Down Order Podcast

Seamus, Sam and Dave talk about recent BA events before tackling the main topic: an overview of Operation Mercury – the airborne invasion of Crete in May 1941. (We experienced some small fidelity issues during the transatlantic call, but nothing too catastrophic)

Sam, Dave and Pete discusses their experiences at the second Down Order team event run at Sanctuary Gaming Centre. Pete also describes his forthcoming event (Enigma) and Dave describes his new selectors for the Maori. There is also some Sharp Practice 2 chat, with particular reference to the French-Indian War. Pics from EotB 2: https://www.facebook.com/enrich.salaams/media_set?set=a.1701887210081423.1073741838.100007804809240&type=3&uploaded=44 Dave’s Maori … Continue reading Episode 33 – End of the Beginning 2 →

Sam and Dave are joined by the venerable Ian Hill to review the BHGS event, Roll Call, which took place in April. Seamus’ BA event in Chicago

Dave and Sam are joined by Andy Singleton of Volley Fire Painting Services to talk about the recent sixty player event held in Cambridge. Andy also talks about his background and current projects, while Dave describes some of the new lists he has been writing (Fallschirmjager, Maori and DAK) which are tailored to be more … Continue reading Episode 31 – A Cambridge Too Far →

Sam and Dave are joined by Mad Bob Emmerson to chat about current projects, including End of the Beginning 2, events on the south coast, Gorgon Studios and forthcoming offerings from Bob’s evil laboratory. Bob also undertook the Good/Bad/Ugly challenge and Philip from Germany provided us some authentic translations in his native tongue. Click here … Continue reading Episode 30 – Miscellaneous Ramblings →

Sam is joined by Stuart Kelly (Stubert, of Cambridge) and Seamus Hamrin (Weekend General, outta Chicago). The two guests provided their take on Good/Bad/Ugly in Bolt Action and we also took a look at the new FAQ/Errata document from Warlord. Finally Sam gives an overview of the final release of the Theatre Book series; Duel … Continue reading Episode 29 – Duel in the Sun →

Rich, Sam and Dave tackle Gates of Antares, gender and diversity issues in wargaming, listener feedback and the BAA Format. The main feature for the episode is a listener suggestion – we take turns to choose a BA unit to fit within each of the three categories (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly…). There’s … Continue reading Episode 28 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly →

Sam, Rich and Dave answer a selection of listener questions about the future of the game and personal hobby projects for 2016.  Sam and Rich also talk about the tournament they attended in Birmingham (To Hell and Back).

Thirteen listeners from around the world undertook the challenge: to describe their favourite WW2 vehicle in Bolt Action, in three minutes (ish).  The winner, revealed at the end, will receive a mystery vehicle courtesy of Mad Bob Miniatures.

We are joined by Joe Piddington, the director of Miniature Wargaming The Movie, to discuss his Kickstarter project. We spoke about his ambitions for the film,  the wider development of wargaming culture and his experiences in Bolt Action. Joe’s project can be found here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/954318608/miniature-wargaming-the-movie 

Sam and Dave are joined by Bob Emmerson and Bryan Cook to discuss the French presence in the North African theatre. Bryan describes MOAB, his event in Sydney and Dave talks about his Maori selectors. Tirailleurs, Goumiers and the Foreign Legion all get mentioned. Definitely something a bit Vichy going on in this episode… Some … Continue reading Episode 25 – The French in North Africa →

Sam, Dave and Mad Bob discuss three recent events (Britcon, The Welsh Open and The Derby Nationals) with particular focus on missions, event packs and list balance. We also reveal the first Down Order listener competition… Send entries to this address: downorderpodcast@gmail.com An mp3 (no longer than 3 minutes) would be ideal, describing your favourite … Continue reading Episode 24 – The Nationals →

We discuss the recent North Africa campaign day held at Sanctuary Gaming Centre. Sam and Dave were joined by Steve Tibbs from 2d6Lodge Gaming Club in Cambridge, who also played in the event. Steve tells us about his forthcoming tournament and explains how he went about writing a Royal Thai army list. Sam also gives an update … Continue reading Episode 23 – The End of the Beginning →

Sam and Dave are joined by Giac, joint TO of the BA Welsh Open. They discuss plans for the event (taking place at the end of September in Cardiff) before Dave quizzes Giac on his list of Ten Commonly Overlooked or Misunderstood Rules… Towards the end, Sam describes a family connection to a Churchill tank … Continue reading Episode 22 – Commonly Overlooked Rules →

Rich, Sam and Dave discuss the recent two day event in Preston. Rich only joins us for the first hour, but Sam and Dave talk through their lists and games in detail. Talking points include: Brandenburgers, flamethrowers, the 1250 point level and mission-specific strategies. One list in particular drew a bit of attention, but all … Continue reading Episode 21 – Ribble Rumble 2015 →

Sam, Dave and Barry talk about the upcoming Down Order team event, taking place in August and also the recent Black Dragon tournament in Leicester. Dave and Sam then discuss the quirks of the British army book and Barry describes the Canadian contribution to the war.   Details of The End of the Beginning

Sam is joined by Pete Melvin and Mad Bob Emmerson to discuss the latest Phoenix Gaming Club event – Operation Phoenix. http://www.madbobminiatures.co.uk https://phoenixgaming.wordpress.com

Sam, Rich and Dave met at the farm to play a 2400 Vs 800 point game with the Soviets attacking the Finns. We talk through the historical context and then describe the game intermittently, between turns. See pictures of the game on the downorder.com Facebook page. There is also a UK tournament update. Facebook pictures

  Sam and Dave review the BHGS event which took place in Cranfield in April. Sam took early-war Soviets and Dave used his Maori. We also mention a selection of new UK events that have been announced for this year and beyond…

Dave and Sam were thrilled to be joined by Brad ‘Old Man’ Morin from the Ghost Army and LRDG podcasts. He talked us through his experiences on the Australian BA circuit and shared a Polish partisan list based on the Warsaw Uprising. Sam described the Lock & Load tournament and Dave recounted a four-player desert game … Continue reading Episode 16 – The Warsaw Uprising →