Episodes
Episode 62: There’s Been a Murder? Intro New Format Top 20 of 2024 Games on the Table - 10:00 Here I Stand The Hunters Fort the People Gest of Robinhood Kevin’s Series Quiz – 33:35 The death of games and series … or not? 46:00 “Killers” defined? History off the Table 1:23:10 Listener Questions Marry, Boink, Kill Wargame Daddy Wargame Organization Kev picks a Civil War game Lots of Hockey talk – 1:40:00 First Contact Gamer Black Lodge...
Published 11/15/24
Published 11/15/24
Episode 61: Traces of Hosts Intro History on the Table Top 20 of 2024 Games on the Table Thunder on the Ozarks Stellar Horizons Divine Right Kevin’s Host Quiz   Featured Game: Traces of War Every Wargame Ever  History Off the Table and Other Stuff Discord Don’t forget to check out Black Lodge Trivia Night!
Published 10/17/24
HistoriKC Fest 2024 and Series Gaming with First Contact Gamer Intro HistoriKC Fest Recap – 01:45 Next War Con – Next War Tournament Scenario Other Games at HKC – 19:25 BCS Weimar: The Fight for Democracy Red Strike The U.S. Civil War Cthulhu Wars Dune Republic of Carthage Other Games and Final Thoughts Series Games – OCS, BCS and D-Day 56:00 Games on our Table 1:24:05 HotT Seat 1:39:00  Links of Note Discord: https://discord.gg/2wz8sdsbwN Black Lodge Trivia Night First Contact Gamer YouTube...
Published 08/31/24
Episode 60: Rebel Fury Intro HistoriKC Fest – August 15-18, 2024 Games on the Table Books on the Shelf  HotT Blooded  Featured Game: Rebel Fury Every Wargame Ever  BCS Month - Now July History Off the Table and Other Stuff  Twitter: @HistoryTablePod  Links of Note Discord: https://discord.gg/2wz8sdsbwN Black Lodge Trivia Night https://www.patreon.com/HistoryTable
Published 06/28/24
Episode 59: Revolution Goes HotT Intro HistoriKC Fest – August 15-18, 2024 Charles S. Roberts Awards Every Series Ever Results Games on the Table Books on the Shelf  HotT Blooded  Featured Games NATO: The Cold War Goes Hot Prelude to Revolution: Russia's Descent into Anarchy 1905 - 1917 Every Wargame Ever  May’s Featured Game BCS Month History Off the Table and Other Stuff Matrix of Gaming Comments, questions or concerns can be sent to: [email protected]  Twitter:...
Published 05/17/24
Episode 58: Norman Fury Intro HistoriKC Fest – August 15-18, 2024 Games on the Table 03:00 Virgin Queen Operation Mercury: The Invasion of Crete Books on the Shelf 08:15 Crete 1941: The Battle and the Resistance by Antony Beevor Read along for April: George Henry Thomas: As True As Steel by Brian Steel Wills HotT Blooded 12:00 Rebel Fury Mark Herman and the Civil War Wargame Game 14:45 Featured Game: Norman Conquests – Men of Iron Volume 5 18:35 Discussing the Game Every Wargame...
Published 04/05/24
Episode 57: A New Dawn Intro HistoriKC Fest – August 15-18, 2024 Games on the Table HotT Blooded  Republic of Rome – 20:00 Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich, 1942-1945 – 1:37:30 History Off the Table and Other Stuff  Links of Note Discord: https://discord.gg/2wz8sdsbwN Black Lodge Trivia Night https://www.patreon.com/HistoryTable
Published 03/13/24
Episode 56: My Kingdom For a Cart Intro HistoriKC Fest – August 15-18, 2024 Discord Does the EWE Games on the Table 03:25 Downfall Velikiye Luki: Stalingrad of the North Khe Sanh `68 Table Battles Waterloo Campaign 1815 Books on the Shelf 13:00 White Sun War by Mick Ryan The Battle of Britain by James Holland The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones HotT Blooded 17:00 War of the Ring Mark Herman and the Civil War Wargame Game 21:15 Featured Game:...
Published 02/07/24
Intro New T-Shirt Store and T-Shirt Design Number 6 Biggest Surprise of the Year Number 5 Biggest Disappointment of the Year Number 4 Publisher of the Year Number 3 What was our favorite gaming memory of the year? Number 2 What were our Best Solo Game Plays of the Year and Best Multiplayer Game Play of the Year Number 1 What game just missed our Top 6 Games this year? The Great Every Wargame Ever Reranking  2024 Gaming Resolutions Other Stuff - Non-Wargame...
Published 01/09/24
Episode 54: Top 20 Games of All Time: Part Deux Intro New T-Shirt Store and T-Shirt Design HistoriKC Fest 2024 Games on the Table 05:00 Empire of the Sun Algeria Star Wars: Legion Seas of Thunder Plantagenet Books on the Shelf 31:15 Brothers in Arms by James Holland Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard HotT Blooded 34:35 Featured Game: Great Battles of the American Revolution: Tri-Pack 39:35 Discussing the Game Recommended Reading Every Wargame Ever 1:12:15 Reranking...
Published 12/11/23
Episode 53: Anatomically Correct Sails New T-Shirt Store and T-Shirt Design Intro Top 20 Games of All Time Every Series Ever Games on the Table 05:30 Here I Stand Valley of Tears: The Yom Kippur War, 1973 Books on the Shelf 16:30 Eighteen Days in October by Uri Kaufman Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian HotT Blooded 20:35 1812!: War on the Great Lakes Frontier Valley of Tears: The Yom Kippur War, 1973 Wargame Game 31:25 Featured Game: Flying Colors 35:00 Discussing the Game Recommended...
