Explore every episode of the podcast There and Back Again - A Hobbit’s Podcast
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| S2 Ep1: There and Back Again: A Hobbits Introduction | 06 Dec 2024 | 00:21:58 | |
A brief introduction to our newly rebranded podcast (following the huge success of the Paladan podcast in early 2024). In this episode The Paladan, Rich and Loz discuss the dreams for the podcast, what we will talk about in future episodes, and we even managed to have a mini-quiz. Tune in to find out just how little these 3 know about MESBG. | |||
| Episode 11 - Can The Depths of Moria work? | 08 Jul 2024 | 00:58:35 | |
This episode sees Dan, Loz and Rich exploring list building, strategy and how to (potentially) successfully run The Depths of Moria legendary legion.
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| Episode 2 - Helpful Suggestions: Playing MESBG | 14 Feb 2024 | 00:33:02 | |
This episode focuses mainly on the things I wish I knew earlier on in my time playing MESBG. Mainly game prep & list building with a bit about playing the game too.
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| Episode 1 - An Unexpected Podcast | 08 Feb 2024 | 00:16:49 | |
Welcome to my podcast! In this intro episode I talk a little bit about myself and share my top tips for new or prospective MESBG players.
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| Episode 10 - An Interview with Entmoot | 25 Jun 2024 | 01:24:47 | |
An episode where Loz and I caught up with the legendary Harry Parkhill of Entmoot fame. Harry shares his hobbying history, the details of his latest tournament and some tips for new starters. He also goes head to head with the me (the Paladan) in a quiz organised by our resident quizmaster Rich.
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| Episode 9 - Proxy? It’s been called that before | 29 Apr 2024 | 00:52:25 | |
An episode all about proxies. My guest, Jon and I talk about all things proxies. Except long philosophical debates about the morality of it (just kidding).
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| Episode 8 - FAQs from New Players with Guests | 23 Apr 2024 | 01:41:59 | |
A guest episode with Loz and Rich, who share what they’ve been up to in the hobby recently as well as answering some of the FAQs new players have. We end with a 10 question quiz which may become a regular part of my podcast!
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| Episode 7 - Updates, MESBG News and Top Tips | 14 Apr 2024 | 00:45:30 | |
General life and Paladan MESBG updates, a discussion around the recent Warhammer Community post featuring Arnor Knights and some top tips (sent in by Loz AKA The Morgul Babe)
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| Episode 6 - Honour that Allegiance | 25 Mar 2024 | 01:25:10 | |
A post GBHL 80 doubles tournament episode featuring the TO Natalie and my doubles partner Jack.
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| Episode 5 - Middle Earth @ Sanctuary | 18 Mar 2024 | 01:07:29 | |
After attending a tournament at Sanctuary near Nottingham, listen to the reflections of some of my fellow teammates from Fellowship of Steel and get to know two more members of our Sheffield based team.
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| Episode 4 - An Interview with the GOAT | 11 Mar 2024 | 00:39:55 | |
My first interview with a real person! Jonny from our GBHL team talks about all things MESBG. You’ll also get a sneak peak of my and Jonny’s list for our upcoming tournaments.
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| Episode 3 - Painting… Tips? | 04 Mar 2024 | 00:37:02 | |
A good half hour ramble about how I paint and my little-to-no experience at it. I’m surprised it’s even coherent! Even if you just listen to catch me out.. check it out.
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| S2 Ep 4: The Dawn of a New Edition | 27 Dec 2024 | 00:36:22 | |
In the last episode of 2024, the guys discuss the turn order for the new edition, explain the key differences and what armies they are looking forward to playing in the new year. | |||
| S2 Ep3.5: Ride Out and Meet Them Tournament Recap | 23 Dec 2024 | 00:34:39 | |
Today we discuss the last ever tournament Rich went to for the old edition. 250 points and 5 games. Tom and Lee join us to discuss the event (spoiler - one of us wins it!) | |||
| S2 Ep3 An End of an Age | 20 Dec 2024 | 00:55:53 | |
Join our love letter to the old edition where we talk about favorite memories and the things we will miss. We are all excited for the new edition, but loved the old one so wanted to remember and give a shout out to the people and places that have helped us grow. Dan does an excelled quiz at the end! | |||
| S2 Ep2.5 Heroes of the West | 16 Dec 2024 | 00:40:19 | |
A review of the last GBHL the Fellowship of Steel attend in the old edition. Heroes of the West is a 6 person team event, join us to find out how our team did. | |||
| S2 Ep2: MESBG_A Year in review | 13 Dec 2024 | 00:50:47 | |
