Miniature Wargaming Labs

We meet up with Gaddis Gaming to talk about The GUARDS system pushing into the Cold War starting with the Second Indochina War (aka Vietnam War).

No plan survives first contact with it designer.

Some game systems have simple rule versions or advanced play modes that just don't catch on. Does it make sense to have various versions of the same game and how different should those games be?

We meet up with Julian from Enemy Spotted Studios and talk over the interconnectedness of game design with product design. That may appear like an evil capitalist plan to take money from customers, but is actually what customers expect to stay engaged; with just a sprinkle of community champions. Also, this is really what Julian sounds like. It is not a voice modulator. Nor is it a deep fake AI si...

Nova is over and we share our thoughts on the convention before we go to bed.

It is Friday at NOVA. We talk about what we have done and what we plan to do if Brian can stop swearing. Come one. This is a family friendly show.

Windham Graves returns to tell us about his time at HISTORICON 2023.

We interview Lee Gaddis of Gaddis Gaming as he launches his new Kickstarter: Empires Fall: Conflict in the East. The Ball Tanks in this game have gotten bigger. Check out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaddisgaming/empires-fall-conflict-in-the-east?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Gaddis

It is that time to gawk at a new Warhammer 40K edition. But what does it mean for, and do for, the local stores?

Brian goes over how he did on the tournament scene at Adepticon. He did well enough that he had plenty of time to demo and play test a bunch of games which he will go over in this episode. A lot of them were from Black Site Studios.

Brian regales us with stories of his insatiable need to consume by walking through all the sings he bought and acquired during his trip to Adepticon 2023.

In this episode we turn inward and have Brian regale us with hie preparation for Adepticon.

In a follow on to our last episode where Brian and I complained about Games Workshop and Wizards of the Coast we will complain a little more, because that seems to be what people want to hear. What is wrong with you? Then I will bemoan the management of Onslaught, but Brian and I will praise Boarding Actions. And thus the cycle continues. We will then discuss the need for every game to have an int...

Brian and James sit down to talk about Games Workshop and Wizards of the Coast ability to make buying their products hard. But, we keep buying them so have the really made any mistakes?

3D prints free and accessible for the masses? That is Windham Graves business plan? It reminds be of the worst excesses of the French Revolution. The thought that someone wants to make it so that anyone can get the tank, terrain, or what not for free done in a way that even a librarian can help print it off for any child or gamer on a publicly valuable machines. A brazen assault on the gatekeepers...

We catch up with Duncan Rhodes and Roger at the have returned from their Frontline Gaming sponsored trip to the Las Vegas Open. This was our opportunity to find out how the dynamic duo work together to deliver their content and their wildly successful second Kickstarter.

We interview Jack with Lazy Forger about his new game Full Spectrum Dominance. If you have Battletech minis you are $10 from playing a skirmish game at least, and you might already be familiar with the companies terrain line that many Battletech players already use.

WWI Skirmish Wargames have gotten super hot this season. We interview CK the designer of Scouts Out! Raids and Reconnaissance in 1914-1918 . He has his rules and he makes his own minis to capture the elite and experimental nature of trench raiders during the Great War with plans to expand outside the Western Theatre.

Brian and I go over how our plans for what we would get done, buy, and play fell apart completely. But it is a new year and a new slate of conventions so why not try to plan again for this year.

Military Miniatures Press is currently working with Adam from NoGhostGames to develop Obsidian Empires: Warfare in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The idea is that warfare in the Americas did not begin with the Spanish arrival and the existing city-states and Empires had their own unique approach to warfare. Of course, we talk to Adam to see how he tried to tackle the nuances of the period.

Set your weapons to eleven and join us for our second interview on Jon with BPRE as he talks about getting the game out into the convention scene and his plans for Phase Line 2.

We talk to John, the skipper of Captaincy 2nd Edition, which tries to capture small scale tactical actions during the Age of Sail.

We talk to Fubar Design based in the happiest city in the world: San Diego. They specialize in printing terrain for 28mm WWII games but have plans to be bigger and better. Follow along as we ask them to impart some of their hard won knowledge making a 3D terrain printing company work.

Enemy Spotted Studios has a kickstarter going to launch their new game INCOUNTRY. This is a faster, squad based take on ultramodern warfare with the ability to customize different elite fighting units in the world today with a more stripped down approach than their previous games Killwager. And at the end of the day they donate a portion fo their proceeds to tackle veteran suicide and that is a go...

We interview the creator of Country Road Z. Not just another Zombie skirmish game; it focuses on solo and coop play primarily.