Mentioned In Dispatches – Season 6 Premiere!
29 January 2021 ~ We’re back! Let’s get season 6 started with RockyMountainNavy and BBMike, as they join Brant for a discussion of game mods: …
Podcast: "Mentioned In Dispatches" with the Armchair Dragoons
Riding to battle in style! The Armchair Dragoons discuss all manner of strategy games and wargames – both tabletop & digital – as played by hobbyists, professionals, and academics.
Also on the agenda are regular discussions of history & battles as they tie into strategy gaming and wargaming, and musings on the game industry as a whole.
Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 14 – So, A Kriegsspiel Happened
11 December 2020 ~ We wrap up season 5 (five!) with a look back the grand 1809 Kriegsspiel, The Death Ride of Jean Lannes, as played …
Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 13 – What Is A “Wargame”?
4 December 2020 ~ Special guests! Always-contentious topic! Recent awards controversy! Definitional pedantry! Fred’s dog gets a long walk! That’s right – it’s the penultimate …
Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 12 – Space 4X-iness
27 November 2020 ~ Semi-permanent-occasional-as-needed co-host Ed McMahon BBMike is back to shepherd a pair of MiD rookies through our discussion of the space 4X …
Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 11 – RPGs! No, the other kind!
20 November 2020 ~ As season 5 starts to wind down, we assemble a few Dragoons who enjoy a good role-playing game and have a …
Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 10 – The Charles S Roberts “Awards”
13 November 2020 ~ Friday the 13th has arrived. And it’s gonna get bloody. It’s entertaining enough when we have Angry Ardwulf on the podcast, …
Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 9 – Is Wargaming Dead? Or Only Mostly Dead?
6 November 2020 ~ Yeah, yeah…. this again! Inspired by a couple of videos that the guys over a Little Wars TV put together on …
Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 8 – Science Fiction Warfare & Gaming
30 October ~ Author Henry Vogel and BuNine Member/DoD wargame practitioner Chris Weuve join Brant and BBMike to talk about all sorts of issues related …
Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 7 – Horse & Musket & Hollandspiele
23 October 2020 ~ Doug is back to discuss the continuing development of the Horse & Musket series of games with Hollandspiele, including an overview …
Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 6 – The Compass Games Holiday Catalog
16 October 2020 ~ It is HERE! The glorious, gianticus, magnificus thing we call THE COMPASS GAMES HOLIDAY CATALOG (PDF here) and we dig through it …