The Meeples & Miniatures Podcast

Welcome to Episode 152 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck and Dave Luff review The Great War, the World War I boardgame designed by Richard Borg and published by PSC Games. We hope you enjoy the show

Welcome to Episode 151 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck, Mike Whitaker & Mike Hobbs welcome back Neil Fawcett of Spartan Games, along with game designer Derek Sinclair, to talk about Halo Fleet Battles - The Fall of Reach. We chat about the design concepts of the game, and have a step-by-step discussion of the game mechanics. As well as that, we also have a brief chat about the forthcoming Halo Ground Combat game. We hope you enjoy the show Note: this is a 'live' unedited sh

Welcome to Episode 150 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck, Mike Hobbs, Mike Whitaker & Dave Luff celebrate 150 episodes of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast, and respond to a host of listener questions - and even have a surprise guest! We hope you enjoy the show Note: this is a 'live' unedited show, and as such may contain the odd expletive or comment which you would not normally hear on this show...

Welcome to Episode 149 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck and Mike Whitaker chat with Colin Phillips from Radio Dish-Dash about their modern skirmish rules, Skirmish Sangin, and also discuss the upcoming release of Maalintii Rangers and Outbreak We hope you enjoy the show

In this show, hosts Neil Shuck, Mike Hobbs and Mike Whitaker review Firestorm Planetfall - the sci-fi mass battle game from Spartan Games We hope you enjoy the show

Welcome to episode 147 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast This show brings you a number of interviews from the recent UK Games Expo in Birmingham, England. We chat to: Surprised Stare Games, Mantic Games, Warmacre, Prodos games, East Street Games, JakeThornton, PSC Games, Warwick Kinrade and Steamforged Games We hope you enjoy the show  

Welcome to episode 146 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show I speak to Rusti Gregory of Crossover Miniatures about his current Kickstarter to produce a new set of 28mm scale miniatures and rules for a new game: UFO Squad. We hope you enjoy the show

Welcome to episode 145 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show we speak to Andy Cooper of West Wind Productions.  We chat about the last two Kickstarter projects that Westwind have run: Empire of the Dead: Requiem and War & Empire, and look forward to their new project - Secrets of the Third Reich II. We hope you enjoy the show

Welcome to Episode 144 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast This show contains several interview recorded during Salute 2015, including contributions from Too Fat Lardies, Hawk wargames, S[artan Games, West Wind Productions and many others We hope you enjoy the show  

Welcome to Episode 143 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast   In this show we review Star Wars: Armada, the new fleet combat game set in the Star Wars universe from Fantasy Flight Games   We hope you enjoy the show

Welcome to Episode 142 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show hosts Neil Shuck, Mike Hobbs and Mike Whitaker are joined by rules author Mark Lewis to discuss his set of Ancients rules: Sword & Spear   We hope you enjoy the show

Welcome to episode 141 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs chat to Carl Brown and Gavin Thorpe of Second Thunder about their Kickstarter project to produce a print edition of the Open Combat skirmish rules We hope you enjoy the show

Welcome to episode 140 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck and Mike Hobbs chat with Simon Miller about his fast-paly Ancients mass battle rules: To The Strongest We hope you enjoy the show.

Welcome to episode 139 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs chat to Neil Fawcett of Spartan Games. We talk about the history of the company, chat about some possible developments and then have an in-depth discussion about their new Kickstarter project for modular scenery... ...at which point Neil drops a bit of a bombshell...   We hope you enjoy the show!

Welcome to episode 138 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast   As we head into 2015, hosts Neil Shuck, Mike Hobbs & Mike Whitaker get together to discuss their favourite games of 2014, and also discuss some of their gaming plans for the new year. We hope you enjoy the show.

Yes, You have read it correctly! Just in time for the New Year the View from the Veranda podcast returns for a one-off show. Neil Shuck & Henry Hyde take a look back - in their usual verbal meandering style -  at their hobby in 2014, and look forward to the new year. Look out for subject such as VATMOSS, Agincourt, Sci-fi gaming, Waterloo, Scenery building, Sieges, Waterloo and much, much more* We hope you enjoy the show. *Warning: This show may contain references to points systems and banana oil.**   **Warning: Only one of these statements is probably true...

Welcome to episode 137 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show, hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by rules author Robin Fitton, to talk about his sci-fi wargames rules Gruntz, which are aimed specifically at gaming using 15mm scale miniatures. You can find out more information about Gruntz at their website. We hope you enjoy the show.

Welcome to episode 136 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show, hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by the crew from Second Thunder Publishing: Carl Brown & Gav Thorpe, to talk about their new skirmish rules: Open Combat You can purchase the rules from the Second Thunder website We hope you enjoy the show (settle in, this is a long one!)

Welcome to episode 135 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show host Neil Shuck talks to Richard Clarke about the latest offering from Too Fat Lardies: 29, Let's Go! They also chat about what we can expect to see from TFL in the coming year, and also discuss some aspects of the current state of the historical wargames hobby We hope you enjoy the show!

Welcome to episode 134 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs review the game 'Jugula' from Studio Tomahawk & Gripping Beast We hope you enjoy the show!