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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-- posted at: 9:31am CDT
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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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-- posted at: 1:47pm CDT
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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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-- posted at: 11:57pm CDT
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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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-- posted at: 3:15pm CDT
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