Last Turn Madness: a podcast about Megagames

Ben, Al, and Alex chat to Johan Olofsson about his debut run of Event Horizon; a descent into madness set in the far reaches of the solar system. They also discuss New World Order by Jim Wallman, a game about the geopolitics of the near future.

This week's episode covers Trope High, the High School megagame, a ground breaking game with some hilarious moments. We also discuss Mirrorshades 2.0, Watch the Skies at UK Games Expo, Relics of the Fall and the upcoming Megacon.

Ben chats about the latest London playthrough of John Mizon's Battlestar Galactica inspired Den of Wolves with Greg, Alex, and Chrissie. John Mizon himself offers his tuppence too!

The LTM team and Chrissy chat about coalition dungeon delving. Recurring special guest Jim Wallman gives us some awesome reflections on his design intent.

Ben and the gang discuss their experiences at Bring Them Home, a piece of immersive theatre themed around an Apollo 13-esque astronaut rescue, with many of the trappings of a megagame, but on a smaller scale.

Ben is joined by Tim Campbell, Becky Ladley, and Matt Bambridge for a chat about Tim's latest run of "The Shot Heard Around the Universe", a sci-fi bonanza about some plucky colonies standing up to the big galactic empire. Shenanigans ensue.

This episode Ben chats with the inimitable Becky Ladley about the latest run of her Game of Thrones themed megagame, "Everybody Dies" and her next project: "High School Megagame".

A bit of an anthology today! Ben has some chats with an assorted bunch of fine folks about the recently run Mirrorshades, a game about being a cyberpunk (or corporate stooge). We're joined by Tim Campbell, Becky Ladley, Matt Bambridge & Johan Olofsson, and then by Alex Beck & Al Scott. Everyone's got some thoughts and opinions, anecdotes and insights. Between the lot of us, there should even be some entertainment too. Show notes: Signup for Mirrorshades 2.0 https://www.horizonmegagames.com/mirrorshades?fbclid=IwAR2mXRglIWDk2hkQnc3Ill01q32df3SUYpIVrioTHjBmTXhvFoCL41huB2U

Megagame stalwarts Johan Olofsson and Matt Bambridge join us today. Between them, they've played 35 games in the last 12 months, which is not bad going! Ben chats to them about their megagaming experiences over the last year; the highs, the lows, and what they think makes a great game.

Join the gang for a fix of historical megagame goodness, as Alex and Ben have a lovely chat with Andrew Hadley about the ups and downs of his game "Hands of the Many", set in the Peloponnesian War.

The gang have a little chat about some recently played games, and the highs and lows therein. Join us as we discuss Infinite Horizons and Urban Nightmare (Swindon edition), plus Ben's experiences running Watch the Skies in a Berlin warehouse and attending Connections UK (the quintessential wargaming conference); it's a jam packed episode. Show notes: Connections UK http://www.professionalwargaming.co.uk/ Horizon Megagames http://www.horizonmegagames.com/ Southwest Megagames https://www.swmegagames.co.uk/

This episode the gang is joined by none other than arch-rival podcasting prodigy from across the pond, Peter Nixon. We discuss his experience of the megagaming scene in America, upcoming games at Gencon, as well as some of his adventures in Blighty. We also touch on a few games played over the last few months, including A Very British Civil War, Case Blue, and Blood & Thunder. Show notes: Megagame Report https://soundcloud.com/user-749170155 Megagame Coalition https://www.facebook.com/megagamecoalition Dave Boundy's Megagame Megaschedule https://boundy.me.uk/Games/Megagames/Events/

After a brief hiatus, the gang are back together, and discussing their megagaming experiences since the beginning of the year; including Crisis in Elysium 2: Bristol Edition, Watch the Skies (for Noobs), A World Divided, Den of Wolves, plus some brief discussion of some upcoming games. Show notes: SW Megagames: https://www.swmegagames.co.uk/ Horizon Megagames: https://www.horizonmegagames.com/ Megagame Makers: http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/ Follow people on the Twitter: https://twitter.com/LastTurnMadness https://twitter.com/hmegagames

LTM is back and talking to Owen Kingston about an alternate WW2 in "For King and Country". Show notes: https://www.colabfactory.co.uk/ https://www.parabolictheatre.com/

On this episode Ben Moores discusses his recent megagame, "Undeniable Victory", with Greg and the gang. He offers interesting insights into the design process, as well as reflection upon what worked well and what needs improvement, and how his design philosophy fits into the wider megagame ecosystem.

