With the recent release of Matt Caffrey’s book On Wargaming, Brant enlists Brian Train (Game Theorist Designer) and Dr James Sterrett (the Director of Simulation Education at the US Army’s Command & General Staff College) to talk about some of the seminal books about wargaming, including Perla’s The Art of Wargaming, Dunnigan’s Complete Wargames Handbook, Sabin’s Simulating War, Koster’s A...

Following up on an earlier episode of Mentioned in Dispatches, Doug & Jim are back to join guest Rex Brynen in talking about all those non-military considerations during armed conflict, as we cover games ranging from A Distant Plain to The Creature That Ate Sheboygan. So if you’re curious about how block-by-block fighting in Mosul affected the...

This episode of Mentioned in Dispatches was recorded at The Gamer’s Armory in Cary, NC, as noted game designer & writer Jim Werbaneth joins the show. Favorite games of the American Civil War, a preview of seminars at this summer’s Origins, and GMT’s COIN games are part of what we cover, along with some favorite battlefields, the...

A special guest this week on Mentioned in Dispatches as Friend-of-the-Regiment Anthony Gallela joins Brant & Mirth to talk all manner of games. We kick around what was played at PAX, what’s coming up at Huzzah! and KublaCon, and things we’ve seen at Origins, Manifest, and Historicon.  But mostly, we riff on game collections, pre-painted minis, old-fashioned...

The second season of Mentioned in Dispatches is the gift that keeps on giving!  Need proof?  THE RETURN OF THE BISON! That’s right, our good buddy Craig is back with some thoughtful ideas about learning wargames, learning from wargames, and learning about wargames.  Oh, and Mirth’s a little tipsy again. Yeah, we know.   Enjoy the...