Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast

It's vox populi time, our question of the month for February 2024 was: Warhammer: The Old World - Will you be playing it? (If so, why? If not, why not?) Thank you so much to everyone who submitted. The new question of the month (March 2024) is: What hobby-related thing have you recently changed your mind about? Submit your voice feedback here . And a massive thanks to Alternative Armies for sp...

I'm joined by Ed from our Discord community, who drinks a staggering 17 pints during the course of this episode and lambasts me for my anti-competitive views.

There's much to catch up on after so many great conversations on the podcast, recently. Here's an attempt to do just that: Voice question of the month - will you be playing Warhammer: The Old World? A game of Brutal Quest in Mordheim, ships for Armada Basing miniatures before undercoating them (15mm trolls) Best miniature game mechanics Painting Jareth/David Bowie the Goblin King (and a Ke...

With the obvious exception of Games Workshop stuff from the mid-90s, Joe McCullough’s games probably get more coverage on the  Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast  than any other. Fortunately, Joe’s a lovely guy as well as a brilliant games designer, and has been gracious enough to guest on the show not once, not twice, but three times! Joe McCullough on creativity, inspiration, and gnolls  (March 20...

Chris Snyder joins me to talk about his two favourite topics - Man O' War and remote gaming. Special thanks to Warbases for sponsoring this episode.

I'm joined by another lovely member of our Discord community , David of the 5thHammer Youtube channel . On this episode, we discuss his hobby origin story, opening old blister packs, and the art of having patience.

Cam's another positive member of the Bedroom Battlefields Discord Community , and he joins me for a chat about his hobby origins, being a good steward of the hobby, and his love of Man'O'War. Also mentioned on this episode: The Slow Hobbyist Manifesto Usborne World of the Unknown books The Lambton Worm

Jamie, AKA Kazdok from our Discord community joins us to talk about his hobby origin story, writing his game Of Knights & Quests , and the simple tactic of painting one miniature a week.

Mark's back for a wee chat about various hobby topics, including: Survey : What's been your game of 2023? Hobby goals, resolutions, and hopes for 2024 Collecting more scenarios, as opposed to more rulesets Sci-fi Skirmish Scenarios - great book by John Lamshead Stargrave: Dead or Alive Labyrinth The Argos Catalogue

Mark and I chat over a range of hobby topics, including ImagiNations, painting 15mm, Space Weirdos, and getting into Mantic's naval combat game Armada. I also talked about a recent narrative scenario I've been planning for Song of Blades & Heroes .

We recently published written Q&As with Jervis Johnson and Rick Priestley on BedroomBattlefields.com. Lewis from the excellent Oldhammer Fiction Podcast was kind enough to record them for me, meaning you can now enjoy them in audio form. Also mentioned on this episode: Warbases - a brilliant company making terrain, movement trays, and more Send us a voicemail - What hobby-related thing have yo...

Stuart from Great Escape Games joins us to talk about his journey from Games Workshop store manager to Wild West gunslinger. As well as running the Cardiff store, Stuart also had a couple of his armies featured in White Dwarf and even won a WFB staff tournament whilst working at GW. These days, Stuart has traded in his red jersey for a Stetson, as one of the big focuses of Great Escape Games is De...

The main focus of this episode is to talk through my recent blog post of the same title: Solo, Co-op, & Narrative Wargaming Campaigns Also Mentioned Interview with Rick Priestley Feedly and Instapaper Realm of Chaos, Cosmic Horror, & Lovecraftian Random Events Echoes of the Abyss: Planet 28 Battle Report Recent Goblin paintjobs 15mm stuff Patreon My First White Dwarf

There are few names as respected and influential in this hobby as Alessio Cavatore. Known for his work on iconic games like Warhammer 40k, Bolt Action, and Kings of War, Cavatore has left an indelible mark on the hobby. However, what sets him apart isn’t just the games he’s worked on, but his philosophy that rulesets can be smaller and simpler, and that big, heavy rulebooks don’t necessarily make...

Solo wargaming has countless benefits, but many hobbyists are put off because they feel it'll be too predictable without an opponent on the other side of the table. In this episode, William of the William's Wargames YouTube channel digs into some of the reasons why these assumptions are way off the mark. He also points to some great resources, too, including a book called the The Solo Warg...

It was a real pleasure to chat with Calum AKA Doctor Spork who's an active member of our Discord Community . You can also find and follow him on Mastodon .

Battle Systems terrain has been on my radar for a few years now. It appealed to me when I first heard about it, and I’d always planned to pick up a box or two at some point. Having recently got into  Planet 28 , the timing felt right. My sci-fi terrain has, until now, been pretty non-existent, and my skirmish terrain, in general, has lacked depth, levels, and floors. Like most hobbyists, I don’t h...

Being a proactive fellow, I've been on the hunt for a dungeon crawler I can eventually play with my daughter. She's only two at the moment, and I don't fancy waiting another ten years, so I'd been Googling "dungeon crawlers for kids". I'll admit it was a somewhat half-hearted search, but it didn't throw up anything that caught my attention. Anyway, it turns out that...

Everyone's favourite demolisher of walls, Jason, took his van to Bring Out Your Lead earlier this month. On this episode, he'll talk you through it whilst you quietly weep because you missed out. Then, fellow TMHP Discord community legend Mark will ask you your opinion on potential hobby events in 2024, and you'll gladly fill out his survey right away. You will!

No serious hobby podcast could run for a couple of years without having Andy Chambers on it. And although isn't a serious podcast, Andy was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to working his way through my list of questions. So, what's he not very good at? What myths and misconceptions would he like to dispel? And what's he working on right now? I'll answer that last one up-fr...

Following my recent  Q&A with Gav Thorpe , I had the pleasure of talking to another of my heroes: Tuomas Pirinen. Famed for (but certainly not limited to) masterminding the cult game  Mordheim , Tuomas has a wealth of experience and insights we can draw from. And though he now earns a living in video games, we certainly haven’t lost him from the hobby. I was excited to learn about  Trench Crus...

"We don’t stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing." – George Bernard Shaw On this episode, I cover a diverse (and hopefully, interesting enough) range of topics, starting off with how I'm moving from 6mm to 15mm as my mass battle scale. I also dip into the White Dwarf Highlights section of our Discord Community , give my thoughts on Planet 28 , and talk book...

I’ve spoken to many great people in this hobby since I launched the  Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast . But, until now, I’d never sought out any of the household names from White Dwarf/Games Workshop. There were a few reasons for this, but the main one was that I didn’t want to recreate the “talk me through your career” conversations available on many other channels. Don’t get me wrong, I  love  l...

I took one of those notions recently to get myself a copy of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader , leading me to this post on the Tales From Farpoint blog . Aside from learning that GW was employing a somewhat absurd "just pop into the shop" policy, I started to browse through all the other great content here. Fast forward a few weeks, and I managed to grab a chat with Richard, the fine fellow w...

Famed in our Discord community for his ingenious DIY travel wargame boards, Alex of therecouldhavebeensnakes.com joins me to talk about the wonders of 15mm scale miniatures, as well as the aforementioned travel gaming.