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- Episode 15: MERCS ft. Derek Osborne
Welcome to the Cause. Again.
We sit down with Derek Osborne of Fifth Angel Studios, which is reviving the dead game MERCS, previously put out by the folks at MegaCon Games. If you've heard of MERCS but never checked it out, this is a great way to learn more about the game. For those of you who are already invested in the game, Derek was kind enough to give us some spicy spoilers on things to come. Truly fun for the whole wargaming family!Useful Links:MERCS Official Website: Check out the free Living Rulebook for v2.5. Also has the official shop where you can buy models for each faction at a very affordable price!MERCS Facebook Group: Great community for MERCS players.Throne of Angels YouTube Channel: Great resource for info on the hobby aspect of older games like Dark Age, Wrath of Kings, etc.Tom Mason Miniatures: Sculptor of the original MERCS line; still putting out some great sculpts!BBG Page for Vor: The Maelstrom: Great 1990's tabletop wargame. Had some really weird ideas, like double jointed aliens, "Growlers" which look a bit like Iron Kingdoms Trollbloods, blue Gnomes on hoverboard, post-apo cavemen with mechanical arms, etc.The Dead Wargamers Society Discord: Come hang-out on Discord and chat dead wargames!52 min - Episode 14: Wrath of Kings ft. Michael Shinall
Jellyfish, werewolves, country-pig-men, lend us your ears! Chris and Owen talk about Wrath of Kings with the game's designer, Michael Shinall. We lost our last episode with Michael (sorry listeners, you don't get to learn *those* secrets about Dark Age), but we're really happy we got this one in. Come learn about our second favorite wargame featuring Édouard Guiton's art.
Helpful Links:Wrath of Kings Official Website: Rules, card, errata, fiction, etc.Miniature Market's WoK Section: Some great deals there.
Marvel United: X-Men Kickstarter: CMoN's latest board game Kickstarter. While it's not quite as cool as pogs, this type of 90's nostalgia is definitely DWS approved.
48 min - Episode 13: When to Hang It Up / Dinner and Dead Games
The hosts talk about when to take a break from a wargame and about balancing love for older games with keeping an open mind for new experiences. We promise this won't turn into a self-help series.
Then, we discuss an event format we're going to start running called "Dinner and Dead Games". It's what it says on the tin, but we talk about some nuances there, such as Chris' fondness for chicken pot pies.Useful Links:Dead Wargamers Society Discord - We finally did it and joined the internet circa 2016! Come hang out with us, talk dead wargames, and tell us what games you want to play at conventions. Invite link below:https://discord.gg/dqeDFBHK****Chris is starting a dinner crowd funding site called "Chicken Pot Patreon".45 min - Episode 12: Dark Age pt. 2 ft. Bryan CP Steele
Bryan joins us for a second time to talk about his work on Dark Age, a game we may or may not mention in nearly every episode. Bryan was kind enough to spend some time answering our fan-boy questions about where the background of the game was going when it stopped. If you're into the oral history of this game's development, this is a must-listen.
1 hr 9 min - Episode 11: Mordheim ft. Ash Barker
Do you like Warhammer Fantasy? Do you like Necromunda? Do you wanna eat some warpstone and party like it's 1999? Do you wanna play War Cry, but hate counting how many dice rolled the same number? Well, do I have a game for you!
The indomitable Ash Barker of Guerrilla Miniature Games fame took the time to talk Mordeim with us and give us the perspective of someone who was a Games Workshop insider. Come learn about a classic GW game that's still holds up to this day!Useful Links:Broheim - Great resource for the official and fan-made supplements and rules of MordheimGuerrilla Miniature Games (GMG) Youtubes - Watch Ash and co. play all the gamesAsh Barker's Patreon - Lots of cool content released on the regular. If you like what Ash does, consider supporting him here.Blaster Magazine - Ash helps run Blaster mag, a great resource for a whole slew of interesting indie games.Gamma Wolves - A mini-agnostic tabletop Mecha wargame designed by Ash. Make some pew pew noises while playing with your gunpla!Last Days: Zombie Apocalypse - A mini-agnostic tabletop Zombie Horror Survival game designed Ash. Brains, om nom nom nom!*******Do you think they call bacon American Ham in Canada?52 min - Episode 10: Dark Age part 1
Dark Age, not just for Camelots anymore.
