Valhalla Games Miniature Wargames Podcast

Join Rex and Dan as they catch up on the projects that are driving their hobby at present, and Dan recounts the 'Bolt Action Big Bash 2026' local event that was held on 7th June '26, and what the key takeaways are from the event's success that even first- timers or fairly new Event/Tournament Organisers could replicate to help build their communities elsewhere.

EP34: ‘The Battle of Hastings’ Bolt Action event Join Dan and Rex as we discuss Dan's participation in the Bolt Action wargame event, ‘The Battle of Hastings’. The Battle of Hastings was held in Hastings, New Zealand in 2026 over the Waitangi long weekend. Firstly, Dan and Rex do a quick hobby catch-up on what they've been up to. After that we hear a blow-by-blow account of Dan's escapades with th...

In this episode, Rex probes Dan for intelligence on his forthcoming Bolt Action event on September 27 & 28 in Christchurch, New Zealand; Operation Spring Awakening. Dan expands on the event pack and scenarios that will be played and spills the beans on some of the details of the huge prize support he has received from his amazing event sponsors thus far! Want to hear how the format works, what the...

EP31: Watch on the Waimak Bolt Action wargame event Join Dan as he tells the story of the ‘Watch on the Waimak’ Bolt Action third edition event held in Christchurch New Zealand in March 2025. Sounds like it was a fun event full of of interesting Bolt Action twists and turns, great tables and many, many half-tracks, ...and yes Rex is jealous. Don't miss the, discussion about cavalry rules, will the...

Rex, Dan and special guest Aaron Russell unpack the 2023 MOAB Bolt Action open in Sydney, Australia, October 2023. Did Rex improve his competitive standing for this year in line with his hobby goals? Did Aaroni manage to pull off *another* tournament win? Was Dan envious that he didn't attend this year? How many hot dogs did we eat? Get it all there in this bumper 2 hour plus episode of Valhalla G...

Join Rex and Dan as they give a summary on their hobby goal 2023 progress year-to-date at the three-quarter point. Have we completed our hobby goals? Have we purchased enough plastic and lead to keep the furnaces of hobby production stoked? Find out her along with news and lots of chat. We hope you enjoy listening to this and hope it helps you paint a few more figures toward YOUR hobby goals!

Welcome back! In this episode Dan and Rex are joined by Darren Merritt, the TO of “Operation Shrike”, a Bolt Action event with an exciting format which will be held in Adelaide, Australia, in November 2023. Join us as Darren- who describes himself as a ‘newbie’ to Bolt Action- talks about what has encouraged him to make the jump from new player to new event organiser, and what it is about the ‘Com...

Podcast EP27: The Black Death Kickstarter Join Dan and Rex in this interesting episode as we interview Steffan from Flank March Miniatures about his currently running ‘The black death’ Kickstarter for 3D printable 28mm WW2 Soviet Naval Infantry STL Files. Soviet Naval Infantry aren’t normally on top of everyone’s list when thinking about a new WWII wargame army, but we found the whole topic hugely...

EP26: 80th anniversary of the invasion of Sicily and Italy game day In this episode of the Valhalla Games podcast Dan and Rex talk about the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Sicily and Italy game day held in Sydney, 18 March 2023. Will the allies get a foothold in the soft underbelly or will Italy kick them off, back into the Mediterranean? Perhaps more importantly will the Primosole bridge boo...

Join Dan and Rex as they go on a rambling journey that somehow turns up a whole heap of nuggets talking about: - Italian Campaign 80th Ann. Campaign Day Sydney Australia - Hobby Goals for 2023 - Storage space for your hobby kits and a solution to maximize it - Display solutions for your collections ...and a heap more!

EP24: A chat with Jon Russell of Warlord Games fame In this bumper episode, we are joined by Jon Russell of Warlord Games fame. In addition to his dedicated work for Warlord, Jon is a multifaceted wargamer and also veteran of many years service. In this episode we spend time learning about Jon's wargaming pedigree, before learning more about his role at Warlord, the writing of 'Bolt Action: Korea'...

Dan & Rex go to the MOAB 2022 gaming event (short for Mother Of All Battles) in Sydney, Australia and fight it out in 5 games of Bolt Action. A great opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new ones post COVID-19 restrictions in Australia and New Zealand over the past 2 years. Yes we are back, its been a while since you last heard from us due to the launching of our campaign book. We hav...

