Paint All The Minis: Paint Ramble

This is a special bonus episode for you guys because why not! 

I speak to Caleb from Krakenships. Krakenships is a new company that seeks to fill gaps in fantasy RPG and skirmish model sets. If you are looking for non traditional models as you avatar for your RPG and skirmish games then Krakenships might just be for you. Turtle dudes, cat people, and non traditional wood elves came up in our chat as well as the opportunity to visit...

This week is the 4th and final episode in our mini series where we go into greater depth in what we feel we mean with the term sustainable gaming. Remember this term was created to try to get to grips with the hobby more and to give us pause for thought in regard to what we get and what we want out of the hobby  to make it the most enjoyable as possible. 

If you remember we defined it as ‘enjoying the hobby and participating for ...

This episode I catch back up with Mr Fish as we delve a little deeper into sustainable gaming now we have set the scene in episode 1.

We look closer at the idea of not allowing ourselves to buy too much stuff and also how this hobby may positively or negatively effect our personal mental health. 

If you want to chat and share your experience then please head over to the Paint All The Minis Facebook group. 

We hope you enjoy the sho...

This episode is the first of 4 episodes that will be released over the next month on the topic of sustainable gaming. Doing something in a sustainable fashion is something that I am incredibly interested in, along with why people do the things they do, plus also the external and internal  pressures we put on ourselves in our personal and professional lives. 

As I have  got into the hobby as an adult I have both experienced person...

This episode I speak to Brent Amberger of the Goobertown Hobbies Youtube Channel. Goobertown Hobbies is a youtube channel I personally really enjoy as there is a lot of thought, depth, and insight included in the videos I have watched.

In an age of clickbait and also lots of videos/content that appears to have been put together to over promise and underdeliver I find Brent’s videos to be insightful and interesting. The way that he ...

Sustainable Gaming!!!

Playing, Painting, Not overspending. Physical, Mental, Social Health.

Coming Sept 20 for an entire month our podcast will be given over to talking about this concept of making the hobby work for us.

‘Enjoying the hobby and participating in it for the longest time possible, understanding what it is we like about it & what we dont, controlling it, not allowing it to control us.’

It has been an absolute pleas...

This episode I talk to Mr Mark Latham a now freelance games designer and writer who has worked on or created a number of games we would have heard of such as The Walking Dead All Out War, The Harry Potter Miniatures Game, and The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms.

Mark also has a very interesting background working with Games Workshop and was clearly involved in shaping key elements that a great many people hold fondness for, I wont spoi...

This episode I speak to Henry Hyde, a gent who has had a long and very interesting pathway in the hobby industry and has participated in a wide variety of roles and responsibilities. Working mostly in written media he has moved with the times and felt the changes in personal preference and technological advances. It was really fun speaking to Henry and I hope you enjoy the chat we had. If you haven’t heard of him before you can lis...

This episode I speak to Jonas Ekman in a Why I love podcast where he talks about all the reasons he loves Open Combat. I will let Jonas talk to you about the details and why he loves it so much but some headlines are that Open Combat straddles skirmish/RPG games and allows you to use any models you have whilst also allowing you to stat them in any way you’d like .

I really enjoy the Why I love podcasts and this one was no exception...

This episode I speak to Mike Hutchinson the writer of Gaslands, the post apocalyptic game of vehicular combat and racing, and also the upcoming game A Billion Suns which comes in 2020.

I loved talking to Mike as his demeanour, candour, and insight makes for a great chat. Its obvious from our chat that he is a positive & hard working guy and there were so many threads I would have liked to chase down but alas time marched ever o...

This week I talk to Olly Gibson an average Joe just like you and me who enjoys the hobby but also has his YouTube channel Liberum Esse where he posts his thoughts. I will let Olly tell you what this means in due course.

The show was a run rambly chat as it should be and covers a wide variety of things. It was great speaking to him and it is people like Olly that have made, will make, and currently make my experience in this hobby a...

This week I talk once again to Alessio Cavatore of River Horse Games. I spoke to Alessio back in episode 51 so if you want more info on his personal history then go and check that out. In this episode we talk about what he has been up to since our last chat, we poke about the diverse set of games and activities he has been up to with some huge and well known IP’s, and we also talk about what he thinks makes a good game.

I am really...

This week I speak once again to Ronnie Renton of Mantic Games. We have a catch up on his BBQ technique, Dungeon Saga, The Walking Dead: Call to Arms skirmish game (an expansion to the All Out War narrative), along with Kings of War Vanguard & also the announcement of Kings of War third edition.

Always fun talking to Ronnie and I hope you enjoy the show. I am no salesman and I am not looking to influence you but every interactio...

This week I speak once again to Joseph McCullough the creator of Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadow Deep,and Oathmark to name just 3. In this show we talk about what has been happening with him since we last spoke in episode 106, we also talk about his opinion on what makes a good game. He highlights the holy trinity that may be at odds with each other. If you haven’t heard from Joseph before I recommend going back to episode 66 for our...

This week I speak to Stuart of Great Escape Games. Great Escape Games not only offers a wide variety of interesting rule sets such as Dead Man’s Hand, a western style skirmish game, Iron Cross, 1914, Seven Days to the River Rhine, all table top war games in a variety of eras, but they also offer miniatures in ranges that may not be offered by other companies in the eras we play. Romanians, Mountain Italian Alpini, Greek Mountain tr...

This week I speak to Carl Titterington who is just at this very moment releasing his first rule set called Contact Front. Contact Front is a modern skirmish rule set and during the show Carl talks about it and why it may appeal to you if you are into that sort of thing. As with other shows we also delve into Carl’s background and his journey towards creating his own rule set, it is one that is varied and interesting.

It was great t...

This week I speak to Az of Mythic Games where I try to avoid talking about food, but then talk about food, then we talk about his personal history all the way up to his current work with Mythic Games on their recent work such as Time of Legends: Joan of Arc, Solomon Kane, and Reichbusters. We also give an overview of and go into some detail on their most recent game Super Fantasy Brawl. If you like the sound of Super Fantasy Brawl ...

This episode I talk to Joe Veltre of Gods Eye Games and also the Acceptable Casualties Youtube Channel. Joe released his first ruleset Son’s of Mars around a year ago, and also talked to me about the Acceptable Casualties previously these can be found in episode 23 and 84, plus if you check out On Geeking part 3 between episode 65 and 66 you can hear Joe and I just goofing around and letting loose, if you like that sort of thing th...