Episode 299 - Age of Tyrants
[In which Mike and Conrad talk with Mark Brendan about Age of Tyrants, a new 6mm sci fi game that is currently on Kickstarter.
Feb 02, 2016
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Episode 298 - Club vs. Store
[In which Mike and Conrad discuss the problems of growing and keeping a gaming club viable vs. building a player base in a store. All sounds a bit serious and dull doesn't it but come on, this is the main team you are talking about, the living legend that is Conrad and his bestest sidekick Mike. They are down with the kids and everything. Init.
Jan 27, 2016
Episode 297 - Bumbling abounds
[In which we present something slightly different, a recording of the first part of our first D&D session. TBH I'm not sure how well it works as a podcast, but its something different and it crosses off one of Mikes New Year resolutions. It does have a cool intro though.
Jan 25, 2016
Episode 296 - Look at the teeth on that one
[In which Mike and Conrad talk about the latest shiny to grab Mikes attention in the form of Dragon Rampant. Its another Osprey game and gives you an excuse to pull all your old fantasy figures out that you stashed away when AoS hit.
Jan 21, 2016
Episode 295 - Jolly good show chaps
[In which Mike and Conrad talk about, in the main at least, In Her Majestys Name, Januarys game of the month. Mike has actually played now so goes through the game, discusses his new crew and how the game actually went. Clue, it was against Matt so the result was always a forgone conclusion.
Jan 18, 2016
Episode 294 - The Butterfly Gamers
[In which 3 old duffers make plans which they then fail to complete. This is the first Butterfly Gamers episode, which is a longer form podcast where we will cover several different subjects in the same episode. Think of it as a Fools Daily on steroids. Oh and with different music.
Jan 13, 2016
Episode 293 - The Conrad Awakens
[In which Mike and Conrad renew there 20 year partnership and do what they do. Which is basically meander around talking about some interesting stuff in between utter stupidity, today Conrad managed to pull out his headphones in the middle of recording. Remember you wanted us to come back.
Jan 12, 2016
Episode 292 - A New Hope
[In which Mike explains why we went away, why we are now back and how having daily in the title should now be considered some sort of post modernist ironic statement.
Jan 11, 2016
Episode 291 - Pay me
[In which Mike and Conrad discuss becoming a Henchman / Pressganger etc. and what you should expect back from the company that you are supporting. Hint, the answer is nothing.
Oct 13, 2015
Episode 290 - Not this again
[In which the famous five channel the spirit of grumpy and talk Kickstarter. Yes its the topic that just keeps on giving. In a twist in the usual what has Mike backed and pulled out of now, they discuss how many Kickstarted games have actually been sucessful in terms of longevity or is the fact they raise loads of money sucess enough.
Oct 08, 2015
Episode 289 - Stark Raving Bonkers
[In which Mike is joined by Lee and Matt to talk about the #3peaksgaming challenge that they are going to do next year as well as the fact that Matt is going to run a marathon. We point out they are called snickers now but then Matt just gets all grumpy at us.
Oct 05, 2015
Episode 288 - Plugging Daffcon
[In which the famous five talk Daffcon schedules, how stuff is evolving, when tickets will be on sale and all manner of stuff related to the event.
Oct 02, 2015
Episode 287 - I went to a Guildball event and it was just fine
[In which Joel talks to Mike about going to his first organised Guildball event. Thats it, they stay on topic, its the right length and it gets the information across. Don't worry though, tomorrow normal service will be resumed.
Oct 01, 2015
Episode 286 - It aint dead
[In which something unexpected happens
Sep 30, 2015
Episode 285 - Grumpy Guildball
[In which a whole horde of people - its starts off at 3, by the end its 5 - talk Guildball. Its long and its rambling but I make no apologies for that as its a classic blokes down the pub talking gaming type episode.
Sep 29, 2015
Episode 284 - H/WM Nationals
[In which Mike and Conrad discuss how COnrad got on at the Hordes/Warmachine Nationals a couple of weeks ago. At least that what it starts out as. It ends up going in a very different direction where they talk about the difference with various gaming communities and how judges / TOs insert themselves into games.
Sep 28, 2015
Episode 283 - So Jealous
[In which Mike and Lee talk to Mike Hutchinson (@crikeymiles) about Gaslands, his Mad Max inspired car combat game. Surprises and excitement abound in the episode but you shall have to listen so that he can explain everything that is going on himself. Tease isn't it.
