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The Canadian Wargamer

Michael Peterson

Leisure

Frequency: 1 episode/48d. Total Eps: 34

Your hosts James and Mike, with the occasional guest, look at the Canadian wargames scene. We're interested in miniature wargaming, board (hex and counter) games, and how Canadian military history inspires some of our projects. We hope to help tell the stories of a small but dynamic hobby scene in a big country.

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Canadian Wargamer Podcast 32 With Our Guest Don Perrin: The Wargaming Hobby and "The Churn"

Episode 34

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 • Duration 01:40:31

Mike and James are joined by our friend and wargaming dignitary Don Perrin to take a 360 degree view of the wargaming hobby in the midst of "the churn" of where we are as a society - "churn" being the vortex of technological, social, political and economic flux that we're all caught up in. I think out conclusion is surprisingly optimistic, but have a listen and tell us what you think!

More about our guest, Don Perrin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Perrin

Things that we referred to in the podcast:

Sitrep Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/SITREPPodcast

4P Press: Early modern naval wargaming rules and cool and obscure ship STL files: https://www.wargamevault.com/browse/pub/18619/4P-Press

Ecorcheurs Hundred Years War Rules and Figures: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grippingbeast/ecorcheurs

Bad Squiddo Women of WW2: Resistance: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/antifascist

Canadian Wargamer Podcast on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/canadianwargamerpodcast/posts/248303724609871/

Mike: madpadre@gmail.com

James: jamesmanto@gmail.com

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Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 31 with our guest, Mike Hoyt of Battlespace Publishing

Episode 33

Friday, August 22, 2025 • Duration 01:49:18

In this episode James and Mike chat with Canadian wargamer and games designer Mike Hoyt. Mike has been throwing dice since he was a kid and now brings his professional military expertise as a Canadian Armed Forces design to serious games design.

Battlespace Publishing: https://www.battlespacepublishing.ca/about

Mike's contributions to the CWP Digital Library:

he Art of Maneuver, Robert Leonhard, 1991 The Campaigns of Napoleon, David Chandler, 1966 A Soldier First, General Rick Hillier, 2009 Mike's choice for our march out music: The Mercury March, the official march music of the Communications and Electronics Branch of the CAF composed by Major Albert Fuery in 1974 https://youtu.be/vqw5j6y79mw?si=i-szhAoTtmcBq3BI

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Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 30 With Our Guest Andrew Dobson of Dobbies' Hobbies

Episode 32

Thursday, July 17, 2025 • Duration 01:48:58

As we reached Episode 30 of the CWP, James and I had a terrifically enjoyable chat with Andrew Dobson. Andrew is one of Canadian wargaming's rising stars, and is the proprietor of Dobbies Hobbies, a 3D printing factory licensed to produce a wide variety of models from a wide range of suppliers.

We love Andrew's energy and his enthusiasm for the potential of 3D printing. Andrew also has an interest in Canadian military history, which explains our final march past. This interview was recorded in June, and we're sorry that it's taken a long time to get it to your ears. Andrew, we would have loved to go with your Sabbaton choice, Cliffs of Gallipoli, but we were worried about the copyright implications, so there's a link below.

Dobbie's Hobbies website: https://www.dobbieshobbies.net/

Andrew's Three Book Choices:

William Trotter, Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finish War of 1939-1940, https://www.amazon.ca/Frozen-Hell-Russo-Finnish-Winter-1939-1940/dp/1565122496

JL McWilliams and.R James Steele, The Suicide Battalion: One Remarkable Battalion's Journey Through the First World War, https://www.amazon.ca/Suicide-Battalion-J-L-McWilliams/dp/1913518175/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?crid=JHYMT1HZHHNF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9NJfn0CyxqRrk5Dyvxrv993CoyTNQEl8VzcieBgLF4mJaYaijN5E043FFjWgxCHYuNnPA02EQMfOs2q5I-7ScA.89IiEKah1I-48QCG1b-JGcB9dP3fzy_X7K_15cg7e6I&dib_tag=se&keywords=suicide+battalion+CEF&qid=1752762024&s=books&sprefix=suicide+battalion+cef%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1-fkmr1

Nicholas Jellicoe, Jutland: The Unfinished Battle, A Personal History of a Naval Controversy.

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 29 With Our Guest Jay Arnold, The Veteran Wargamer

Episode 31

Friday, May 16, 2025 • Duration 01:21:36

It's a special Hands Across The Border episode with our favourite Yank, Jay Arnold, the Veteran Wargamer. After a brief skirmish in which Jay tries to annex us, we talk about podcasting versus gaming, what Jay as a soldier looks for in a wargame, and of course, lots of Quar talk during which I went and made a sandwich. Here's links to what we mentioned in our chat.

Jay’s work in Professional Military Education: Joseph “Jay” Arnold | U.S. Naval Institute

Jay’s Veteran Wargamer Podcast: The Veteran Wargamer - Podcast - Apple Podcasts

Scotland Yard (1983 game) Scotland Yard (board game) - Wikipedia

Not Jay YouTube Channel (Jay’s Brother): Scotland Yard (board game) - Wikipedia

Cascadia Tile Laying Game: www.alderac.com

Command and Colours Ancients: www.commandsandcolors.net

Space Cadets by Dice Duel (2012) Space Cadets | Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Sebastian Bae, Littoral Commander: Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific | Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Too Fat Lardies, What A Tanker: What a Tanker Rule Set | TOOFATLardies

CWP Episode 28 With Our Guest, Byron Mudry from Northern Lights Terrain

Episode 30

Monday, April 7, 2025 • Duration 01:27:12

Mike and James have a great chat with Winnipeg's Byron Mudry, a lifelong gamer who also takes us behind the scenes in his MDF terrain business. We also talk about the vibrant gaming scene on the Canadian prairies, and his love of wargaming Canada's storied First World War history. Byron also schooled us about Trench Crusade and other games that the cool kids are playing.

