Hobby Support Group

Hobby Support Group Ep 30 – Hobby chat  In this episode we chat hobby progress, hobby purchases, have a wonder through the gallery and chat hobby news. If you would like your hobby progress to be mentioned when we look through the gallery, then please join the Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/398998471453025 *This episode was recorded a few weeks ago, but we have not had time...

A special episode where Tom and Andy reflect on Salute 2021, what they saw, what they bought and their overall thoughts on the event. 

In this episode we chat with Jasper Oorthuys, Editor in chief at Karwansaray Publishers, editor of Ancient Warfare magazine and known also for The Ancient Warfare Magazine Podcast along with Ancient Warfare answers and Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy among many other things.

A quick  message with some details on how you can meet up with us at Salute on Saturday, November 13th 2021. 

In this episode we chat with one of the founders of Warlord Games, Mr John Stallard. We discuss the success of Epic American Civil War, the just announced Epic Waterloo, future plans for the Epic range, all things Bolt Action including the inevitability of version 3 along with a heap of news on upcoming Warlord games releases and plans for the future.

Hobby Support Group Episode 27- English Civil War mass battle multiplayer game roundtable review.  Andy is on holiday this week, so Tom is joined by Ed and Ben as we discuss a huge 1000 figure+ 28mm game of Pike of Shotte seven of us played the previous week. We also chat a lot about our thoughts and ideas for playing a mass multiplayer  Napoleonic  game at some point in 2022.

In this episode we chat hobby progress, hobby news, discuss what two games we would play if forced to and have a length chat about what it is that we like in a game. We also announce our 1000 download celebration competition where you can win a copy of Realm of Chaos - The lost and the damned. More info will be out soon about the competition so keep you eyes peeled on the Facebook group - Hobby Su...

In this episode we chat hobby progress, hobby news, give our review on Stargrave, discuss if boardgame minis should be painted and have a chat with Ronnie Renton founder and CEO of Mantic Games.

In this episode we chat hobby progress, hobby news, have a decent chat about the Osprey game The Men Who Would be Kings and the merits of 15mm gaming and then chat all things War of the Roses gaming with Martin Brook of 7th Son and Plastic Crack Podcast fame.

In this episode we chat varnish, boozy orks the joy of painting horses and the first in a series on terrain. Tom and Andy chat about a slow fortnight worth of hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases and a short review from tom on a new Matt Varnish he is using, discuss some bits of hobby news, answer a listener question about narrative gaming and chat about some of our basic thoughts on terrain.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, discuss some bits of hobby news, answer a listener question about narrative gaming and chat about playing Chain of Command for the first time.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, discuss some bits of hobby news, answer a host question about building a travel paint set and then take a look at what games we want to play during the later 3rdof 2021.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, discuss some bits of hobby news, have a chat about Keyforge (a card game they both play and really enjoy , answer a listener question about choosing which ruleset to buy  and then take a look at the costs of the hobby and is it really a never-ending money pit or can you hobby on a budget.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, discuss some bits of hobby news, give a brief overview of the tournament they attend, answer a listener question about paint and then take a look at how to choose what games to play when you have an eclectic collection already or are looking to add more games to your hoard.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, discuss some bits of hobby news and then answer a listener question on looking at how to tackle a hobby backlog. After that they chat about a game of Bolt Action they played and reactions to rolling dice together for the fist time in 18 months.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, discuss some bits of hobby news and then answer a listener question on is historical wargaming moral. After that they then both build a Bolt Action army for the tournament they are going to in a few weeks.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress or lack thereof in one of their cases, discuss hobby purchases, discuss the new Supply Drop army deal from Warlord among other hobby news and then have an extended interview with Henry Steele. Henry is a Golden Demon winner and runs Cult of Paint with Andy Wardle. Over the last few years Cult of Paint has helped hundreds of hobbyists improve their confidence and te...

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, talk a lot of hobby news, answer a listener question asking if we avoid anything that may spark us wanting to do a new army or project and then we both look back at what we have both achieved after over a year of lockdown life and if our thoughts or perspective on the hobby have changed because of it.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, talk hobby news, answer a listener question on why it’s bad to look at our to be painted pile as a pile of shame and for the main segment chat about a list of 10 things Andy has drawn up about what he loves about our hobby

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, talk hobby news and for the main segment are joined by special guest Ricky, a blind gamer who is now partially sighted. During the discission with Ricky several online resources are discussed which can be found here: Nyctophobia https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249505/nyctophobia Dyslexic Character sheet https://www.geeknative.com/70088...

Tom Reviews two books this week in the regular series of book review bonus episodes Malice Aforethought - A History of Booby Traps from the First World War to Vietnam By Ian Jones MBE And GERMAN REPORT SERIES: GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA – PLANNING AND OPERATIONS 1940-1942 Both books can be bought from www.naval-military-press.com . https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/malice-aforethoughta-h...

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, answer a listener question, talk hobby news, and then as final part of the series looking at getting a new army on the table they chat about basing, storage and transportation of your minis.

This week’s Extra episode is a short conversation Andy and Tom had sparked by a conversation of the Hobby Support Group Facebook page in which listeners were taking about how they deal with the urge to buy more miniatures. Apologies for a slight dip in audio quality, Tom’s mic gave out after 30 seconds of recording so we had to restart with a back up that in editing was found to be a bit iffy

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases and a conundrum Tom has, they plug the Facebook group, talk hobby news, and then as part of the series looking at getting a new army on the table they chat about building and painting an army from scratch as well as where to buy minis from.

Tom Reviews two books this week in the first of a regular series of book review bonus episodes War in Japan  1467 -1615 by Stephen Turnbull and  The Waterloo Archives Volume One Edited by Gareth Glover