Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 261 – Corps Blimey!
Download Episode 261 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Sir Sidney Roundwood for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – Sir Sidney [...]
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Games played – January 2019
Here are all the games I have played in January, and my thoughts on them. Keyforge (6) I have been really impressed by this card game from FFG. I played in a ‘Sealed [...]
Norman Cavalry – finally painted!
Back in August 2016 I started building several new cavalry units for a Breton force for Saga, using the plastic Norman Cavalry from Conquest Games. More information can be [...]
Painting Tally – January 2019
January started pretty well, with #hobbystreak meaning that I was at least laying paint onto miniature most days in the month. However, it wasn’t quite enough… [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 260 – Happy One Hundred WSS
Download Episode 260 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Guy Bowers for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – Guy Bowers introduces himself [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 259 – Crusade & Mega-gaming
Download Episode 259 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Ty Callaghan-Jones for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – Our guest, Ty [...]
2018 – The 7 tasks of Shuck – an update…
You may remember that last year I was set ‘The 7 tasks of Shuck’. (You can find full details here) – a number of hobby tasks to complete before the end of [...]
A new ‘Patreon Exclusive’ podcast series
I have decided to try a new format for the Patreon Exclusive podcasts for 2019. All $3 backers will now have access to a new podcast series – ‘The Secret Diary of [...]
Painting Tally – December 2018
December started really well with a fantastic weekend painting clinic, courtesy of Glenbrook Games. However, with one thing and another I totally failed to actually finish [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 258 – Gaming review of 2018
Download Episode 258 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs once again have the microphone to themselves for this episode of the podcast – we look back at our gaming in 2018 00:00 [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 257 – The Devil in Your Head
Download Episode 257 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs have the microphone to themselves for this episode of the podcast. 00:00 – Introduction – We introduce our new [...]
A new board game café opens in Leicester
Friday night is gaming night. Well, one of several to be honest, but Friday nights I get to game with my son Josh, which is always a bit special. We usually go to Battlefield [...]
Painting Tally – November 2018
November was something of a non-event on the painting front Painted: 0 Nothing. Not a sausage. I did start a couple of things, but nothing completed. Purchased: 7 The sum [...]
Meeples & Miniatures welcomes a new sponsor
We are very pleased to announce that our website and podcast has a brand new sponsor – Firestorm Games. If you are unaware of Firestorm Games, here are their details [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 256 – View from a Twisted Pinnacle
Download Episode 256 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by a guest presenter in the shape of Patreon backer James Aldridge for this episode of the podcast. 00:00 – [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 255 – Tales of Tabletop Gaming #1
Download Episode 255 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest presenter Dave Hickman for this episode of the podcast. 00:00 – Introduction – We start the [...]
Deep Madness – First Impressions
Deep Madness is a new boardgame from Diemension Games, originally funded via a Kickstarter project in November 2016 and delivered – admittedly almost a year late [...]
New Patreon exclusive podcast published
I have just published a new episode of the ‘Musings from the Bunker’ podcast, which is available to all Patreon supporters who back at the $3 level. In this show, [...]
Painting Tally: October 2018
October turned out to be another somewhat frugal month on the painting table… Painted: 10 I did manage to get the two Gangs of Rome mobs that I needed for the [...]
Radio Dish Dash running Kickstarter campaign for Ultracombat
Radio Dish Dash – authors of the Skirmish Sangin modern rules – are no stranger to gaming modern warfare. They are currently running a kickstarter to help fund [...]
