Down Order Podcast

  We chat about the challenges of writing a viable Panzergrenadier list using the current rules. Dave talks Western Desert, Rich talks Soviet experimental tank lists, Sam talks US 29th and Point Defense and Barry talks Fury. Dave’s vocals were plagued by a crunchy scraping menace for parts of the recording (which was revealed to … Continue reading Episode 15 – Panzergrenadiers →

  Sam and Dave are joined are joined by Pete Melvin from the Phoenix Gaming Club. The main topic covers our considerations for attempting to assemble a historic, characterful and fun army. We also try to find a good balance between strength in theme and strength on the table. We chose three forces to discuss: the 28th Maori Battalion, … Continue reading Episode 14 – Historical Vs Competitive →

  Full crew. Our main topic is an overview of the campaign in North-West Europe and discussion of the missions, units and special rules described in the theatre book. Rich talks about his terrain projects and flirtations with Chain of Command, Dave assesses the latest Warlord FAQ and Sam mentions UK tournaments in 2015.

  I am joined by Gary Betts (Gazerb on the Warlord forum) who runs the Bolt Action tournaments for the three big BHGS events in the UK. We talked about missions, tables and rules being used in 2015. Dave also dropped in part way through and we had a bit of a chat about what we’d been up … Continue reading Episode 12 – BHGS Tournaments →

Barry and Sam play a game using Warplanes as well as testing the DOT NET Format rules tweaks from the guys at the BAR. I have no idea if an audio playtest recording works – let me know! There are pictures of the game on our Facebook page. Our new theme music is from Shostakovich’s … Continue reading Episode 11 – Playtesting Warplanes and the DOT NET Format →

The full cohort records together for the first time. We do listener feedback, talk about a few recent events, then dive into our lists of favourite tank destroyers from WWII. We discussed historical TD doctrine and also which vehicles we feel are good or bad choices in Bolt Action.

  Sam, Barry and Dave seek out terrible truths hidden in the misty and horrifying labyrinth of the Nazi Occult. We also talk about unholy relics, ill-omened expeditions, frightening technology and other chilling prospects. At the end, Sam describes a home made, zombie-themed Bolt Action mission called The Book of the Dead. The Book of the Dead … Continue reading Episode 9 – Halloween Special →

The conclusion to our two-part episode. Rich and Dave talk through the tournament setup, their lists and their games. We mention Bob Emmerson and his highly successful Hungarian Tanks Kickstarter. We also answer and discuss the Quizzy Question asked in the previous episode.

We chat about the what we have been up to recently, including  wargames shows and modelling projects (aerosans, tachanka, bears…). I also interviewed Alessio Cavatore and asked him about Tank Wars, VFTs, errata and chatted about his new Loka Tarot game. This episode is the first half of a flippin long recording. 8b will cover the … Continue reading Episode 8a – Tanks, Bears and VFTs →

We review the Russian army book, covering the national rules, theatre selectors and individual unit choices. Rich talks about the types of lists he has played and highlights some of the more obscure options. Dave explains why he thinks this is the most flexible and varied of the army books. Sam reveals what goes on … Continue reading Episode 7 – Armies of the Soviet Union →