The Madaxeman.com Podcast

It's another week, and another round of painting-heavy chatter from the podcast team. This week the topics covered range from a discussion as to whether canned air smells of anything, whether Swiss cheese-hurling Gnomes would have Norman-style nasal guards on their gnome-hats (for combat purposes only), if a cat with a Katana is a credible substitute for a Japanese monk on a tortoise, how airbrush...

This week the regular crew mark a double-triple podcast milestone (or, more prosaically, this is the 6th Lockdown Podcast) in their ongoing rambling discussion.  Subjects covered this week in the paint-chat include Chinese Chariotry Umbrellas, whether a reasonably close encounter with a tin of white spray paint counts as "fully painted" when it comes to Austrian Napoleonic infantry, Gnomepoleon's...

With another week of enforced isolation behind them the intrepid band of wargamers astonishingly still appear to have something new to talk about (although Andy is still painting Vikings...). The usual melange of painting, basing and figure selection chatter is augmented this week by ruminations on the efficacy of the postal service, whether soap is a good idea for things other than combating viru...

The Lockdown Specials - Part 4 Another week, another load of old rubbish as the regulars chat on about their glacial rate of painting, wheel out another obscure quiz and this time attempt also to demostrate just how hard unscripted radio comedy can be in a tribute to non-wargaming legend and all round Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor. The usual 6-strong banter machine gets into gear to discuss this weeks...

In that "3rd difficult week"  for many podcasts, when good intentions come smashing up against the hard reality of running out of things to actually say, the Madaxeman.com Lockdown Special crew amazingly dodge that particular subject-matter bullet by yet again chuntering on about literally nothing in particular, and also by throwing in a new guest paticipant in the shape of fellow CLWC club-member...

This week the intrepid band of non-adventurers chunter on about topics as diverse as Ancient Britons, the merits and inherent risks of ordering Strippers online, how historic family bereavements can get in the way of wargaming, beer festivals in your bedroom, the psychology of Dremel-denial, whether Challenger 2000 or Shock of Impact was the most complex historical ruleset ever produced, choosing...

"It's basically a Poundshop Top Gear, but with more dice and less casual racism"  (The Daily Mail) With much of the gaming world in lockdown it's become impossible to go to the pub and talk rubbish about wargaming - so why not listen to 5 random blokes talking rubbish about wargaming for an hour or so while you're doing painting?      "Convinced me my wife was right and I did actually need to go a...

No ADLG events since the 1/72nd scale whupping for my Vikings at The BIG Abona Festival back in June... by November I was starting to go stir-crazy (and not in a painting sort of way!). Browsing the UK calendar had failed to cough up any events which coincided with a free weekend, but on the French part of the ADLG forum I spotted one event on a very specific weekend in November, and a last-minute...

Three of the last four World Championships have now been won by Yuan Chinese armies, admittedly in the hands of three different players, and using different list designs each time as well. But, even so that's a stunning record - so what does this list have to make it so great?   The Madaxeman.com Podcast fearlessly takes on this knotty issue with the help of special guests Peter & "Aussie" Simon t...

The USTT L'Art de la Guerre event is one of the bigger North American tournaments which in January 2019 attracted 40 players in teams of 4... including Henry "Tucker" Saglio who was kind enough to agree to be interviewed about his 5 games on the Madaxeman.com Podcast. The interview was conducted over Skype, so there are moments where the audio is a bit patchy, but hey, it's not like you've signed...

The Attack! competition and show down in sunny Devizes is a regular feature on the 28mm L'Art de la Guerre circuit, and this podcast accompanies the match report published on Madaxeman.com providing commentary of the game. Or, more accurately it's the audio track from the Youtube Video where I talk through the battle from the standpoint of the Vandals - so you probably need to be reading the websi...

It's the last round of the Burton Doubles and yet again Adam joins me for a post-game analysis of how we played out the last round battle of L'Art de la Guerre featuring a Samurai vs Tamil Indians. Designed to accomany the  Burton Doubles Madaxeman.com Match Report  on Madaxeman.com, this podcast looks at how Samurai stand up to Elephants, discussed a really odd hipster beer and was recorded whils...

Our regular studio guest Adam is here for the third round of the Burton Doubles, with a chat about a single game of L'Art de la Guerre featuring a Samurai vs Feudal English. Designed to accomany the  Burton Doubles Madaxeman.com Match Report  on Madaxeman.com, this deeply insightful and analytical reviw of the performance of the Samurai army also contains reviews of niche market hipster beers and...

