While I embarrassed myself confusing Black Sabbath's home city on this podcast (shame, shame, shame), it doesn't mean the conversation wasn't good! Shame aside, I had a lovely talk with Leon Pengilly, owner of Pendraken Miniatures. The company is one of the worlds most important manufacturers of 10mm scale miniatures. Leon walked me through the day in, day out life of a business owner that specializes in miniatures, and it was awesome to hear about the ways in which he runs his enterprise. Leon was great to talk to and I look forward to seeing him in person at Salute 2024! I am a massive fan of the company, and how to inspire the audience to check out his different wargaming lines. Please enjoy the podcast!

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On today's episode, Starla and Mik from "Our Family Plays Games" came by to talk about their company's founding, their favorite games, and what they see as their role in the gaming community. To quote my engineer, who listened to this pod last night, "joy was oozing off the audio file". Easily one of my favorite interviews ever. OFPG is truly ensuring that everyone gets a seat at the table, and their message is plastered all over the internet, on their social media pages, and live, in person at gaming cons around the country. Please enjoy!

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Today on the pod we've got Logan and Kitty from Coyote and Crow Games. I had an absolute blast speaking with them, as they broke down the history, methodology, and mechanics of the popular roleplaying game, Coyote and Crow. This is a Science Fantasy game exploring a major "what if"- what if the indigenous people of the Americas never came into contact with Europeans coming overseas beginning in the 15th century? The kind of dedication, time, and energy that both Logan and Kitty put into the world building aspect of the game is simply remarkable, and the conversation we had touched on so many different avenues. We didn't get to finish the conversation, so expect another podcast in the future!

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Please enjoy this short but great podcast with Dr. Gavin Lawson. He is professor of Biology from Bridgewater College in Virginia, who just so happens to be a gamer, and just so happens to have a ton of experience gamifying education for students. Gavin and I met at Historicon 2023, becoming acquainted quickly. When he reached out regarding the rules I used for my Belleau Wood scenario, I asked him if he might have interest being on the pod. He said yes, and here we are! While the pod was on the short side, it was a really fulfilling conversation. I hope you enjoy it, and I hope to see Gavin again in the future for some gaming!

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On today's Friendcast, 2 of my good buddies, Titch White and Cory Ring from Cigar Box Battles have come on the show to discuss the age old question in historical wargaming: the big game vs the little game. In other words, what has more merit- the massive miniatures game that requires 14 players and 10,000 miniatures on the table? Or, is there more merit to the smaller game on a 4x4 table with 10 miniatures per side? We debate this question, talk about the hobby, and discuss even more on this Friendcast!

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Hello friends! This week on the pod, I spoke with Dr. Thomas O'Toole. He is the Executive Director of Public Affairs Programming at the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, at Cornell University. Tom and I met at Brunswick School, after I a) saw a really cool Cold War Simulation in our printer and b) found out that there was a guest professor running a simulation for some upper school students. I sat in on the game, and needless to say, I immediately said to myself, "I gotta get this guy on the pod!". Tom is a great guy- I thoroughly enjoyed speaking with him as he explained how he got into games, and how he uses them within the public policy courses that he runs. Have fun listening!

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For our 20th episode of the pod, I spoke with Dave Taylor. If you don't know who Dave Taylor is (shame, shame, shame!), he came to the US several decades ago to work on Games Workshop's US team. He has been here ever since, and is as prolific as anyone I know when it comes to wargaming, miniatures painting, and publishing. In addition to maintaining his own site, Dave Taylor Miniatures, Dave also writes for Wargames Illustrated, helps HMGS with its painting contests, and all in all, is always "around" when it comes to the hobby. I loved speaking with him! Please enjoy the show!

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On this edition of everyone's favorite Friendcast, Kelly, Steve and I chat about command systems in wargames. When is a command system so EXTRA that you sit around doing nothing, hoping for your troops to move? When is it too little, where a gamer has little to think about other than how many dice they need to roll? All this and more on Friendcast #2!

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Much as you can tell by the title, I really felt this was a "big deal" kind of podcast. Wayne Arthur Turner has worked for Battlefield Miniatures for a number of years, writing sourcebooks for the standard Flames of War game as well as Team Yankee. He was a blast to talk to- the kind of conversation I wish was happening in person, following by a Flames of War game and possibly a pint or two (sorry kids, role model hat off!). Like I said, it was so much fun to talk with him, which gave me a great sense of where the company started, where it is now, and what it's doing. Thanks Wayne, for coming on! For all you listeners out there, please enjoy!

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Hey there friends! Today on the pod is none other than Ray Kimball of 42ed Games. I first met Ray at NASAGA 2022, where I got the chance to play his Cuban Missile Crisis simulation, which was an absolute highlight for me. Only then did I find about his career in the US Army, along with all the work he has been doing with 42ed Games. We had a robust discussion about gamified education, and talked up the ever closer NASAGA 2024 Conference in St Louis. I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did recording it!

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