Sat, 26 July 2014
Just passed 50,000+ Downloads now for Guns, Dice, Butter. THANK YOU for your support! Hope to see some of you at World Board Gaming Championships in a few days. Hope to have a episode after WBC in August sometime.
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Tue, 11 February 2014
My podcast hosting service provided a link for a survey of demographic stats related to GDB: http://survey.libsyn.com/gunsdicebutter Of course, if you are interested, complete. If not, no prob. I'll post the results when they are made available. Also, I assume it will generate an email list for the show, which I can send out updates/files/etc to listeners.
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Wed, 15 January 2014
Checked out a few stats for downloads of Guns, Dice, Butter (now near 40k). Image here shows the number of downloads for each episode in the first three days of episode being posted. Looks like GDB continuing to build a following. Thank you for your continued support! I'll post a survey on BGG (Boardgamegeek.com) in a few days for listeners to complete.
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Mon, 14 October 2013
Just passed 30k downloads; actually 33k. Thank you for your support! Will be posting next episode (already recorded - just have to mix it) soon.
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Thu, 13 June 2013
Posted a listener survey on boardgamegeek. If you have a few minutes, please complete it: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/991274/guns-dice-butter-gsb-listener-poll-episodes-x-xiv
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Sun, 24 February 2013
Been quite busy with real life work lately and likely to be for the next month. Do have a couple of great guests lined up that I hope to squeeze in soon. Also, had a great time at Swampcon; Thanks Jimbo! AAR link below:
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Wed, 6 February 2013
Thanks for your support; just passed 20,000 downloads for GDB (Guns, Dice, Butter). Planning to take a break for a month or so.
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Mon, 17 December 2012
Mentioned this on the podcast: an excellent list on BGG (boardgamegeek.com) by Tom Grant (host of the podcast I've Been Diced) regarding insurgencies and wargames that inspired episode X of Guns, Dice, Butter: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/6478/insurgency-and-terrorism Many of us have been using BGG for years. For those of you new to BGG, just scroll down the list, click on the game that interests you and away you go (you'll be dumped to the game page that has a ton of resources: files, lists, forums, ratings, comments, etc related to the game. BGG is an incredible resource for the gaming hobby: EVERY board game ever published has its own "page". Also, stumbled across this article on the Roman model we briefly discussed on Episode X: http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/they-make-a-solitude-and-call-it-peace-counterinsurgency-the-roman-model
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Tue, 11 December 2012
Passed the 15k downloads of Guns, Dice, Butter today. Thank you for listening!
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Tue, 11 December 2012
Results from a poll on BGG in early December 2012: about 200 wargamers responded in the first day of the poll...initial results regarding what podcasts they listen to: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/895791/wargamer-activities-in-2012 A good way to celebrate the 15,000th download of Guns, Dice, Butter today. Thank you to the listeners for your support.
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Fri, 7 December 2012
Listener Ratings from Boardgamegeek.com polls during 2012. Sample size averaged between 37 and 75. Thank you for taking the time to respond. Mr.Berg captured has captured the gold ring so far in 2012 with a 4.7 rating (5=great, 1=poor) for the highest listener rated episode.
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Thu, 6 December 2012
Linked the Herr Dr twitter account to this website. It should now provide notification of website posts, episodes being published, etc. My handle is Herr Dr. I am still holding out vs. Facebook; will get the newest/best social media/networking from the Applenista and post the link when we pick one. Planning to post Episode X later this evening; was able to get conversation with Mercury Games, a brand spanking new wargame co, today. Best of luck to them and their first game to published - which we discuss on the Episode X - plus the LONG panel discussion with Herman, Train and Ruhnke regarding insurgencies and wargames.
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Wed, 5 December 2012
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Tue, 11 September 2012
Thanks for taking time to respond to the listener surveys!