Sep 24, 2015
Episode 282 - Roots of Magic, Part III
[In which Mike and Conrad finish their talk with Des about "The Roots of Magic". Today we talk about what it has taken to get the game to the point it is now and where it is going to go next. Hopefully the passion that Des has for the game has come through over the last couple of days and got you interested in the next stage.
Sep 23, 2015
Episode 281 - Roots of Magic, Part II
[In which Mike and Conrad continue to talk to Des about "The Roots of Magic". Today we talk about the game itself.
Sep 22, 2015
Episode 280 - Roots of Magic, Part I
[In which Mike and Conrad talk to Des (@happymrBrennan) about his forthcoming game "The Roots of Magic". I think most gamers have a dream about making their own game, either because there is a gap in the market or that they have played something and thought, well I can do better than that, but not all of us take the next step and do something about it. Des has. Hope you enjoy.
Sep 21, 2015
Episode 279 - Its not Monopoly, Part V
[In which we finish our discussion about the recently published Guardian list of 20 board games that you haven't heard of - though being gamers you probably have. Today we each pick a game from our personal collections that didn't make the list and try and convince ourselves (and you) that it should have made the list. Anyone who knows us can probably guess what the games are right now. Thanks to the Matts for joining us all this week, its been a lot of fun.
Sep 18, 2015
Episode 278 - Its not Monopoly, Part IV
[In which we continue to count down the recently published Guardian list of 20 board games that you haven't heard of - though being gamers you probably have. Today we count down the final five. Who will be an #1. Well if you've read the article then you already know, curse that freely available paper.
Sep 17, 2015
Episode 277 - Its not Monopoly, Part III
[In which we continue to count down the recently published Guardian list of 20 board games that you haven't heard of - though being gamers you probably have. Today we count down from 10 to 6 and we have games that more than one of us has actually played. We are such bad gamers. Still on the plus side doing these rundowns probably generates some extra sales for folks which can only be good right?
Sep 16, 2015
Episode 276 - Its not Monopoly, Part II
[In which we continue to count down the recently published Guardian list of 20 board games that you haven't heard of - though being gamers you probably have. Today we count down from 15 to 11. Its like ToTP this isn't it. I wonder who is Bruno Brookes?
Sep 15, 2015
Episode 275 - Its not Monopoly, Part I
[In which we start a week long strand where we count down the recently published Guardian list of 20 board games that you haven't heard of - though being gamers you probably have. Joining Conrad and Mike in this exercise we have Mr Spooner and Mr Ledgerwood, one of whom has actually played some of the games. Today we count down from 20 to 16
Sep 14, 2015
Episode 274 - Otherworld
[In which Mike talks to Wayne and Richard from Otherworld Miniatures about the newly launched Fantasy Skirmish game. We cover things like history of Otherworld, why make the decision to produce a set of rules and how the collaboration with Crooked Dice and the Action System came about. Its a really interesting chat that gives a great insight into the workings of a small miniature company in what is still very much a cottage industry.
Sep 11, 2015
Episode 273 - A Tale of Fail
[In which Mike and Conrad talk Conrads resolutions. Its a typical tale of buffoonery as Conrad has lost his Q2 goals, didn't realise we were in Q3 and was pretty much all over the shop. Final grade F - and TBH I feel that is pretty generous. If this was the excellent School of Faux podcast with that teacher that sounds just like Richard Burton then his report card would definitely be saying could do better.
Sep 10, 2015
Episode 272 - Age of Conrad
[In which Mike and Conrad talk Age of Sigmar after playing some games and generally having fun with it. Thats pretty much it.
Sep 09, 2015
Episode 271 - Here's ...
[In which Conrad returns. Yes I know he was in yesterdays episode as well but that was old stuff, this is new(ish). Anyway he and Mike talk about the Relic Knights event he went to in York over the summer. Can you guess where he finished?
Sep 08, 2015
Episode 270 - It's so pretty
[In which you get to listen to another episode recorded whilst we were on our summer hols. In this one Conrad, Lee and Mike talk about Age of Sigmar. Now at the time this was recorded AoS wasn't even out and I'm pretty sure some of the stuff they talk about turned out differently but it was relevant when they recorded it. Ok so its not so relevant now, but hey, content is content and we weren't going to let it just sit on the cutting room floor.
Sep 07, 2015
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