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October 23 Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E7 ~ 2026 Fall Assembly Wrapup
23 October 2026 ~
Mike & Brant are joined by Aaron & Rocky to collectively tell you how awesome the Fall Assembly is and why you should join us next year.
What did we play?
Did we survive the tornado warning?
How’d the raffle go?
We were making new friends, sinking new ships, zapping new enemies, and trying new restaurants in the same weekend that we dusted off 40- and 50-year-old games and welcomed 14-year-old gamers.
See you next year?
All of the 2026 Fall Assembly Articles
Warning Order ~ Registration Open ~ Event Preview ~ Final Approach ~ Open ~ Game Reports ~ AAR~ Podcast Wrapup
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1 hr 18 min
October 16Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E6 — GMT’s American Revolution Weekend in Camden SC
16 October 2026 ~
Bill & Mike both attended the September weekend of American Revolutionary War gaming in Camden, SC. This weekend was sponsored by GMT Games and built primarily around Mark Miklos’ Battles of the American Revolution series (although other games were played, too).
Battlefield tours, cannon fire, wargaming tournaments, Justegarde, and more! Kick back and enjoy the shortest episode of our podcast in 17 seasons.
Key links!
Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E4 – BoAR Gamers Invade Camden SC
Justegarde’s Gaming the American Revolution – Camden, South Carolina event recap
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39 min
October 09Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E5 – Buried Giant Studios
9 October 2026 ~
Brant is joined by Drew & Cole Wehrle, of Buried Giant Studios, for a rambling chat about their plans & development processes, plus alt-histories, convention booths, and more
Some links to things we discussed:
An Infamous Traffic Kickstarter campaign
Wehrlegig Games Shop (Molly House, John Company, etc)
For Want of a Nail
A Very British Civil War

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1 hr 17 min
October 02 Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E4 — The Tabletop Game Designers Association
2 October 2026 ~
Brant is joined by Elizabeth Hargrave and David Thompson to talk about the TTGDA and what it can do for game designers and publishers. There’s discussion of contracts (and contract shenanigans!) and professional development and designers’ rights and a bit on AI. We get a couple of war stories and some discussion on payments & royalties, how to engage with the TTGDA, and more.
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1 hr 3 min
September 25 Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E3 — The 4th Annual Solo Wargaming Survey
25 September 2026 ~
They’re back! Liz from Beyond Solitaire joins Brant & Mike to talk about the past 4 years of the solo wargaming survey as well as a few thoughts about the 2026 iteration.
What have we learned? What do we want to change going forward? What are some of those burning questions that we just won’t get answered in a survey like this? When is Liz going to schedule and hold her co-working “SoloGameCon” on Discord? All this and more, tonight on BIIIIIIIIG-PODCAST!
2026 Solo & Solitaire Wargaming & Historical Gaming Survey Results
ANNOUNCEMENT | MASTER LIST | DATA DIVING | BEYOND SOLITAIRE YOUTUBE DISCUSSION
BGG GEEKLIST | MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES EPISODE | DEEP DATA DIVES
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1 hr
September 18 Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E2 — Convention Planning
18 September 2026 ~
Conventions don’t just ‘happen’! There’s a lot that goes into the planning, whether picking the time on the calendar, or dealing with venues, or planning your events, and dealing with attendees, so we brought together a great panel to talk about them
Let’s welcome Rob Bottos (BottosCon) and Andrew Buchholz (SDHistCon) and Sean Nittner (formerly of Big Bad Con and now . . . well, you gotta listen) to join Brant to talk about all this and more in their discussion of convention planning

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1 hr 24 min
September 11Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E1 – Wargame Magazines
11 September 2026 ~
Our 200th episode1 is here as we launch our 17th season, with Moe of Moe’s Game Table rejoining us for some hockey talk extended discussion of wargaming magazines.
So join Moe & Mike & Brant as they talk about what’s out there now, classic favorites, where to find them online, and what they want in a wargaming magazine.
S&T Press, with World at War and Strategy & Tactics
Paper Wars
YAAH!
War Diary
VaeVictus
Against The Odds
C3i
MMP’s magazines
The Magazine Rack on Archive.org, filtered to wargame magazines

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1 hr 5 min
April 17 Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E12 – Summer & Convention Lookahead
17 April 2026 ~
For the season 16 finale, Brant’s joined by David Thompson, Tim Densham, and Byron Collins to talk about game conventions coming up, some of our favorites, some we can’t stand, and what makes for good & bad conventions.
Oh, and Tim needs some advice, too, toward the end.

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1 hr 17 min
April 10Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E11 – The Politics of Play with Aggie Hirst
10 April 2026 ~
Brant is joined by Dr Aggie Hirst of Kings College London to discuss her research that resulted in the book “Politics of Play” and her other explorations of professional wargaming
Links & References
Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US Military
Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E8 – The Wargamer’s Bookshelf
Battle Lab ~ Another “Resurgence” of Military Wargaming and Battle Lab ~ Uses for (Professional) Wargaming
Stackup.org – Combating Veteran Suicide Through Gaming
“Videogames Saved My Life”: Everyday Resistance and Ludic Recovery among US Military Veterans
What to Do When Mother Nature Plays for the Red Team
Civilians on Hexagonal Battlefields

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1 hr 11 min
April 03 Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E10 – Getting A Job in the Tabletop Industry
3 April 2026 ~
Brant is joined by industry veterans Chris Pramas and Ross Thompson to talk about pathways into working in the tabletop game industry.
Chris is one of the bigwigs at Green Ronin, and Ross just recently jumped on at Critical Role.
The Tabletop Game Jobs group is here (it’s public) and the Tabletop Game Job Talents group is here (it’s not). They’re both on Facebook, so if you’re not on there, you might not be able to see much.
Also, as noted around the 53:00 minute mark, here’s the survey question about “how did you learn to play D&D”

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1 hr 11 min

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