In this episode we sit down with five listeners & friends of the podcast to chat 2025, our wargaming tastes and what we look forward to in 2026. We greatly appreciate the time Keith, Bill, Todd, Patrick and Hector took to join us on this episode.

You can find Todd on his YouTube Channel Wardrobe Plays WW2: https://youtube.com/@wardrobeplayswwii?si=JiqZFBa7hnpFoOwA

You can find Patrick on Black Lodge Trivia Night on YouTube: UCCsPIFh42XwZQuqIcWcZ3hw

Bill can be found on various episodes as a Guest Star of TPA, Armchair Dragoons, History On The Table and other Wargame channels.

Cardboard Campaigns Discord - ⁠https://discord.gg/N5dXV4wWWd⁠

Music By - ⁠⁠https://www.spacewolfmusic.com/⁠

In this episode we have a fantastic interview with Marco Poutré Designer of Prelude to Rebellion and Developer for a number of games. We also dive deeper into Canada & Wargaming exploring Canadian Wargames, Designers & Content Creators.

Holiday 2025 Listener Roundtable Interest Form-

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Cardboard Campaigns Discord - https://discord.gg/N5dXV4wWWd

Music By - ⁠https://www.spacewolfmusic.com/

Stack Academy’s website - https://stackacademie.com/Stack Academy’s Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/160960317283422

Nuts Publishing’s Discord server - https://discord.gg/m9fRHEtkPCWar of 1812 Games - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/272268/all-of-the-war-of-1812-games-ever?page=2French & Indian War Games - https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/223646/wargames-to-go-14-french-and-indian-war

Games Mentioned In This Episode:Imperial Elegy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/415308/imperial-elegy-the-road-to-the-great-war-1850-1920

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Siege of Port Arthur - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383203/siege-of-port-arthur-game

Prelude to Rebellion - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170472/prelude-to-rebellion-mobilization-and-unrest-in-lo

Silent War 2.0 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322198/silent-war-20

Next War: Poland - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191989/next-war-polandSeljuk - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/378827/seljuk-byzantium-besieged-1068-1071

Stalingrad 42' - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/255393/stalingrad-42-southern-russia-june-december-1942

Unconditional Surrender Western Campaigns - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316238/unconditional-surrender-western-campaignsItaly 43' - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/425676/italy-43

Next War: Taiwan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/135796/next-war-taiwan

The Kaiser's High Seas Fleet - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/346754/the-kaisers-high-seas-fleet-the-great-war-at-sea-1

Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294609/carrier-battle-philippine-sea

Golden Age of Piracy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/319060/golden-age-of-piracy-1718

Bayonets & Tomahawks - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206509/bayonets-and-tomahawks

In this episode we discuss Holiday Wargaming Traditions.

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Music By - https://www.spacewolfmusic.com/

Players Aid Blog - https://theplayersaid.com/

Armchair Dragoons - https://armchairdragoons.com/

Games Mentioned In This Episode:

Silent War 2.0 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322198/silent-war-20

Federation & Empire - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36/federation-and-empire

Holland '44 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/207572/holland-44-operation-market-garden

Last Blitzkrieg - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178896/last-blitzkrieg-wacht-am-rhein-the-battle-of-the-b

Root - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root

Strat-O-Matic Hockey - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3597/strat-o-matic-hockey

A Forlorn Hope - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/435427/a-forlorn-hope

Next War: Vietnam - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/263223/next-war-vietnam

Siege of Port Arthur - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383203/siege-of-port-arthur-game

Rule the Waves, Britannia - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/396929/rule-the-waves-britannia

Brandywine & Germantown - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11166/brandywine-and-germantown

Wyrmspan - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/410201/wyrmspan

The Kaisers High Seas Fleet - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/346754/the-kaisers-high-seas-fleet-the-great-war-at-sea-1

Combat! Eastern Front - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/428934/combat-eastern-front

In this episode we discuss the Wargaming hobby and it's intersections with Real Life as well as a brief NHL Preview.

Cardboard Campaigns Discord - ⁠https://discord.gg/N5dXV4wWWd⁠

Music By - ⁠https://www.spacewolfmusic.com/

Games Mentioned In This Episode:

Federation & Empire - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36/federation-and-empireInflection Point - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/435809/inflection-point-the-battle-for-kalach-and-the-bat

Paths Of Glory - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/91/paths-of-glory

Labyrinth - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/62227/labyrinth-the-war-on-terror-2001

Combat! - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253652/combat-volume-1

Strat-O-Matic Pro Football - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5740/strat-o-matic-pro-football

A Forlorn Hope - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/435427/a-forlorn-hope

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Last Blitzkrieg - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178896/last-blitzkrieg-wacht-am-rhein-the-battle-of-the-b

Mistral - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/110208/mistral-the-war-of-the-austrian-succession-at-sea

Army of Flanders - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279531/army-of-flanders

Five Parsecs From Home - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/337864/five-parsecs-from-home-solo-adventure-wargaming

The Long Road - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294456/the-long-road

Traces of Victory - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/453718/traces-of-victory

Imperial Elegy - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/415308/imperial-elegy-the-imperial-world-at-war-1850-1920

Next War: Flashpoints - https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1188-next-war-flashpoints.aspx

Battles For Quebec - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/430401/battles-for-quebec

Unconditional Surrender Western Campaigns - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316238/unconditional-surrender-western-campaigns

Fields of Fire Deluxe - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367527/fields-of-fire-deluxe-edition

Pacific Chase - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/452582/pacific-chase-carrier-raids-in-the-pacific-1941-19

Pacific War - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/314577/pacific-war-the-struggle-against-japan-1941-1945-s

In this episode we sit down with Designer Mitchell Land to discuss his game designs as well as the recent Next War Con held in St Louis Missouri.

Cardboard Campaigns Discord - https://discord.gg/N5dXV4wWWd

Next War YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@NextWarSeries

Next War Taiwan 2e - https://www.gmtgames.com/p-894-next-war-taiwan-2nd-edition.aspx

Next War Supplement 4 - https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1024-next-war-supplement-4.aspx

Next War Flashpoints - https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1188-next-war-flashpoints.aspx

A Sound Like Thunder YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@asoundlikethunder

History On The Table - https://open.spotify.com/show/3BVjFeG7MO4HxuQUCvtyjl?si=bc95de3e105d4af8

Music By - https://www.spacewolfmusic.com/

• Feedback and clarifications from Episode One
• What have we been playing
• Next War teaser
• Anything new in the mail
• New Pre-Orders
• Shout Outs
• Grail games/systems
• Sports Updates

• Introductions

• What have we been playing?

• Excited for/in the mail/new game announced, etc

• Online compared to Face to Face play

• What's up next?