Carnage 2023 – Wargaming Recon #298

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In this episode Jonathan is joined by Peter Saloom to talk about Carnage 26. Carnage was held Oct 27-29, 2023 at Killington Grand resort in Killington Vt. Jonathan, Robert Dunn, and Peter Saloom all attended Carnage on behalf of Wargaming Recon.  Jonathan & Peter discuss the games played by all three people.

Robert:

Jonathan:

  • Sat 1:00 PM: Carnage in San Miguel. Run by Mark McKinley and played on side of the witches.
  • Sat 7:00 PM: Capt. Benson vs Hanghai Raiders, run by Mike Paine.

Peter:

There was a live recording on Saturday morning of Wargaming Recon. If you have not listened to our last episode, then you can listen to episode 297 here.

Everyone stayed onsite at Killington Grand Resort.  We talk about the hotel experience and how it compares to other convention hotels.

There is even a general discussion of favorite and least favorite parts of the convention.

If you have any thoughts about this years Carnage, we would love to hear from you at jonathan@wargamingrecon.com, or you can reach out through any other our social media.

If you want to see any of the Wargaming Recon crew, they can be found at TotalCon 2024 on Feb 22-25 at the Best Western Royal Plaza in Marlboro, Mass.

The next Redemption Con Game Night will be 6pm EST December 21, 2023 at Redemption Rock Brewery.

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Minis Agnostic Gaming – Wargaming Recon #297

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This episode was recorded LIVE at Carnage 2023 in Killington, Vermont.  Jonathan is joined by co-hosts Robert Dunn and Peter Saloom. The trio sit down and talk about miniatures agnostic gaming.

Peter and Robert begin by defining what minis agnostic gaming is.  We talk about our thoughts about this type of game and what sort of pros and cons you might have trying out games of this type.

Peter’s game of choice is Song of Blades and Heroes by Ganesha Games and you can find more about it here.
Robert’s game of choice is the solo game by Modiphius Publishing and Nordic Weasel Games call five Parsecs from Home, and you can see about the game here.

We would love to know what your thoughts are about minis agnostic games and if you have any personal favorites.

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Gaming Across Eras – Wargaming Recon #296

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In this episode Jonathan is joined by co-host Robert Dunn. Robert writes the show notes.  He has been on the podcast before and travels with Jonathan to conventions.

Jonathan and Robert get into a very long talk about what they think about the multitude of eras available in our wargame hobby. They use the list that from the Wargaming, Soldiers and Strategy magazine’s Great Wargaming Survey 2023.  The survey has been ongoing for about 10 years now. We do take a few liberties on how we organized some of the eras, but we talk about all of them; we did almost miss Pike and Shotte, but we caught it before the end. We recap our favorite eras and add the one era that we would add to our collection if we could.  We would love to hear your favorite eras to play in and hope you reach out through social media or email.

Before we end we talk about our upcoming trip to Carnage 26 on October 27-29 at the Killington Grand Resort in Killington, Vermont, USA. Preregistration will be over by the time this podcast is live but you can still register onsite.

The Wargaming Recon crew will be doing a live recording on Saturday October 28 from 10am-11am in the Roundabout. Our topic is going to be figure (or miniature) agnostics rules. If you are at the convention come by the live recording or say “Hi” if you happen to see us around.

For more info on Carnage 26

For info on the Great Wargaming Survey

You can find our Mech on our website
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One Day Conventions – Wargaming Recon #295

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In this episode Jonathan is joined by Peter Saloom to talk about two recent 1-Day gaming events called Leveled Up and the Hobby Bunker Games Day.

Leveled Up is part of Redemption Con and might sound familiar to our listeners. Peter talks about about the turn out and the games played along with other details if you are interested in attending next time.

The other event is the Hobby Bunker Games Day. The pair talk about the new location and the new playing space. Jonathan and Peter discuss how this event stands out from others and what games they played.

One game that was played is Devil in San Miguel. Jonathan explains the details and how it is related to Devil in the Wilderness. Jonathan made a YouTube video of the game played at the Hobby Bunker Games Day. You can see the video here.

If you want to see the Wargaming Recon team in the future you can find can find us at Carnage 26.  Carnage is October 27-29 at the Killington Grand Resort in Killington, Vermont. There will even be a live podcast  recording at the convention that you can participate in. The recording is event #273 and will be on Saturday October 28 at 10am. Peter is also running some 2 Deadlands RPG’s that you can also check out at events #77& #78

Carnage 26

If you want to stay up to date with Peter you can find him at the following:

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Savage Worlds – Wargaming Recon #294

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In this episode Jonathan is joined by Peter Saloom. You might remember Peter since he was on recently and was talking about growing community at Redemption Rock Brewing in Worcester, Massachusetts. Peter is a published writer with the Stingers & Spores setting in the Savage Worlds RPG ruleset.

Peter starts off by describing the Savage Worlds rules and what about them drew him to using those rules for his own adventures.

Peter walks us through his writing process and where his ideas and inspirations come from. Jonathan asks about what adventures he loves and what makes them special for him. Peter moves on to the adventures that he has written, which ones have been published and how people can get them on DriveThruRPG.

Peter is published through Twitchy Butcher Studios LLC; and Calvin Thomas is the owner and creator of their products.

If you want to stay up to date with Peter you can find him at the following:

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