, Marcus Vine from Warlord Games.

Now that we have the rules and a few of us have had a chance to play Third Edition of Bolt Action, it is time to start talking shop! Today I am joined by our old friend Jordan, from ScaleHistorySLC, to start discussing what the actual game actually feels like on the tabletop.

WE HAVE THE THIRD EDITION RULEBOOK IN HAND! Today, I am very excited to say that we are beyond working off of the teaser articles, we have the full, new edition book. Today we are going to speak with Marcus, one of the final play testers of the game, about the new edition and we get to talk about all the hot topics that everyone has been wondering about. Please join us for this VERY SPECIAL episod...

The Ghost Army Podcast is back with a serious discussion of the Bolt Action Third Edition Vehicles, Morale and No Free Units spoiler articles from Warlord Games. Along the way we spill a few things and Brad might pull out a soapbox at one point... We also tackle listener questions about themed listing and the future of Campaign Books going into the new edition of the game.

This week I am joined by Andy Singleton, the incredibly talented painter and prolific author of the Painting Wargaming Figured books. We talk about this journey as an author, his work as a commission painter, common experiences as a painter that we can all relate to and what he has planned next.

The Warlord spoiler articles about the Third Edition of Bolt Action's shooting phase and machine guns are worrying a lot of established Bolt Action players. Patch, Bryan Cook and Brad take a breath and explain why these changes might just be for the better and share their thoughts, without speculating too wildly.