Join us as we look back over the last year of gaming. We discuss our favourite armies, games and moments and Rich takes us through some of his stats. | |||
| S2 Ep5. New Years Resolutions | 03 Jan 2025 | 00:25:46 | |
In this week episode we discuss our plans and goals for 2025. | |||
| S2. Ep7 Aragorn vs Rich - Analysing If Aragorn’s Fight Value Truly Matches the Movies | 17 Jan 2025 | 00:44:57 | |
Does movie Aragorn deserve fight 7? We break down each fight he has throughout the trilogy. Listen to find out! | |||
| S2 Ep6. Understanding Heroics | 10 Jan 2025 | 00:54:01 | |
Join us as we discuss all the heroic actions a Hero can take, how these have changed in the new edition and whether or not we think they are going to be used more or less often. | |||
| S2. Ep9 The GBHL with Will Champion | 31 Jan 2025 | 00:37:00 | |
Will Champion joins us this week to discuss the GBHL | |||
| S2. Ep8 Monsters | 24 Jan 2025 | 00:51:36 | |
This week we talk about the changes for Monsters, their brutal power attacks and how to use them. | |||
| S2. Ep10 How to Win Scenarios with Will Champion | 07 Feb 2025 | 00:47:08 | |
Will Champion joins us again to talk about the 6 scenarios, which are the best and worst for competitions and Will offers some tactics to use to improve your game play. | |||
| S2. Ep11 Best Armies To Start | 21 Feb 2025 | 01:07:23 | |
We talk about what armies we think are the best to start. Whether you are a new player or you are looking to branch out into a brand new army. | |||
| S2. E12. The 7th City GP Tournament Review | 07 Mar 2025 | 00:34:06 | |
This week Rich is back from Australia to hear how Loz and Dan did at the GP - a tournament with over 120 attendees | |||
| S2. Ep13. The GP MESBG Quiz | 14 Mar 2025 | 00:39:21 | |
This week we quickly discuss our doubles lists for an upcoming tournament in Sheffield and then Loz goes through his epic quiz from the GP - get a pen ready! There are still places available at Honour that Alliegence, if you wish to attend on the 23rd March 2025 please follow this link https://www.the-outpost.co.uk/product/ticket-honour-that-allegiance-2025-eve-22-03-2025/ | |||
| S2. Ep14. MESBG: The Art of War | 21 Mar 2025 | 00:39:57 | |
This week Rich talks us through the classic military book The Art of War by Sun Tzu and tries to apply some of the lessons from this 2500 year old book into the game we all love. | |||
| S2. Ep 15 Honour That Alliegence | 28 Mar 2025 | 00:58:57 | |
Adam Bird joins us to discuss the doubles event held last weekend. Adam has great knowledge of all things MESBG and if you want to find out more please check out his Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/@birdiesworld5755. | |||
| S2. Ep16. The Eagles Deep Dive | 04 Apr 2025 | 00:48:05 | |
Our first deep dive into the new edition starts with the Eagles. Thinking of playing them? Want to know strategies against them? Fancy an eagles based quiz? Join us as we listen to Loz sharing all his secrets in this weeks episode. | |||
| S2. Ep 17. How to be Sporting at MESBG | 11 Apr 2025 | 00:41:57 | |
We googled how to be sporting at MESBG events and couldn't find anything so decided to discuss our thoughts on how to play the game in a sporting way. Do you vote for the player who was most sporting, or most fun? What makes you vote for someone to win most sporting? Let us know! | |||
| S2. Ep19 The Awards RoTK Won | 24 Apr 2025 | 00:45:36 | |
We move way from the game this week (boo), to take a different look at the Return of the King movie (yay!). What Oscars did it win? Why was this significant? What elements of the film led to so many wins? Join us for a nostalgia episode, discussing all the filming elements that made RoTK so amazing. | |||
| S2. Ep18 Breaking of the Fellowship Deep Dive | 18 Apr 2025 | 01:06:25 | |
Join us this week to hear all about the Breaking of the Fellowship army. Dan goes through his tactics and the best way to build the army, for example Boromir vs Gimli - who would you choose? Also hear how Rich got on at Masters...and Loz has a quiz on breakups! | |||
| S2. Ep21: Magical Powers. A Trilogy Part 2 | 09 May 2025 | 00:55:24 | |
Just like the Hobbit films...we have drawn out 1 episode about spells into an epic trilogy. This week we continue to go through all the spells in the game, adding our thoughts and tactics to help explain which are the best to use. | |||
| S2 Ep20 Magical Powers: A Trilogy Part 1 | 02 May 2025 | 01:01:20 | |
We have all been playing spell casters over the last couple of months to truly understand how they work, when you should call a Heroic Channel and when to use them. We thought it was time to return to the rules and go through each spell in order to say who can cast them and explain tactics in using them. | |||
| S2 Ep23: LOTR Board Games | 23 May 2025 | 00:44:50 | |
Over the recent bank holidays Rich has been teaching people some other LOTR board games and this week we have 2 guests to discuss them with. A massive welcome to Richard Calladine and Olliver Hammond! The games we are discussing are the 2000s co-op board game The Lord of the Rings and the 2019 app based game Journeys of Middle Earth https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/823/the-lord-of-the-rings https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/269385/the-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth | |||
