Lead Pursuit Podcast

Doug sits down for Part 1 of the 2-part interview with Phil Yates about his new aerial wargaming project - Angels One Six. In this first part of the interview, Phil talks about his previous works on Flames of War and Star Trek: Ascendancy and the lessons that he brought from those projects into Angels One Six. You can follow the development of Angels One Six here: https://www.angelsonesix.com/ And pick up a copy of the rules here: https://www.angelsonesix.com/downloads As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Look, I know you think Doug sits at home, rolling in all of the money that running a podcast brings in - but he isn’t. He’s actually out scouring the interwebs for new aerial games that you haven’t seen before! In this episode he brings you a new dieselpunk aerial warfare game called Aether Wings that has just been release by indie developer Gunslinger Studios. Aether Wings is available here: https://gunslinger-studio.itch.io/aether-wings-discovery-flight Gunslinger Studios site is here: https://www.gunslinger-studios.com/ As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Along with our ongoing coverage of what is upcoming for AdeptiCon 2026, we thought we ought to check in with our friends the Nerds of War. Mike and Don are the people who all of you historical Grogs owe a debt of gratitude to for facilitating the great Historical gaming layout that AdeptiCon has provided over the years. Adepticon Registration is live at: https://web.cvent.com/event/af94478e-5a57-4117-a5da-48a9f5ce3bd8/ Or https://www.adepticon.org/ Only a few spots remain in each of our events, so go sign up, now! Were you OGed in 2025? Over-Grognarded that is! Head over to our store and pick up one of our Grognard Rendition Team T-shirts to show your loyalty to the Anti-Grognardists! (If that is even a word…) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Yes, we seriously think our wives are conspiring against us - almost the entire team has had to re-work their hobby spaces at the end of the year, and now you can learn from our mistakes! Adepticon Registration is live at: https://web.cvent.com/event/af94478e-5a57-4117-a5da-48a9f5ce3bd8/ Or https://www.adepticon.org/ Only a few spots remain in each of our events, so go sign up, now! Were you OGed in 2025? Over-Grognarded that is! Head over to our store and pick up one of our Grognard Rendition Team T-shirts to show your loyalty to the Anti-Grognardists! (If that is even a word…) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

