Dead Wargamers Society

Dead Wargamers Society

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Dead Wargamers Society episodes

  • Episode 24: Warzone Eternal ft. Bryan CP Steele

    Bryan CP Steele racks up his third appearance on DWS to talk about the Kickstarter for Warzone Eternal.

    Note: On Friday May 27th, Res Nova announced that they were pulling down the Warzone Eternal Kickstarter to refocus their efforts.  Res Nova owner Alex talks about the decision here.  We wish them the best of luck with the project and look forward to backing it once it returns to Kickstarter.


    Useful Links:


    Warzone Eternal Kickstarter: See what we were talking about.

    Tales From a Professional Nerd: Come watch Bryan nerd out about various topics, professionally.

    Dead Wargamers Society Discord Link

    Dead Wargamer Gazette: Join our Substack newsletter

    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 23: (Not Quite) Dead Podcast Society

    We're back!


    Our intrepid hosts return after 9 months of solitude. Hear about Chris' visceral hatred of Chicago cuisine because a deep dish pizza went all Al Capone on his finger. Owen's pretty much the same. We're pretty sure that's not in the "pro" column of things.


    Useful Links:

    Dead Wargamers Society Community Discord (now with permalink!)

    Dead Wargamer Gazette - Our Substack Newsletter.  Updated weekly!

    36 min
  • Episode 22: We'll Be Right Back

    Owen needs to go out and get some smokes.  He'll be right back...


    Just kidding and in  all seriousness, we're sorry to do this, but Chris and I have a lot of "life" stuff going on right now and need to press pause on the podcast for a few months so we can, collectively, get married, sell a house, and potentially move.  We're planning on being back around Thanksgiving.  In the mean time, come hang out with us at ArmourCon and CaptainCon, post pics of minis from your favorite dead game on our Facebook page, and/or come chat in our Discord.  Thanks to all of you who have been listening thus far; we hope to be back on the digital airwaves soon!


    Useful Links:

    Link to Our Discord

    13 min
  • Episode 21: Inquisitor and Inq28 ft. Dave Taylor

    In the grim past of Games Workshop's intellectual property, there is only (narrative) war(gaming).


    Avid narrative wargamer and hobby legend Dave Taylor joins us again to talk about the Games Workshop game Inquisitor and the fan movement it sparked called "Inq28".  If you've seen that term around wondered where it came from, this episode is for you.

    Also, we talk about seafood.  If you're Australian, prepare to get mad.


    Useful Links:

    Inquisitor Rules PDFs on the The-Conclave.net - The freely available rules to the original Inquisitor, made available by the game's fans over on The-Conclave.net.  If you're looking to talk to enthusiasts of the original game, this is the place to go!

    Inq28 Subreddit - A great place to talk Inq28

    Inquisimunda Fan Ruleset - A fan-made modification of the Necromunda rules to enable play with the kind of forces you'd find in Inquisitor

    Dave Taylor Miniatures dot com - Home to the venerable Dave Taylor and, as the name would imply, his miniatures.  Check out his "The Art of..." series, linked to here!

    Spiky Rat Pack - Great Inq28 blog

    Iron Sleet - Another great Inq28 blog

    Example of a Gelida: the Frozen Expanse Inq28 Project - Google "Inq28 Gelida" to find many more great examples


    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 20: Tell Us About Kryromek ft David Moffit

    What the heck's a Kryomek?  Venerable wargamer David Moffit helps us answer this question, and more like "Was Kryomek a good game?" and "Do Kryomek's taste like chicken?" on this week's episode.   Also, Mr. Moffit discusses his Dark Age Immortals community event.   Come for aliens, stay for the dead games!


    Useful Links

    Scotia Grendel Website: Current owners of Kryomek, with the rules as free PDFs available for download.

    Kryomek Space Time Interstice: Small, but passionate, Facebook group for Kryomek players.

    Community Events

    Dark Age After Dark @ DragonFall 2021: October 23rd in Lake Geneva, WI

    37 min
  • Episode 19: How to Do a Blood Bowl ft. Nate Beem

    "We can get this game picked back up; Blood Bowl did it!" is a refrain most players of dead games have heard before.  But what did the Blood Bowl community do to get GW to pick the up after 7 years of no support?  Nate Beem, president of the NAF (Blood Bowl tournament organization and very large Blood Bowl community) joins us to tell the story of how Blood Bowl became the most famous "resurrected" dead wargame and shares some tips on how other communities can move towards that.


