Wargaming Roadtrips | A Tabletop Gaming Convention Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

What happens to your wargaming stuff after you die? In episode 4 of the Wargaming Roadtrips podcast, we’re in the car catching-up on the Dice Days event in Niagara Falls, Ontario. We drive out to a gamer’s estate sale, and discuss end-of-life planning for those with large miniatures collections.

We also mention:

Niagara Military Museum - http://www.nmm.life/index.htm  Meeples and Miniatures - Episode 200 - https://meeples.wordpress.com/  Sharp Practice War of 1812 - https://toofatlardies.co.uk/product/the-war-of-1812-campaign-guide/  Anything But a One - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1240874.rss  Episode 7: Youth in Gaming -The Hamilton Tabletop Gaming Society RAFM Miniatures - https://rafm.com/en-ca  Charlie Company - https://rafm.com/en-ca/products/raf00015  Soldiers & Sailors Tabletop Gamers Pittsburgh - https://www.facebook.com/groups/408866197147654  HistoriCon - https://www.hmgs.org/mpage/HconHome  FlintCon - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Flintcon  Triumph - https://www.wargamevault.com/product/196955/TRIUMPH-v11?src=DotD&from_home=1 20 Sided Gamified Podcast - https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/q6ujk-2a6acb/20-Sided-Gamified-Podcast  Tattooed Historian - https://www.youtube.com/@TheTattooedHistorian  Dungeon Crawl Classics - https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/  Old School Essentials - https://necroticgnome.com/products/old-school-essentials-basic-rules  Grand River Tabletop Gaming Society - https://www.facebook.com/grandrivertabletopgamingsociety  Lasalle 2nd Edition - https://sammustafa.com/lasalle  DBA - http://www.wrg.me.uk/WRG.net/index.html Wings of War - https://www.aresgames.eu/games/ww1-wings-of-glory-line  Chain of Command - https://toofatlardies.co.uk/product-category/chain-of-command/  Blood and Plunder - https://www.firelockgames.com/bloodandplunder/  Wednesday Night Painting Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/452596724901215  Crucible Crush Games - https://www.cruciblecrush.com/  Mortal Gods - https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/pages/a-reintroduction-to-mortal-gods  Terrainify - https://www.terrainify.com/  Ragnarok Convention - https://www.ragnarokxp.com/  Pike And Shotte - https://us.warlordgames.com/collections/pike-shotte  Black Seas - https://us.warlordgames.com/collections/black-seas  GorkaMorka - https://gorkamorka.co.uk/  Wargames Atlantic - https://wargamesatlantic.com/  Sarissa Precision - https://sarissa-precision.com/  Reaper Miniatures - https://www.reapermini.com/  Two Hour Wargames - https://twohourwargames.com/  Trumpeter Club - https://trumpetergaming.weebly.com/  Imperial Hobbies - https://www.imperialhobbies.ca/ 

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We drove out to Ragnarok 4.0 in Kitchener, Ontario. The convention’s motto is “Game like the world is ending!”, so it was fitting that we spent the day hiding out in a basement. We discuss:

Ragnarok 4.0 - https://www.ragnarokxp.com/ KW Wargaming Guild - https://kwwargamingguild.com/ Blood Bowl - https://welcometowarhammer.com/blood-bowl/ The Museum - https://themuseum.ca/ Ontario Model Soldier Society - https://www.omss.ca/ Mantic Games - https://www.manticgames.com/ Walking Dead - All Out War - https://walkingdeadalloutwar.com/ Hotlead - https://hotlead.ca/ Silver Bayonet - https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=302&page=1 North Star Military Figures - https://www.northstarfigures.com/ Joe's YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies Battle Tech -  https://www.battletech.com/ Grim Dark Future - https://www.onepagerules.com/games/grimdark-future Warhammer 40K - https://warhammer40000.com/ TT Gaming Canuck - https://www.facebook.com/ttgamingcanuck  Mortal Gods - https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/mortal-gods Flames of War - https://www.flamesofwar.com/ Gryphcon - http://www.gryphcon.org/ TWB Co-operative Brewing - https://www.twbbrewing.com/ Test of Honour - https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/test-of-honour-warring-clans HeritageCon - https://www.heritagecon.com/ The Silver Bayonet -https://www.ospreypublishing.com/ca/silver-bayonet-9781472844859/ The Silver Bayonet: Canada - https://www.ospreypublishing.com/ca/silver-bayonet-canada-9781472858870/ Guerrilla Miniature Games - https://www.youtube.com/@GuerrillaMiniatureGames Game God Terrain - WereBeaver Kickstarter - Tales of the BloodMaple Forest - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamegodterrain/tales-of-the-bloodmaple-forest FlintCon - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Flintcon Star Wars Armada - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-armada/ Gaslands - https://www.ospreypublishing.com/ca/gaslands-refuelled-9781472838834/ Dungeon Crawl Classics - https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/ New Edo - Salty Games - https://salty-games.com/ Grand River Tabletop Gaming Society - https://www.instagram.com/grandrivertabletopgaming/ (I think we called them Paris by accident) Intro music: The Entertainer by E's Jammy Jams - FreeMusic109 - CC BY 3.0 Follow Wargaming Roadtrips on Podbean, Facebook, and YouTube: WargamingRoadtrips.podbean.com facebook.com/WargamingRoadtrips youtube.com/@WargamingRoadtrips Get in touch: wargamingroadtrips@gmail.com