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Sat, 8 September 2012
Posted a listener survey on boardgamegeek. If you have a few minutes, please complete it. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/10007177
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Sat, 8 September 2012
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Sun, 2 September 2012
Guns, Dice, Butter has passed 10k downloads (about 60/day since we started); thank you for your strong support, feedback, donations and listening to the show. Some related stats: Average episode is downloaded 170/day during the first 7 days of its release. After that, 6 times a day/episode. 1, 2 and 6th episodes most listened to...but 7th episode is on a good path to displace on of those. A BIG thank you to all our guests so far: Herman (2x), Doughan (2x), Wimble (2x), Heinzmann, Mulholland, Bother Paull, Karp, Thompson, Rowland, Team Flip Attack (Bob, Casey, Jason, D), Tucker, Engleman (2x), Marty {the man that suggested I go off on this lark), Enrico (video reviewer extraordinaire), Alsen and McPartland...19 guests so far. I have some great ideas for upcoming episodes; hopefully, I will have time this fall to record and publish them sooner than later.
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Mon, 16 July 2012
Been taking a break; busy with life and playing a few wargames. Planning to get the next episode up before WBC http://www.boardgamers.org/
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Sun, 27 May 2012
Posted a listener survey on boardgamegeek. If you have a few minutes, please complete it. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/808351/guns-dice-butter-gdb-podcast-episode-iv-v-listene
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Sat, 19 May 2012
Just passed the 5,000 mark for the number of Guns, Dice and Butter Podcast downloads. Very encouraging to see this lark has some legs in the hobby. A BIG THANK YOU to all our guests so far (Herman, Doughan, Wimble, Heinzmann, Mulholland, Bother Paull, Karp and Thompson) for giving us great content. Would cool to have our Kickstarter project for Guns suceed, so that we can enlist more wargamers for our great hobby. KS link here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/523543153/guns-dice-butter-season-1 ...and a BIG THANK YOU to those of you that have already supported it.
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Sat, 5 May 2012
Thank you for the feedback I've been receiving. I've posted a short survey for listeners to complete regarding Episode III that will help us better tailor content to what you want to hear on Guns, Dice, Butter. If you have a few minutes, please take time to complete at:
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Tue, 24 April 2012
I mentioned a number of items on Episode 3; thought I would provide the links to those items below. Additionally, I've just posted a listener poll on episode 3; would be great if you could take a few minutes to answer the ten questions to help guide our dialogue with members of the wargamer tribe. We'll pass 3,500 downloads today; THANK YOU for your support. Links to items mentioned on the podcast: Episode 3 listener poll: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/9025556 Wargamer’s Guide to Wargaming Geeklists: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/140571 Jeff Davis as a Strategist thread…outstanding! http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/793327 Card Driven Wargame (CDW) evolution: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/793080 Favorite/Least favorite wargamers’ armies: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/536620 Strategic level wargames of the American Revolutionary War: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/140347 Mark vR's cool card replacements for the chits for The American Revolution: Decision in North America http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/69732 The wargame that pulled me into the hobby: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/410706 New to wargaming? One wargamers journey: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/28480 The company bringing wargames (and other games) to the iPad and other new devices: http://www.shenandoah-studio.com ...and last, but not least, Jeff Paull's JerkCon! information: http://www.daysofwonder.com/en/event/details/?id=1374 http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/1297363
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Mon, 9 April 2012
