Hobby Support Group

Join Andy, Ed & Tom three friends who also happen to be middle-aged lifelong gamers which play a lot of table-top games with the odd dalliance into board games, card games, RPG'S and computer games but with a bias towards historical war gaming as they chat all things hobby related. We try to keep the chat positive and offer what each of us do to make the hobby as enjoyable as possible to us.

Hobby Support Group Episode 27- English Civil War mass battle multiplayer game roundtable review.

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.

10-30
01:11:41

Hobby Support Group Book Review Episode 2

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/

04-10
12:01

Hobby Support Group Extra - Ways in which we try to manage the urge to buy all the minis

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

03-27
37:54

Hobby Support Group Book Review Episode 1

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

03-13
13:17

Hobby Support Group Extra Episode 3 - War of the Roses Part 3

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.

02-27
20:17

Hobby Support Group Extra Episode 2 - War of the Roses Part 2

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

02-13
16:29

Hobby Support Group Extra Episode 1 - War of the Roses Part 1

Tom gives some background to the Wars of the Roses from 1387 to the death of Richard Duke of York in December 1460. 

01-31
16:08

Hobby Support Group Ep 151 It's an episode part 1

Andy and Tom are back with HSG epsiode 151

07-13
34:39

Hobby Support Group Ep 150 - Selling off your hobby overspill aka Orks in the Shower

This week Andy and Tom support each other as they discuss how to go about reducing thier hobby collections

05-17
38:36

Hobby Support Group Ep 149 Salute 2025

This week Andy and Tom chat about Salute 2025. At one point Tom mentions where he buys his MDF trays from, which was Commission Figurines https://www.facebook.com/comfigs/

05-03
35:29

Hobby Support Group Ep 148 PDF's and 10th Legion

This week Andy and Tom take a drive down Tangent avenue and discuss 10mm as a scale and PDF rule sets

04-05
51:15

Hobby Support Group Ep 147 - Breaking News from Baccus and the Launch of Tenth Legion

Hobby Support Group are here with a special episode where we sit down with Peter and Lindy and chat all things Tenth Legion.For more information please check out: website:  www.tenthlegion.ukemail:  admin@tenthlegion.cukFacebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573405869844

03-20
40:55

Hobby Support Group Ep 146 - How to find your hobby mojo

This week Andy and Tom disucss ways to help getting you back into enjoying the hobby after a break.

02-01
59:02

Hobby Support Group Ep 145 - Ovel Lists 2024/5

We are back! Its that time of year again when we stop and look back at what we did, or did not get done last year in the hobby and cast an eye forward to this years plans

01-11
01:49:28

Hobby Support Group Ep 144 - Napoleonic Wargaming Interview with Tim Richardson

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.

10-05
45:15

Hobby Support Group Ep 142 - Road to Liepzig

This week, Andy and Ed talk about Leipzig and the plans for our big 6mm game next month

09-07
01:08:05

Hobby Support Group Ep 141 - Joy of Six 2024 Review and a return to tangents

This week Tom is back to take the show off track as Ed tries to review his trip up to Joy of Six

08-24
50:44

Hobby Support Group Ep 140 - Interview with Sam and James, writers of the new WW1 game 1918

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

08-10
44:58

Hobby Support Group Ep 139 - Interview with Mark Backhouse of author of Strength & Honour and WSS regular

This week Andy chats with Strength & Honour author and WSS regular Mr Mark Backhouse.

08-03
01:20:48

Hobby Support Group Ep 137 - Interview with Curtis Fell, the man behind Ramshackle Games.

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

07-13
55:09

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