We’re back! Join us for more high-quality, amazing content as we travel to southern Ontario’s big multi-day wargaming event, Hotlead, and join IPMS Hamilton’s massive scale model convention, Heritagecon at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. 

We discuss:

Hotlead - https://hotlead.ca/ HeritageCon - https://www.heritagecon.com/ RAFM - https://rafm.com/ Crucible Crush - https://www.cruciblecrush.com/ Torchlight Games & Hobbies -  https://www.torchlightgh.com/ Dan the Dice Guy -  https://www.danthediceguy.com/ Dungeons and Dragons - https://dnd.wizards.com/ BattleTech - https://www.battletech.com/ Tales from the Loop - https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/tales-from-the-loop-rpg/ Bladerunner - https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/ Stranger Things - https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80057281 Vetbuild - https://legion.ca/news/2019/06/16/the-royal-canadian-legion-launches-operation-vetbuild Warhammer - https://www.warhammer.com/ Blood Bowl - https://welcometowarhammer.com/blood-bowl/ Bolt Action - https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/soviet-naval-brigade Artizan Designs - https://www.artizandesigns.com/prod.php?prod=2065 Imperial Army / Imperial Guard - http://solegends.com/citrt2/rto5ig/index.htm Mongoose Publishing - https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/ Rebel Minis - https://www.rebelminis.com/28eafoin.html Warlord Games Epic Battles - https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/epic DBA - http://www.wrg.me.uk/WRG.net/index.html GW Contrast Paints - https://citadelcolour.com/ Army Painter Speed Paints - https://thearmypainter.com/collections/speedpaint?gr=com Vallejo XPress Color - https://www.vallejoacrylics.com/en/home/ Warplane Heritage Museum - https://www.warplane.com/ Wings of Glory - https://www.aresgames.eu/games/ww1-wings-of-glory-line Hamilton Tabletop Gaming Society - www.htgs.ca Flames of War - https://www.flamesofwar.com/ Osprey - https://www.ospreypublishing.com/ Transparent Bullfrog - https://www.autoworldstore.com/products/lindberg-transparent-bull-frog-11-long-model-kit Bill Making Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/c/billmakingstuff Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - https://www.gundamplanet.com/1-20-ohmu-with-nausicaa-model-kit.html Bandai Pokemon - https://satellite.bandai-hobby.net/characters/pokemon.php Diesel Tug Boat - https://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=37750&page=2&g=Lindberg-plastic-model-kits&manu=Lindberg&erl=Lindberg-1-76-Diesel-Tug-Sea-Going-Diesel-Tugboat-Despatch-No-9-of-Standard-Oil-77221 Wargames Among The Warplanes - https://www.facebook.com/wargamesamongwarplanes/ Star Wars Micro Machines - https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=2899 Warmaster - https://www.wm-revolution.com/ HassleFree Miniatures - https://hfminis.co.uk/ KW Wargaming Guild - https://kwwargamingguild.com/ Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay - https://cubicle7games.com/our-games/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay Call of Cthulhu - https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/ Upcoming Events: Dice Days at Niagara Military Museum - 4 May -  https://www.facebook.com/events/343960641736714/ Intro music: The Entertainer by E's Jammy Jams - FreeMusic109 - CC BY 3.0 Follow Wargaming Roadtrips on Podbean, Facebook, and YouTube: WargamingRoadtrips.podbean.com facebook.com/WargamingRoadtrips youtube.com/@WargamingRoadtrips Get in touch: wargamingroadtrips@gmail.com

It’s our first episode! We traveled to Flint, Michigan for the local wargaming convention, Flintcon. 

