- Classic Battle Reports, Sci-Fi Scatter Terrain, & Painting Aliens
A bit of a solo ramble around various recent topics:
28m - Jul 19, 2024 - Zen & the Art of Miniature Painting, Collaborative Solo Campaigns, and 3D Printing
Ryan, AKA Donjuandon, from our Discord community, joins me to chat about a wide range of topics, including collaborative solo campaigns, 3D printing, and the importance of physical analogue hobbies. Find Ryan's 3D models on his Cults3D page.
44m - Jul 9, 2024 - Hobby Heartbreak: Stuff You Lost, Sold, or Gave Away
The question of the month for June 2024 was: What hobby-related thing did you once own that you most wish you could get back? And also, what became of it?
And, you can now send in your answers for our July QotM right here.
38m - Jul 1, 2024 - Portable Wargame in a Tin, & Random Events for Solo/Co-op Mass Battle Games
Talking through a few of my latest projects, including:
37m - Jun 20, 2024 - Sitting in Bugman's, Opening Your Marauder Giant
From Partizan 2024 to Warhammer World, Mark went on an adventure recently, and he's here to tell us all about it.
Also mentioned: A massive game of Warhammer
47m - Jun 11, 2024 - What Game Rules Have You Homebrewed, Adapted, or Borrowed?
Our question of the month for May 2024 was, "What rules have you created or adapted to improve your favourite gaming system?"
"This might be a homebrew rule or something you’ve ported over from another game. The point is, you tried it, it worked well, and you kept on using it."
29m - Jun 3, 2024 - Mike Hutchinson Talks Hobgoblin, Chess 28, & the Rule of Carnage
It’s embarrassing to think that the Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast has hit 80+ episodes without having Mike Hutchinson on. That said, it was well worth the wait, and the timing was definitely right, with lots of cool new projects in the pipeline.
Mike’s hobby origin story, as well as his thoughts on Gaslands and A Billion Suns, have been well-covered elsewhere. For an excellent fix on that front, I’ll point you to two episodes of the Paint All The Minis podcast (here and here).
And, speaking of podcasts, Mike co-hosts a superb show of his own with game designer pal Glenn Ford. Rule of Carnage is essential listening (or viewing!) for anyone in this hobby. It’s a true masterclass on games design, and has led to the pair writing an academic textbook on the subject, too!
Mike’s rank-and-flank fantasy battle game Hobgoblin is the Box Office topic right now, and I took the opportunity to learn more about it before my inevitable purchase. He’s also been tinkering with Chess under the “Chess 28” banner and has created a new open-source ruleset called Flagstone.
Mike runs a Patreon to help support his income now that he’s gone full-time into game design. It’s brilliant news for our hobby that Mike’s brain can be put to work around the clock now, so be sure to help keep the jar topped up with fluid.
56m - May 24, 2024 - Reworking an Existing Rules System Into an Entirely New Game
Paul, aka Gribbles Miniatures, from our Discord community, joins me to discuss the development of his Our Town zombie survival ruleset.
Also mentioned on this episode:
37m - May 15, 2024 - Introducing 40k/AoS Players to non-GW Games
The question of the month for April 2024 was around introducing Warhammer 40k or Age of Sigmar players to non-Games Workshop games. How did you do it, what did you play, and what was the response?
And, the question of the month for May 2024 is: What rules have you created or adapted to improve your favourite gaming system?
This might be a homebrew rule or something you’ve ported over from another game. The point is, you tried it, it worked well, and you kept on using it.
Also mentioned on this episode:
21m - May 3, 2024 - Being Raised in a Wargaming Family
Father and son duo Rob and Norman join me for a chat about wargaming in the family, their local wargaming club, and their imagi-nations campaign.
37m - Apr 22, 2024 - Song of Blades & Homebrew, & Talking 28 Magazine
If you’ve come across 28 Magazine before, you’ll know about its striking aesthetic, stunning artwork, and incredible photography. On this episode of the Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast, I’m joined by editor Sampsa Nylund to find out more about 28, not just as a magazine, but as a community.
There’s also an audio battle report of a slightly homebrewed version of Song of Blades & Heroes. I set the scene for this scenario a few weeks ago, and it was time to get down to it and roll some dice.