EP22: Campaign book Kickstarter - INCOMING!! Dan & Rex have been working on their campaign book The Battle for Primosole Bridge for three years and its due to release on Kickstarter in the next few days. Head over to the Kickstarter page and sign up to be notified, don't miss out on the limited early bird backer freebie giveaways: https://valhallagames.net/kickstarter Check out https://valhallagam...

Welcome to the first valhallagames "wandering monsters" episode. Wikipedia defines Wandering monsters as follows (don't worry I put them right on a couple of points by way of a re-edit): Wandering monsters - sometimes called Random encounters - were a feature of Dungeons & Dragons from its beginnings in the 1970s, and persist in that game and its offshoots to this day. Random encounters are usuall...

EP21: Scenario design ideas Dan's back! Catch up on his news plus, all the wargame painting, modelling reading & and collecting chat you can handle plus... added tales of adventures in 3d printing. In our main segment we discuss scenario design ideas, concepts and tips on where to find inspiration for all new and exciting challenges for your little men (and women). Podcast notes will be at https:/...

EP17: Setting the scene - author interview with Pat This episode is an interview with Pat Smith the author of the "Setting the scene" series of books and https://wargamingwithsilverwhistle.blogspot.com/ Pat does some of the most amazing wargames tables that I have ever seen, especially winter war. We discuss his previous 2 books and the latest one base in Norway 1940 - The Road to Dombas Check out...

This episode is an interview with Paul from WOW Buildings. Paul is a prolific 3D model designer and his legendary Kickstarters are *full* to the brim with great looking models and include almost all genres, but especially for valhallagames *many* of the kickstarters are WWII specific. Paul and I have a great chat about terrain, scales, the creative process and inspiration. WOW Buildings 3d printab...

Welcome to the final episode of valhallagames podcast for 2020, Join Dan and Rex as we review the products that caught our eye for 2020 also hobby update and grand plans/schemes for the new year. Lastly, it's not really Christmas until... Don't forget to check out the blog at https://valhallagames.net/ ...and don't forget if you would like to support us https://valhallagames.net/patron 00-8:03 Int...

EP15: Boots on the Ground 2020 (aka the naked man) Join Rex and Dan as they discuss Rex's turn at going to a Bolt Action event, Boots on the Ground - Band of Brothers 2020 near Newcastle, Austrlaia. Catch up on all our hobby news as well. A little shorter podcast this time round as we prepare for the end of year review. Don't forget to check out the blog at https://valhallagames.net/ ...and the Yo...

In this bumper episode of Valhallagames podcast, Dan chats about his recent Bolt Action tournament/event in Christchurch New Zealand with all the heroics, suspense and drama that little plastic 28mm men can muster, Rex listens on enviously while being inspired to plan for some more casual, local games to end the COVID-19 gaming drought. We also chat about all things hobby, what we've been up to, w...

Join Rex and Dan in this episode of the Valhallagames podcast where we talk miniature photography (a LOT of miniature photography!). Note the show times below if you want to skip over parts that aren’t relevant to you or your camera type. In our usual segments we also talk hobby, plastic and metal lust and what we are reading and looking forward to playing. If you're getting value out of the podca...

In this twelfth episode of the valhallagames podcast Dan & Rex talk about all things hobby, new projects, what's new in wargaming, what historical events we "want to game" and finally getting out of lockdown (for Australia and new Zealand at least). Part two is an in depth discussion around the challenges (imagined or otherwise) in putting the most hated soldiers of any WWII army on the table, and...

EP11: Planes, trains and antivirus (and some wargaming) Come on a gaming (and driving) adventure with Dan and Rex as we talk about and prepare for Dan's week long gaming visit to Australia. Listen in on a behind the scenes casual chat as we make the trip from the airport to home, our plans and aspirations for the perfect week of gaming, podcasting and YouTube…ing. Learn why if you're not playing c...

EP10: 20/20 vision This time in the Valhallagames podcasts we look back on 2019 from a wargaming perspective and we hand out awards in various categories for wargaming excellence. Bring your black tie and tuxedo or ball dress, find out who gets the imaginary valhallagames golden trophies. Dan gives us the run down on his recent Bolt Action tournament "no surrender" along with all the cinematic dra...

In this episode Dan & Rex talk about "the trouble with 28mm". What even is 28mm… it's not a scale? Rex gets angry, will Dan soothe things out and will we come to grips with our scale woe's? Will we have a prime directive to give to all manufacturers to ensure that when we open the box will we have "joy". As well as that Rex talks about the performance of the new soviets at MOAB gaming convention i...