We know that Doug likes to fashion himself a “man of the people”, but it is sadly true that other podcasts actually like us! Of course nobody knows why, but joining LPP this week are Ben and Evan from Iron Dice Gaming and the History to Hobby podcast. Hopefully all of the collective chatting about Adepticon 2026 gets you excited to go check out the Event Preview and get ready to sign up in Jan 2026! Adepticon Event Preview is live at: https://web.cvent.com/event/af94478e-5a57-4117-a5da-48a9f5ce3bd8/summary Were you OGed in 2025? Over-Grognarded that is! Head over to our store and pick up one of our Grognard Rendition Team T-shirts to show your loyalty to the Anti-Grognardists! (If that is even a word…) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Any chance we have to put Doug in the hot-seat has to be a good episode, right? Well, if you wondered how Doug managed to screw up DVG’s development of Fulcrum Leader, this is the episode for you. With veteran game designer Roger Gerrish sharpening his knives, and the podcast’s own Steve Toth getting ready to dig in on design mistakes deeper than a tick on a hound - this episode might just break Doug’s outrageously overblown ego once and for all. Were you OGed at Nashcon 2025? Over-Grognarded that is! Head over to our store and pick up one of our Grognard Rendition Team T-shirts to show your loyalty to the Anti-Grognardists! (If that is even a word…) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Can’t figure out what to buy for the gamer in your life? Or perhaps you don’t know what to ask your Hobby Secret Santa for? Wait, who are we kidding, Grognards wouldn’t participate in a Secret Santa! They’d be more likely to run a Secret Hobby Krampus circle! (or is it a pentagram?) Dice Jail:https://griffonco.com/products/dnd-dice-jail-round The Wingman: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087M22PG6 Chain Rulers: https://www.doldols.com Osprey Books (and games!): https://www.ospreypublishing.com/ Krydrufi Paint Station: https://www.krydrufi.com/ Wings of Glory Dashboard: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1458489471/ 82nd Airborne Deal: https://kickassmailorder.com/82nd-airborne-army-deal/ EVO GoBag: https://monumenthobbies.com/products/gobag-evo 3mm Tiny Aircraft: https://picoarmor.com Fulcrum Leader:https://dvg.com/product/fulcrum-leader/ Shameless Plug- our 2025 Holiday Sale is going on and EVERYTHING is on 15% off until the end of December 2025! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Do you often wonder where to start with your great idea of a scenario or convention game? Does the thought of coming up with all of that and then being judged real-time by your gaming peers cause you to break out in hives? In this episode, Matt talks with Doug and Brett about techniques they use for building good scenarios and campaigns. Were you OGed at Nashcon 2025? Over-Grognarded that is! Head over to our store and pick up one of our Grognard Rendition Team T-shirts to show your loyalty to the Anti-Grognardists! (If that is even a word…) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Look, we know that you aerial warriors crave spending as much time planning the mission as you spend playing it! Well, even if you aren’t that much of a masochist, check out this new game that the team is talking about - COMAO or Composite Air Operations. This week the team sits down with the Game Designer and the Publisher to talk about bringing this new game to crowdfunding in early 2026. COMAO on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jocus-editions/comao-the-ultimate-tactical-air-combat-board-game Were you OGed at Nashcon 2025? Over-Grognarded that is! Head over to our store and pick up one of our Grognard Rendition Team T-shirts to show your loyalty to the Anti-Grognardists! (If that is even a word…) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Have a bunch of X-wing miniatures collecting dust on your shelf since you rage-quit the competitive circuit? Got some 1990’s Brigade Model metal minis painted with Testor’s glossy? Come on, we all do - but now is the time to break those out and take a spin with Voidfighter from Osprey Games. This week, Matt and Doug talk to the game’s designer, Casey Garske, about what inspired him to write Voidfighter and why he didn’t call it Pilot Weirdos. Were you OGed at Nashcon 2025? Over-Grognarded that is! Head over to our store and pick up one of our Grognard Rendition Team T-shirts to show your loyalty to the Anti-Grognardists! (If that is even a word…) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Well, summer is officially over, and it is time to bury yourself in all of the hobby projects your family has made you ignore. Catch up with the team as they talk about Nashcon 2025 and their first few games with Stardust, the new space fighter game from Sublight Games. For more about Stardust, including the rules and check out the Sublight Games website at: https://stardust.sublightgames.com/ Were you OGed at Nashcon 2025? Over-Grognarded that is! Head over to our store and pick up one of our Grognard Rendition Team T-shirts to show your loyalty to the Anti-Grognardists! (If that is even a word…) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Steve and Doug managed to break away for some gaming in July - so listen up as they give the lowdown on their Historicon experience. Were you OGed at Historicon 2025? Over-Grognarded that is! Head over to our store and pick up one of our Grognard Rendition Team T-shirts to show your loyalty to the Anti-Grognardists! (If that is even a word…) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Are you easily offended by Doug’s hostile words towards grognards? Have you dried your salty grog tears with the pages of your hex-and-counter game rulebooks? Do you rage at these newfangled gamers with their “SpamHammer Forty Million?” Do you actually know what color “Prussian Blue” is? If so, please listen to this episode so that your nerd rage will make you a beacon for our Grognard Rendition Team - who will remand you to a black-site prison, stocked with metal Napoleonics miniatures and 1970’s flat pack wargames! Do you want to join the Grognard Rendition Team? Head over to the LPP store and pick up one of the cool, athletic t-shirts to represent your allegiance! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Want more gaming time at Historicon and less GM Lecture time? Well tune into this episode and listen to the team discuss the history behind the games that they’ll be running at Historicon 2025. Need more airplane STLs? Want some cool Cold-War jets to play Beyond MiG Alley with? Then go check out Blue Falcon Hobbies’ kickstarter for the “US Jets of the Vietnam War”: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bluefalconhobbies/us-jets-of-the-vietnam-war-stl-files-redux As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Tired of hearing the team talk incessantly about themselves and how great their Adepticon experience was? Then grab this episode to hear just how much the Adepticon Historicals team hates the Lead Pursuit Podcast! In all seriousness listen to get a behind the scenes look at the transition to Milwaukee and the plans Adepticon has for Historical gaming going forward. Give Mike and Don some love over on their Nerds of War Podcast - Doug can’t always be their #1 fan! https://www.thenerdsofwar.com/ As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Did you miss out on Adepticon 2025? Were you secretly cheering for the vast armies of homeless serial killers to kidnap the Lead Pursuit Podcast team and dump their bodies in a vat of expired Miller High Life? Too bad, the guys survived Adepticon with their dignity (mostly) intact. Grab a drink, sit down and listen to this episode to catch up on the gaming goodness you missed at Adepticon 2025 in Milwaukee! As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

What is the best scale for Aerial Wargaming? What, you think the team might have an opinion on this? Well, if you’re curious where they fall out on the scales from 1/72 to 1/1800, then this episode is for you As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Have you noticed a turnover in the Blood Red Skies Ready Room?  Have you seen new players pushing around plastic planes at your latest Gathering of the Grognards?  Do you wonder if anyone even still plays the game?  The team answers these questions and more to address the State of the Game here in 2025! Want to help lead the fight against Grognardism? Buy a T-shirt! All proceeds go towards supporting the podcast that takes the fight to Grognards every day on behalf of gamers everywhere! (That’s us , BTW!) https://www.leadpursuit.net/store/grttshirts As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more!   https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

I know, these guys couldn’t keep a resolution if it involved excess amounts of alcohol and a gaming event - wait, that may be the answer! Anyway, if you want to know what the team is planning for the year ahead and the personal goals that they’ll never attain, then this is the episode for you! As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Are you ready for Adepticon 2025? Are you already packing your favorite stinky black pullover and faded jeans? Cultivating the gamer funk for the next few months so you can give the 40k players a run for their money? If not, then you don’t really care about Adepticon! Doug and Steve sit down with Mike and Don from the Adepticon Historicals team to talk about all of the great games coming up at Adepticon 2025, as well as all the good gouge about the new venue. If you want to figure out what seedy bar the LPP team will be at next year, you had better listen to this episode! Listen to Mike and Don on their podcast, The Nerds of War: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-nerds-of-war/id1758658481 The best gift of all, the Blue Falcon Hobbies Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bluefalconhobbies/us-jets-of-the-vietnam-war-stl-files As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store