53m - Apr 15, 2024 - Burning Armies, Sculpting for TV Sets, & Making a Boglin
Our guest this week is Kevin from our Discord community, who talks about his hobby origins going up in smoke and then returning years later via his young son. He also enjoyed a career sculpting for TV sets and designing costumes, and we talk about the overlap between this and the tabletop miniature hobby.
49m - Apr 8, 2024 - What Hobby-Related Thing Have You Recently Changed Your Mind About?
Let's hear your answers to the question of the month for March 2024.
Also, you can now get your answers in for the April QotM.
Have you ever introduced a Warhammer 40k or Age of Sigmar player to a non-GW game?
How did you go about it? What game did you suggest or play? And what was the response?
25m - Apr 1, 2024 - Stories, Settings, & Scenarios in the Tabletop Miniature Hobby
An audio battle report from a recent game of Planet 28, followed by a plea for voice feedback, a plan for a new game, and some random setting ideas. Here's all the photos and other such links.
1h 9m - Mar 21, 2024 - Josh (Crown of Command/Eavy Lead) on Paint Tutoring & Commissions
Josh—a former Eavy Metal painter from the Goblin Green bases/Red period—started the Crown of Command podcast early on in the pandemic. It has since become one of the best podcasts for the HeroQuest generation, and he's also grown a brilliant YouTube channel around it.
The Crown of Command has also enabled Josh to run a thriving Patreon where he delivers painting lessons and has gone full-time as a commission painter.
46m - Mar 14, 2024 - Carl Brown on Open Combat, Lucrum, & Creative Inspiration
Open Combat is one of my original and favourite miniature agnostic skirmish games. On this episode, I'm joined by Carl Brown who created it along with a cool little medieval strategy board game called Lucrum. You can find all of Carl's games on his website secondthunder.com
1h 1m - Mar 7, 2024 - Will YOU Be Playing Warhammer: The Old World?
It's vox populi time, our question of the month for February 2024 was: Warhammer: The Old World - Will you be playing it? (If so, why? If not, why not?)
Thank you so much to everyone who submitted.
The new question of the month (March 2024) is: What hobby-related thing have you recently changed your mind about?
Submit your voice feedback here.
And a massive thanks to Alternative Armies for sponsoring this episode. Here are the 15mm fantasy buildings I was talking about.
36m - Feb 29, 2024 - Are Narrative and Competitive Gaming at Odds With One Another?
I'm joined by Ed from our Discord community, who drinks a staggering 17 pints during the course of this episode and lambasts me for my anti-competitive views.
51m - Feb 18, 2024 - Sci-Fi Skirmishes, & Arena Combat With One Mini Each
There's much to catch up on after so many great conversations on the podcast, recently. Here's an attempt to do just that:
- Voice question of the month - will you be playing Warhammer: The Old World?
- A game of Brutal Quest in Mordheim, ships for Armada
- Basing miniatures before undercoating them (15mm trolls)
- Best miniature game mechanics
- Painting Jareth/David Bowie the Goblin King (and a Kev Adams demon)
- Review of the Sci-fi Skirmish Scenarios book
- The Slow Hobbyist Manifesto
- Single miniature and arena combat game ideas
41m - Feb 11, 2024 - Joe McCullough: Go Deeper With Your Hobby
With the obvious exception of Games Workshop stuff from the mid-90s, Joe McCullough’s games probably get more coverage on the Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast than any other. Fortunately, Joe’s a lovely guy as well as a brilliant games designer, and has been gracious enough to guest on the show not once, not twice, but three times!
- Joe McCullough on creativity, inspiration, and gnolls (March 2022)
- Frostgrave, Stargrave, Silver Bayonet, and the Worlds of Joe McCullough (Sept 2021)
In our January 2024 round, we’ve some new releases to catch up on, including Frostgrave: Fireheart, Old Bones, and Rangers of Shadow Deep: Tenebrous Citadel. On top of that, there are some listener questions and a few of the recurring ones I’ve been asking other rules writers.
On that last note, I’ve also started to compile answers to the “favourite game mechanics” question into one blog post, too. You’ll also find answers there from Gav Thorpe, Andy Chambers, Tuomas Pirinen, Jervis Johnson, and Alessio Cavatore.
1h 7m - Feb 4, 2024
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