Episodes
This week I am joined by the authors to discuss Warlord's awesome new tank game, Achtung Panzer!
Published 04/08/24
Published 04/08/24
This week I am joined by Rob, the mad genius behind the recent, massive Stalingrad Bolt Action game held down here in Victoria. We are also joined by the heads of the two opposing sides. Even if you are not a fan of big multiple participant games, this episode is a great listen because it is great to hear about what you can accomplish on the tabletop with a little research and some very clever thinking.
Published 04/05/24
With Melbourne's next big Bolt Action event, Small Unit Tactics, around the corner, it is time to think about what army I am going to take as a player. This week I am joined by my old, and incredibly talented, friend Ben Llewellyn to unpack how the player pack for this event affected our listing choices and to discuss the lists we are planning to take on the day.
Published 03/29/24
This week I am joined by the prolific and talented game designer Patrick Todoroff, the author of Zona Alfa, to discuss his newest Osprey Blue Book offering. When Nightmares Come is a solo/cooperative skirmish game where players investigate and battle supernatural mysteries and horrors in the modern world.
Published 03/23/24
This week I am joined by the incredibly prolific and talented game designer, James Hewitt, to discuss Modiphius Entertainment's newest hottest game, Fallout Factions Nuka-World. Longtime listeners of the show will know how much Fallout means to me as a game and a universe and I am really excited to talk with James about how this new head to head skirmish game brings that rich and wild universe to life on the tabletop.
Published 03/14/24
There have been a lot of people asking a lot of questions about Warlord's upcoming tank battle game, Achtung Panzer! We have heard you! Today we start a series of episodes to tell you all about this awesomely fun new game.
Published 03/06/24
We have a bit of a treat for you on this episode of the Warlord Games Official Podcast. People often discuss a game's "meta" and what the hot units in a game are and they often discuss how that "meta" changes between countries and regions. Today I am joined by the Tournament Organiser and the winner of Australia's biggest Bolt Action event, Cancon, to closely examine the actual numbers and percentages of units taken and what this indicates for the Australian Meta as a whole. We also discuss...
Published 02/23/24
The Ghost Army guys are back to discuss how they went at Australia's biggest Bolt Action event, Cancon. We are also joined by Adam the winner of this year's Best Themed army and we discuss the event, our games and our big takeaways from this year's big show.
Published 02/13/24
Fans of the cyberpunk genre and skirmish games rejoice! There is the perfect game for you on your local game store's shelves right now - Cyberpunk Red Combat Zone. This week I am joined by Mack Martin, the game's manager and author of its upcoming scenarios and expansions, to discuss the game and its future.
Published 02/05/24
This week I am joined by author of Don't Look Back and Violent Dark to discuss his newest game by Black Site Studios, Breacher. An exciting new game of modern combat in the near future.
Published 01/23/24
With the impending return of Warhammer Fantasy Battle with The Old World, I thought it would be interesting to look back to the start of it all with one of the people who created Warhammer, Rick Priestley. Please join us as we look at the history of Warhammer and Games Workshop.
Published 01/18/24
WARHAMMER IS BACK!!!! As a long time fantasy battle player, I am very excited that one of my favourite games is back from the "dead." Joining me today is the one and only DaveOwaR to unpack what we like most, about what we have seen, about the newest version of our favourite rank and flank game.
Published 01/10/24
The Ghost Army Podcast is BACK! AND we are going to Cancon in a few weeks to play Bolt Action together again too! In this episode Patch and Old Man Morin get together to discuss how they are preparing for Australia's biggest event.
Published 01/05/24
It's a Christmas Miracle! CAST DICE IS BACK!!! For the grand return, I am joined by our old friend Peter West to address the topic "Is Bolt Action Stale?" that has been discussed on recent episodes of the HMG and Tabletop Tommies podcasts. We also dig into this year's Cancon Bolt Action event and how to prepare for it.
Published 12/24/23
Episode 51 of the Warlord Games Official Podcast is out! Brad sits down with Andy Chambers and Gav Thorpe to talk about our newest 2000AD release, The ABC Warriors!
Published 12/19/23
We love to talk about minor power forces in Bolt Action on this podcast and this we are talking about one of the least talked about armies in the game, the Dutch. This week we speak with Sander from May 40 miniatures about his upcoming range of great KNIL miniatures, and about the Dutch as a fighting force in WW2.
Published 10/25/23
Cast Dice is back! This week we review the player pack for the upcoming Operation Bear 2023 event, discuss mission design and brainstorm some tips to help players improve their Bolt Action game play.
Published 10/23/23
In this exciting, 50th episode of the Official Warlord Games podcast we are joined by the author of the Bolt Action's newest supplement. Together we explore why Campaign: Case Blue is the perfect accompaniment to the popular Stalingrad book and how it is a must have for Bolt Action players everywhere.
Published 10/16/23
This week we discuss one of Bolt Action's truly international events, the World Open War event. Joining me on this episode is the Tournament organiser Russ, from the Southend on Sea Wargames Group and Marcus Vine from The Warlord Games Events team. It is a special event indeed for Warlord Games to partner with the organisers and we dig into why this event is such a big deal.
Published 10/09/23
By popular request we are revisiting Hail Caesar on this episode of the Warlord Games Podcast and who better to speak with than the author of the game's newest expansion, Caesar's Gallic Wars. This new expansion of the game includes numerous army lists and over 40 new scenarios for you to play out on the tabletop. A tome worthy of Caesar indeed!
Published 10/02/23
Welcome to the 200th episode of Cast Dice! In this very special episode, I discuss one of the game expansions that I have been looking forward to more than almost any other, maybe ever, the 80's Feature Pack expansion for 7TV! Joining me are the creative/design team behind this massive pack to talk about its many parts and the journey to its completion.
Published 09/22/23
This week I am joined by experienced Finland player, Jonny, from The Tabletop Tommies Podcast. Together we discuss the Warlord Games Open Day before Jonny helps me to build a Finn list for an event that has unfortunately been cancelled. Although the event is not longer running, the insights and conversation are still valid so we decided to release this episode anyway. We hope that you enjoy it.
Published 09/11/23
This week I am joined by our old friend Alistair Unicomb to discuss his epic gaming event/weekend The Megatron Cup. Megatron 3000 is an established and growing Bolt Action event that had an additional day of Blood Bowl added to its weekend this year. So many great take aways from this innovative and fun event that we can use in future events in other places. Well worth a listen!
Published 09/03/23
In this episode I am joined by long-time Bolt Action Event Organiser, Peter West, to discuss what we, as gamers, really like about the Campaign Italy: Tough Gut book.
Published 08/28/23