Thoughtless Casual Gaming

Paint Havoc. It's like a TCG paint event... But in 3 actual dimensions. In person. At Havoc Games.  This is a chance to get involved in the hobby community and paint something cool for it! We chat through the event, how it will work, what we are looking for, and why we are so gosh darn excited for it!   Get involved and paint something for the event   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wan...

We recently announced Why So Serious 5 - the dumbest fun you can have playing blood bowl. We chat through the pack, let people sorta know what they are in for and totally don't give anything away...   Sign up for Why So Serious 5 Actually read the player pack   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have a Discord . Come play games with us on a Tue...

What makes a good opponent, or a great gaming experience? Ever found yourself thinking "I'm never playing here again"? - This episode we talk about a topic close to our highly opinionated hearts: Gaming etiquette. We share some of the things that make an excellent opponent and discuss why it's still a topic we think is super important to discuss. Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna ch...

Spikke 22 is out, a new season of sevens is upon us! We chat through the 24(!) players competing for glory... The teams they have chosen to pilot and how much (or little) hope each one has... Apologies for the sound quality in this one... we had some minor technical difficulties.   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have a Discord . Come play g...

It's here! We have it! The new rules for blood bowl sevens is in our hot little hands!! We talk through the rules, all the (meaningful) changes, the good, the less good. But wanna know what you need to know to play a game of sevens? just listen to this. Who needs a spike magazine? You. You still need it. But listen to us talk about it too!   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat bl...

We asked people to "paint something new" - whatever the hell that means. Some people did. Others did not. Friend of the show and wizard with a brush, Patrick joins us to talk about all the entries from people who did in fact, paint something new. We talk through all the entries and exactly why they are wonderful!   Come play games with us on a Tuesday at the  East Belmont Saints Baseball Club Sign...

You own a lot of hobby stuff. Most of it because you got excited about some new fandangled gadget you saw on the insta-tok and couldn't not get one...  But some things are essential. If you want to hobby, how to do work out what you REALLY need? You spend 10 whole minutes listening, and we will tell you!   Come play games with us on a Tuesday at the  East Belmont Saints Baseball Club Sign up to co...

Warmaster - it was one of those old GW specialist games where you command massive fantasy armies made up of teeny tiny stands of models. None of this giant 32mm scale. Give me 10mm and metric measurements all around!  Like many unsupported games, the community has kept it running, growing and thriving in the absence of the benevolent dictators that are GW. With a growing scene in Australia, and a...

Another paint event? Already? Huzzah! That's right, bust out the brushes or sponges or fingerpaints... whatever your tool of preference is and paint.... **drumroll** Something new! What's that mean you ask? Pfft - you know better than to ask questions of us? Make it up! Or listen and we will explain in brief detail exactly how little we care about themes.   Come play games with us on a Tuesday at...

When I was a young boy my father took me into the trenches to throw a frag grenade... Or something to that effect. Trench Crusade. It's a game. A relatively new on that has a lot of traction worldwide. Finally we get on the bandwagon and talk to friend of the show Adam about the game. Where it came from, what it's about, how it plays, and what makes it special. Got a couple of hours and want to li...

The season is almost at a close! With only a game or two, then finals to play, we give you our thoughts and feelings at the teams in the running to be crowned this seasons champion. How wrong will we be? Let's find out together!   Come play games with us on a Tuesday at the  East Belmont Saints Baseball Club Sign up to come play in a Trench Crusade campaign . It's ok, we don't know how to play eit...

We ran a(nother) paint event. We asked people to paint something. The theme: "Something old". People chose to interpret that however they wanted, and now we get to review all these visual mediums and describe them to you via an audio medium... We thought this through, clearly. But man there were some bangin' entries! Hear us describe just how wonderful they are.   Come play games with us on a Tues...

Adepticon is a big deal. Well, as far as pretty damn massive wargaming convention things go, it smells like rich mahogany.  We didn't go. But thanks to the wonder of the internet, it's like we did. We chat through some of the stuff that got released, the Golden Demon leg, and anything else that caught our eye with its shininess...   Come play games with us on a Tuesday at the  East Belmont Saints...

We got a chance to play through the first act of Warhammer Quest: Darkwater... Twice! We chat about the game, what we like, how it plays, and why you might like to journey to reclaim the jade temple as well!   Come play games with us on a Tuesday at the  East Belmont Saints Baseball Club Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have a Discord . TCG a...

Our regular Tuesday night games at Seaview have come to an end.  The community has banded together and found a new weekly gaming venue. Come play games with us on a Tuesday at the East Belmont Saints Baseball Club: Pioneer Park, Waurn Ponds   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have a Discord . TCG are now on Patreon!  Give us all your money ple...

It's about damn time we kicked off a new season of blood bowl sevens! Thoughtless sevens eight is the latest and... latest season.  16 coaches, rosters are locked - hear our predictions of who will come out on top, which dark horses to watch out for, and who might be bringing a gnome to an elf fight...   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have...

New year new us. Ok, same old us... but a new painting event! We encourage you to paint something using the theme "Something Old"  What does that mean exactly? Listen on friends, listen on.   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have a Discord . TCG are now on Patreon!  Give us all your money please and thank you. TCG on Twitch . It's what all th...

We are old. Old enough to celebrate milestone birthdays.  That gives us the chance to play ALL the games that we have had sitting in boxes waiting for the right time and people. 36 hours. Somewhere between 6-9 people. Enough boxes of games to build a substantial fort.  Here's what we played and what we thought about them...   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe...

A tale as old as time... What have you currently got on the hobby table? We show you ours... or at least describe it to you in graphic detail. Our current projects that is...   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have a Discord . TCG are now on Patreon!  Give us all your money please and thank you. TCG on Twitch . It's what all the cool kids are...

Because staying on topic is never a strong suit, and because we wanted to - we chat tattoos.  Why, how many, how much thought does one put into them? All these questions and only 10 minutes!   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have a Discord . TCG are now on Patreon!  Give us all your money please and thank you. TCG on Twitch . It's what all t...

It's a whole new year! You already knew that. Last year we spent our first episode talking about what we had achieved, and what we were hoping to achieve in the next 12 months.  Without any better ideas, we decided to copy paste that format and kick of 2026 with a retrospective and goal setting episode. How will we disappoint people this year? Listen on...   Check out the new and improved TCG webs...

Have we mentioned how excited we are for season 3 of blood bowl? No? Well... sit down, grab a cool refreshing beverage and get ready for every single thing you need to know!  We make a bunch of assumptions about how the game may or may not work for a now defunct alternative version... Speculate on.   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have a Di...

Finally, another episode with a guest speaker! It's about time we get some sense and logic, and knowledge...  We chat with Paris, friend of the show, Wargamer from long ago, and local pillar of the Shatterpoint community. He explains how Star Wars Shatterpoint works, why it's an excellent game that you should totally get involved in, and how you can best meet the community and try it out!   Check...

The biggest event in the Australian Blood Bowl calendar has been and gone.  Also Why So Serious 4 has been run and is also over. We chat about the day, the different rounds, the people that came and made it amazing... Amongst some other nonsense   Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games?  We have a Discord . TCG are now on Patreon!  Give us all your mone...

Ok, we'll come clean. This is just an excuse to list a bunch of stuff we WANT to play... But haven't got around to yet. We own things for it... But life, the universe, everything just gets in the way! So really we want you to come and show us how to play all these games so we don't feel like we've wasted our hard earned pennies!   Why So Serious 4 - It's coming Check out the new and improved TCG w...