Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast

Five Parsecs From Home is the main game on my radar right now, and I'm playing it weekly. On this episode, you'll hear me walk through my first three campaign turns in this audio diary, originally released on Patreon.

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In the tabletop miniature wargaming hobby, an Imagi-nation is a fictional country, army, or faction invented by a hobbyist, usually set in a real historical period but detached from actual history. Rather than recreating a real nation's army, a hobbyist creates an imaginary state, with its own flags, uniforms, heraldry, rulers, and often a whimsical or satirical backstory, and then builds, paints, and games with miniature armies representing it.

Mark reports on the Bedroom Battlefields summer Imagi-nations day, which was a roaring success - with biscuits. Here's a brilliant video report of the day from Jonny Watson Gaming.

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For most of us, "hobby crisis" means nothing more than a pile of unpainted miniatures. For David in Wellington, it meant a catastrophic flood that devastated his neighbourhood and wrecked his collection. On this episode, David walks us through what happened, and how he's slowly starting to regroup and rebuild.

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An active member of the Bedroom Battlefields community, Ted (AKA Oddgit's Hut) is a fantastic painter whose work would slot seamlessly into the Eavy Metal pages of any mid-90s edition of White Dwarf. On this episode, we talk about nostalgic paint schemes, painting challenges, and the Warhammer Fantasy Battles 5th Edition boxed set.

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The legendary Joe McCullough returns for the first time since February 2024. We covered a lot of ground, from hobby parenting to his two new games, Warriors of Athena and Hairfoot Jousting. We also talked about a miniatures-first approach, where what you play is dictated by what you want to get on the table.

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João, AKA John, AKA Lord Rever, joins us from Brazil to talk about his journey into the tabletop miniature hobby and his efforts to build a local wargaming group in his small town. We dig into the growing hobby scene in Brazil, from 3D printing making miniatures more accessible to clubs slowly popping up across the country. John also brings a unique perspective as a psychologist, as we discuss the value of hands-on hobbies in an age of endless scrolling and passive screen consumption.

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"If you help us paint our miniatures, we'll buy you an army", was the irresistible offer made to David AKA Ax Anax by his friends in the late 90s - and he still owns that Warhammer Fantasy 5th edition undead army today.

David is the co-host of the Bad Internet Friends miniature hobby podcast, alongside Ivan Sorensen of Five Parsecs and Nordic Weasel fame.

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Back in 2023, the legendary Andy Chambers was kind enough to dedicate some of his time to working his way through my list of questions. So, what's he not very good at? Why does he think this hobby still exists? And what myths and misconceptions would he like to dispel?

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