Episodes
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
This week I am joined by Anthony from Traders Galaxy to discuss his hit indie game Bot War and his upcoming tabletop homage to 80's side-scrolling fighting video games, Beat Em Up!
Published 08/24/23
This week I am joined by Tory from the Broheim website to discuss Mordheim and the longevity of GW's classic Specialist Games.
Published 08/15/23
This week I am joined by Victoria from Victoria Miniatures to discuss Project Warhorse, The Rough Rider Miniatures project. Along the way we discuss miniature design and how it has evolved over time and Victoria's journey as a hobbyist and as a sculptor.
Published 07/31/23
This week I am joined by Alex Van Allen, the author of Dead by Lead which is featured in issue five of the Blaster gaming publication. We discuss Blaster's new direction, trends in gaming and Dead by Lead's really fun, interesting and innovative rules.
Published 07/17/23
This week I am joined by former White Dwarf Editor and manager of the Games Workshop Studio, Robin Dews, and former Citadel/Games Workshop Sales Director, John Stallard, to discuss their upcoming book Talking Miniatures. This two volume, 500 page labour of love tells the stories of close to twenty people from Games Workshop's "Golden Age." It tells the story of how GW changed the gaming industry from the ground up by the people who did it. In this episode, Robin and John share a few truly...
Published 07/10/23
Cast Dice is BACK!!! In this episode I am joined by Jordan Wiebe from Scale History SLC. We both ran "Megatron" Format Bolt Action events recently using the format created by our friend Alistair Unicomb for his event Megatron 3000. In this episode, Jordan and I discuss our events and how we found using this interesting and original event format.
Published 07/03/23
On this episode of the The Official Warlord Games Podcast I am joined by Andy Chambers, the author of Blood Red Skies, to discuss the next expansion for the game, the Blood Red Skies Wing Commander Compendium. We discuss the history behind this style of book before diving in and talking about just some of the myriad of subjects covered in this epic tome.
Published 05/30/23
This week I am joined by my good friend Jomane to "catch up." We talk about games that we are excited about, discuss some of the projects that we are working on and an event we both played in... all before getting to our main topic of conversation. Is it a good time to give Star Wars Legion another look?
Published 05/19/23
Welcome back to The Warlord Games Official Podcast. Steve Morgan, the author of Pike & Shotte Epic Battles, joins us this week to explore this exciting shift in scale for this mainstay, long standing game in Warlord's stable. We discuss the refocussing of the game, time wise, and dig into the what makes this new version a must have for collectors and game enthusiasts alike.
Published 05/08/23
This week I am joined by Jon Savage, the author of the newest Lardy game, and Richard from Too Fat Lardies to discuss What A Cowboy!
Published 05/04/23
I am joined this week by one of our favourite guests on the show, Karl from Crooked Dice, to discuss the new 7TV Rulebook. We talk about the game itself, what you can expect from the book and what that means for the future of the game. We hit a lot of topics over this lengthy episode that will give fans of the game a lot to look forward to.
Published 04/29/23
This week I am joined by one of my favourite game designers, Mike Hutchinson. You would know Mike as the author of Gaslands and A Billion Suns. Together we talk through Mike's passion game project, Hobgoblin. It is a miniatures agnostic, rank and flank game that is designed to be fast, fun and deadly... what else would you expect from the man who wrote "the rule of carnage!"
Published 04/22/23
We are back after a much needed break with a general discussion around how you can play the British in Bolt Action both historically and competitively in Bolt Action. And while we do spend a lot of time talking about the British, we also spend a lot of time talking about Bolt Action in general. We have not had an analysis episode of the show in a while and I think this is an interesting one. We hope you like it!
Published 04/14/23
Matt Sprange, the author of the exciting new expansion to the Judge Dredd game, joins us this week to dig into all things BLOCK WAR! We discuss how Block War takes the established 2000AD mechanics of the Judge Dredd game and takes them to a new level by allowing players to go beyond gang skirmishes. Instead, using this expansion, you can build entire block hab units and battle it out against your neighbours using new technological upgrades and the full might of residential blocks gone mad.
Published 03/27/23
This week, Dave Hunsdale and I discuss our experiences at the successful Combat Patrol event. We discuss small scale Bolt Action, our lists, games and take aways. We also talk about the upcoming Conquest Bolt Action event run by the same team.
Published 03/22/23
This week I am joined by the man behind a pile of fantastic games and the head of Footsore Miniatures, Andy Hobday, to discuss the Kickstarter for, and rules of Gangs Of Rome 2. This Kickstarter just went live and it is FLYING! Check it out!
Published 03/16/23
By listener request, this week I work through the list writing process from start to finish with our old friend Alistair Unicomb. We start by examining the player pack for the upcoming Combat Patrol event. We then choose a nationality and work through the process until we had come up with two possible army lists for the event. Both of the lists written in this episode were submitted to the event and one is being used in next weekend's event.
Published 03/05/23
This week I am joined by the TO of Frozen In Chosin to revisit a game that we have not talked about in years, Bolt Action Korea.
Published 03/02/23
In this episode we are joined by one of the greats of game design, Rick Priestley, to discuss the new edition of Hail Caesar and dig into the new additions to the second edition book.
Published 02/20/23
This week I am joined by Alex from the Australian Armour And Artillery Museum to discuss the Allied invasion of Sicily and how you can build a themed event to match a particular battle or series of battles from WW2.
Published 02/20/23
In this episode I am joined by the organisers of the world's largest Grimdark Future event to discuss this exciting game by One Page Rules. No, this isn't 40K this is something different that I REALLY enjoy! As a panel, we talk about the game and the recent Warpling event where I was a player.
Published 02/15/23
This week I am joined by an all star panel of tabletop gamers to discuss our favourite types of other, more accessible games... the traditional board game. Join us as we recommend twelve board games that you might enjoy and explain why you might like them!
Published 02/05/23
By popular request, I am dividing deep into the top Bolt Action Lists at the biggest event in Australia, Cancon. I am joined by the players who played them, Aaron Russell and Jason Drane.
Published 01/28/23