Miniature Wargaming Labs

Brian and I try out Pillage. A fun game. And, we discuss doing Kickstarters, which can behave like Pillage

Back from a work trip and with Brian finished with classes for now we sit down and divide up the haul from Adepticon 2026.

I talk to Brian about going to Adepticon 2026 and what to look forward with the new Warhammer releases and things to buy.

The steady progress of time makes us return to podcasting and we finally prepare for a new year.

The change in cross border trade means it is time for consolidation and vertical integration. Only the big and clever game companies will survive. Brian and James discuss the unification of Ironwind Metals into the Catalyst fold.

Brian and I discuss some recent efforts to get people to play more games. We compare the showpiece display versus the demo versus the learn to play event to try to convert the average passerby into a wargamer.

How could the wargaming market realign if trade between the major wargaming producer and consumers gets harder for some reason.

When a game starts to die, or when a new independent game starts to die what value is there from getting a bigger game company involved?

As some games move away from physical rulebooks to all digital, constantly updating rules what does that mean for playing old versions of games going into the future?

Brians back from LVO. Having beat the casinos at Paigow listen to find out how Brian did at the Infinity. There was Infinity during LVO - just not at it.

With the start of 2025 we look back to the previous year and see if we accomplished anything that we set out to do. Why not plan for next year? It can't hurt.

In our last episode of 2024 we steal a prompt from the Lords of War (Canadians) and discuss whether 3D printing is locking in the dominant position of Games Workshop. Of course to steal something requires that the thing be of value and protected in a reasonable manner.

Brian and I discuss what the best starter set for table top miniature wargaming is to buy as we burn into Black Friday. Considering Value For Money It's Halo Flashpoint.

If you have ever been to a convention they are fun. But the bigger they get the harder getting in and freedom of movement get.

Back form a long break we spend some time talking about the upcoming NOVA Open 2024 and the prevalence of smaller scales in the major wargaming companies. The title is based off the Richard Feynman quote about the utility of atomic scale physics. I drew a direct correlation between game companies pushing down into the smaller scales instead of ever upward.

Every where I look I see dead games. We discuss Steamforged games consumption of Privateer Press in what some might say will be a rebirth of Warmachine, which we compare Asmodees euthanization of Star Wars X-Wing and Armada.

Every podcast has to do the "is GW a monopoly episode." This is ours. BLUF: They Are not a monopoly because they do not want to be one, but they do not have a problem being the standard setting body for miniature wargaming.

This is a short episode where Brian and I talk about what we listen to while hobbying.

In the first season Brian told us the sad tale of his failure running a once popular Infinity tournament. Now he is back...and this time it is personal. He wants Retribution. Learn more about the Rio Grande Retribution 2024.

Brian and I meet up again so he might regain me with the stories of his adventures in the Chicagoland area.

Jon joins us on his way to Adepticon 2024 where he is showing of the third and final expansion of Black Powder Red Earth: Spearhead. In this expansion the Mustard Gas est muy caliente.

Brian and I catch up as we talk about getting ready for Adoption 2024. Some day I will make it.

Julian with Enemy Spotted Studios stops in again to discuss his new game BLKOUT. Set in the Killwager universe BLKOUT pushes the timeline forward and gives you the feel of Edge of Tomorrow and Elysium in a tabletop miniature wargaming experience.

I talk to Sam and Jack about their Renaissance Skirmish game Force of Virtue. If you have Warhammer Old World miniatures you are already half way there; and the rulebook is up for free download so that the rest of the way. You do not have an excuse not to play.

Brian is back from LVO. Did he actually go to LVO - kinda. But, he shopped and competed.