Pushing Cardboard – Details, episodes & analysis

Happy birthday to us! 4 years and 50 episodes!

This episode features an interview with Joe Neva of Neva Wargames as well as a look at Desert Blitzkrieg from Compass Games.

A few things mentioned in this episode:

• Live Cardboard #20, looking back and forward
• My time at Bottoscon
• Rob Bottos interview
•  Desert Blitzkrieg unboxing
• www.nevawargames.com

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49 - Terry Simo | Brief Border Wars 2

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

• Small unit tactical Napoleonic game from Lock'n'Load
• GMT September newsletter
• Free pdf of optional rules for GMT's Wolfpack
• New from Osprey- General Orders Sengoku Jidai
• GMT finally releasing CCN The Grand Battles?
• ATO Annual available for pre-order
• Marco Arnaudo retiring from video reviews
• Tank Duel gets a free campaign system
• John Butterfield's redo of Hell's Highway is happening.
• Paths of Glory is on Rally the Troops
• Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno is on Rally the Troops

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#40 - Justin Fassino, Maurice Suckling, Espana 1936

The episode on the web is here.

But now we're back on track. A bunch of stuff mentioned in this episode:.

• My Cube4Me affiliate link
• Best new games poll
• Seljuk page on BGG
• Maurice Sucking page on BGG
• History of Byzantium podcast
• Paper Time Machines book

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#39 Return from San Diego

Interviews with Steve Carey and Mark Miklos

Links to things mentioned in the podcast:

• GMT drops No Retreat titles
• GMT newsletter
• Worthington Holiday Sale
• OSG free guide to its battles
• Noble Knight Fall Sale
• Pushing Carboard now a Cube4Me affiliate
• Kickstarter for Euro War Games
• Pushing Cardboard Press Releases
• Join us on our DISCORD CHANNEL

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This episode featured an interview with designer Paul Hederer, as well as looks at two games: Dance of War and Right Fierce and Terrible: Sluys 1340

As well, there was the usual news and chatterings about the history gaming hobby.

**Note that Paul and I did refer to maps of his game occasionally. These can be seen in the YouTube version of the podcast. The visuals aren’t critical to enjoying the interview, however. 

A bunch of stuff mentioned in this episode:.

• I did a quick and dirty playthrough of one turn of Dance of War
• Compass Games new kickstarter for Pontiac’s War- Frontier Rebellion 1763-66
• Shakos upcoming Gamefound campaign for Rex Britannorum
• Two new scenarios for 1943 1945 (The Soft Underbelly)
•  3 Crown Games may not be available at your local shop, so check out their website
• Volko Ruhnke's session report for Right Fierce and Terrible from The Boardgames Chronicle
• The 2024 Summit Award Nominees have been announced
• The Pushing Cardboard supporters link

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This episode has two interviews, neither one of them designers talking about games. As well, I take a good look at Arabian Struggle, and interesting new 3-handed CDG from Catastrophe Games.

• SD Hist accepting nominations for Summit Award
• Highlights from the GMT August Newsletter
• Neva launches Steel and Sea: Columbus' Voyages
• Revolution releases Shiloh: The first Day
• I review The Soft Underbelly: 1943 1945 from di Simula
• Lock n Load Publishing Summer Sale

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This episode there was no interview, but a dive into a game much discussed last episode and well as a good look at Rodger B MacGowan's lush new artbook cum autobiography.

• Here's the video version of the podcast
• Here's the audio version of the podcast
• Vento Nuovo releases Blocks in the East
• Devir Games updates the release schedule
• Thin Red Line Games announces new living rules for The Fate of All
• Belated Happy 7th birthday to Fort Circle Games
• Noble Knight is paying extra for your used RPG stuff
• New game from Neva: Rebellion and Punishment

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This was a lengthy interview, so it's all alone. Look for a fairly quick follow-up episode with a look at the game mentioned in this interview as well as a dive into Rodger MacGowan's beautiful new art autobiography.

• Episode 35 Video version

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This episode is mostly about Vuca, the up and coming publisher from Germany. It features an interview with Patrick Gebhardt, one of Vuca's founders, and a close look at a new game from them, 1812 Napoleon's Fateful March.

You can find the audio version of the podcast here.

Here's some link to things we discussed:

• Full video version of the 1812 game overview
• New game from Hollandspiele
• Worthington's July Newsletter
• Neva backstory on Columbus
• Form Square announces their next game, Maida.
• Stuart Ellis-Gorman updates everyone on his Lost Cause myth research 
• Check out Vuca's website

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This episode features an interview with GMT's head of development, Jason Carr, as well as a look at the most recent addition to Mark Simonitch's zoc-bond games, his remake of France '40. 

Here's some links to things mentioned in the podcast:

• 2023 CSR Awards Winners announced
• Band of Brothers goes to the East Front
• GMT May Newsletter.
• GMT June Newsletter
• Two new games available from Vuca
• Hunt for Blackbeard now on Kickstarter

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