Plastic Pressgang Podcast

Calvin and Eric discuss the 2025 while it's now safely in the rearview mirror: What were our hits and misses for the year both personally and for wargaming as a whole?

Calvin and Eric chat about the idea of Historical-ish games - games that, while not actually historical, have the right "vibe" to feel like they do. We discuss some games that fall in this category ( cough Quar cough ) and some that don't, even if initially they feel like they should.

Calvin and Eric chat about how to plan a wargaming project - from defining your scope and really drilling down into what it is you want to do to preventing things from spiraling out of control. We talk about what to do, what not to do, and go through a worked example of Calvin's new War of the Roses project.

Calvin and Eric look back on 2024 - some good gaming, hobby progress for one of the hosts and hobby utter lack of progress for the other, and consider what we're going to try to do in 2025. Support the show! www.patreon.com/plasticpressgangpodcast As a reminder, there's also a listener Q&A coming up Any Day Now, and we're still looking for Q's to A: https://forms.gle/heaBgXDoLznA2ZFe9

Calvin and Eric chat about recent games, hobby progress (or lack thereof...), and go over the basics of the North African front for World War 2 and chat about how - and why - it's fun to game in. Support the show! www.patreon.com/plasticpressgangpodcast As a reminder, there's also a listener Q&A coming up Any Day Now, and we're still looking for Q's to A: https://forms.gle/heaBgXDoLznA2ZFe9

Calvin and Eric hang out and talk about alternate history historicals. Support the show! www.patreon.com/plasticpressgangpodcast As a reminder, there's also a listener Q&A coming up Any Day Now, and we're still looking for Q's to A: https://forms.gle/heaBgXDoLznA2ZFe9

Calvin and Eric discuss what sorts of elements appeal to us in a wargaming setting - from tactics to uniforms to media, and discuss some of our current favorites, as well as settings we should like but well...just don't. As a reminder, there's also a listener Q&A coming up Any Day Now, and we're still looking for Q's to A: https://forms.gle/heaBgXDoLznA2ZFe9

Calvin and Eric take a retrospective look at Episode 3 of 2020 - "In Which The Writers Are Running Out of Ideas". We discuss our hobby accomplishments (or lack thereof) as well as where we want to head in the new year.

Calvin and Eric talk about The Pikeman's Lament , by Daniel Mersey and Michael Leck, published by Osprey. A "big skirmish" game for the pike and shot era, this game is solid, quick playing, and responsible for many of our current shenanigans.

Calvin and Eric discuss 3d printing - what it's for, how to get started, tips, tricks and pitfalls, and recommendations for starter printers.

Calvin and Eric discuss Eric's favorite historical period - the Thirty Years War. We touch on a brief (very brief) history of the conflict, the major players: The Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, France, France's Money, Spain, etc., a number of the rulesets you can use to play in the period, and how to get started.

Two friends decide to start a podcast. As they do. Calvin and Eric sit down to discuss our goals for Plastic Pressgang - creating at least a small corner of the internet where historical wargaming has room to be welcoming, accessible, and inclusive.