Hobby Support Group

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, discuss some bits of hobby news and then answer a listener question on is historical wargaming moral. After that they then both build a Bolt Action army for the tournament they are going to in a few weeks.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress or lack thereof in one of their cases, discuss hobby purchases, discuss the new Supply Drop army deal from Warlord among other hobby news and then have an extended interview with Henry Steele. Henry is a Golden Demon winner and runs Cult of Paint with Andy Wardle. Over the last few years Cult of Paint has helped hundreds of hobbyists improve their confidence and technique in miniatures painting.

https://www.cultofpaint.com

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, talk a lot of hobby news, answer a listener question asking if we avoid anything that may spark us wanting to do a new army or project and then we both look back at what we have both achieved after over a year of lockdown life and if our thoughts or perspective on the hobby have changed because of it.

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, talk hobby news, answer a listener question on why it’s bad to look at our to be painted pile as a pile of shame and for the main segment chat about a list of 10 things Andy has drawn up about what he loves about our hobby

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, talk hobby news and for the main segment are joined by special guest Ricky, a blind gamer who is now partially sighted.

During the discission with Ricky several online resources are discussed which can be found here:

Nyctophobia

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249505/nyctophobia

Dyslexic Character sheet

https://www.geeknative.com/70088/dd-character-sheets-for-players-with-dyslexia/

Neurodivergence and RP

https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/incd2020exhibit/chapter/the-power-of-play/

Deafness and RP

https://popcultureuncovered.com/2018/03/20/tabletop-tuesday-running-rpgs-with-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing/

Accessibility overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U8PlhdX6rI&t=2542s&ab_channel=Spice8Rack

* Correction to something we mention in Hobby News.

When we recorded this episode on 13/4/21 we were under the impression that Cursed City was going to be a general release game that was going to be part of GW’s on-going range. It seems that GW have changed their minds and it is now a limited release item, or will at least not be back in the webstore so if you want a copy, we suggest you visit your local shops and see if they have a copy in stock.

In Episode 14 we will discuss both the impact of Brexit and Covid on the hobby and the Fear of Missing out as a marketing strategy.

Tom Reviews two books this week in the regular series of book review bonus episodes

Malice Aforethought - A History of Booby Traps from the First World War to Vietnam

By Ian Jones MBE

And

GERMAN REPORT SERIES: GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA – PLANNING AND OPERATIONS 1940-1942

Both books can be bought from www.naval-military-press.com.

https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/malice-aforethoughta-history-of-booby-traps-from-the-first-world-war-to-vietnam/

https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/german-report-series-german-campaign-in-russia-planning-and-operations-1940-1942/

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases, answer a listener question, talk hobby news, and then as final part of the series looking at getting a new army on the table they chat about basing, storage and transportation of your minis.

This week’s Extra episode is a short conversation Andy and Tom had sparked by a conversation of the Hobby Support Group Facebook page in which listeners were taking about how they deal with the urge to buy more miniatures.

Apologies for a slight dip in audio quality, Tom’s mic gave out after 30 seconds of recording so we had to restart with a back up that in editing was found to be a bit iffy

Tom and Andy chat hobby progress, discuss hobby purchases and a conundrum Tom has, they plug the Facebook group, talk hobby news, and then as part of the series looking at getting a new army on the table they chat about building and painting an army from scratch as well as where to buy minis from.

Tom Reviews two books this week in the first of a regular series of book review bonus episodes

War in Japan  1467 -1615 by Stephen Turnbull and  The Waterloo Archives Volume One Edited by Gareth Glover