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Seems they have rules against advertising, my last post was pulled.

Kentuckian - Stop saying 'uh' every sentence.

This game inspired me to buy a laser and design/cut my own western terrain, multipart model building kits, lovin it.

I ordered my set of rules after listing to the podcast.

Well done. CB mats are an awesome add to our wargaming collection.That, and Cory is a fantastic human being. Great stuff. ~Fritz

I didn’t know Michael Malice was a wargamer?

Interesting discourse. A complicated subject but one major area I have identified is that the community is constantly talking about lists rather than examining player decision making. In my humble opinion there is a big difference between games of war and or tournament play vs actual wargaming. The most challenging games I have seen and done involve connected historical scenarios where you must think and operate at both the operations and tactical level. Perhaps. I think people need to start to explore what wargaming has to offer especially if you are historically minded. My belief is that good wargaming means you learn and gain grater understanding of what you are exploring or test out a hypothesis. Moreover good wargaming really tests thinking. If you include logistics, friction, planning and fast tactical play for pressure testing it can be so dynamic and immersive and more importantly leads to very thought provoking discourse. Perhaps current gaming is just far too prescriptive through the gaming systems and perhaps stifles more original thinking. Happy to discuss more one day but in the meantime. My Best wishes

Know all about those baby pins

Excellent gents!! Thank you for your insights into competitive play.

I love the new officer rules. The 2LTs were useless, so starting at 2 additional activations is a great change. The question is will this now become a whoncan time the mass effects of these activations best? With all the officers we now have to bring and the coordination between units being so much higher will this be the new core of the game and lessen the chaos of the dice bag?

I dont think AA guns get the AT rule? but i dont have the rules.

Great episode! Can we get a play/battle report of AF-React? Excited about V3, aprehensive of the new MG rules. Cover saves i think i need a better review on but i am not oposed. Do miss the simple math wothout rerolls.

lol snipers are less lethal in a way that matters, they can't target specific weapons. if a 5 man engineer squad has a flamer, the sniper needs to kill all 5 to stop the flamer. A sniper being able to kill a random dude easier now is meaningless.

Is it possible for you to please confirm what the minimum ranges on indirect HE are? Loved the episode!

Thanks for the video, a nicely measured overview of many of the changes. Much like yourselves I've been playing Bolt Action pretty solidly for 10 years both competitively and narratively, and over the last year playing more historical periods. All of what I've seen is pointing to a new and improved edition. Shared to my Facebook group.

Warhammer 2K 3rd edition ;) ;) sorry I could not resist

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I'm pumped for 3 Ed. Preordered and everything too. Looking forward to it.

Warlord is putting on an Achtung Panzer team tournament at LVO January 2025. Player Packet is basically on pages 80 to 87 “On Campaign”

Great episode

Great interview, Charlie is great. Thanks for hosting!

@ Charlie was great to hear how you got into the buisness. Maybe when Uncle SAM is done with me I will look tondo the same. I do love washes as well. But, I tend tonmake them myself with thinned paint. Find a darker tone of what Im shading and add water so it will pool. As a beginner painter, I think people are too down on the "coffee staining" effect. It has great uses for things like canvas packs and kit.

Love this game. Good skirmish game and easy to learn and play.

Pinned list of (not all inclusive) miniature manufactures we like. www.westwindproductions.co.uk/index.php?route=common/home badsquiddogames.com www.northstarfigures.com www.perry-miniatures.com gorgon-studios.myshopify.com 1stcorps.co.uk aventineminiatures.co.uk/catalog/index.php vminiatures.com www.empressminiatures.com fireforge-games.com www.wargamesfoundry.com www.grippingbeast.co.uk footsoreminiatures.co.uk company-b-models-and-miniatures.myshopify.com frontline-games.com www.crusaderminiatures.com/index.php www.sashandsaber.com/index.php4 www.fifeanddrum-minis.com/index.html www.redoubtenterprises.com eoeorbis.com www.gallopingmajorwargames.co.uk www.artizandesigns.com/index.php brother-vinni.com www.victrixlimited.com/en-us

Like WP I tend to paint toward the "Fisher Price" style: they have helmets, so nope no eyes lol. I started with plastics and am finding it difficult to appreciate the assembly of metal. Not a fan of metals so far. The need for more tools, different glue, and I'm seeing less quality in the sculpts. So not a fan of metals yet. Drop more names of other companies or please list them in the comments. I'm interested in other sources.

