Mentioned in Dispatches Season 12 Ep 2 ~ From Content to Design with Beyond Solitaire
16 February 2024 ~ Liz drops by to talk to Brant & Mike about her upcoming Night Witches game (designed with David Thompson). Hexes, counters, …
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 12 Ep 1 ~ Adventure Wargaming
9 February 2024 ~ What the heck is an “adventure wargame”? OK, so we’re not going to get into the parsing of specific definitional details, …
Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 13 ~ Wargamer Gift Guide
15 December 2023 So we’re cutting it pretty close to Christmas but here are some wide-&-varied suggestions for gifts to put under your favorite wargamer’s …
Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 12 ~ Wargame Design Studio
8 December 2023 The fine folks at Wargame Design Studio just recently released their latest game – Thirty Years’ War – in their Musket & Pike …
Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 11 ~ Compass Expo & SDHISTCON
1 December 2023 The Autumn convention season has come, and (largely) gone and we’ve got some attendees of those conventions here to regale us with …
Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 10 ~ The Circle of Wargaming Life
24 November 2023 History doesn’t always repeat, but it does often rhyme. Brant, Liz, and Jim dig into some wargaming history to talk about the …
Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 9 ~ The Annual Compass Catalog Cavalcade of Whimsy
17 November 2023 We’re a little behind on getting this one recorded & released, but our annual deep dive into the Compass Catalog is here! …
Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 8 ~ Behind the Kickstarter Scenes
10 November 2023 It’s not like you have to go too far to find problems with crowdfunding campaigns. Heck, our man Gimpy has made it …
Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 7 ~ Traveller & Other Inferior Sci-Fi Games
3 November 2023 Hey look, if Gary & Rocky are here together, there’s at least a +3 DRM to the “discuss Traveller” check, so we …
Mentioned in Dispatches Season 11 Ep 6 ~ The Levy & Campaign System
27 October 2023 Brant and Justin take some time to talk about the Levy & Campaign system overall, as well as the specific implementation is his Seljuk …