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No miniature wargamer ever has enough time, space, or money to pursue their games and hobby. We seek ways to use our miniatures and rule sets to get the most value for money.
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At Miniature Wargaming Labs Brian and I started with a plan of what games we were going to play for the year and invest our limited resources of time and money on those games. Of course we added new games to the plan. In this episode we discuss our progress and why we add new games.
In this episode we interview Nic, the creative mind behind the skirmish game Planet 28.
The steady progress of time makes us return to podcasting and we finally prepare for a new year.
The change in cross border trade means it is time for consolidation and vertical integration. Only the big and clever game companies will survive. Brian and James discuss the unification of Ironwind Metals into the Catalyst fold.
Brian and I discuss some recent efforts to get people to play more games. We compare the showpiece display versus the demo versus the learn to play event to try to convert the average passerby into a wargamer.
How could the wargaming market realign if trade between the major wargaming producer and consumers gets harder for some reason.
When a game starts to die, or when a new independent game starts to die what value is there from getting a bigger game company involved?
As some games move away from physical rulebooks to all digital, constantly updating rules what does that mean for playing old versions of games going into the future?
Brians back from LVO. Having beat the casinos at Paigow listen to find out how Brian did at the Infinity. There was Infinity during LVO - just not at it.
With the start of 2025 we look back to the previous year and see if we accomplished anything that we set out to do. Why not plan for next year? It can't hurt.
In our last episode of 2024 we steal a prompt from the Lords of War (Canadians) and discuss whether 3D printing is locking in the dominant position of Games Workshop. Of course to steal something requires that the thing be of value and protected in a reasonable manner.
Brian and I discuss what the best starter set for table top miniature wargaming is to buy as we burn into Black Friday. Considering Value For Money It's Halo Flashpoint.
If you have ever been to a convention they are fun. But the bigger they get the harder getting in and freedom of movement get.
Back form a long break we spend some time talking about the upcoming NOVA Open 2024 and the prevalence of smaller scales in the major wargaming companies.The title is based off the Richard Feynman quote about the utility of atomic scale physics. I drew a direct correlation between game companies pushing down into the smaller scales instead of ever upward.
Every where I look I see dead games. We discuss Steamforged games consumption of Privateer Press in what some might say will be a rebirth of Warmachine, which we compare Asmodees euthanization of Star Wars X-Wing and Armada.
Every podcast has to do the "is GW a monopoly episode." This is ours. BLUF: They Are not a monopoly because they do not want to be one, but they do not have a problem being the standard setting body for miniature wargaming.
This is a short episode where Brian and I talk about what we listen to while hobbying.
In the first season Brian told us the sad tale of his failure running a once popular Infinity tournament. Now he is back...and this time it is personal. He wants Retribution. Learn more about the Rio Grande Retribution 2024.
Brian and I meet up again so he might regain me with the stories of his adventures in the Chicagoland area.
Jon joins us on his way to Adepticon 2024 where he is showing of the third and final expansion of Black Powder Red Earth: Spearhead. In this expansion the Mustard Gas est muy caliente.
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>Brother Rats Wait, did one of you guys graduate from VMI?