Guns, Dice, Butter XXX Nov 11, 2020
Guns, Dice, Butter
Welcome Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XXX NOV 11, 2020
info_outline
Guns, Dice, Butter XXIX SEP 15 2020
Guns, Dice, Butter
Welcome Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XXIX SEP 15, 2020
info_outline
Top Rated Wargames Published 2015 through 2019
Guns, Dice, Butter
info_outline
GDB XXVIII AUG 24 2020
Guns, Dice, Butter
Guns, Dice, Butter continues in the summer of 2020.
info_outline
Guns, Dice, Butter XXVII JUN 2 2020
Guns, Dice, Butter
Guns, Dice, Butter XXVII JUN 2 2020...Gareth & Curtis discuss fantastic WBC The Napoleonic Wars tourney, Jeff Lester talks Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 and his game in development, The Manchurian War, Swampcon crew (JR, Young Chris and Roberto) continue the panel discussion regarding "Which wargames published 2016 to 2020 should we be playing?": ACW through WWI, I wrap it up, shout out, spout off. Harry Carry sings, as does the CLASH!
info_outline
Guns, Dice, Butter XXVI May 12 2020
Guns, Dice, Butter
Conversation with Mark Herman regarding his dear friend and game design Jedi master, Richard Berg...and a segment with Herman and Berg...a panel discussion (Swampcon gang: JR, Chris and Roberto) regarding "So, what wargames published 2016 - 2020 should we be playing?" (given that GDB missed the last four years). Other bits and bobs. Great to be back.
info_outline
Guns, Dice, Butter XXV Easter 2016
Guns, Dice, Butter
Welcome to episode XXV of Guns, Dice, Butter: a series of conversations with members of the wargaming tribe. 0:00: Opening and episode preview 0:07: Fran Diaz, Game Designer, Polis 0:58: Esteemed historian, author and storyteller Adrian Goldsworthy and game designer extraordinaire Mark Herman discuss Rome and what not 2:08: Mark Herman and Pericles 2:49: Episode wrap up Episode references: New to wargaming? Consult this: Guns, Dice, Butter, with now over 80,000 downloads, is available on iTunes, Boardgamegeek, Consimworld and many other places that gamers hang on the...
info_outline
Episode XXV Preview: Adrian Goldsworthy and Others
Guns, Dice, Butter
Guns, Dice, Butter returns to the ancient world with a discussion evolving esteemed historian Adrian Goldsworthy and game designer extraordinaire Mark Herman. Hope to publish in the next week or so.
info_outline
Guns, Dice, Butter XXIV: Nov 5, 2015
Guns, Dice, Butter
Welcome to episode XXIV of Guns, Dice, Butter ...
info_outline
Guns Returning SOON!
Guns, Dice, Butter
Guns, Dice, Butter returning soon: recorded long session with two designers today :-) Hope to get a panel this week - then I'll have episode 24. It will be a good one: promise.Life and gaming (my manic pace of playing new games the last 2 years: ) had put Guns on the shelf for a bit, but, I do intend to start cranking out new episodes this winter.Checked the downloads the other day - near 70k now: thank you for your continued support.
info_outline
Welcome to Episode XXIII of Guns, Dice, Butter: Feb 17 2015, Fat Tuesday Special!
0:00 Intro: It’s Mardi Gras! Spring is near!
0:05 Curtis Baer: WBC stories: Point of Origin, Matt & Joe’s Devil Cauldron, Pitch Car, THE BIG GAME, François’ wild NAP WARs game, Red Neck Life, WBC food, Being the coach of the RANGERS!, the Honorary Fez
0:41 John Butterfield: Point of Origin, Early days at SPI, the playtest room for Campaign in North Africa, John’s great designs: Freedom of the Galaxy, Ambush, Hell’s Highway, RAF, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Enemy Action Ardennes, SPI Strato-matic League, The Beloved 1987 Minnesota Twins
1:40 Bryan Collars: Point of Origin, Greenville Mafia, WBC: The Boardgame (preorder on GMT Games)
2:23 Mark Herman, Wendell Albright, Herr Dr: Logistics & Supply in Wargames: “The Spectrum”, Victory Games’ elegant & unique The Korean War, Dunnigan’s Breakout & Pursuit, 1776, Empire of the Sun, importance of logistics in ancients campaign & the GREAT book on Macedonian logistics, Napoleon in Russia, Victory Games’ The Civil War, For the People, GMT/Simonitch’s upcoming new civil war game, Dunnigan’s ACW game, the famous NAP’s retreat from Russia infographic, Herman’s upcoming Churchill game chatter
3:23 Maymi Hayakawa & Gesine Stanienda: Red Winter, Tonkin, Gameon.con in Seatle, the ASL room (eegads!), entering the hobby from non traditional avenues, Ancients games, Poniske designs (King Phillips War, Maori Wars)
3:59: Wrap up: Overflowing gaming plate; our wargame hobby is pumping.
===========
A few of the items mentioned on the show:
Videos:
Tonkin "how to play" video: Tonkin - Cao Bang 001
Last Days in Vietnam
Breaker Morant
Books:
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion – Guelzo
Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army - Engels
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. - Coover
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam - Sheehan
Stats:
Charles Joseph Minard’s : Carte figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l'Armée Française dans la campagne de Russie 1812-1813
Games:
Breakout & Pursuit SPI Dunnigan
Ambush, Freedom in the Galaxy, Hell's Highway, RAF, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Enemy Action: Ardennes - Butterfield
The Civll War - Smith, For the People - Herman, The Korean War - Balkoski
Tonkin - Kanger
Red Winter - Mokszycki
Dien Bien Phu - The Final Gamble - Kanger
In Country: Vietnam 1965-75 - Miranda
===========
Guns, Dice, Butter, now with over 50k downloads, is available on iTunes, Boardgamegeek and many other places where gamers hang on the web.
GDB website: http://gunsdicebutter.libsyn.com/