Mentioned In Dispatches

Mentioned In Dispatches

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  • Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 11 ~ Compass Expo & SDHISTCON

    1 December 2023

    The Autumn convention season has come, and (largely) gone12 and we’ve got some attendees of those conventions here to regale us with their adventures.

    Don’t forget, you can always catch up with past episodes on the “podcast” tab of our site.

    So let’s welcome in Ardwulf, Grant from Pushing Cardboard, and Tim from Catastrophe Games and talk about Compass Expo, SDHistCon, and the (then-upcoming) U-Con.  We discuss the games played, the ‘other’ events – panels/seminars, social gatherings, etc – pre-press or playtest games on tables, and what was for sale at the shows.  What did we like about the conventions?  How’d they compare to other conventions?  What are we looking forward to next?

    Tell us about your recent convention experiences!  Which ones did you attend and what did you like (or not) about them?  What’s next on your convention calendar?  Discuss below, or in our forums!

     

    Please gallop on over to the iTunes page for our podcast and give us a rating – whatever you think is fair!

    Even after all these years, we still need a few reviews short of iTunes recommending us in their podcast engine, and every rating helps.  Thanks!

    Thank you for visiting The Armchair Dragoons and mounting up with the Regiment of Strategy Gaming.

    You can find our regiment’s social media on Mastodon, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and even Threads, if we could ever get an auto-post to it.
    (We have an Instagram page and it’s really just a placeholder & redirect to our articles.)
    You can support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, also, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events.
    Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

    The Armchair Dragoons, they’re a hoot,
    In wargaming, they’re absolute.
    On their podcast so grand,
    They conquer the land,
    With dice rolls and strategy, they’re astute!

    1 hr 1 min
  • Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 10 ~ The Circle of Wargaming Life

    24 November 2023

    History doesn’t always repeat, but it does often rhyme.  Brant, Liz, and Jim dig into some wargaming history to talk about the things that were going around and are now coming back around.

    Don’t forget, you can always catch up with past episodes on the “podcast” tab of our site.

    And of course we’re going to get off topic and not just talk about production form factors and themes that come back into vogue.  Liz is always12 going to pimp her Night Witches game (co-designed with one of David Thompson’s 11 clones).  Jim’s going to continue to slag on solo wargames.  Brant’s going to ramble on topics only he cares about.  But hey, we’re having fun, right?  Right?!

     

    Please gallop on over to the iTunes page for our podcast and give us a rating – whatever you think is fair!

    Even after all these years, we still need a few reviews short of iTunes recommending us in their podcast engine, and every rating helps.  Thanks!

    Thank you for visiting The Armchair Dragoons and mounting up with the Regiment of Strategy Gaming.

    You can find our regiment’s social media on Mastodon, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and even Threads, if we could ever get an auto-post to it.
    (We have an Instagram page and it’s really just a placeholder & redirect to our articles.)
    You can support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, also, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events.
    Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

    The Armchair Dragoons, they’re a hoot,
    In wargaming, they’re absolute.
    On their podcast so grand,
    They conquer the land,
    With dice rolls and strategy, they’re astute!

    1 hr 5 min
  • Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 9 ~ The Annual Compass Catalog Cavalcade of Whimsy

    17 November 2023

    We’re a little behind on getting this one recorded & released, but our annual deep dive into the Compass Catalog is here!  Brant, Mike, Mike, and (eventually) Jim take their time going through the catalog and pick out the games they want, the ones they have, and the ones they’re trying to figure out the raison d’etre.

    Don’t forget, you can always catch up with past episodes on the “podcast” tab of our site.

    So join the crew as we go, literally, page by page through the catalog, question the existence of some games, sing the praises of others, try to do math in our heads on discounts, rankle at shipping costs and plan a game smuggling ring using airline couriers, and wonder why Jim hates solo games13.  Have fun as a bunch of old dudes14 celebrate a form of media whose heyday is clearly behind us, but that these guys can’t get enough of.

    Go check out this year’s catalog in PDF here

    Past episodes talking about the Compass catalog? 2020, 2021, 2022

     

    Please gallop on over to the iTunes page for our podcast and give us a rating – whatever you think is fair!

    Even after all these years, we still need a few reviews short of iTunes recommending us in their podcast engine, and every rating helps.  Thanks!

    Thank you for visiting The Armchair Dragoons and mounting up with the Regiment of Strategy Gaming.

    You can find our regiment’s social media on Mastodon, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and even Threads, if we could ever get an auto-post to it.
    (We have an Instagram page and it’s really just a placeholder & redirect to our articles.)
    You can support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, also, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events.
    Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

    The Armchair Dragoons, they’re a hoot,
    In wargaming, they’re absolute.
    On their podcast so grand,
    They conquer the land,
    With dice rolls and strategy, they’re astute!

    1 hr 42 min

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