| S2. Ep 22: Magical Powers. A Trilogy Part 3 | 16 May 2025 | 01:26:09 | |
This week we complete our epic trilogy of spells. Listen to the end for a quiz and news about the upcoming season 3 of the podcast! | |||
| S2. Ep24: Upcoming Tournaments for Beginners | 30 May 2025 | 00:32:30 | |
This week its just Loz and Rich catching up on the mailbag and discussing upcoming tournaments - can anyone join us??? | |||
| S2. Ep25 Loz vs Thorin Analysing if Thorins Profiles Truly Matches the Movies | 06 Jun 2025 | 01:16:52 | |
Apologies for Richs mike - he needs a new one for S3! Here we bring Season 2 to an end with an episode going through the Hobbit films. Should Thorin be F7 and have free combats, should he have Barrel Riding as an ability? should the Oakenshield be better? where are the dwarf songs? and the Arkenstone?!?! We go through the significant scenes in the trilogy to try and understand what should be in Thorins profile. | |||
| S3. Ep1 A Warm Welcome Back for Season 3 | 15 Aug 2025 | 00:28:16 | |
We have been there and are now back again for season 3. This week we warm up the season with some stories of whats happened in the off season (legacy, new book, new scenarios) and chat about what our plans are for season 3 (we have lots of plans!) | |||
| S3. Ep3. Minas Morgul Deep Dive | 29 Aug 2025 | 01:01:43 | |
Join us for Rich talking us through Minas Morgul - should you take the Morgul Blade, Trolls, a second Ringwraith, a drummer etc. As always with the deep dives we have a quiz that's slightly related to the army, can you guess what this one is? | |||
| S3. Ep2. Comparing Fight Value | 22 Aug 2025 | 01:13:10 | |
This week we go through Fight Value, starting at Fight 1 and going up to Fight 10 discussing the models in each bracket, what it means to be each Fight Value and offer our opinions on whether we think its correct. We also have Daniel Scott on who is promoting a charity event he is co-hosting with Rich in Worksop on 6th December 2025. To find out more please see:Minas Merryth.docxThe charity is for :ANDYSMANCLUB - It's Okay To TalkTickets are £25 to d.scott91@outlook.com and include both breakfast and lunch! | |||
| S3. Ep 9. The LOTR Cast: How the Actors got their Roles | 10 Oct 2025 | 01:39:01 | |
This week we have Harry Parkhill from Entmoot podcast as a special guest. Join us as we go through the actors in the LOTR films, discussing how they got their iconic roles, how much they got paid, what films they were in before and after the trilogy and what other actors were considered for these roles. We really enjoyed researching this one and Harry was a perfect addition so we hope you enjoy it too! https://linktr.ee/ahobbitspodcast | |||
| Mini Ep 3: Loz vs Thorin Feedback Part 2 | 05 Oct 2025 | 00:15:48 | |
This weeks email email goes through Loz vs Thorin - keep these emails coming in! | |||
| S3. Ep8. Deep Dive: Men of the West | 03 Oct 2025 | 01:08:24 | |
We are joined this week by the number 1 player on Longshanks for Men of the West - Ric Calladine. Ric shares his experience will the list and offers advice on list building and strategies to use with this army. As always with our deep dives, we do a somewhat related quiz - this time on 'men' and 'the west'. Please let us know if you enjoy these episodes as we have plenty of people in the community who we would like to invite on to share their secrets! https://linktr.ee/ahobbitspodcast | |||
| Mini Ep 2: Loz vs Thorin Feedback Part 1 | 28 Sep 2025 | 00:06:10 | |
Join us as Rich again reads through some amazing feedback and insights we received from someone regarding the Loz vs Thorin episode | |||
| S3. Ep7: Worst Armies to Start | 26 Sep 2025 | 01:12:42 | |
We have discussed some of the best armies to start with in this hobby, this week join Dan and Rich to go over some of the worst. Reasons could include, cost, rarity of models, complexity, competitiveness, or a combination of the above. https://linktr.ee/ahobbitspodcast | |||
| Mini Ep 1: Rich vs Aragorn Feedback | 21 Sep 2025 | 00:08:57 | |
In this mini episode Rich goes through some feedback we had on the episode Rich vs Aragorn - can the debate finally be settled? | |||
| S3. Ep6. Might, Will & Fate Explained | 19 Sep 2025 | 00:42:36 | |
This week we take a step back to understand the basic stats and to discuss any characters in the films that have too much, or too little resources! | |||
| S3. Ep5. Dice and Men Tournament Review | 12 Sep 2025 | 01:39:32 | |
We haven't done a tournament review for a while and its the first GBHL100 we have been to for a while. Tune in to find out how Loz and Rich got on. We also hope you enjoy Rich's new quiz format. Linktree for all our links. | |||
| S3.Ep4 Best Armies to Start Part 2 | 05 Sep 2025 | 01:07:18 | |
Mark joins us this week to go over more new armies that are perfect for beginners! | |||