Explore every episode of the podcast Anything But a One! Adventures in Historical Miniature Wargaming
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 100: Getting New Gamers | 04 Sep 2024 | 00:37:54 | |
What??? 100 Episodes? How did that happen!? Today's episode deals with how games get new players. | |||
| Episode 99: What Do We Want from Game Rules? | 19 Aug 2024 | 00:39:49 | |
Fair play? Historical flavor? Something in between? We seem as a society to love to complain about the rules we like! | |||
| Episode 90: House Rules | 11 Mar 2024 | 00:50:45 | |
| Episode 2: The Game Company People Love to Hate | 26 Jul 2020 | 00:35:24 | |
In this installment the guys examine why everyone loves to hate Warlord Games. Is it fair? Is it justified? Is it just social media trolling? | |||
| Episode 1: What Makes Game Rules Good? | 26 Jul 2020 | 00:26:33 | |
Tom Castanos, Ray Winstead, and Richard Martinez discuss (argue about) what makes for a good set of tabletop miniature wargame rules. Each with 40+ plus years of gaming experience, the guys have seen the good, the bad, and the unplayable come across their game tables. | |||
| Episode 89: Blood and Steel Campaign Update | 26 Feb 2024 | 00:35:50 | |
We are half way through our first campaign in our Zulu Wars skirmish game. | |||
| Episode 88: Where is the Diversity Among Wargamers? | 10 Feb 2024 | 00:55:14 | |
Today I interview Larry Mackey as we examine why the ranks of wargamers is not more diverse. | |||
| Episode 87: A Place to Play | 26 Jan 2024 | 00:30:40 | |
Where do you wargame? The pub? The garage? A custom-made man-cave? Today we examine the types and importance of a place to play. | |||
| Episode 86: The Return to Flames of War (Yea...we know) | 12 Jan 2024 | 00:48:36 | |
This week the gang talks about circling back around to Flames of War and Team Yankee. Re-evaluation or stuck in a rut? | |||
| Episode 85: Our Next Project: The Votes Are In! | 16 Dec 2023 | 00:32:06 | |
We have tallied the votes and are ready to reveal what the voters have picked as our next project! | |||
| Episode 84: Napoleon back on the Silver Screen | 01 Dec 2023 | 00:42:59 | |
Taking a short break from gaming, the gang attended the opening night of Ridley Scott's Napoleon. Spoiler Alert! Well.... There are spoilers in the podcast. Napoleon dies! | |||
| Episode 83: Altar of Freedom | 17 Nov 2023 | 00:41:23 | |
Today we give our thoughts on the American Civil War rules Altar of Freedom! | |||
| Episode 82: Playtesting a New Project with Sam Mustafa in Studio! | 08 Nov 2023 | 00:39:20 | |
Sam Mustafa, author of Blucher, LaSalle2, Nimitz and many other games joins us in sunny south Texas to test play his latest WWII project in the works. | |||
| Episode 81: 3D Printing | 20 Oct 2023 | 00:46:50 | |
If you want to hear three tech troglodytes talk about 3D printing are you ever in luck! Today we examine or limited experience in the medium and how it is changing how we game. | |||
| Episode 98: Epic Punic Wars and the Virtues of Down Sizing | 04 Aug 2024 | 00:39:10 | |
Yep, we are buying in to Epic Hail Caesar! Listen to us justify our weaknesses! | |||
| Episode 80: Help Us Pick Our Next Project! | 06 Oct 2023 | 00:43:17 | |
You heard us! With War of the Roses in the books, it's time for a new project. Listen to our ideas and tell us which one we should do! | |||
| Episode 79: Our Thoughts of Valour & Fortitude | 24 Sep 2023 | 00:53:31 | |
We recently played our first game of the Perry Brothers second edition of Valor & Fortitude. In this episode we share our thoughts about this free set of rules. | |||
| Episode 78: Texas BROADSIDE! 2023 with Andy Bouffard | 10 Sep 2023 | 00:35:12 | |
It's convention time in Houston, Texas! Andy Bouffard tells us all we need to know about Texas BROADSIDE! 2023! | |||
| Episode 77: Wishlist Games | 25 Aug 2023 | 00:33:00 | |
You always need a new set of rules, right? Aching to paint yet another army? Well what game or time period would it be? | |||
| Episode 76: War of the Roses on the Table! | 11 Aug 2023 | 00:36:52 | |
We actually kinda sorta met our goal! We've played multiple War of the Roses games! It's time for an update. | |||
| Episode 75: 75th Episode! How Did We Get This We Far????? | 28 Jul 2023 | 00:36:06 | |
There are no words. Thank you so much for listening! We will look back on where we've been and where we might go next. | |||
| Episode 74: Speed and Contrast Paints | 14 Jul 2023 | 00:30:28 | |
Well we may not be on the cutting edge, but after a couple of years we have some thoughts on Contrast and Speed Paints. | |||
| Episode 73: Epic Pike and Shotte or Do We Have...Enough Stuff? | 30 Jun 2023 | 00:33:32 | |
So how is it that after all the Epic bashing we are now painting Epic Pike and Shotte? | |||
| Episode 72: Wars of the Roses | 16 Jun 2023 | 00:40:07 | |
The gang made a pact in January to start 28mm Wars of the Roses. I wonder how that went? | |||
| Episode 71: NOT a Big Problem with Historical Wargames | 26 May 2023 | 00:29:13 | |
We wanted to respond to recent YouTube video that alleged historical games suffer from people not wanting to play "The bad guys." | |||