    Useful Links:

    The NAF: International Blood Bowl tournament community, of which Nate is the president of.

    4 Diamonds Cup Blood Bowl tournament: Large Blood Bowl tournament for charity coming up on the East Coast.  The rules pack can be found here.

    Dead Wargamers Society Discord: Come join our community and talk about your favorite dead wargames!

    36 min
  • Episode 18: Clan War

    Did you know that AEG made a miniature wargame to go with the Legends of the Five Rings collective card game and RPG?  Well, keep it on the down-low. We can't promote this episode too hard or we'll get sued by the Olympics.


    Come learn about one of Chris' favorite games and an interesting bit of wargaming history.


    Useful Links:

    AEG L5R Clan War Facebook Group: Group with all the game's rules as free PDFs.

    Dead Games Society's Unboxing of the Clan War Starter: What's in the box?  WHAT'S IN THE BOX?  Great Youtube channel unrelated to us, but swimming in the waters.  Definitely check out his other videos!




    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 17: Confrontation ft. Kyle Gibson

    The summer of Rackham continues with a discussion on one of our all-time favorite games, Confrontation.  Kyle Gibson, moderator of the Confrontation 3.5 Fanatics Facebook group page and owner of Temple of the West studios, came by to help us give players unfamiliar with Confrontation a quick overview of the game.  He also had some great insights into the potential future for Confrontation!


    We'll probably talk about Conf more in the future, but we wanted to give listeners the basics of the game so they can decide if something they'd be interested in checking out.


    Useful Links:


    Temple of the West - Kyle's studio, which is putting out some great models (the Legends line) for Relic Blade.  They'll also be dropping some inspired-by Confrontation models soon!

    Confrontation Pils - A great resource for Confrontation cards and rules

    Under the Mountain - A blog with some excellent studio shots of all of the Rackham miniatures

    Confrontation 3.5 Fanatics Facebook Group - A great place to go and talk Confrontation!

    Dead Wargamers Society Discord - Come chat with us on Discord!  

    1 hr 11 min
  • Sideboard: Community Chats ft Seppy Yoon

    Bonus episode!


    Chris and I started recording episodes that aren't tied to specific dead wargames that we'll release as either bonus episodes or put out in cases where we can't keep to the biweekly schedule for some reason (e.g., in cases of personal emergencies or guests that have to reschedule).  We're calling these episodes "Sideboards", not giving them episode numbers, and using different intro/outro music.  We still try to keep these tied to dead wargames (don't worry, we're moving into movie reviews or anything!), but they will won't be as tightly focused on a single dead game as our other episodes.

    For this Sideboard, we talk to Seppy Yoon of Fight in a Box Games, who many US listeners probably know from conventions.  We talk game design, trends in gaming, and Chris makes an impassioned plea for all listeners, no, all citizens of the world, to see the Ron Perlman classic "Mutant Chronicles".  OK, I guess maybe we are toeing into movie reviews....  I blame Chris.


    Useful Links

    Fight in a Box Games - Seppy makes some really fun party board games!

    Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber Kickstarter Late Pledges - If you liked what you head about the game, there's still a chance to get a late pledge in.

    Sovranti - A great digital platform to play board games on, including some from Fight in a Box Games.

    OFPG AAPI History Month Episode ft. Seppy Yoon - I really liked this episode covering an important topic!

    43 min
  • Episode 16: AT-43 ft Greg Boisbelaud

    Are you ready to Dust off some older plastic minis and play a pulp sci-fi wargame where monkeys in power armor and space zombies go toe-to-toe?  Sounds like you're ready for some AT-43!  Greg Boisbelaud (ex-Rackham, currently running DUST USA) joins us to talk about this under-appreciated Rackham classic.


    Sorry for the rough cuts at the end of the episode; we talked for a long time but tried to keep the final episode length reasonable, while still maintaining something resembling a normal conversational flow.

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    Useful Links:


    Esoteric Order of Gamers AT-43 Page: All the rules, background, images of models, etc.  A one-stop-shop for all your AT-43 needs, where everything in that shop costs $0

    Pinterest Page of Martin Grandbarbe's Painted Miniatures: As referenced by Greg in the show

    DUST USA Homepage: Support Greg's current endeavor with AT-43's creator, Paolo Parente.  Link goes to the page containing the campaign referenced during the show

    DWS Discord: Come hang out with us on, as the kids say, "the social medias"


    1 hr 19 min

About Dead Wargamers Society

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A podcasted dedicated to tabletop wargames that are no longer supported by their manufacturers.