This Week In Wargaming

All these worlds are yours except Europa.

Tertius — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:37:43 +0000

Just over one year ago, I posted Episode AT-1, and began my attempt to keep up the great podcast Troy started. 52 weeks later, I have posted 13 episodes.

The fact is, keeping up with the podcast has proven too much for me. Podcasting is, for me, a meta-hobby: a secondary hobby in which I talk about my favorite hobby: wargaming. As my free time has shrunk, I find myself choosing painting and gaming over talking-about-gaming-and-painting. I have also made the fatal, time-crushing mistake of buying a PS3.

I want to thank all of you who have followed the show, and emailed or tweeted your thoughts. If anyone is interested in carrying on the mission, please email or tweet. If I don’t hear from anyone, the site will go offline when the domain expires in February 2011.

As for the items I have yet to review, Zac at Tabletop Gaming News has invited me to return to writing reviews for the site, which I will do for each item I have. I would like to thank Bastion, Hasslefree, Mercs, and Cipher Studios and Darkson Designs for sending me review items.
I also hope to return to recording episodes of “The Score” for the D6 Generation.

Thank you for supporting and listening to This Week in Wargaming.

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Episode AT-13 (August 20, 2010)

Tertius — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:48:40 +0000

This Week in Wargaming, I announce a new contest, courtesy of Victory Colors Studios, and review Hammer’s Slammers: The Crucible by John Treadaway and John Lambshead.

But first, this week’s headlines, including:
GenCon attendance tops 30,000
War Rocket from Hydra Miniatures
Omnimech Parts from Iron Wind Metals
Online Scenario Designer for Arcane Legions
DakkaDakka announce Brick and Mortar Store Finder
Legends of Kalidasia: Rise of the Surakari
Hasslefree Miniatures release Yirnak and Kosok for Twilight
The Latest Strategy & Tactics and World at War Magazines
Target: Leningrad by Victory Point Games

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Episode AT-12 (May 19, 2010)

Tertius — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:09:23 +0000

This week in Wargaming, miniature wargamer Scott Craig begins his adventure into board wargaming with a fine cigar and “A Fistful of Counters” , and host Ken Whitehurst reviews Fantasy Flight Games’ new large format board game Horus Heresy.

But first, this week’s headlines, including:
Charles S. Roberts Awards Voting Now Open
Games Workshop’s UK Price Increase
Litko Aerosystems’ Bases and Counters for Firestorm Armada
Knight Models’ 30mm Star Wars Figures
15mm.co.uk’s Free Armoured Sentry Robot Offer
Mongoose Publishing Announce a New Judge Dredd Game
Micropanzer’s Project Slipstream 15mm Sci-Fi Figure Preview
Fantasy Flight Games’ Space Hulk Death Angel Card Game
AEG Preview Dust Tactics’ Artillery Strike Expansion
Frontline General: Spearpoint 1943 Card Game now printing

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Episode AT-11 (April 15, 2010)

Tertius — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:49:54 +0000

This week in Wargaming, original host “Big Troy” McCauley and Russ Wakelin of The D6 Generation join me in the War Room to discuss the iPad and its impact on gaming, and
This Week in Military History: 13th Secundus, 30,014.

All this, and this week’s headlines, including:
Wyrd Miniatures April Releases: Enslaved Nephilim, Malifaux Child, Doppelganger, and Hollow Waifs
Privateer Press’ Forces of Warmachine: Protectorate of Menoth
Antenoceti’s Workshop’s G.O.T. Terminus Police
Wessex Games’ Geheimkrieg Alternate WWII Rules
Games Workshop’s River Trolls
Spartan Games’ Firestorm:Invasion Events for GenCon
Pardulon’s 28mm Shanty Town
Quantum Gothic’s 28mm Communication Dish
Dadi & Piombo’s Grandeur: IMPETVS in the Age of Napoleon

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Episode AT-10 (April 3, 2010)

Tertius — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:54:37 +0000

This Week in Wargaming proudly welcomes its newest sponsor, the Richmond Leisure Society, who welcome you to join them for a day of gaming at Battle Hymn 2010 May 8, 2010, Richmond, Virginia.

Episode AT-10 features
Review: Mercs Minis: the KemVar,
DUDE!: Alderac Entertainment Group announces Dust:Tactics and related previews (courtesy of www.tabletopgamingnews.com), and
This Week in Military History: March 30, 1856.