Worked on some victrix Roman cav while listening, love their models!

Great show guys. You cover some great topics and opinions. Ideal for background to painting etc....keep it up

Manufacturers. Warlord games epic. ACW, ECW I may buy as I can purchase locally. Their Napoleonics is a hard no from me. I don't see the point in spending a lot of money on a line that is not complete. I also don't like that the minor nations at Waterloo were not done. I just can't justify buying extra sets or sprue to do head swaps to create a unit. And it doesn't look that the rest of the Napoleonics era will be covered anytime soon. Moving onto their forthcoming Epic Hail Cesar. Another hard pass as Cromarty forge miniatures fulfill my requirements. Around $6usd for a STL file is a bargain. I've bought the 15mm Carthagian Elephants files. 9 Elephant files in total. 3 light, 3 medium, 3 armoured, a variety of howdahs and crew. Bonus as files are available in 10mm and 15mm so you can print at various scales from 6mm to 20mm, possibly 22mm. And the beauty of Cromarty forge is John releases a complete army and the variety of figures is amazing. Guys will drool over the Warlord range but I'm not.

Interesting podcast guys. Where do I begin? I got back into the hobby during Covid. Decided on Newline design 20mm Napoleonics and Grumbler miniatures 6mm. Grumbler miniatures sculptor produced nice figures but turned out to be scumbag and ripped people off. Consequently Grumbler miniatures has probably ceased trading. Living in New Zealand was a costly experience buying metal figures, and the postage was horrendous. I no longer buy metal figures from the UK. First resin figures I brought were 15mm Romans, I've forgotten the name of the company, unfortunately they were too brittle and the company no longer exist. Lucas Luber of Piano Wargames started out. At the same time Che at Potbelly Miniatures NZ started up. So I took a punt, asked Lucas for permission to use Potbelly Miniatures as my printing provider. I'm super impressed by the figures produced by Lucas and the quality of resin used by Che. I can purchase a STL file, have access to it straight away by email. Forward the file onto Potbelly with my order in a matter of minutes. Cost of figures slightly less than metal and postage reduce to $5-6nzd. I can order an quality that I want and at various scales. Life is good.

A really interesting video. I don't want to get into politics, but my choice of miniatures is very much influenced by what I can get after Brexit, without waiting for months and months or breaking the bank. In historicals, I have been expanding my metal Footsore and plastic Warlord historical armies with Victrix. My fantasy armies are almost exclusively from Northstar, with some Wargames Atlantic starting to add to the mix. Customization and kitbashing are some of my favourite things in the hobby, so Victrix and Wargames Atlantic are really the two best companies for me, right now.

Pretty sure you get a PDF if you order a rule book

as to the 5+ to hit thing, I felt it was weird at first too but think I like it cause then its very easy to always remember, I'd need to see how many modifiers there are though, I like the system of needing to get just one success and "modifiers" are just adding additional dice to the roll

It was fun testing it. Need to play again later

You've compared Achtung-Panzer! to Tank Wars... how does it compare to What a Tanker?

Great podcast guys! I really like the structure, the fair and honest assessment and the general feel of the show. Would love to send you guys a copy of Contact Front for you guys to review. Also happy to come on and chat if you are looking for guests. Keep up the great work! - Carl

Thoroughly enjoyed the vid , my only complaint is the misspelling of ' Achtung ' Keep up the good work fella's 👍🏻

Looks like I'm getting a new game...

Loved tabletop and wargaming until got married and screwed over, hope to get back into again, I miss my armies and listcrafting and painting/modelling.

First time I have heard of BelloLudi. Big fan of wargaming for team building. Free Kriegspiel is great for that. Also thanks for the basing tips at the end. Starting to do that for the first times and that is definitely helping.

Great episode and engaging interview. I love how you made Peter tell us what he was working on and following your outline of the other episodes. Keep up the good work!

@Wyndhurst Dr. James Sterret at CGSC would be a great person to talk to about your training project. He runs war games for students, think tanks, and leaders from there. Great episode and very relateable. I've been painting for just over a year and as FK derailed my fantasy RP characters for armies, I was feeling guilty about some gray and half painted projects. Glad to hear its not just me. Keep up the campaign!

These are really interesting. I've never played or anything in this time period outside of Empire Total War. It could be much more fun on a table top.

