Cast Dice Podcast

By popular request, I am dividing deep into the top Bolt Action Lists at the biggest event in Australia, Cancon. I am joined by the players who played them, Aaron Russell and Jason Drane.

Having just come back from Australia's largest gaming convention, it was only natural to have our old friend Pete West on to debrief each other about our experiences. We talk about all the great games that we are looking forward to playing in 2023, we discuss Cancon as a whole and what we saw there and we dig into the respective gaming events that we played in, Bolt Action and Marvel Crisis Protoc...

This week I am joined by the author of Scouts Out, an exciting new WW1 Trench Fighting skirmish game.

Happy New Year! This week I am speaking with the organizers of this year's Codswallop and MOAB Bolt Action events to dig into how to effectively scale down Bolt Action for smaller point games so that it is still fun and fair to play. We also chat about the events and what the organizers learned that they can apply when running events going into the future.

This week I am joined by the organisers of another big event at Australia's largest game convention, Cancon. Specifically, I speak with the TOs for this year's Warhammer Fantasy Battle Sixth Edition event which is, remarkably for a "dead" game system, sold out with 46 players! We chat all things Warhammer Fantasy Battles Sixth Ed, community revivals of obsolete game systems and dig into the player...

This week I am joined by one of the authors of Osprey's newest hardback tabletop game, Xenos Rampant. Not only has this game sold out immediately across the world, but it is a miniature agnostic, WWI to sci-fi game, miniature game that is the newest instalment of the Rampant game family. I can't wait to play more of this game! It is great!

The Ghost Army Podcast is BACK! In this episode we catch up with Patch and Casey to discuss what everyone has been up to and what we are excited about in the world of Bolt Action. We then move into the first ever Ghost Army Podcast Holiday Buying Guide. And yes... You can say that we are back in a BIG way! Tune in!

In this episode of the Warlord games podcast we speak with Marcus Vine, the Warlord Games Tournament Coordinator to discuss Warlord's exciting new prize support program to encourage organised play of all types and at all levels.

Operation Bear, the Bolt Action event that we have been preparing for for a year is run and done. Join my co-tournament organiser, Leigh, and I, as well as event player Pedro, as we discuss the event, what worked and what we might do differently in the future.

This week I am joined by, Hari, one of Tournament Organisers of Australia’s largest Bolt Action event to discuss the big show itself… Cancon 2023.

This week I am joined by our old friend from Scotland, Alistair Unicomb, to discuss the unique format of his recent Bolt Action event, Megatron 3000. We then go deep into his experiences as a player at Warlord's recent Scottish Open, Bolt Action event and talk about some of the lists that he encountered there.

The Cast Dice Podcast, Episode 170 - 7TV Dracula This week I am joined by Karl, from Crooked Dice, and Peter, from Edge Hill University, to discuss their most recent collaboration, 7TV Dracula. Please just us as we discuss how this project came into being, the design team and their love of the source material, and some of the unique and interesting aspects of this feature pack. https://www.youtube...

The Ghost Army Podcast, Episode 34 Can Greece Be Played Competitively In Bolt Action Welcome back to the Ghost Army Podcast. WE ARE BACK! In this episode I am joined by an old school Bolt Action legend, Craig Baxter (C-Bax). Craig is an expert in all things Armies Of Greece in Bolt Action... And YES, that is an offical army list! In this episode he breaks down how to build and play a Greek list so...

Welcome back to The Official Warlord Games Podcast! On this episode I am joined by Andrew, one of the Bolt Action Tournament Organisers for Adepticon, to discuss the desert war. A Gentleman's War, is the new Bolt Action core game and we talk about the forces that are included in the box and discuss what you could add to these versatile, mobile forces if you wanted to expand your forces into larger...

This week I am joined by Acktar Giraffe to debrief his experiences running one of Tasmania's biggest Bolt Action events, Operation Sudlicht. Hear about terrain, the armies, the players, big takeaways and much more!

This week I am joined by the guys at Valhalla Games to discuss the success of their recent Bolt Action supplement, The Battle For Primosole Bridge. We also discuss their lists for this week's MOAB Bolt Action event.

In this bonus "mini-sode" my Operation Bear Co-Tournament Organiser, Leigh Avery, and I discuss the players pack for Melbourne's largest Bolt Action event Operation Bear and talk about some of the thinking that went behind our decision making.

On this episode of the Official Warlord Games Podcast I am joined by Doug and Casey from the Lead Pursuit podcast to discuss Blood Red Skies, its community and what makes it a great game to pick up and play in a wide variety of events!

Last year, one of the most listened to episodes of Cast Dice was my conversation about the origins of Warhammer 40K with Rick Priestley. This week we continue the story as we speak with the incredibly prolific and talented Andy Chambers. We discuss his working on Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40,000 second and third editions, Necromunda, Space Marine and Battlefleet Gothic. Please join us for this...

This week I am rejoined by our old friend, the legendary Peter West, to discuss and recap an interesting alternative event format for Bolt Action that we ran in Melbourne last weekend.

I HAVE THE POWER!!! This week I am joined by Archon Studio's design team to discuss their newest game, Masters Of The Universe Battleground.

This week I am joined by Karl, from Crooked Dice Games, and Peter, from Edge Hill University to discussion of my favourite tabletop games, 7TV! We discuss what 7TV is and a few of its unique mechanics and we dig into how recent "Feature Packs" help you to bring your favourite narratives to life on the tabletop. We also talk about the future of the game, 7TV Dracula, and the long awaited 7TV 80's b...

On this episode of the Official Warlord Games podcast I am joined by Michael Caelers, a very talented and prolific miniature painter who has won several Best Themed army awards. Most recently he has been very successful using German Reconnaissance platoons from the Fortress Budapest book. Given that Warlord just put out their incredible new SDKFZ 250 kit, we thought that it would be a great time t...

This week I am joined by our old friend Peter West to unpack how the Wintercon Bolt Action event went. We unveil Melbourne's newest Bolt Action event, Jump To Action and we take a few minutes to take stock of where Bolt Action is at as a game in 2022.

I am very excited to have my old friend Alistair, the Scottish WTC captain, on the show to discuss an army that both of have played a considerable amount with in Bolt Action. This week we discuss the Soviets. We also talk at length about what makes them one of the best armies in Bolt Action and discuss tactics, listing and a whole lot more along the way. It is a cracker of an episode! I have to ap...