Greg and the gang discuss Alex's recent debut megagame-on-mars, Crisis in Elysium. Expert analysis is provided by Greg, Alex and Ben, with additional insight offered by returning guest star, John Brindle.

Part 2 of our UNSOC coverage sees the LTM gang corner zombie king and Wide Area Megagame inventor Jim Wallman for an engaging and in depth chat about the game. We talk about the design considerations of UNSOC, and the future of Wide Area Megagames. Shownotes: Megagame Makers http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/ Exterminator War https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exterminator-war-a-science-fiction-megagame-tickets-36165992457?aff=erelexpmlt

LTM report back on their time as their time as the Joint Chiefs in the Pentagon and get the story of the first zombie war from other parts of the world's first "wide area megagame". Timestamps: 00:00 LTM - Pentagon Joint Chiefs 27:35 John Mizon - South West - Ouisconsin 37:51 Darren Green - Cambridge - Wabash 46:41 Tim & Becky - Leeds - Ahao & Press Control 57:50 John Brindel - London - Secretary of Defence 1:20:54 Zane Gunton - Southampton - Iliniwek Links: Becky's article https://www.beckybeckyblogs.com/games/urban-nightmare-state-chaos-megagame/

The gang sits down for a recap of City of Shadows, they chew the fat with Alchemy (who have some interesting ideas), and also share some insights into the Megagame scene at this year's upcoming Gencon. Shownotes Alchemy https://www.facebook.com/GameOfAlchemy/ Megagame Coalition https://www.facebook.com/megagamecoalition/?fref=mentions Gencon Megagames https://www.gencon.com/event_finder/Host/Megagames%20Coalition?opt[]=ta&opt[]=hh&ag[]=un&ag[]=eo&ag[]=tn&ag[]=ma&ag[]=tw&exp[]=no&exp[]=so&exp[]=ep Marketplace Live http://www.marketplace-simulation.com/

LTM sit down to discuss Foxes & Devils, and to preview Urban Nightmare State of Chaos, Undeniable Victory, and Crisis in Elysium Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LastTurnMadness Shownotes: Urban Nightmare State of Chaos http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/megagame-UNSOC_2.htm Crisis in Elysium http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/megagame-cie.htm Undeniable Victory http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/megagame-uv.htm

Greg and Ben are joined by regular contributor Alex and brave amateur Al for a discussion of their experiences at Armistice Day, Greg's ideas for a US Civil War mega game, and Alex's somewhat more concrete plans for a Mars revolution themed game: Crisis in Elysium.

Ben and Greg sit down with designers Becky Ladley and Tim Campbell to talk about the "Megagame of Thrones": Everybody Dies. Shownotes: Gallery: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154113799493977&set=pcb.1240863535935444&type=3&theater Becky's Blog: http://www.beckybeckyblogs.com/news/hello-this-is-my-blog-d/ Paxsims: https://paxsims.wordpress.com/ Pennine Megagames: http://www.penninemegagames.co.uk/

Greg, Ben and Beck sit down with Megagame Makers stalwart Jim Wallman to discuss Megagames past, present & future, the "post Shut Up and Sit Down" scene and Urban Nightmare State of Chaos.

The first episode of LTM, we talk with game designer Ben Moores' about July's "The Spanish Road". We also discuss experiencing a Megagame for the first time, "1866 & All that" and the upcoming Megagames on the horizon. With Greg Moore, Al Scott, Ben Moores, Alex Beck.