The On Patrol Podcast

Episode 19: How The West Was Won or Lost? Dead Man's Hand Redux Rules Review, Deep Dive.

In this episode we take a deep dive into the popular wild west rules set Dead Man's Hand Redux in order to share our thoughts on the game. We encourage you to let us know what you think of these rules in the comments below and what you think of our review. Dead Man's Hand can be found at the Great Escape Games website.

Episode 18: An Interview with Cory Ring of Cigar Box Battle!

On Patrol Podcast is back with episode 18: An Interview with Cory Ring of Cigar Box Battle! Cory is a staple in the wargaming hobby, and is a co-owner/operator of one of the hobby's leading Battle Mat companies. The company, CIGAR BOX BATTLE, started in 2014 and has over a decade of experience in providing customers with fantastic backdrops to fight some of the most famous historical, exceptional futuristic, or even creative battles and skirmishes! MOST IMPORTANLTY, Cigar Box Battle Mats are super inexpensive and can dress up any table with the ease of flipping a bedsheet. So grab your sword, spear, musket, or belt-fed machine-gun, and join Wyndhurst Productions and The Fightin Kentuckian on another FANTASTIC episode of the On Patrol podcast! As always, we truly appreciate the listen, view, or comment! Thanks again for all of your time and consideration, and we look forward to continuing the discussion and hearing your feedback soon.

Episode 17: a Global Discussion on Competitive Historical Wargaming, and should you do it?

On this patrol we scout the good, the bad, and even the rational behind Competitive historical events. We are joined by (3) veteran Tournament Organizers (TO)s from around the world. Peter West (Australia), Russel Weight (England), and Jacob Shober (USA) help us to navigate the mine fields, rally points, and why you should consider participating or even one day hosting an event of your own. So grab you sword, your spear, your musket, or belt-fed machine-gun and join us on this episode of On patrol!
 

Episode 16: Bolt Action V3! Don't PANIC and fail your "green" roll. (V3 games actually played)

Should you fear for the future of Bolt Action or be excited? listen in before you panic. In this episode, we share our thoughts on Bolt Action 3rd edition after having played a few games. While not a deep dive, we try to cover the major changes and how they impacted gameplay as well as our thoughts about those changes.

Episode 15: A GRAND scale Interview with Wargames Atlantic's Charlie Monaghan

The On Patrol Podcast is back with another Fantastic (some may even call it a GRAND SCALE) episode! In this episode the Fightin Kentuckian and Wyndhurst Productions sit down with Charlie Monaghan, the Chief Operations Officer of Wargames Atlantic, to get to know Charlie and discuss the current state of affairs and bright future of Wargames Atlantic! So grab your spear, your shield, your musket, or your belt-fed machine gun and join us on the latest episode of On Patrol! Move Out!

Episode 14: SAGA rule review, 1500+ years of playability.

In this episode we take a look at SAGA second edition which covers more than 1500 years of history. We are not taking this quite to the level of a deep dive but we do spend nearly 2 hours really talking through its strengths and weaknesses as we see them. As always we would love to hear your thoughts.

Episode 13: What to Look for in your miniatures and the Companies that make them.

In this episode of On Patrol, we take a look at what we feel makes for a good miniature manufacture. We did this by considering 6 key points for the miniatures they sell and why they matter. Those 6 points are Quality, Details, Integration, Customization, Range, and Price. Our goal is to offer you points of consideration when looking at buying miniatures from a company you have never bought from before. Hopefully this will help new and seasoned player alike and, as always, we would love to hear what you think in the comments below.

Episode 12: Achtung-Panzer! A Deep Dive.

Wyndehurst Productions and the Fightin Kentuckian take a deep dive inside the Warlord Games newest ruleset of armored combat in WW2. After playing an accumulative 12 games, we feel we can give an honest account of this new rule set.

Episode 11: BelloLudi and Interview with Peter Van Dop

In this episode Fighting Kentuckian and Wyndehurst Productions conduct their first interview. Our guest is Peter Van Dop, creator of the BelloLudi family of rules. From their website: "BelloLudi wants to make wargaming accessible to everyone. Therefor we offer easy to learn rules, each with the flavor of the period. easy to learn, fun to play, but with deeper levels than seen at first sight." This thinking is right in line with the goals of On Patrol, to grow the hobby by bringing in new people. We hope you enjoy this episode and give the rules a look, we highly recommend them. BelloLudi sight: https://www.belloludi.nl/english we Highly

Episode 10: Why is Historical Wargaming Controversial?

Join Wyndehust Productions and the Fightin Kentuckian as they take a hard look at what makes Historical Wargaming controversial and analyze the validity of the concerns. By discussing topics such as the sanctity of human life, symbolism and depraved acts on the table, they try to peal back the layers of miss information and ignorance to get at the truth of reality.