Sun, 15 December 2013
Welcome to Episode 118 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show, I am joined once again by game designer Jake Thornton for an in-depth discuss of Deadzone: the sci-fi skirmish game which Jake designed, which is currently being released by Mantic Games I hope you enjoy the show. |
Sat, 16 November 2013
Welcome to Episode 117 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show, I am joined by co-host Mike Hobbs as we chat with Steeve Monniere from Chinchilla Games about the relaunch of the fantasy battle game Ex-Illis via a Kickstarter campaign. We talk about the challenges that Chinchilla face in converting a computer-moderated wargame into a more 'traditional' set of wargames rules, and ask what we can expect to see from this game in the future. I hope you enjoy the show. |
Thu, 24 October 2013
Welcome to episode 116 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show, I am joined again by Jake Thornton, this time to have an in-depth discussion about God of Battles, the fantasy mass battle rules he has written, published by Foundry. We talk about the rules, backgorund, army ists and the thinking behind why the game mechanics work the way they do. I hope you enjoy the show. |
Sat, 12 October 2013
Welcome to episode 115 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show, I talk to game designer Jake Thornton about the rules for Mars Attacks!, the new Kickstarter project from Mantic Games. I hope you enjoy the show! |
Thu, 10 October 2013
Welcome to episode 114 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show, I talk with Stuart McCorquadale of Great Escape Games about their Wild West skirmish game, Dead Man's Hand. I also take an in-depth look at the rules. I hope you enjoy the show. |
Tue, 17 September 2013
Welcome to episode 113 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show I am joined by co-hosts Mike Hobbs and Mike Whitaker. I chat with Mike H about Godslayer, a new 'warband' style fantasy skirmish game he's been playing. After that we are joined by Mike W to talk about the Judge Dredd Miniatures Game. We hope you enjoy the show. |
Sat, 7 September 2013
Welcome to episode 112 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show I am joined by co-hosts Mike Hobbs and Mike Whitaker. Mike H and I review Battlegroup Overlord, and then Mike W and I talk about Chain of Command(again). Finally, we all discuss some final thoughts about campaigns in World War II, and share our modelling projects for the genre. We hope you enjoy the show. |
Fri, 30 August 2013
Welcome to a new episode of the Meeples & Miniatures podcast. In this show, Neil, Rich J and Mike H are joined by new co-host Mike Whittaker. Since we haven't podcasted for a while, we have a chat about what games we have been playing over the summer, and what new releases have caught our eye (and maybe caused us to dive into our wallets) We hope you enjoy the show. WARNING: This show may contain references to Star Wars games. |
Fri, 19 July 2013
Welcome to Episode 3 of Meeples at the Edge - a live podcast recording of a role-playing session played on Skype. The group is playing Star Wars: Edge of the Empire for the first time, and I thought that since the game has just come out, it would be interesting to see how it played. This is part III of a 3-part adventure
Hope you enjoy it... |
Fri, 5 July 2013
Welcome to Episode 2 of Meeples at the Edge - a live podcast recording of a role-playing session played on Skype. The group is playing Star Wars: Edge of the Empire for the first time, and I thought that since the game has just come out, it would be interesting to see how it played. This is part II of a 3-part adventure
Hope you enjoy it... |
Fri, 5 July 2013
Welcome to Episode 1 of Meeples at the Edge - a live podcast recording of a role-playing session played on Skype. The group is playing Star Wars: Edge of the Empire for the first time, and I thought that since the game has just come out, it would be interesting to see how it played. This is part I of a 3-part adventure Hope you enjoy it... |
Fri, 14 June 2013
Welcome to episode 110 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I am joined by Rich Jones and Mike Hobbs and we discuss several games within the Star Wars universe, funnily enough, all produced by Fantasy Flight Games. I also give my views on the recent UK Games Expo. I hope you enjoy the show |
Wed, 29 May 2013
Welcome to Episode 109 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I catch up with several companies that I would have interviewed at Salute, had I (and they) had the time... I speak with: Mike Hobbs (Gripping Beast & Saga) Greg McBride (Agema Miniatures) Will Townshend (Plastic Soldier Company) Peter Berry (Baccus Miniatures) I hope you enjoy the show. Neil |
