In which Josh Derksen revisits Tales From The Periphery to tell Mike all about Adepticon and Snowblind (the next Aces set), as well as some teasers for the 3rd and 4th sets, and a few other odds and sods.

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And remember - it's not too late to book for UKGE!

In which Mike and Nat Hardacre talk.

A lot.

Nat may have broken the record for the longest and most indecisive quickfire round ever. More importantly, here’s your chance to find out everything that is planned for UK Games expo in the BattleTech (and Shadowrun and Leviathans) world.

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In which Mike gets to interview Jon Reid, honorary member of Peterborough Wargames Club, and we think the Middle East's only Catalyst Demo Agent! The chat covers a range of stuff including how to draw new players in, as well as a look at the new Core rules for BattleTech.

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In which Mike aten't ded (to quote Nanny Ogg). Also, he gets to have a long (and rather delayed) chat with Aces designer Josh Derksen.

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And finally, there's a small prize for the first person to comment and tell me what I messed up when I put all the audio for Episode 15 together...

In which Mike finally gets to chat to Ed from Buy The Same Token about their fabulous AS tokens.

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I will grab some decent 'posed' token shots when I get back from Germany next week.

In which Mike is back from UKGE, and mostly awake again! Featuring interviews with a bunch of the demo agent team from the show.

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In which Mike mostly gets to catch his breath, and report back from a game with the Enfield crew, some painting, listening and a whole load of admin!

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In which Mike gets to chat with BattleTech author Tom Leveen about his experiences as an author, and the upcoming "Blood Will Rise"

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Also not mentioned in the podcast (for reasons of time!), the new UK BattleTech podcast Hexperts who, being more organised and efficient than me, already have six episodes out and I'll talk more about next time!

In which Mike talks to BattleTech author Bryan Young about Fox Patrol, his recent IlClan era novels, and the upcoming VoidBreaker. And fails to remember to mention the date of Bedford Tabletop Expo (see the events page :D)

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In which Mike and partner-in-Alpha Strike-crime Bob Sawyer discuss the rules they've messed up while getting the hang of the game, and take a brief skim over what's in stock in the UK and coming soon (hopefully).

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All Day game:

Happy New Year!

Note: I've kept a fairly light hand on the editing to try and preserve the informal nature of our chat: as a result there's a fair amount of mic noise from Bob's headset. If you want him back, he promises to buy a decent mic :D