On the drive to Flint, we discussed highlights from the last time we went, including a sidetrip to Michigan Toy Soldier Company, Matt & Dan from Hobby Knockout podcast’s Battle of Hoth convention game, and Mike from Goonhammer’s Sharp Practice Chain of Command.

On the way home, we share our best bits from the day. Barn missed his naval wargame but rolled dice with Games Workshop’s Black Stone Fortress. Dan enjoyed the Battle of Hattin with the Triumph! rules. And we both put the Warmaster Revolution rules to the test.

We also discussed our appreciation for the on-site catering, and the fundraising raffle with goodies from Warmachine, Warhammer Quest, BloodBowl, Star Fleet Battles, Traveller and more. And sorted through our hauls from the flea market, with the car loaded with Inquisitor magazines, GorkaMorka Gubbinz, vintage RAFM, and WW1 Americans from Great War Miniatures.

Being our first time recording a podcast, there’s a couple speedbumps along the way. Subscribe via Podbean and join us for the next trip. Links:

Flintcon - https://www.facebook.com/groups/359521697557035  Matt & Dan from Hobby Knockout podcast’s Battle of Hoth convention game used Bandai models for the Star Wars vehicles - https://www.bandai.com/  Rules for Triumph! -  https://www.wargamevault.com/product/196955/TRIUMPH-v11  Mike’s Sharp Practice Chain of Command - https://www.goonhammer.com/author/mugginns/ / https://toofatlardies.co.uk/  Warmaster Revolution fan rules - https://www.wm-revolution.com/  RAFM - https://rafm.com/  Crucible Crush - https://www.cruciblecrush.com/  Michigan Toy Soldier Company - https://www.michtoy.com/  Old Glory - https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/  Ral Partha - https://ralparthalegacy.com/  Perry Miniatures - https://www.perry-miniatures.com/  Games Workshop - https://www.warhammer.com/  Warmachine - https://home.privateerpress.com/  Warhammer Quest - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1634/warhammer-quest  BloodBowl - https://welcometowarhammer.com/blood-bowl/  Star Fleet Battles - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1589/star-fleet-battles  The TAG - https://theassaultgroup.co.uk - Barn's Boers are actually from a different company, which haven't been identified at this time. Forgeworld / Specialist Games - https://warhammerworld.warhammer-community.com/explore-warhammer-world/forge-world-store/  Black Stone Fortress - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264198/warhammer-quest-blackstone-fortress  Great War Miniatures - https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=20&page=1  Battle Honours -  https://oldglory15s.com/product-category/battle-honors/25mm-battle-honors/25mm-battle-honors-world-war-i-1914-15/british-25mm-battle-honors-world-war-i-1914-15/    Pulp Figures - https://pulpfigures.com/  Citadel Miniatures Dr. Who - https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Citadel_Miniatures  Traveller - https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/collections/traveller-rpgs  Inquisitor magazine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitor_(magazine)  GorkaMorka Gubbinz - https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Gorkamorka_Gubbinz Call of Cthulhu - https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/  Wargames Illustrated - https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/  White Dwarf - https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/White_Dwarf  Citadel Journal - https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/The_Citadel_Journal  Wings of Glory - https://www.aresgames.eu/games/ww1-wings-of-glory-line

Upcoming Events: Hotlead - 22, 23 & 24 March - https://hotlead.ca/   HeritageCon at Warplane Heritage Museum - 24 March - https://heritagecon.com/  Dice Days at Niagara Military Museum - 4 May -  https://www.facebook.com/events/343960641736714/   Ragnarok - 20-21 April - https://www.ragnarokxp.com/   GryphCon - 5-7 April - http://www.gryphcon.org/  Intro music: The Entertainer by E's Jammy Jams - FreeMusic109 - CC BY 3.0 Follow Wargaming Roadtrips on Podbean, Facebook, and YouTube: WargamingRoadtrips.podbean.com facebook.com/WargamingRoadtrips youtube.com/@WargamingRoadtrips Get in touch: wargamingroadtrips@gmail.com