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MBS Podcast Episode 88: 2024 Event Review
« on: September 22, 2024, 06:03:01 pm »


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Better late than never, Andy is back with an overview of a couple of gaming events he participated in earlier this year! First up is a local Star Wars Armada tournament he played in back in January 2024, followed by an event overview of the Richmond Open, a regional wargaming convention held in May 2024.

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Re: MBS Podcast Episode 88: 2024 Event Review
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2024, 11:53:11 pm »
I did not realize how picture heavy this episode was going to be, so this one needed a view after the listen.

Enjoyed the breakdowns, and from the closing I think that smaller scale land games are really well suited to linkages with naval games because a smaller scale allows a larger scope of game, and naval games naturally have larger scopes than most ground based alternatives.  Apart from amphibious landings or shore operations though, I am not really familiar with many games that deal with many units based on both mediums on the same table apart from Dystopian Wars.

For ground and naval games across different tables, I also have not seen many published campaigns that have a great deal of integration between the two areas either.  For example the following is from the two paragraphs dealing with land campaigns in Warlord Games’ Black Seas…

Or you might play a campaign which uses Black Powder to resolve land battles and Black Seas to resolve sea battles.  Such a campaign probably needs an umpire, who would have the role of working out what the impact of the two kinds of battle would be.

…not the most defined system that I have seen, and I would be glad to hear of any others that have more detail.
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Re: MBS Podcast Episode 88: 2024 Event Review
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2024, 10:19:21 pm »
Sorry for the double-tap...I'm still experimenting with ways to get more bang for my content-production buck. Would it be worth a disclaimer at the start of the podcast episode that its also going to be a video when I post an episode as both?

Lots more I want to say on the topic of joined campaigns! The one I've been working on for LI/BFG/AI has been going really well so far.


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Re: MBS Podcast Episode 88: 2024 Event Review
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2024, 03:43:47 pm »
Either audio or video is fine, I prefer the podcasts as they can be listened to anywhere, but I also enjoy picture heavy videos after I get home, but more content of either is always good.

Lots more I want to say on the topic of joined campaigns! The one I've been working on for LI/BFG/AI has been going really well so far.
...looking forward to campaign talk!
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