Join Andy and Tom, two friends who also happen to be middle aged lifelong gamers which play a lot of table top games with the odd dalliance into board games, card games , PRG'S and computer games but with a bias towards historical war gaming as they chat all things hobby related. We try to keep the chat positive and offer what each of us do to make the hobby as enjoyable as possible to us.
This week Andy and Tom support each other as they discuss how to go about reducing thier hobby collections
This week Andy and Tom chat about Salute 2025. At one point Tom mentions where he buys his MDF trays from, which was Commission Figurines https://www.facebook.com/comfigs/
This week Andy and Tom take a drive down Tangent avenue and discuss 10mm as a scale and PDF rule sets
Hobby Support Group are here with a special episode where we sit down with Peter and Lindy and chat all things Tenth Legion.For more information please check out: website: www.tenthlegion.ukemail: admin@tenthlegion.cukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573405869844
This week Andy and Tom disucss ways to help getting you back into enjoying the hobby after a break.
We are back! Its that time of year again when we stop and look back at what we did, or did not get done last year in the hobby and cast an eye forward to this years plans
On this episode Ed interviews Tim Richardson, the man behind the Youtube channel "Napoleonic Wargaming". We talk about his hobby journey, how to make a start in wargaming the period and all things Napoleonic.
This week, Tom and Andy chat hobby news
This week, Andy and Ed talk about Leipzig and the plans for our big 6mm game next month
This week Tom is back to take the show off track as Ed tries to review his trip up to Joy of Six
This week, Ed talks to Sam (@eccentricbear) and James (@jharatacpaints), the writers of the new WW1 game 1918. You can follow their project on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/WarFulcrumGames1918 and you can follow War Fulcrum Games on @warfulcrumgames Get more from WarFulcrum Games on Patreon Tabletop Miniature Wargames Publisher
This week Andy chats with Strength & Honour author and WSS regular Mr Mark Backhouse.
This week on Hobby Support Group Ed talks to Ben, the designer of the indy tank combat game Tonks. You can find follow Ben on Instagram (@Approcraph_Now), you can find his games on http://28-mag.com/games/ and get hold of a big ol' list of his other stuff on http://linktr.ee/apocrypha_now
This week Ed is joined by Curtis Fell, the man behind Ramshackle Games. We talk about his ever expanding range of games and miniatures and his recent Mates and Miniatures event. You can follow Ramshackle Games on Instagram (@ramshackle_games). His minis are available on his webstore https://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/ and he also has plenty of great stuff available on his Ramshackle downloads page downloads.ramshacklegames.co.uk
This week, the whole gang have a look at how their hobby plans are coming together in 2024 so far.
Join Andy and Tom as they chat about the ten terrain items every wargamer needs
This week Tom is joined by Ronnie to chat all things about Mantic in 2024
This week, Tom is joined by Ed and maybe crosses the Rubicon of tangents in an episode inspired by a recent viewing of Henry the 5th (1944)
This week Tom and Andy chat hobby news
The trilogy is complete. This week, Ben joins Tom and the team complete their look back at Salute 2024.
Today Andy joins Tom for our second look at Salute
This Week Tom and Ed chat about Salute
This week, Tom goes rouge and offers some of his thoughts on Bolt Action 3.0
Tom and Ed take a gander through the gallery
Its Hobby Update time with Andy and Tom
This week, Ed and Tom chat about Sword Weirdos & Kit Bashing
This week, Tom is back with the second half of our interview with Charles Rowntree.
This week Tom is over the moon to welcome back onto the show a true hobby hero of us all, Mr Charles Rowntree. We chat about the fate of the Korea board Charles built and then move onto the Rouge One themed board many of us marvelled at last year.
This week Ed and Tom conclude the gallery tour began last week
Part one of the gallery
This week Andy and Tom have a look at the hobby news .
A blast from the past with a minisode on what is an Ovelist
This week as a special break from the norm, Ed and Tom get all arty and chat about a truly amazing film about Napoleon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6504eRh5h6M
Its time for the Ovel List Roundtable review 2023
This week Andy chats with Tom about how the 6mm ECW game he is working on is going.
This week, Andy and Tom have a look at what's going on in the hobby
This week Tom is joined by Ben and we chat about narrative gaming during which Tom butchers a Tolkien song
This week Andy, Ed and Tom have a look at what we have learned about what we want from our hobby since the pandemic
It's time for the gallery with Tom and Ed
This week Ed and Tom chat spreadsheets and hobby mojo
This week, Tom chats with Sander from May '40 Miniatures
It's time for a hobby update from Tom and Andy
This week, after months of promising it Tom finally got to sit down and chat with HSG'S 28mm 17th Century master hobbyist Andy F.O.G.H
This week, Ben joins Tom as they discuss gaming for non-gamers.
This week, Andy and Tom bring you a look at what's going on in the hobby
This week, Ed and Tom take a gander through the gallery
This week Ed and Tom give their thoughts on Commands and Colors Napoleonics
This week, Ed talks to Arran Johnston, a historian and consultant curator at the Battle of Prestonpans (1745) Heritage Trust. Arran has been running an interactive “what if?” wargames campaign, refighting the 1745 Jacobite rising from the Battle of Prestonpans onwards. Arran has used an adapted version of the Black Powder rules system, with key decisions being made for the Jacobite forces by followers of the Battle of Prestonpans Museum facebook page. You can watch the whole campaign on youtube and there are more details on the Battle of Prestonpans Museum website: https://www.youtube.com/@Prestonpans1745https://www.facebook.com/Prestonpans1745 https://www.battleofprestonpans1745.org/the-what-if-campaign/
Ed and Tom chat about your hobby progress in The Gallery
This week, Andy and Tom look at what's going on in the world of the hobby.
This week Ed chats with Chris McDowall , games designer and author of The Doomed, the new Apocalyptic Horror Hunting wargame soon to be published by Osprey.