Byron's business: https://northernlightsterrain.com/

Other things we mentioned

Legions of Steel (Canadian early competitor to Space Hulk):

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2091/legions-of-steel

State of Play podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5qFCUIbuAnuZI00KTaHUSg/videos

Analogue Hobbies (Curt Campbell's Blog):

http://analogue-hobbies.blogspot.com/

Fawcett Avenue Conscripts (Winnipeg gaming club): http://wpggamegeeks.blogspot.com/

Brutal Cities (Australian MDF terrain company):

https://brutalcities.com/pages/about-us

PrairieCon, Brandon MB's Annual Gaming Convention:

https://www.prairiecon.com/

Friendly Fire Manitoba Gaming Event:

Mike and James Learn How to Play Midgard

Episode 29

Thursday, March 13, 2025 • Duration 02:03:57

Not an episode per se, we just hit record for two hours while we tried to play Midgard using Zoom. May or not be your cup of tea, certainly nothing slick and polished, but that wouldn't be us, would it? Might amuse you while you're painting or lying on a gurney in the ER.

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CWP Episode 27, End of Year Takes With Our Guest Conrad Kinch

Episode 28

Thursday, February 6, 2025 • Duration 01:27:00

After a very long hiatus, Mike and James emerge briefly from hibernation to chat with Irish warmer and friend Conrad Kinch. CK publishes an irregular blog, Joy and Forgetfulness, and writes a regular column for Miniature Wargames. We recorded this just after Christmas, 2024, but due to his incorrigible slothfulness, Mike is only now finished editing and uploading this.

CK's blog:

https://joyandforgetfulness.blogspot.com/2021/03/?m=0

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The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 26: Is This Thing Still A Thing?

Episode 27

Sunday, April 14, 2024 • Duration 01:16:56

<Blows dust, taps mic> Hello, is this thing on? Does it still work?

Yes, in the spirit of all things Easter, this podcast has risen, or at least, roused itself from its slumber. In this catch-up issue, James and Mike get together on air for the first time since last October. No interesting guest, just us. In a little over an hour, we talk about:

Hot Lead, which took place just before Easter and of which James is justifiably proud of his team. You can find his wrap-up of this year’s show at his blog: https://rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.com/2024/03/hot-lead-2024-lots-of-pictures-and-video.html

Some further Hot Lead bits in this segment:

We talk about naval wargaming, and the new WW1 rules by local boy Andrew Dobbie: https://www.dobbieshobbies.net/

Model Builders Supply was not at Hot Lead this year but they sell great terrain (I love their trees) and you could buy the business! Check it out: https://modelbuilderssupply.com/

Also thanks to Hot Lead we got morbid and talked about war-games estate sales, since you can’t take it with you: http://madpadrewargames.blogspot.com/2024/03/an-estate-sale-rules-haul-and-bit-of.html

In the middle of the podcast, we talk about 18th century wargaming, starting off with Mike’s report on his first attempts with Henry Hyde’s horse and musket rules, Shot, Steel and Stone. For more on Mike’s thoughts, see: http://madpadrewargames.blogspot.com/2024/03/first-thoughts-on-henry-hydes-shot.html

We also discussed other 18th century rules we want to play more of, including Keith Flint’s Honours of War which gets good reviews from everyone who’s played it:

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 25: Just Mike and James Nattering

Episode 26

Monday, October 16, 2023 • Duration 01:14:55

I'm embarrassed to say that James and I recorded this chat on August 10, and then I totally forgot about uploading it in the business of my day job. So here we are, two whole months later and I owe big apologies to James and to you dear listeners, all two of you.

I vaguely recall that we talked about James' Quar fixation, the forthcoming Napoleon movie, and God knows what else. So I'll be as surprised listening to this as you will be. Hopefully we all enjoy it.

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Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 24: Talking Kriegspiels With Our Guest Wendy de Wolfe

Episode 25

Friday, June 30, 2023 • Duration 01:56:19

Wendy de Wolfe is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, fine artist and freelance graphic designer, and wargamer with a particular interest in kriegspiels. For the past year, she's ben running a large Napoleonic kriegspiel set in 1806 in which James and I were among the players, only to recently discover that James was the Prussian CinC. It was terrific fun.

In this Now It Can Be Told episode, James and I had a terrific time chatting with Wendy about this particular game, what we didn't know at the time, and how the game went. Wendy talks about managing a game of this scale as the referee, and offers some thoughts on what how to run a KS for those interested in such a venture. She also discusses her experience as a combat veteran and how her military service has influenced her gaming and game design.

Notes About Our Guest:

https://wendydewolfe.com

http://wendydewolfe.blogspot.com/

Wendy's report on her KS game:

https://youtu.be/jN388s17nD0

https://youtu.be/g23MaOtqMHg

James' report on Wendy's KS game: http://rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.com/2023/06/rabbitman-lost-in-fog-of-war.html

Wendy's Contributions to the CWP Virtual Library:

Donald E Graves, Redcoats and Grey Jackets, The Battle of Chippawa (Dundurn Press, 1966)

Marc Milner, Stopping the Panzers (University Press of Kansas, 2017)

Other Things What We Mentioned:

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