Fri, 26 April 2013
Welcome to Epsiode 108 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast This show comprises of several interviews that I recorded during the recent Salute 2013 show and the Excel Centre, London. This show includes: Nick Skinner (Too Fat Lardies) Robert Avery (Scenario packs for IABSM and Quadrant 13) Jake Thornton (Dreadball Season 2 & Deadzone) Fireforge Games (Crusades Foot Knoights and Mounted Mongols) Hawk Wargames (Dropzone Commander) I hope you enjoy the show Neil |
Mon, 15 April 2013
Welcome to episode 107 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show I talk with Clement Seurat of Devil Pig Games about their current Kickstarter project to create a World War II skirmish boardgame - Heroes of Normandie. Then, following on from episode 106, I am joined once again by co-host Mike Hobbs and we discuss the new rules Chain of Command in more detail, giving a debrief on our visit to Lard Island at the start of teh month. I hope you enjoy the show. |
Fri, 5 April 2013
Welcome to Episode 106 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast. Mike Hobbs and I were recently invited to Lard Island, the HQ of Too Fat Lardies, to play a couple of games of their upcoming Wordl War II skirmish rules Chain of Command. After we played the game, Mike and I then chatted with Rich & Nick about the concepts and design of the game - this podcast is a recording of that conversation. I hope you enjoy the shiw. |
Wed, 27 March 2013
Welcome to episode 105 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast. In this show, I am joined by Chris Birch of Modiphius to talk about their new product and current Kickstarter, "Achtung! Cthulhu". I don't normally feature RPG products on the show, but this product also features some really nice looking miniatures and some rules for wargaming, with the possibility of more miniatures and other games in the same universe to come... ...plus the fact that it's alternate WW2, with a Cthulhu crossover, so that's just a hugely cool concept in itself, isn't it? I hope you enjoy the show. |
Sun, 10 March 2013
Welcome to Episode 104 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show I am joined by Alyssa Faden to talk all about Torn Armor, the new fantasy skirmish game that Alyssa has launched via a Kickstarter project, which is due to finish on 4th April 2013. I hope you enjoy the show. |
Fri, 8 March 2013
Welcome to Episode 103 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I take an in-depth look at the game 'Empire of the Dead' from West Wind Productions As well as reviewing the rules, I also talk to Andy & Wendy Cooper about the latest expansion for the game: Requiem, which was launched via Kickstarter in the middle of February. We discuss the kickstarter experience, what new models and rules Requiem makes available for the game and Andy shares some ideas and spoilers about the future of Empire of the Dead. I hope you enjoy the show |
Tue, 5 March 2013
Welcome to Episode 102 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I am joined by guest Alessio Cavatore to talk about his latest venture, the boardgame Loka, which is currently running as a Kickstarter campaign. We discuss some of the origins of the game, the mechanics, and what Alessio is hoping will be achieved via the Kickstarter project. You can investigate the Kickstarter further at the following URL: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/loka-the-world-of-fantasy-chess?ref=recently_launched |
Mon, 18 February 2013
Welcome to Episode 101 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On the 13th February 2013, news broke across the internet that 2 of the 'Big 4' UK Wargames magazines - Battlegames & Miniature Wargames - were to merge, under the editorship of Henry Hyde In this show, Henry speaks candidly to Neil about this news, and explains what has been happening in the last few weeks. He also talks about some of his plans and aspirations for the new-look Miniature Wargames, and answers a couple of questions about how this merger is affecting subscribers. |
Thu, 17 January 2013
Welcome to Episode 100 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show, I am joined once again by Rich Jones & Mike Hobbs and we look back at 2012 and pick the 5 favourite games that we played last year, chat about our gaming highlights and look forward to 2013. Hope you enjoy the show |
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