Pushing Cardboard

58 - Liz Davidson, Kevin Bertram, Baltic Empires

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

Up this time, I have interviews with Liz Davidson of Leder Games and her own Beyond Solitaire podcast, and Kevin Bertram of Fort Circle Games. As well, I take a dive into new convention favourite, Baltic Empires.

Here's links to some of the other things from the episode:

• Band of Brothers: Black Bull Kickstarter
• GMT Sept newsletter in full
• Napoleon 1870 from Shakos
• Band of Brothers: Black Bull from Worthington
• Shenandoah GCACW from MMP

Other Pushing Cardboard links

• Live Cardboard 39 - Flashback to the year 2000
• Live Cardboard 40 - Mid-year Check-in
• Capri Playthrough (from Santa Maura & Capri by Form Square Games)

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Up this time, I have interviews with Wes Crawford (Wharf Rat Games) and Sam London (soon to be seen everywhere), as well as a dive into Stalingrad Roads from Nuts Publishing.

• GMT's August newsletter
• Live Cardboard 38 - live playthrough of Rebels against Rebellion
• Feeding the Content Beast roundtable on Armchair Dragoons
• Cube4Me 5th anniversary sale- 15% off (my affiliate code is in the link- use the code 5YEARS at checkout)
• Using Dropbox and VASSAL for PBEM (without the email part!)

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56 - Shayne Logan, SD Histcon North 

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

My interview is with Shayne Logan, designer of the Old School Tactical series along with the new Modern Tactics. And my feature is on my trip to the San Diego Histcon North convention in St. Paul.

• Rebels Against Rebellion Kickstarter
• Rebel Tide from Compass Games 
• Live Cardboard 36 was also a recap of SD Hist North, but you'll see a few pictures in this version.
• Steve Negus' Rally-the-troops prototype site

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55 - Allyn Vannoy, The Far Seas

Allyn Vannoy is the designer of Traces of Victory which I looked at last episode, as well as a prolific writer. For a game dive, this time we look at the upcoming  The Far Seas from Vuca.

• Live Cardboard 34 where Mark Herman teachs me Pacific War
• Live Cardboard 33 Games that need more love
• Point Blank's new Rules Reference and Learn to Play guide.
• Thin Red Line's Dogs of War
• GMT June newsletter
• Trafalgar Editions Afrika Korps 41

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54 - Kwasny Bothers and Traces of Victory

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

Some links to things mentioned in the episode:

• New from Nuts: Guerre Eclair
• Santa Cruz 1797 from Bellica 3g
• Columbia's East Front is coming to PC
• Cube4Me now has magazine trays
• Osprey Games to be sold
• Flying Pig's new OST France and Poland games now available, as well as the latest issue of Yaah! Magazine.
• Game mORe convention in Albany Oregon
• Solo system for Combat Commander

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53 - Carl Paradis | Ju 87 Stuka Ace

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

A quick note to thoise interested in Live Cardboard, my bi-weekly livestream. I have moved the start time up an hour. So folks on the east coast don't have to stay up so late. It's now starting at 8PM EDT/5PM PDT. Every second Thursday on youtube.

Here's links to some of the other things discussed today:

• Columbia Games- complete rules download
• Jonathn Dyer interviewed me about collecting games
• Live Cardboard videos on youtube
• New Undaunted series game
• Jersey New Jersey crowdfunding
• GMT April newsletter
• Mark Miklos' American Revolution book
• Old School Tactical: 4 reprints

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This episode features an interview with designer and publisher Francisco Ronco of Bellica 3G from Spain. As well, I take a look at Shiloh: The First Day from Revolution Games.

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

• No Retreat: The Russian Front from Sound of Drums
• A video version of my interview with Jose Neva
• Innovation in Wargaming roundtable from SD Hist
• Live 24 - 1977 and Legion Wargames
• Live 25 - Tim Densham and Catastrophe Games
• Live 26 - Size Matters!
• GMT February newsletter
• Rayroads from Hollandspiele
• A Forlorn Hope, a new game from Hermann Luttman and Wharf Rat Games
• Legion Wargames newsletter
• La Der des Der now being carried by GMT
• New games from Neva Game Press

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51 - JD Webster

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

• Live unboxing with Stuka Joe
• Tiger Wings Kickstarter
• Battle Hymn Vol 2 from Compass
• Berlin: Fall of the Reich from Revolution
• Paul Chernoff reviews SPI's Soldiers
• What I want to play in 2026
• Mark Miklos and BoAR
• Live Cardboard 21 MAPS MAPS MAPS

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Happy birthday to us! 4 years and 50 episodes!

This episode features an interview with Joe Neva of Neva Wargames as well as a look at Desert Blitzkrieg from Compass Games.

A few things mentioned in this episode:

• Live Cardboard #20, looking back and forward
• My time at Bottoscon
• Rob Bottos interview
•  Desert Blitzkrieg unboxing
• www.nevawargames.com

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49 - Terry Simo | Brief Border Wars 2

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

• Small unit tactical Napoleonic game from Lock'n'Load
• GMT September newsletter
• Free pdf of optional rules for GMT's Wolfpack
• New from Osprey- General Orders Sengoku Jidai
• GMT finally releasing CCN The Grand Battles?
• ATO Annual available for pre-order
• Marco Arnaudo retiring from video reviews
• Tank Duel gets a free campaign system
• John Butterfield's redo of Hell's Highway is happening.
• Paths of Glory is on Rally the Troops
• Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno is on Rally the Troops

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