Tag Archives: Meeples & Miniatures

In this show hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Andy Hobday to catch up on developments with several games systems from Footsore Miniatures, including Gangs of Rome and Mortal Gods.

00:00 – Introduction -We chat about supporting small businesses within the wargaming hobby
11:03 – Confessional – Time to own up to all those hobby purchases we have made recently, and to gaze longingly at other shiny toys
38:20 – Our Hobby – We talk about our recent gaming and painting.
1:09:49 – Footsore chat – Neil & Mike chat to Andy Hobday and catch up with all the latest developments with several games systems, including Mortal Gods, Gangs of Rome, Test of Honour 2 and a new Dark Age game coming from Footsore in 2020. In addition, we discuss with Andy his latest venture – a range of Baron’s War miniatures he is launching via Kickstarter, sculpted by Paul Hicks
2:15:14 – Outtro – Closing thoughts.

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In this show hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs take some time to answer a recent question from Twitter follower @Dice_Dad about the relative merits of several small sci-fi rule sets designed with smaller scale miniatures in mind

00:00 – Introduction – We chat about The Other Partizan and the recent cold snap there has been in certain parts of social media
30:02 – Confessional – Time to own up to all those hobby purchases we have made recently, and to gaze longingly at other shiny toys
1:09:43 – Our Hobby – We all talk about our recent gaming and painting.
1:34:52 – 6mm Sci-Fi – We give brief reviews of sci-fi rules designed for combined operations – Dirtside, Future War Commander, Horizon Wars and Epic – and discuss their relative merits
2:18:45 – Outtro – Closing thoughts.

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In this show usual hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by friend and fellow gamer Shaun Randell. As well as finding out more about Shaun and his hobby, he helps us to review Red Alert – the Space Fleet Combat game from PSC Games which uses the Command & Colours rules system

00:00 – Introduction – Shaun introduces himself as he tells us about his gaming background
24:34 – Confessional – Time to own up to all those hobby purchases we have made recently.
1:07:09 – Our Hobby – We all talk about our recent gaming and painting.
1:34:04 – Red Alert – Mike asks the questions of Neil & Shaun as we give an in-depth review of Red Alert from PSC Games
3:16:06 – Outtro – Closing thoughts.

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In this show usual hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by Alex Ley, who recently organised an Age of Sigmar narrative campaign event – Mind Over The Realms – which raised money for the mental health charity MIND.

00:00 – Introduction – we get to know Alex as he talks about his gaming background
35:20 – Confessional – Time to own up to all those hobby purchases we have made recently.
1:26:11 – Our Hobby – We all talk about our recent gaming and painting.
1:48:28 – Mind Over The Realms – we look back at this recent charity gaming event and discover its background and inspiration in discussion with Alex
2:22:36 – Outtro – Closing thoughts.

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In this show usual hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by fellow podcaster Shaun Clark to chat about his hobby, look back at the recent Joy of Six show and find out all details about a brand new gaming podcast – God’s Own Scale

00:00 – Introduction – we get to know Shaun as he talks about his gaming background and local gaming club
38:33 – Confessional – Time to own up to all those hobby purchases we have made recently.
1:24:57 – Our Hobby – We all talk about our recent gaming and painting.
1:57:29 – The Joy of Six – we look back at this recent show and discuss what caught our eye, including upcoming new rules from Gripping Beast and Dr Mike’s painting clinic. We then talk to Shaun about his new podcast venture
2:57:11 – Outtro – Closing thoughts.

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