Call ne crazy but the base coating is the most stressful to me (besides eyes on my characters). I like the details and layer work, but getting that base on with good coverage and not losing detail or looking chalky is a stressor.

Gotta disagree. The sight/look of terrain is not critical. The critical piece is: Does the terrain fit the purpose of the game and force the player to make decisions (like a good game rule). Would Inlike realistic looking terrain yes. But as discussed, the flashy terrain is almost just a recruiting tool to get people to play.

Fantastic episode! I just discovered your podcast this week, and I am hooked. You guys are putting out some great content. The French and Indian War is my favorite period to game, and I’ve played both editions of M&T pretty extensively. They are easily my favorite rules system for the period. Overall, I think version 2 refined and improved an already outstanding set of rules. One subtle change to the cards between version 1 and 2 that I appreciated was giving regulars 4 single-action cards instead of 2 double-action cards. I think it makes regulars a bit less of a feast or famine unit, and it dovetails with the command point system so as not to place a regular force at a disadvantage with fewer cards in the deck. I’ve played games of version 2 with up to 8 players, and the card and command point system held up nicely. We assigned an overall commander to select the card to be played, but the subordinates could all lobby the commander for command points or a particular card to be played. In both versions, I think the game really shines in the 400-600 point range with side plots and traits for leaders. You mentioned when discussing Bolt Action that smaller games can be very “swingy” outcomes based on a single roll, and that can certainly be the case in 200-300 point games of M&T as well. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on comparing M&T with Sharp Practice (v.2). I think that Sharp Practice may reflect small actions with regular troops with a bit more accuracy, but I’ve found it much slower to play and not as suitable for multiplayer games. M&T is more clearly written, and I really appreciate the included QRS. I think Sharp Practice misses the mark on modeling Native American units as melee-oriented warbands instead of small skirmisher unit. The widely variable movement mechanic you both mentioned from Chain of Command is also a pet peeve of mine in Sharp Practice. I like Kentuckian’s subtle house rule to use 6”+d6 for movement. Sorry for such a lengthy reply, but I wanted you to know that the effort you are putting into this podcast does not go unnoticed! Thank you both, and happy gaming!

Not sure why but the algorithm brought me here. Might be cos I like 40k stuff. How much of this kinda stuff can I 3d print?

Funny thing is, for example, I wargame with friends current war on Ukraine. Both in 28mm and now even in 3mm. When I post 28mm UA soldiers/vehicles, Ive got many comments like "They're great looking/Glory to Ukraine/Where did you buy them/What rules you use" - so far, so good. BUT when I post russian tanks/soldiers, Ive got comments like "Buu, Russians sux (which I agree, but tbh didnt see any comments about that under WW2 Soviets), you shouldnt wargame this conflict, etc" and even once got comment that "its too early" in modern wargaming group from guy, who was himself doing USMC vs Taliban forces, which was super absurd to me.

I absolutely suffer from treating my pieces as individuals. I've given more than a couple games away because I took heavy losses and wanted to pull "my boys" back into safety away from an objective. I think this actually enhances my fulfillment with the game, because it's much more personal and emotional than, say, sliding a red checker across a plastic board. Casualty markers, while some see extreme, are actually a very necessary piece for gamers who want to take the setting seriously, in my opinion. I've had some people shy away from them or even call it distasteful, but when you can see the gravity of your actions, you can come away from the table with a deeper respect for what's happening in the real world. I actually prefer to use models versus counters for this very reason. I've had family in every war the US fought since the Great War. They weren't a plastic chip with crossed rifles printed on top. They were people who lived through history. I feel like people these days have a problem divorcing the person from the politics. Clearly, not every faction in history has been "the good one", but that doesn't mean that every person in the faction was bad. Conscription, propaganda, and peer pressure have forced people into uniform since the beginning of time. Wargames rarely actually need to broach the horrific acts that a faction may or may not be responsible; those issues were present on a scale larger than the Army could approach. That being said, it's not our job as gamers to change someone else's mind when it comes to our hobby. This is a hobby. If someone is going to be unable to separate colonialism or religious tension or genocide from a historical battle, that is not my problem.

Great episode and I myself are guilty of staying away from ACW due to what people’s perceptions would be. I am getting to that age where I just don’t care anymore. It’s a long term plan to get a nice army and throw down. Ssssssymbolism is the word you’re looking for haha.