And, this week’s headlines:
Khurasan’s 15mm Vespulid Swarm
Lock ‘N’ Load Publishing’s Nuklear Winter 68 and Space Infantry
Artizan Design’s 28mm Landsknechts
Mantic’s Elven Battle Dragon
Corvus Belli’s March Releases for Infinity
Minos Miniatures’ Devilettes
Bastion’s Demo Video for Ex Illis
Forge World’s new Tau Battlesuits
Victory Point Games’ Toe-to-Toe Nu’klr Combat with the Rooskies

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Episode AT-9 (March 9, 2010)

Tertius — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:51:29 +0000

This Week in Wargaming, I review Grindhouse Games’ board game Incursion, and announce the EIGHT lucky winners of a Gretel Von X figure, courtesy of Grindhouse Games.

And of course, this week’s wargaming headlines, including:
Compass Games’ Steel Wolves
Games Workshop’s new Blood Angels releases
Maxmini.eu’s wunderrocket
Tabletop-World’s Ruined Coaching Inn
Taban Miniatures Eden figures for March
Privateer Press’ Xtreme Grind League rules
Two Hour Wargames’ Adventures in the Lost Lands
Amera Plastic Mouldings’ Island and Harbor
Copplestone Castings’ 1/55 Garford-Putilov Armored Car
Scibor Monstrous Miniautres’ Easter Promotion
Kabuki Models’ Anubis, Lord of Envy
West Wind’s new Secrets of the Third Reich figures
Darkson Designs’ Soviet PSI Commandos

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Episode AT-8 (February 26, 2010)

Tertius — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:07:18 +0000

This Week in Wargaming features an opportunity to win a Gretel Von X figure from Grindhouse Games, This Week in Military History, February 24, 1303, and headlines covering the following news:

Fantasy Flight Games’ Battles of Westeros
Magister Militum’s 10mm Warmaster Medieval Armies
Kingdom Death’s Twilight Knight Pinup Edition
Avatars of War Bor Dragonbane
Enigma Miniatures’ Lox Jarg and Astharon
Troll Forged Trenchers
Battle Foam X-Board Travel Display
Brigade Games’ 28mm Napoleonics
Critical Mass Games’ 15mm sci-fi releases
Bastion’s Ex Illis software updated and new podcast
Wyrd Miniatures Peacekeeper for Malifaux
Olley’s Armies Scrunt Stonkers
Litko Aerosystems’ Heroscape tiles
Studio McVey’s Sharro
Chapterhouse 28mm Xenomorph alien heads

Don’t forget, the Gretel Von X contest runs through March 7, 2010!

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Unternehmen: iTunes

Tertius — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:12:03 +0000

After months of trying to get the podcast feed recognized by iTunes, TWIW should now be available in the iTunes Podcast Directory. I had to clean up some problems in the feed, and, finally, trick iTunes by changing the rss link to feedburner. If you are subscribed directly to the libsyn link, please use the new feedburner feed (also available from the orange box on the left).

I received the message below:

Dear Podcast Owner

Your podcast, located at
[http://feeds.feedburner.com/thisweekinwargaming ], has been approved. You should expect to see it in iTunes within the next few hours. When it’s available, you will be able to access it with the URL below.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=358389164

Your podcast will be searchable within the iTunes Store in approximately 1-2 days.

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Episode AT-7 (February 16, 2010)

Tertius — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:50:07 +0000

This Week in Wargaming features an interview with Byron Collins of Collins Epic Wargames about Frontline General: Italian Campaign Introduction, San Pietro Infine, and his upcoming card game, Spearpoint: 1943;

and, as always, this week’s wargaming headlines, including:

Fantasy Flight Games’ Talisman: The Highland, and Battles of Napoleon: The Eagle and the Lion

Litko Aerosystems’ 15mm Space Corridors

Eureka Miniatures’ 28mm Vietnam Era Australian SAS

Lock’n'Load Publishing’s Tank on Tank

Micro Art Studio’s Stalker Tank

Privateer Press’ Mosh Pit Expansion for Grind and Voltron for Monterpocalypse

Games Workshop’s advance orders (courtesy of Tabletop Gaming News)

Darkson Designs’ AE-WWII Soviet PSI-Cannon previews

Mercs Minis KemVar 28mm Sci-Fi Figures

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Off to the Williamsburg Muster!

Tertius — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:54:51 +0000

This week, I am wrapping up preparations to run two games at this weekend’s Williamsburg Muster, including Incursion (with generous prize support from Grindhouse Games, thanks Jim!), and Polyversal, a 6mm sci-fi game of my own creation. The local weather forecast is in limbo between rain, freezing rain, and snow, which may cut my trip a bit short, but I have a fresh black T-shirt, and am undaunted. I hope to get at least one interview at the show, and will perhaps have some color commentary and summary in a future TWIW. In the meantime, enjoy this bit of real-life advertising for the Austrian Army, the Österreichisches Bundesheer, courtesy of Maurice Walshe, and the Bedford Gladiators.

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