Welcome Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XXX NOV 11, 2020

On this episode, game designer Kim Kanger and a panel (Roberto’s The Good, The Best, The Glorious game club) discussing GCACW (Great Campaigns of the American Civil War) from Avalon Hill and MMP and Ed Beach and I do our final die roll in our final of the GCACW BPA tourney: the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

0:06 Kim Kanger intro...point of origin

0:17 Becoming a designer; design philosophy

0:35: Why these conflicts; Dien Bien Phu

0:47: What’s next on the design plate? Kyiv, Russia and elsewhere, Heart of Darkness and Barbarossa.

1:14 Ed Beach and I toss the final dice in GCACW BPA Online Tourney

1:44 The dice are tossed!

1:49 Roberto and The Good, The Best, The Glorious game club talk GCACW

2:03 Volko Ruhnke takes good and bad regarding GCACW

2:23 Challenge of the game…commander mindset

2:44 Battle resolution…the call for more multiplayer versions of our beloved 2 player wargames

3:08 Wrap, on my gaming plate, shout outs and god bless the republic.

Welcome Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XXIX SEP 16, 2020

On this episode, game designer Ben Madison and a panel (JR, Mr Herman and WBC Curdis) discussing OCS (Operational Combat Series) from the Gamers and MMP.

0:05 Ben Madison intro...point of origin

0:22 White Tribe and Absolute Victory

0:36: THE MISSION and christianity's struggle to become a world religion

0:49 Death in the Trenches and a unique combat resolution system

1:02: What's on Ben's design plate and "delicate" topics in wargaming

1:22 OCS Panel discussion...does Herman know OCS?

1:37 Why play OCS

1:53 Charcoal fueled trucks, op tempo and Herman tells a story about meeting a few Rommel staff officers 

2:09 Fog of War and the great OCS artillery dust up

2:29 Successors to OCS? Logistics in wargames

2:59 Wrap, on my gaming plate, shout outs, go Beloved Minnesota TWINS!

Guns, Dice, Butter continues in the summer of 2020.

0:05 Conversation with Ed Beach: game designs published (Here I Stand, Great Campaigns of the American Civil War, etc.)...point of origin...current GCACW WBC BPA tourney finals match

1:29 Swampcon crew resumes panel discussion of "Which wargames published 2016 > 2020 should we be playing?"...discussion resumes with Between the Wars...WW2...modern.

2:30 Wrap up, shout outs and "what's on my gaming plate"

Guns, Dice, Butter continues it return after a four year break in the conversation.

0:04 Gareth and Curtis: The Napoleonic Wars: Gareth point of gaming origin, The fantastic WBC Nappy Wars tourney

0:17 Data, a dog and opening moves

0:33 Gaming personalities and player countries, the dick move and the attack of the Rohan

0:47 Gaming the system, Nappy Wars vs Empires in Arms

1:05 We lost Curtis. Gareth wraps it up with a thoughts on Nappy Wars v3

1:21 Jeff Lester point of gaming origin, Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

1:40 Wargame design

1:52 Jeff’s game, The Manchurian War, Der Weltkrieg, WWI East front, other games on the Russo – Japanese conflict

2:02 Swampcon crew (JR, Young Chris and Roberto) resume the panel discussion of “Which wargames published 2016 > 2020 should we be playing?”…we resume with the American Civil War

2:22 We continue with the Imperial Age

2:40 We conclude with WWI

2:53 Wrap up: shoutouts, gaming thoughts, June 6, 1944, anger, the republic, positivity, Harry Caray, the CLASH!

Guns, Dice, Butter returns after a four year break in the conversation.

0:00 Conversation with Mark Herman regarding Richard Berg

1:12 Herman and Berg Redux

1:30 Panel discussion (Swampcon gang: JR, Chris and Roberto) regarding "So, what wargames published 2016 - 2020 should we be playing?" (given that GDB missed the last four years).

2:42 Remembering a few our gaming mates (R.Coffey, R.Moyers, R.Berg). Other bits and bobs. 

Great to be back.

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https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/198680/welcome-gaga-zone-wargames-high-fanboy-bases-and-l

Welcome to episode XXV of Guns, Dice, Butter: a series of conversations with members of the wargaming tribe.

0:00: Opening and episode preview

0:07: Fran Diaz, Game Designer, Polis

0:58: Esteemed historian, author and storyteller Adrian Goldsworthy and game designer extraordinaire Mark Herman discuss Rome and what not

2:08: Mark Herman and Pericles

2:49: Episode wrap up

Episode references:

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/151903/ancients-wargames-glory-was-greece-and-grandeur-wa 

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1545400/prancing-peloponnese-1st-mn-gives-polis-punt-some 

New to wargaming? Consult this: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/206813/wargame-grasshopper-noob-rookie-padawan-list 

Guns, Dice, Butter, with now over 80,000 downloads, is available on iTunes, Boardgamegeek, Consimworld and many other places that gamers hang on the web.

GDB website: http://gunsdicebutter.libsyn.com 

Guns, Dice, Butter returns to the ancient world with a discussion evolving esteemed historian Adrian Goldsworthy and game designer extraordinaire Mark Herman. Hope to publish in the next week or so.

Welcome to episode XXIV of Guns, Dice, Butter

0:00 Intro: Guns Returns!

0:04: Richard Berg and Mark Herman

1st segment: Point of SPI orgin, Tiny Tim, Herman’s career as a roadie for Lover, Berg’s singing career

2nd segment: Design and game components

3rd segment: What makes a good multiplayer wargame? Herman & Berg works in progress.

4th segment: Depth of historical knowledge drives designs: Ancients: battles, operational dynamics, logistics

1:07: GaGa Panel: Marty Sample, Wendell Albright, John Alsen

1st segment: Background on GaGa list (game lust & fanboys): Games discussed: Enemy Action Ardennes, Liberty/Victory Roads, Napoleon’s Triumph, Fire in the Lake, COIN (Falling Sky and Liberty or Death) 

2nd segment: Roll playing wargames: Here I Stand/Virgin Queen, Sekigahara, Amateurs to Arms, Kingdom of Heaven, Genesis

3rd segment: Card Driven Wargames and others: No Retreat series, Command & Colors, Empire of the Sun, Pursuit of Glory, Unhappy King Charles, Triumph of Chaos, Carthage: 1st Punic War

4th segment: It’s been a FABULOUS ten year run for wargames

2:38: Wrap up

References:

Gaga List: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/198680/welcome-gaga-zone-wargames-high-fanboy-bases-and-l

My Session Reports: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/175938/1st-mnsawatdeeherr-dr-session-reports

Guns, Dice, Butter, now with over 70k downloads, is available on iTunes, Boardgamegeek, Consimworld and many other places where gamers hang on the web.

GDB website: http://gunsdicebutter.libsyn.com/

Guns, Dice, Butter returning soon: recorded long session with two designers today :-) Hope to get a panel this week - then I'll have episode 24. It will be a good one: promise.Life and gaming (my manic pace of playing new games the last 2 years: Wargames Played in 2015: One 1st MNer) had put Guns on the shelf for a bit, but, I do intend to start cranking out new episodes this winter.Checked the downloads the other day - near 70k now: thank you for your continued support.

... ... ... Wow... Can NOT believe it has been 6 months since an episode. Been enjoying the break with gaming at the 1st MN  Wargame Society and working on two designs: Triumph of Chaos v2: DELUXE! and Triumph of Fascism (Spanish Civil War).

I've got two Guns episodes lined up; just need to get the conversations completed. They'll be good ones. Guaranteed.

Up to 65k+ downloads now; averaging about 4k per episode. Thank you for your continued support!