Chris and Owen talk about their favorite dead tabletop wargame, Dark Age by Dark Age Games/Cool Mini or Not. The discussion of the game's going to be split into two parts: the first (this episode) focused on an overview of the game for people unfamiliar with it. A second episode will focus on a deeper dive into aspects of the game hosts liked.Useful Links:Dark Age Website - Free rules and lots of good background informationDark Age: Samaria Reborn Facebook Group - Online Community for Dark Age playersNew Ashkelon Radio - Former podcast for Dark Age. Episode 18 features Owen giving a brief history of Dark Age. The hosts (Chad and Jay) are good people, buy them things if you see them at conventions.****If Dark Age had made it to it's 40th anniversary, would it have become Dark Middle Age?1 hr 2 min - Episode 9: Warzone ft Bryan CP Steele
Chris and Owen talk about the tabletop wargame "Warzone" which was launched in the wake of the runaway success of the 2008 movie "Mutant Chronicles". Bryan CP Steele, renowned Thomas Jane scholar, joins us to muse on how necromutants are really an analogy for the railway strikes of the early 1910's. We also field some questions about some game called "Dark Age", which we've never heard of before.
In all seriousness, we're incredibly grateful for Bryan CP Steele, currently of Rez Nova games, for stopping by and giving us a detailed history of the Mutant Chronicles/Warzone universe and for spoiling some information on the upcoming Warzone game: Warzone Eternal, which he is designing. Warzone's a classic dieselpunk game that's some weird mix of the themes of Warhammer 40K mixed with an Image Comics aesthetic and storytelling. Older listeners may be familiar with the other games set in the same setting, such as the Mutant Chronicles RPG or the Doom Trooper CCG.Useful Links:Mutantpedia: An excellent resource of the Target games Warzone editions and associated Mutant Chronicles informationWarzone Resurrection BGG Page: Some collated information on the Prodos Games Warzone Ressurection game.Warzone Eternal Facebook Group: Facebook group for the upcoming Rez Nova game, Warzone EternalTales from a Professional Nerd: Bryan Steele's hilarious and insightful YouTube channel******Hakuna muawijhe, what a wonderful phrase...1 hr 11 min - Episode 8: Pointers for Playing and Running Dead Wargames at Conventions
Chris and Owen discuss some tips and tricks to get the most fun out of playing in and running dead wargames at conventions. Chris also continues his war on Pennsylvania: denigrating cheese steaks and spreading spurious rumors about Gritty. Please send hate mail to [email protected].
We still have some audio issues and have found a new audio solution. Friendship with Craigbot ended.
****No links, or Dad joke this week. I'd normally add them, but we have nothing to link to in terms of games/social media and I'm tired. You might even say, I lack the CONstitution to do something....52 min - Episode 7: Battletech, the Game Too Big To Die ft. Bobby Limmogio
Battletech, you know it, you vaguely remember it from playing Mechwarrior 2 and/or the 2018 Harebrained Schemes Studios PC game. It's a huge universe and a tabletop game that's been going strong for longer than many listeners have been alive. Why is that? We tackle that question with Battletech-enthusiast/noted Capellan-apologist Bobby Limmogio.
Note: Apologies for some audio weirdness on this one. Our recording solution, CraigBot, has been misbeheaving a lot lately. Bad Craigbot!One technical correction: Battledroids was designed by Jordan Weissman as per Sarna.net, but future editions of Battletech have added additional designers. I should have clarified that I was referring to the first edition of the game in my summary. We also got a lot of things slightly wrong. However, since social media comments were designed for pedantry, we're leaving those in so you can tell us we're stupid. Yay, engagement!This episode has a lot of profanity. Like, a lot. I do my best to ensure any episodes with profanity gets marked explicit, but this one is extra, extra explicit. Send the kids to bed before putting this on.Useful Links:Battletech Tabletop WebsiteBlack Pants Legion YouTube PageMegaMek DownloadsWolfNet Radio Podcast*****I'm going to start including really terrible, game-relevant Dad jokes in the show notes from now on, as I'm reasonably certain no one reads these, and putting these in helps keep writing show notes entertaining for me.Q. What kind of party does a Clanner have before her wedding?A. A Batchallerotte Party!1 hr - Episode 6: Dust ft. Greg and Alicia Boisbelaud
Greg and Alicia of Dust USA join us to talk about Dust, a resurrected dead wargame set in the Dieselpunk Dust universe designed by Paolo Parente.
Note: We had some unfortunate issues with the software we use to record podcasts during this episode. There's one large jump, with a note attached and a few minor audio glitches throughout. Apologies for the poor quality there. We would have scrapped this and tried again, but felt like there was some quality discussion in what we got.Useful Links:Dust USA WebsiteToledo Game RoomGame ChefsDust Rules1 hr 9 min
About Dead Wargamers Society
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A podcasted dedicated to tabletop wargames that are no longer supported by their manufacturers.