Passed 2,500 downloads of the show this Easter weekend: Thank you for your support. Have about 50 responses for the survey I placed on BGG this weekend. Here are some of the results: 100%!: 100% of listeners reported that they plan to listen to future episodes; this feedback was the type of good news needed to lift my spirits after the horrendous 0-3 start the Beloved Minnesota Twins had to kick off the 2012 baseball season. Episode Quality: Scale: 1=poor, 5=great Episode 1: Audio 2.2, Interviews 4.1 and Other Content 3.9. Episode 2: Audio 2.9, Interviews 4.1 and Other Content 4.0 Comment: Well, we improved the audio quality of the show after better understanding the Garage Band software. We will continue to strive to improve the audio quality. Very happy that the listeners rated the quality of content high in both episodes. Time in Hobby: About a 1/3 of listeners have been in the hobby less than 10 years; Comment: I think that is probably reflective of the hobby in general. Will try work something into each episode for newer members of the hobby. Scale: Favorite scale for listeners: About 1/3 tactical hex, 1/5 Op/Strategic hex and 1/5 CDWs (Card Driven Wargames)...with the rest falling into other/no favorite. Comment: I play a mix of CDWs and Op/Strategic hex. Will see if I can round up a tactical hex gamer from time to time. Purchasing Power: About 1/5 of listeners purchase 1 to 4 wargames a year, 1/2 five to nine and 1/4 more than 10 games. Podcast impact on play and $: About 2/3 of listeners report that GDB had some or significant impact on what wargames they will play or purchase. Comment: Will try to always work in a segment of Uncontrollable Urge: those games that must be purchased or played NOW! Top Content Requests: game reviews, Designer interviews, game strategy/tactics, panels, developer interviews, hobby news and game recommendations. Where? About 2/3 of listeners heard about Guns, Dice, Butter on BGG; 1/3 on Consim. Comment: Would be good to expand the audience to reach wargamers that hang out in other online spaces. Drop me a line to identify other online places where wargamers hang. Favorite period: WWII (1/3), followed by ACW (1/10) Favorite armies: Top 3: Rome, WWII USA and WWII Germans. Also receiving high mention: WWII Russians, WWII Brits, ACW blue bellies, NAP Brits, the Crusaders, Ancient Greece and Macedon. Least favorite: ZULUs! Followed by NAP Prussians (Blucher is not pleased). Comment: I did some analysis on this subject on BGG a few years ago – link to it here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/536620 Regular fans of other podcasts: Point2point 2/3, Noise before Defeat ½, Contact with the Enemy – Half Squads (ASL) – Hex Encounter – Dice Tower – Rusted Dice and I’ve Been Diced all listened to by about 1/3 of listeners Comment: Great to see other podcasts serving the wargaming tribe; three sprouted up in the last month.
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Fri, 6 April 2012
Thank you for the feedback I've been receiving. I've posted a short survey for listeners to complete that will help us better tailor content to what you want to hear on Guns, Dice, Butter. If you have a few minutes, please take time to complete at: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/787515/podcast-poll-guns-dice-butter
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Mon, 2 April 2012
Guns, Dice, Butter (GDB) odds and ends: 1) Will shoot to have the next episode out by the end of April; still not sure what the format will be - either another designer & gamer conversation (like episodes 1 & 2) or something completely different. 2) Will post a poll on Boardgamegeek.com this weekend for listeners to answer; to help guide format of next shows. 3) 750+ downloads now of GDB. Even made the top downloaded podcast in its section within iTunes today Thank you for your support! 4) Geeklist of wargame podcasts: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/139997 5) Guild established on BGG: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/1293 6) Discussion board established on consimworld (in the Confim Cafe section): http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?14@@.1dd6d36f/0 Good luck to the Beloved Minnesota Twins as they begin their Campaign 2012.
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Thu, 29 March 2012
A friend just indicated that he just downloaded Guns, Dice, Butter on iTunes; so you can also download it there. Thank you to the 125 listeners that have so far downloaded on the first day. I encourage your feedback and suggestions: either leave here in the comments, on boardgamegeek or consimworld in the revelant forums.
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Thu, 29 March 2012
Received some early feedback from the first 50 listeners...(via BGG, consimworld and email) Will summarize here: Really enjoyed the conversation with Mr.Herman (We'll get Mark back on the show sooner than later) Would like to see some segment(s) on strategy & tactics tips for a variety of games (ex: Paths of Glory) (What other games would listeners like to see segments on? I'll try to rope some sharks on to the show for Paths of Glory, Washington's War, Breakout Normandy, etc) Jimbo knows his stuff (Yes, he does - and he is a blast to play games with) Please save future episodes in MP3 (Note: Just learned how to do that; will try to remember with next episode. Also, will be uploading a MP3 ver of Episode 1 sooner than later) Your voice in the intro section sounded like it was recorded on a cassette tape in the 80s - quality of audio in interviews was fine - just the intro audio quality not so good (Note: I'll work on that - this was my first podcast, and first time using garage band ever. The intro was recorder the first day I was monkeying around with garage band, the mic & settings. Interviews later - when I knew a little more about using the technology. Will strive to improve.) Thank you all for the constructive feedback.
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