Hobby Support Group Episode 27- English Civil War mass battle multiplayer game roundtable review. Andy is on holiday this week, so Tom is joined by Ed and Ben as we discuss a huge 1000 figure+ 28mm game of Pike of Shotte seven of us played the previous week. We also chat a lot about our thoughts and ideas for playing a mass multiplayer Napoleonic game at some point in 2022.
Tom Reviews two books this week in the regular series of book review bonus episodes Malice Aforethought - A History of Booby Traps from the First World War to Vietnam By Ian Jones MBE And GERMAN REPORT SERIES: GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA – PLANNING AND OPERATIONS 1940-1942 Both books can be bought from www.naval-military-press.com. https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/malice-aforethoughta-history-of-booby-traps-from-the-first-world-war-to-vietnam/ https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/german-report-series-german-campaign-in-russia-planning-and-operations-1940-1942/
This week’s Extra episode is a short conversation Andy and Tom had sparked by a conversation of the Hobby Support Group Facebook page in which listeners were taking about how they deal with the urge to buy more miniatures. Apologies for a slight dip in audio quality, Tom’s mic gave out after 30 seconds of recording so we had to restart with a back up that in editing was found to be a bit iffy
Tom Reviews two books this week in the first of a regular series of book review bonus episodes War in Japan 1467 -1615 by Stephen Turnbull and The Waterloo Archives Volume One Edited by Gareth Glover
Tom concludes the background to the Wars of the Roses following the capture of King Edward IV in 1469 to the defeat of Lambert Simnel at the Battle of Stoke in 1487 which ended the War of the Roses and Perkin Warbeck's failed uprising of 1497 which saw the close to the Wars epilogue.
Tom gives some background to the Wars of the Roses following the death of Richard Duke of York in December 1460 to the capture of King Edward IV in 1469
Tom gives some background to the Wars of the Roses from 1387 to the death of Richard Duke of York in December 1460.
On this episode Ed interviews Tim Richardson, the man behind the Youtube channel "Napoleonic Wargaming". We talk about his hobby journey, how to make a start in wargaming the period and all things Napoleonic.
This week, Andy and Ed talk about Leipzig and the plans for our big 6mm game next month
This week Tom is back to take the show off track as Ed tries to review his trip up to Joy of Six
This week, Ed talks to Sam (@eccentricbear) and James (@jharatacpaints), the writers of the new WW1 game 1918. You can follow their project on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/WarFulcrumGames1918 and you can follow War Fulcrum Games on @warfulcrumgames Get more from WarFulcrum Games on Patreon Tabletop Miniature Wargames Publisher
This week Andy chats with Strength & Honour author and WSS regular Mr Mark Backhouse.
This week Ed is joined by Curtis Fell, the man behind Ramshackle Games. We talk about his ever expanding range of games and miniatures and his recent Mates and Miniatures event. You can follow Ramshackle Games on Instagram (@ramshackle_games). His minis are available on his webstore https://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/ and he also has plenty of great stuff available on his Ramshackle downloads page downloads.ramshacklegames.co.uk
This week, the whole gang have a look at how their hobby plans are coming together in 2024 so far.
Join Andy and Tom as they chat about the ten terrain items every wargamer needs
This week Tom is joined by Ronnie to chat all things about Mantic in 2024
This week, Tom is joined by Ed and maybe crosses the Rubicon of tangents in an episode inspired by a recent viewing of Henry the 5th (1944)
This week Tom and Andy chat hobby news
The trilogy is complete. This week, Ben joins Tom and the team complete their look back at Salute 2024.
Today Andy joins Tom for our second look at Salute