| Episode 97: Deep Dive - Our Discomfort with Johnny Reb | 21 Jul 2024 | 00:44:45 | |
It's not you...it's me. Well, John Hill's Johnny Reb has long been a bone of contention with our group. Today we tell the story. | |||
| Encore Presentation: ESR with David Ensteness | 12 May 2023 | 00:50:55 | |
It seemed fitting to replay our ESR episode just in time for the release of the Wargaming Company's new line of 10mm miniatures! | |||
| Episode 70: Larry Mackey on Playing Crossfire with Combat Veterans | 28 Apr 2023 | 00:45:43 | |
Larry works with youth and also has played Arty Conliffe's Crossfire with combat veterans. How "realistic" is it? They also have house rules bringing the rules to the modern era. | |||
| Episode 69: Game Designer Jim Getz | 14 Apr 2023 | 01:07:07 | |
Co-author and rules guru Jim Getz joins us to inflict his revenge on us for abusing his Empire rules! | |||
| Episode 68: Sam Mustafa - Nimitz and Rules Mechanics | 31 Mar 2023 | 00:54:22 | |
Sam makes his return to the show to talk about his new rules Nimitz! We also talk about rule mechanics and theory. | |||
| Episode 67: Salute 50 with Tony Concagh | 17 Mar 2023 | 00:44:57 | |
Today Tony Concagh joins us from the South London Warlords Wargame Club to tell us all about Salute 50. It's the largest one day game show in Europe! | |||
| Episode 66: So You Want to Start Gaming the Pike & Shotte Era? | 03 Mar 2023 | 00:44:09 | |
Thirty Years War...English Civil War... Wars of Religion...If you long to model cavaliers and roundheads tune in! | |||
| Episode 65: Rating the Troops | 16 Feb 2023 | 00:45:27 | |
How do you rate troops when writing rules or making scenarios? Balancing the game? 100% historical? | |||
| Episode 64: Arty Conliffe's Crossfire Rules | 03 Feb 2023 | 00:43:58 | |
This week we go back to the 90's to play a set of rules from the great Arty Conliffe. How did we miss these back then? | |||
| Episode 63: Influential Rule Sets | 20 Jan 2023 | 00:43:10 | |
Today we discuss rules that were influential to us in our development as gamers. | |||
| Episode 62: How Do You Pick Your Armies? | 23 Dec 2022 | 00:51:37 | |
Style points? Rule of Cool? Power house? How do you pick the armies you collect and paint? | |||
| Episode 96: New Blood | 07 Jul 2024 | 00:40:22 | |
| Episode 61: Why Aren't World War One Games More Popular? | 10 Dec 2022 | 00:37:15 | |
Why aren't there more Great War games? Is the topic too difficult? Is it lost on American audiences? | |||
| Episode 60: Is I Go You Go Going Away? | 28 Nov 2022 | 00:46:03 | |
It's been around since the beginning of games, but are I go, you go games outdated? | |||
| Episode 59: So You Want to Start Gaming WWII? | 16 Nov 2022 | 00:52:49 | |
Rob Wubbenhorst joins us to discuss how to get started in gaming WWII. | |||
| Episode 58: Can Knowing Too Much About a Topic Ruin a Game? | 04 Nov 2022 | 00:42:59 | |
Have you ever had so much information about a topic that gaming that topic was difficult? Can you know too much? | |||
| Episode 57: Does Fantasy Gaming Help Historical Gaming? | 21 Oct 2022 | 00:40:22 | |
What does historical gaming gain from it fantasy cousins? Do you play both? | |||
| Episode 56: So You Want to Start Gaming the American Civil War? | 08 Oct 2022 | 00:43:25 | |
We are back with a new "So you want to" series. This time we cover the American Civil War. | |||
| Episode 55: Blood And Steel Authors Edgar Pabon and Damien Macomber | 23 Sep 2022 | 00:34:25 | |
Today we chat with Edgar Pabon and Damien Macomber, co-authors of Blood & Steel - Victorian Age Combat. | |||
| Episode 54: The Modeling Side of Gaming | 09 Sep 2022 | 00:53:57 | |
Some people love it. Others, not so much. However you feel about, modeling and painting is a huge part of this hobby. Today we talk about our ways of "coping" with this side of things. | |||
| Episode 53: Dark Ages Wargaming | 30 Aug 2022 | 00:38:56 | |
Welcome to Season 3! Today we discuss gaming and research in periods where written records are hard to come by. | |||
| Episode 52: What Do You Want in a Convention Game? | 12 Aug 2022 | 01:01:09 | |
The gaming convention is a great place to learn about new games. But are you ready to dive in and roll dice or would you rather be an observer? We talk about the pros and cons of convention games with Alan Spencer from Heart of Texas Wargamers. | |||
| Episode 95: Dead Man's Hand Redux | 24 Jun 2024 | 00:41:21 | |
Today we take a peek at both the original Dead Man's Hand and the new Redux from Great Escape Games. | |||
| Episode 51: So You Wanna Start Gaming...Napoleonics | 29 Jul 2022 | 00:38:35 | |
We are going to start something new this episode. This is the first installment of episodes relating to starting a particular time period. We are starting with Napoleonics. | |||
| Episode 50: Campaign Systems | 15 Jul 2022 | 00:43:25 | |
Have you ever played in an extended campaign? Did you finish? What does it take to start and finish a wargame campaign? We are joined by Rob Wubbenhorst from Fights On! Games. | |||