Welcome to Episode 54 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast.
In this show, I look at some of the latest boardgame releases which feature various aspects of wargaming – from the historical battles of Imperial Rome and the Wars of the Roses to the Fantasy world of Battlelore: Heroes.
The latest edition of the Incoming! Podcast has now been posted.
Slightly later than usual, but welcome to the latest Incoming! video podcast. This show looks back at the historical Miniature releases for w/e 20th November 2009. This latest episode includes new released from Foundry, Copplestone Castings, Bronze Age Miniatures and TB Line.
I’ve just purchased a copy of Warlord Games new rules, Black Powder, to review on the podcast (All being well, I’m recording this show on Friday night)
If you purchase this rule set from Warlord Games, you get a special miniature included in the pack – ‘Big Wullie’, a Highlander from the Crimean War.
As a new feature on the blog I’m going to be running a Prize Competition every month, and I’m starting by offering this figure as the prize for November.
Interested?
All you have to do to enter is answer the following (easy) question:
One of the most well-known incidents of the Crimean War was the “Charge of the Light Brigade”. In what battle did this take place, and when was it fought?
Know the answer? Then simply send the answer in an email to me neil@meeplesandminiatures.co.uk with the title ‘Big Wullie Competition’. The winner of the figure will be drawn at random from the correct answers.
The competition is open until Midnight GMT on Monday 30th November, so you have plenty of time to get your entries in. This competition is open to anyone, worldwide, and the figure will be sent out post-free.
The winner will be announced on 1st December, along with details of a new competition.
Welcome to Episode 3 of View from the Veranda, with Neil Shuck & Henry Hyde.
In this show, we discuss our inspirations for wargaming – but with typical verbal diversions into the realms of British school history curriculum, Michael Bentine’s Potty Time and the mysterious disappearance of the Battle of Bosworth diorama.
Hi folks – just to let you know, both episode 54 & 55 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast are now ‘in the can’ and are currently being edited.
Recording for episode 54 was finished on Thursday, whilst episode 55 was recorded last night.
It’s going to be a few days before these get released – my first priority is to finish audio & video editing on the latest two Incoming! video podcasts – these should see the light of day by the end of the weekend, and episode 54 will then follow (hopefully by midweek). Episode 55 should be out a few days later.
Thanks for your patience – much more podcast goodness to come!
Well, it came too late for this week’s game night, but I’ve just picked up a very interesting looking dice game from Gigamic (the people behind the gorgeous wooden abstract games like Quarto and Pylos) called Wazabi.
The idea of the game almost couldn’t be simpler – you have to be the first player to get rid of all your dice.
Each player starts with 4 dice and 3 action cards – these action cards let you do certain things (get rid of one of your dice, take more cards, reverse the direction of play, get a player to miss a go etc)
You roll your dice, and dependent upon the result, you get to pass a dice to an opponent, draw more cards or play a card from your hand. It looks like a fun game, with a heavy ’screw your neighbour’ factor – which is the ideal sort of game that we want for playing down the pub after club on a Wednesday night.
If you’re interested, you can play it online at the official Wazabi Online website.
On opening the packaging, the thing that really struck me was the production quality of the game – it’s gorgeous!
You get a heavy cube-shaped box (really nice, if somewhat impractical in shape) which eases open to show off the rest of the components – 24 custom black and white etched dice, a drawstring dice bag to put them in and a pack of large cards. The cards are fantastic – big, colourful, and of a quality that is stunning…probably the highest quality cards I’ve ever come across in a game – I kid you not!
This hasn’t had a great reception on BGG so far, but having seen the components and played the game online, I think this is a title that will see a lot of play in our group.
I’m now the proud owner of all six boxes of Commands & Colors: Ancients (original plus 5 expansions) – something I’ve been on the edge of doing for quite some time now.
If you’ve read this blog or listened to the podcast before, you know that I love this game. However, there was one aspect of getting all these expansions that I really didn’t appreciate – despite hearing about it from several friends who have already been through the experience.
Stickers.
C&C: Ancients uses blocks to represent units. Each unit is made up of between 2 and 4 blocks, and to differentiate the units, each block has a sticker on either side. These have to be applied by hand, as when the game arrives it contains a large bag of wooden blocks, and several sheets of self-adhesive stickers.
Not a problem, I thought…
But in the base game plus 5 expansions, that means 1459 blocks, which is about 2850 stickers (not all the blocks are double-sided). That’s a lot of stickers!
I’m about 4 hours in, and have only completed 2 1/2 armies (both from the base game, plus all the Eastern Infantry from Expansion #1) so I’m about 1/4 of the way through. I can see that it’s going to be a while before I’m finished…
The observant amongst you may have noticed a slight change to the website – I’ve added a new Donate tab to the blog, which is on the top right of the page.
If you visit this page, it will enable you to make a donation to the show via Paypal. Simply click the logo and follow the instructions.
As I’m sure you can appreciate, producing the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast and Incoming! Vidcasts does incurr several costs. These include monthly hosting costs, audio hardware and software, and even the cost of the odd game to review.
Whilst the show is always going to be free to download, if you enjoy what you hear and see and feel that you want to help support the show, then making a donation (however small) will greatly help towards the cost of producing the podcast/vidcast on a regular basis.
Anyone who supports the show in this way will get a shout out on the next podcast.
Just to give you a heads-up, at the moment, in order to improve the quality of the shows, I’m looking at purchasing a new audio mixing board. I’m also looking at the possibility of geting some new video editing software and possibly a small digital video camera in the future. The mixing board is the priority.
Welcome to the latest edition of the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Edition of Incoming!
In this show, I feature new releases from Dark Sword Miniatures, Red Box Games, Impacy Miniatures & Heresy Miniatures.
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