Published 10/31/23
Episode 52: Where Is Richmond? Intro Games on the Table Dien Bien Phu Kill Team Next War Tournament HotT Blooded Featured Game: On To Richmond II Discussing the Game Recommended Reading Every Wargame Ever  October Patron Pick Patron Mail Bag – Guilty Pleasure Games History Off the Table and Other Stuff Comments, questions or concerns can be sent to: [email protected]  Twitter: @HistoryTablePod  Links of Note Discord: https://discord.gg/2wz8sdsbwN Black Lodge Trivia...
Published 10/13/23
Bill Simoni washed ashore with 5 games and conversation. Intro and Outro Music is Jungle Village by Der Plan and licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. Discord: https://discord.gg/2wz8sdsbwN https://historyonthetable.com/ https://history-on-the-table.creator-spring.com/ https://www.patreon.com/HistoryTable
Published 09/23/23
Apologies in advance for no show notes but this episode is primarily focused on what we played and enjoyed at HistoriKC Fest 2023. We split the episode by talking about the war/historical games played and then moved into some Patron mail before tackling everything else we played at HKC.  Comments, questions or concerns can be sent to: [email protected]  Twitter: @HistoryTablePod  Links of...
Published 08/28/23
Episode 50: Guns of Liberty HistoriKC Fest Black Lodge Trivia Night Games on the Shelf 03:00 Triumphe a Marengo Books on the Shelf 09:30 Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose Games on the Table 13:15 John Company 2nd Ed Next War: India Pakistan Red Storm Wargame Game 20:00 Featured Game: Liberty Roads Discussing the Game Recommended Reading Every Wargame Ever 54:15 Special Session – Every Wargame Ever List Edit Liberty Roads v. Normandy `44 August Discussion September Patron...
Published 08/09/23
Episode 49 is an abbreviated episode where we really just talk about Wilderness War from Volko Ruhnke and GMT Games.  Accordingly, the show notes are abbreviated this episode as well.  HistoriKC Fest Black Lodge Trivia Night Discord: https://discord.gg/2wz8sdsbwN https://tabletop.events/conventions/historikc-fest-2023 https://historyonthetable.com/ https://history-on-the-table.creator-spring.com/ https://www.patreon.com/HistoryTable
Published 07/03/23
Episode 48: The Lions of Iberia HistoriKC Fest Black Lodge Trivia Night Games on the Shelf 03:30 Littoral Commander GTS Briefings magazine with Strike/Counterstrike Books on the Shelf 06:00 Texian Iliad by Stephen L. Hardin Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution by Victor Sebestyen Kingdoms of Faith by Brian Catlos Games on the Table 10:40 Levee En Masse The British Way ASL Sekigahara Andean Abyss (RTT) Operation Mercury Wargame Game 23:30 Featured Game: Almoravid:...
Published 06/06/23
Deserted Island Dice featuring Patrick!Intro and Outro Music is Jungle Village by Der Plan and licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Published 05/21/23
Episode 47: Our Soft UnderbelliesHistoriKC Fest Games on the Shelf  Triumph & Fall of the Desert Fox (https://shop.rockinbgames.com/) Fallen Eagles Sekigahara   Books on the Shelf World War II Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson Games on the Table  AAC’s Donkey Con AAR: The Greatest Day: Sword, Juno, and Gold Beaches, Battle for Normandy: Volume One Operation Mercury: The Invasion of Crete Combat Commander Panzer   Wargame Trivia Featured Game Salerno `43 Every Wargame Ever May...
Published 04/28/23
Welcome to the 2023 Board Game Draft featuring 5 esteemed franchise owners drafting the best of the best from the 2023 board game draft class.  Music by Hot_Dope, edited and used under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. 
Published 04/20/23
Episode 46: All Mechs BurningHistorical Board Game Awards HistoriKC Fest Games on the Shelf  Mesofauna Red Winter Books on the Shelf The Wars of the Roses by Dan JonesTeam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin Wilderness Empire (Winning of America) by Allan W. Eckert Games on the Table  War of the Triple AllianceMen of IronAndean AbyssTwilight ImperiumSekigaharaIron Curtain Wargame Game Featured Game All Bridges Burning Every Wargame Ever April...
Published 04/01/23
Deserted Island Dice is back with an interview with Ardwulf. Intro and Outro Music is Jungle Village by Der Plan and licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Published 03/17/23
Episode 45: Eckert Brothers and the Fortress of MetzHistorical Board Game Awards HistoriKC Fest 2023 Listener Every Wargame Ever Winner Games on the Shelf 09:00 he Last Hundred Yards Books on the Shelf 11:30 Legion vs Phalanx by Myke Cole Caesar, Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870-1871 by Geoffrey Wawro Games on the Table 16:00 John Company A Distant Plain Republic of Rome High Treason: The Trial of Louis Riel Plains Indian...
Published 02/27/23
Episode 44: Small Game Extravaganza Historical Board Game Awards HistoriKC Fest Every Wargame Ever Bracket Games on the Shelf 09:30 NW Supplement 3 Drop Zone St. Mere Eglise (HASL) c3i 36 Gunslinger  Books on the Shelf 14:30 Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James Holland Sand & Steel: The D-Day Invasions and the Liberation of France by Peter Caddick-Adams Games on the Table 18:45 Up Front Paths of Glory Tales from the Pacific Front (Pacific War ongoing game) Brazen...
Published 02/03/23