The MeG Podcast

The MeG Podcast team are back with a look back at the recent SkullRollers competition held at  Battlefield Hobbies , and they are joined by a guest, Andy Catlow. To see what they thought about the competition, have a listen. Some brief notes to accompany the podcast can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-meg-podcast-series-6-episode-2-look.html

After a quite long hiatus, The MeG Podcast is back again for an episode where the team chat about hoplites and how they did against non-hoplite enemies, plus some discussion of the proposed competition amendments. The show notes can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-meg-podcast-series-6-episode-1.html

The MeG podcast is back again for an episode where the team chat about rivers and a number of troops types used in recent competitions that caught our attention. The show notes with links can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-meg-podcast-series-5-episode-5.html

The MeG podcast is back for an episode covering the complex period of Chinese history from the Sixteen Kingdoms period to the rise of the Tang dynasty.   Richard takes us through the history along with a helpful flow chart of dynasties, and we all bring an army list for discussion.   The show notes can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-meg-podcast-series-5-e...

The MeG podcast is back for an episode inspired by a post on the  MeG Forum  asking about the differences between catafracts and knights. The usual suspects, Richard, Matt and Nik, discuss these troops and have a couple of lists for your consideration. The lists discussed can be found on the blog - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-meg-podcast-series-5-episode-3.html  

Been a while, but the podcast crew are back with what we will loosely call a "Christmas Special". No single topic this time, but we chat on a few topics with a special guest. Hope you enjoy it. Lists discussed can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-meg-podcast-series-5-episode-2-2024.html  

The podcast team return after a bit of a summer break and bring you a new podcast on a bit of a different topic. In this episode we look at Allies. Most of the lists mentioned in the podcast can be found on the blog at - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-meg-podcast-series-5-episode-1.html We thoroughly enjoyed making this episode - something a bit different - and hope you...

The MeG Podcast team are back with a look at 10th century Britain and in particular the Battle of Brunanburh. The usual team of Richard Jeffrey-Cook, Matt Haywood and Nik Gaukroger were joined by Simon Stokes who has run a big MeG game of the battle at his club, the Luton Lancers. He has kindly made the information used available to us for this podcast and it can be found in the show notes along w...

The usual team of Richard Jeffrey-Cook, Matt Haywood and Nik Gaukroger were joined by Paul Stovell to have a wide ranging conversation about terrain in MeG. Hopefully this discussion is informative and gets players thinking about how terrain works and is used in MeG, as well as how we represent it on the table. 

In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team look at some armies, and enemies, from the Southeast Asia list PDF - possibly one of the more obscure of the list PDFs for many players. As usual we have some history and answer some questions posed by our listeners. The show notes can be found at - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-meg-podcast-series-4-episode-6.html As always, w...

In the latest episode of The MeG Podcast we take a look at the Arab Conquests in the period 629 CE to 685 CE, a period that can certainly be described as world changing There is the usual historical overview and a look at some army lists based on the period, plus some reading and figure suggestions. The lists and other material can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024...

In the latest episode of The MeG Podcast we take a look at the crisis that afflicted the Roman Empire in the third century CE. There is the usual historical overview and then we take a look at some army lists based on the period. The lists discussed can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-meg-podcast-series-4-episode-4.html As always we would welcome feedback...

Back after a bit of a break, in this episode the team look at 4 field battles of one of ancient/medieval history's most famous generals, Belisarius. In addition the team look at an army list from each of the Early Byzantines, the Sasanid Persians and the African Vandals - so Belisarius' army and his opponents in the 4 battles covered. The lists, along with links to some reading material on the per...

In this episode the team plus guests take a look back at some of the lists used at the Skullrollers competition, and a look forward at the potential changes being made to the lists for 2024. The Skullrollers lists can be viewed at - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2023/10/skullrollers-2023-lists.html The potential 2024 changes can be viewed on the MeG Forum - https://mortem-et-gloria...

In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team continue their look at one of the iconic periods of warfare in the Ancients/medieval period, The Hundred Years War. The podcast covering first part of the war can be found at https://themegpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-meg-podcast-season-3-episode-7-the-hundred-year-war-part-1/ and this episode carries on from that until the war's end. As ever, the team have...

In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team look at one of the iconic periods of warfare in the Ancients/medieval period, The Hundred Years War. As this covers a long period of time the topic is being split into two parts, and this is the first. The team look at lists for the English and the French, other participants will follow in the next part. As you will hear in the podcast the team somewhat...

In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team follow on from last episode's subject of historical refights by looking at how they might refight a specific battle - in this case Dorylaeum, 1097 CE between the 1st Crusade and the Anatolian Turks. There is supporting material available on the blog here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-meg-podcast-season-3-episode-7.html - whi...

In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team look at something a bit different from our usual fare, refighting historical battles and using MeG for scenarios. We even touch on campaigns as well. The usual team were joined by two guests, Rob Hutton and Simon Stokes, who brought their own experiences of historical refights to the discussion. The link to the Italian Wars campaign system mentioned as a...

In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team look at one of the iconic "classical" era armies, the Carthaginians. Covering not just the well known Punic Wars, but also the history of Carthage before their conflict with Rome, the team discuss a number of army lists of what can be a tricky pair of lists to get a good army from. The blog with lists and other material is available at - https://gamer-at...

For the first MeG Podcast of 2023 the team, plus special guests, look at the Nikephorian Byzantines - their history and army lists. A popular army choice, but one that can be a bit tricky to get a list you like from. Hopefully the team give you something to help with this, or maybe not ... Team regulars Matt, Richard and Nik were joined by Philip Powell and Jamie Mayers both of whom used Nikephori...

Rather than get into some serious history and dubious army list suggestions the usual team plus guests Paul Cummins and Graham Klaka sit and chat about a few MeG related things. So sit down, maybe grab a drink (Paul did) and listen to what the gang have to say about what they enjoyed in 2022, what they are looking forward to in 2023, and, amongst other things, why catafracts may be the best troops...

After an unplanned break since the last episode, the team returns refreshed to cast their eye over the history some of the armies of the Korean Three Kingdoms period. In this episode Matt gives us an overview of the complex history of the Korean Three Kingdoms period - attempting to get the pronunciation of various Korean names right along the way. The team each also provide an army list from the...

In this episode the team take an overview of the wars of the late Roman Republic in the 1st century BCE stretching from the time of Marius to the end of the civil wars that left Octavian master of the Roman world. The lists discussed can be found at - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-meg-podcast-season-3-episode-1-late.html There is also a glossary for non-MeGers to help w...

The 25th and 26th June saw 23 MeG gamers gather at  Battlefield Hobbies  to take part in a Crusades-ish themed competition. There should have been 24 but a last minute health issue left uneven numbers which unfortunately meant there had to be a bye each round. The team plus guests look back at the God Wills It competition and the armies they used, why they chose it and how they did with them. List...

The team return and in this episode turn their collective eyes on central/eastern Europe and the Black Army of Hungary as led by Janos Hunyadi (1406 CE to 1456 CE), and the convoluted nature of the wars in Hungary of the period. Do they find any gems amongst the armies, or just also rans? Listen to find out. The supporting material can be found at - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/20...