Thursday, August 6, 2009

Podcasts

I listen to loads of gaming podcast's (probably far too many) and thought I'd pass on my opinions of some of my favourites. I've added quick links in the sidebar. So, in no particular order, these are my favouite podcasts:

Meeples and Miniatures
This is what it says about itself:

Meeples & Minatures is a podcast about all aspects of Miniature Wargaming and Strategy Boardgames. The first episode was produced in January 2007, which makes it one of the longest running wargaming podcasts currently available.

The show is produced every month, and discusses all aspects of Miniature Wargaming and Strategy Boardgames – concentrating on historical wargaming and the ’smaller’ titles in fantasy and sci-fi, so you will find very little about Warhammer, 40K or Warmachine/Hordes on this podcast. Many boardgames are also discussed, with the emphasis being on those that involve either miniatures, or some form of conflict.

Up until January 2009, the show has been a solo podcast, hosted by Neil Shuck (aka Earthquake on many online forums).

However, from the start of 2009, Neil has been joined by two co-hosts; Dave Luff and Jere Koskela.

In addition, we are also very pleased to have a regular guest slot with Henry Hyde – the editor of Battlegames magazine.

I find this show one of the best around. Highly recommended.

d6 Generation

A very professionally produced American show about many aspects of the games hobby but with a definite emphasis's on the established game companies (Games Workshop, Privateer Press etc). They cover many other aspects of the hobby (board and miniature). Very entertaining and definitely worth a listen even if you are not into the above companies.

Noisemakers Podcast

A much more shoestring type of podcast, very friendly in tone, by an American Pastor about his attempts to game 'big battles' on a budget. Well worth listening to.

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