Fri, 7 June 2013
Welcome to Episode XIV of Guns, Dice, Butter: (Season 2: #4) 0:00 Intro: Back podcasting after 5 months of real life, work and gaming. 0:10 Shenandoah Studio: Eric Lee Smith, CEO and Brad Cummings, Marketing Director. Eric and Brad give us an update of what's in the pipe at Shenandoah, following on the tremendous success of their iPad game, Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Eric shares with us his plan to create a guild - a creative studio in Philly - to bring us high quality games. 0.45 Survey of WW2 Tactical Wargames: Dan Dolan Sr, J R Tracy. JR and Dan take us thru a whirlwind tour of WW2 Tactical (and the beloved Grand Tactical scale) wargames. Some great stories and insight regarding these games. Also see website for link to analysis of 43 WW2 Tactical Wargames. 1:54 Wrap up & Shout Outs
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Tue, 16 April 2013
Been totally swamped with work lately. Back soon (when spring finally arrives). Have some great guest lined up. Great to see continued strong interest (emails, posts and downloads) in Guns, Dice, Butter.
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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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Tue, 29 January 2013
Welcome to Episode XIII of Guns, Dice, Butter: (Season 2: #3) 0:00: Episode Intro
0:08 Greenwood: Intro to gaming
0.17 The jump to Avalon Hill
0:30 D&D, SL, ASL and peak at AH
0:44 Nappy Wars, start of Avaloncon/WBC
1:02 WBC Survey
1:10 What is Don playing?
1:27 Thompson: Niagara Broadgame Weekend: Ardennes 44, It Never Snows
1:40 Eclipse
1:43 Playing Greenwood in BKN
1:53 All hail Pax Porfiriana
2:08 Solomons Campaign/Operation Shoestring
2:14 Wrap: Shout outs, on the table/on the plate, the call for ideas/volunteers/support regarding a world wide wargamer recruitment weekend.
Www.gunsdicebutter.com
Direct download: Guns_Dice_Butter_Episode_XIII_Jan_30_2013.mp3
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Sat, 26 January 2013
Episode XIII will feature a conversation with Don Greenwood; convention director WBC, Avalon Hill chief of staff, designer/developer of many great wargames (ASL! , 3rd Reich, Breakout Normandy, etc) and consummate gamer. Hope to post in early Feb 2013.
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Wed, 16 January 2013
Welcome to Episode XII of Guns, Dice, Butter: (Season 2: #2) 0:01 Intro 0:11 Jim Dunnigan, a co-founder of modern wargaming and SPI 1:20 Wrap up 1:25 SPI Commercial (the first ever commercial on Guns, Dice, Butter) Survey of Dunnigan games ("top" 100) available on www.gunsdicebutter.com, www.consimworld.com GDB discussion board or GDB Guild on www.boardgamegeek.com Jim Dunnigan's website www.strategypage.com
Direct download: Guns_Dice_Butter_Episode_XII_Jan_16_2013.mp3
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Tue, 15 January 2013
Episode XII will be a conversation with one of the founders of wargaming and SPI, Jim Dunnigan. Hope to have it posted in a few days. Link to survey of Dunnigan games on the GDB consimworld website: http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?233@@.1dd6d36f/258!enclosure=.1dd81bcc Link to BGG thread when Mr.Dunnigan featured as a wargame designer: http://rpggeek.com/thread/602022/bgg-wargame-designer-of-the-month-jim-dunnigan/page/1 Also, a discussion of Dunnigan games here:
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Tue, 8 January 2013
Welcome to Episode XI of Guns, Dice, Butter: (Season 2: #1) 0:01 Intro: Wargamer recruitment, mini wargame cons in Jan/Feb and other odds and ends. 0:07 Conversation with Fred Schachter, designer of Siege of Jerusalem (SoJ). Fred tells about his early days in the hobby at SPI, designer SoJ, his work on The Napoleonic Wars series of games and few games in development (Rebel Raiders, Mussolini. 1:07 Conversation with Enrico Viglino (game reviewer {video BGG} extraordinaire) regarding wargames covering the ancients period: Rome and Greece. We discuss 30+ games in this space. See website for two data files regarding these games. 2:37 Wrap up, shout outs, more industry news, a bit on Triumph of Fascism, next episode previews and other bits and bobs. For more info: www.gunsdicebutter.com , discussion board on consimworld.com and a guild on boardgamegeek.com
Direct download: Guns_Dice_Butter_Episode_XI_Jan_8_2013.mp3
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