Our regular studio guest Adam joins us yet again as we dive deep into the thinking behind a single game of L'Art de la Guerre featuring a Samurai vs Feudal Irish. Designed to accomany the  Burton Doubles Madaxeman.com Match Report  on Madaxeman.com, this deeply insightful and analytical reviw of the performance of the Samurai army also contains reviews of niche market hipster beers and a chat abou...

Our regular studio guest Adam joins us for the first time in ages as we dive deep into the thinking behind a single game of L'Art de la Guerre featuring a Samurai Civil War. Designed to accomany the Burton Doubles Madaxeman.com Match Report  on Madaxeman.com, this deeply insightful and analytical reviw of the performance of the Samurai army also contains reviews of niche market hipster beers and a...

In this episode featuring regular guests Dave Dave and Aussie Simon, the Central London A-Team are travelling home by car whilst discussing the merits of the new "Derby not Derby" venue, undertaking a highly detailed pint-by-pint review of the pubs and restaurants of Market Harborough, and get into some actual wargaming-related discussions about army list composition for L'Art de la Guerre and the...

In this episode the near-legendary East Coast gamer Ethan Zorick discussed how he puts together an effective Ghaznavid list for L'Art de la Guerre.  We discuss a wide variety of topcs from the role of command values, whether there is anything in the game an Elite General-mounted Death Star should fear, and whether Essex Miniatures really stand up to the test of time. Listen in for ADLG hints, tips...

A surprisingly informative and educational podcast this week, in which I interview Richard Case, current UK #1 player and winner of the BHGS Challenge 2017 about how he designed and concieved the Sassanid Persian army list he used to win the Challenge with. This podcast accompanies the match reports on Madaxeman.com  of the competition, in which I also use a Sassanid list, but with less success......

In this episode I'm joined by Dave Dave and Aussie Simon as we talk about ADLG lists past and present, as well as some genereal rambling about FoGR and the surprising popularity of terrain mats among wargamers right now, especially as we are normally such a tight-fisted bunch of old gits.  This episode was recorded quite literally on the road, using an iPhone 5 microphone - the audio is still pret...

In this episode the usual gang of inexpert commentators, me, Aussie Simon, Dave "The Cheese-Winner" Saunders and Peter "Midnight Streaker" Webb consume vino tinto, eat surprisingly spicy tapas and try and get to the bottom of the conundrum of how and why Elephants can sometimes appear to be wonder weapons in L'Art de la Guerre. There is probably a load of other stuff there too about how the event...

In this episode, recorded in the town square of Estella on a sunny Sunday afternoon, the Central London International Travelling ADLG Circus discuss the latest ADLG expedition - the games, the dice, the food, the drink and the sleepwalking nudity as well.  As we now say in the world of Spanish ADLG, "What's it to you?"  

..in which me and Aussie Simon ("G'Day") witter on about why some rulesets have more longevity than others, why updates sometimes so and sometimes don't refresh a rules community, which armies we plan to lose with this weekend in the FoGR competition, and whether the M1 or M40 is the best way out of London at 6pm on  Friday night.  (The Derby Ring Road has a road called Lara Croft Way, in case you...

In this episode, recorded at the Le Shuttle terminal in Calais on the way back from The Worlds in Charleroi, Belgium, Dave & Tim discuss the hitherto unknown skills involved in ADLG list building, how post-industrial decay can, if carefully managed, become a tourist attraction, and whether fruit-based drinks are morally acceptable in modern society.  Listen and learn how the 5-strong Central Londo...

Another post-event podcast with special guests "Aussie" Simon, "Wins everything tries" Pete, and Dave "Call me Dave" Dave as we head our way back from the  2016 BHGS Challenge .  In this fascinating episode recorded whilst the memory of the weekend was far more fresh than our rather sweaty post-gaming clothing, we discuss the games we played during the weekend, briefly mention the curry we ate (at...

In this episode 2/3 of Team Central London Mediocre and 1/3 of Central London Even More Mediocre are driving home from  Campaign  in Milton Keynes, when we get to talk about the joys of 28mm plastic soldiers, playing the English Civil War in a theme where 4 (erm, surely just two?) armies are allowed, and generally whether bigger is in fact always better when it comes to boys toys.   This 30 minute...