The On Patrol Podcast

Please join us for Episode 38: Sioux City Geek Con — Championing Historical Wargaming to the Greater Hobby World! We debrief our experience at Sioux City Geek Con, talk about running historical wargaming demos for the convention crowd, and discuss how we can continue bringing historical wargaming to the broader tabletop gaming community. Grab your spear, your belt-fed machine gun, and your event badge, and join us for this episode of On Patrol! Let’s move out!

Join the Fighting Kentuckian and Wyndehurst Productions as they sit down with HMGS president Jon Lundberg. As the current HMGS president, Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, Jon is responsible for overseeing an educational, non-profit, organization whose claimed purpose is to promote the study of military history through the art of tabletop miniature wargaming, with members primarily in the Atlantic and North-east regions of the United States. HMGS also puts on 3 of the largest wargaming conventions in the U.S.: Cold Wars, Historicon, and Fall In. In this episode we will get to know Jon, and learn more about HMGS and how the conventions operate. So join us on this episode of On Patrol. https://hmgs.org/

In this episode, Fightin’ Kentuckian and Wyndehurst Productions apply the lessons learned from previous interviews on scenario design to recreate one of the famous engagements of the American War of Independence, Alexander Hamilton’s assault on Redoubt 10 during the Siege of Yorktown. Chosen in honor of America’s 250th birthday, this episode explores the history, research, and design decisions behind bringing this iconic battle to the tabletop. So grab your Tricorne and Musket, and join us on this episode of On Patrol! Huzzah!

The On Patrol Podcast is back! In Episode 35, we dive headfirst into one of the biggest topics currently facing the tabletop wargaming hobby: Artificial Intelligence. Is it EVIL? Useful? A threat to creativity? Or simply another tool in the hobby arsenal? Maybe it’s a little bit of all of the above. Joining us for the discussion are Travis of TableTop Command Post and Allen of GameCraft Miniatures, as we explore differing perspectives on AI’s growing role in tabletop gaming, hobbying, research, painting, content creation, and beyond. To be clear from the outset: this is not a formal debate, an exhaustive analysis, or an attempt to recite every authority, argument, or controversy surrounding the subject. Instead, this is a conversation between reasonable and rational wargamers (assuming such people actually exist) engaging honestly with the benefits, concerns, and realities of AI in the hobby space. With only a limited amount of time, we focused on what we believe are some of the major issues and viewpoints currently shaping the discussion. Whether you strongly oppose AI, strongly support it, or are still figuring out where you stand, we hope you’ll give the episode a listen and join the conversation (preferably in a reasonable and rational manner). Open dialogue is important if we want to keep the hobby tent as large and welcoming as possible. One of the best parts of this hobby is the opportunity to challenge ourselves with different perspectives, interpretations, and applications. Thanks in advance for the listen, view, and engagement. As always, we appreciate your questions, comments, critiques, and continued support.

Join us as we talk with Paul, aka: Pitt History Guy, on how he went about making the battle of Lexington and Concord playable for wargaming ( hint: 32ft table). We also get a bit of his insight into making big participation games fun and playable for people brand new to the hobby. Pitt History Guy (PHG) resources: Favorite free wargame resources: https://nextgengaming.org/  https://www.juniorgeneral.org/ Favorite sources (current production only) of low complexity historic military boardgames: https://www.worthingtonpublishing.com/  https://www.bluepantherllc.com/collections/bmg  https://www.commandsandcolors.net/  https://www.commandpostgames.com/pub-battles/ Favorite low complexity, low cost all in one historic military miniatures reference books (available for $15 in PDF): https://canuckwargamer.wordpress.com/  The best 1/72 plastic soldier reference website: https://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ Support Ukraine by buying your 1/72 soldier sets and tank & warplane model kits from Ukrainian manufacturers via a Ukrainian hobby shop that ships globally, such as this Kyiv shop with low cost postage and fast response and shipping: https://www.hobby.dn.ua/en/index.php/en