Inglorious Banters

"Barron to be wild "

Andrew leads us through the exploration of a new game to our group, Barron's War. This historical skirmish game hits all the sweet spots of aesthetics, tactics and fun. Find our how in this episode!

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Andrew, Mitch and Tim discuss plans for a more focussed attempt at the MOAB Bolt Action tournament, Operation Codswallop for 2026. Will they be able to put aside their narrative preferences for a more competitive approach? 

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"Awoooo, Schreckwolves of Dresden"

**As in the first few seconds of the espisode: we are truly sorry about the audio quality of this EP. Try to imagine I swallowed a surging rift dice and it gave me the special rule "voice of the void". We are working on the sound situation for next episode.**

Tim and Mitch discuss the Konflikt 47 tournament, "Rift-o-rama" and narrative event "Decent on Dresden" from the recent Shirecon event. Did the boys meet up in game 3 as predicted? And if so, who won?

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"From Dresden with love"

Tim, Andrew and Mitch discuss the upcoming tournament for Konflikt 47 "Rift-o-rama". It's list building, game mechanics, what we fear to face and what we hope to field.

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"365 reasons to stay" or "The Jek Porkins effect"

 Andrew, Mitch and Tim discuss a recent visit to the CANCON games convention, the best finds and favourite vendors and battlefields to visit. Then we move on to a review of our 2025 hobby goals, the #365minis challenge. Are they a good or a bad motivator? We then look at our ideas for 2026.

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Music Credits

Epic Orchestral Battle/Film Score by Leonard.B.Blaesing -- https://freesound.org/s/527314/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Metal Intro by Leonard.B.Blaesing -- https://freesound.org/s/513601/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

"It's a weird, weird, war"

Andrew, Tim and Mitch discuss the exciting opportunities that Konflikt 47 brings to the Bolt Action arena.

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"Get Walloped"

Tim and mitch discuss the recent MOAB games and gobby convention, the Bolt Action tournament "Operation Codswallop" as well as vendors they visited and an overall event review. 

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Metal Intro by Leonard.B.Blaesing -- https://freesound.org/s/513601/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

"Once more into the breach"

Andrew, Mitch and Tim discuss where the hell they've been and why. Then dive into the main topic, Bolt Action, reviewing the recent armies of books for the USA and Brittan and their thoughts for the Soviet book. Then preperation (or lack of) for the upcoming MOAB, Mother of all battles, tournament "Operation Codswallop" 

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Epic Orchestral Battle/Film Score by Leonard.B.Blaesing -- https://freesound.org/s/527314/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Metal Intro by Leonard.B.Blaesing -- https://freesound.org/s/513601/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

"All quiet on the Warmaster front"

Mitch, Andrew and Tim discuss the recent update to the rules and points values for Warmaster as well as a 4000 point game review and some sinister distractions for Mitch in 1490Doom.  

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Metal Intro by Leonard.B.Blaesing -- https://freesound.org/s/513601/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

"Old men play Old World"

Mitch and Tim dabble in a familiar game system given a new look, Warhammer the Old World. Chats about their workbench progress and feelings about rebooting some fantasy Warhammer projects.  

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Epic Orchestral Battle/Film Score by Leonard.B.Blaesing -- https://freesound.org/s/527314/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Metal Intro by Leonard.B.Blaesing -- https://freesound.org/s/513601/ -- License: Attribution 4.0