The Miller's Tale - Episode 14

Episode 14, in which Mike gets to have a guest back again! Yes, it's James Morris, back again to explain how Midgard Heroic Battles has been going, what's planned for the future and why you should order Chronicles of Midgard (you really should, even if it's past the end of preorders!).

• James' website: mogsymakes.net
• James on social media: Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram and probably mogsymakes anywhere else you can think of!
• James and Clarkey talk Chronicles of Midgard
• Where you can buy it!
• Mead Price rules
• Britcon 2026 Lard Workshop
• Hastings 960. Mad! Mad, I tell you!

To apologise again, due to pressures of work, I failed to get this edited before Salute, so you are sadly too late to preorder Chronicles, for which I am truly sorry. That said, it is a fabulous campaign supplement, and you really should...

The Miller's Tale - Episode 13

Episode 13 - in which Mike finally gets to catch up with former Dux Brit partner-in-crime and rock god Andy Hawes, in a wide-ranging discussion covering everything from understanding bias in history to digging for Time Team at Sutton Hoo. This chat was recorded on the 12th June and has taken a little longer to edit than I really wanted, but here it is.

Useful links:

• Sutton Hoo
• Wargaming the Age of the Anglo-Saxons event (July 26-7)
• Time Team
• The Sutton Hoo 2024 dig parts 1, 2, 3 (on site), 4 (micro-excavation of the Bromeswell Bucket)
• Live updates from this year's dig parts 1, 2
• Book for Posh Lard 2025 here

And just to prove you probably have seen the Sutton Hoo helmet, here it is in all its glory...

 

The Miller's Tale - Episode 12

Episode 12 - in which Mike has a chat with the Mighty Dux himself, Richard Clarke of Too Fat Lardies, over a range of topics including Chain of Command 2, Patreon, Pint-sized Campaigns and even, very briefly, Dux Britanniarum.

And hi to the folks I missed at OML this past weekend!

Useful links:

• The TFL Patreon.
• Book for Posh Lard 2025 here

Watch this space for another interview Real Soon Now!

The Miller's Tale - Episode 11

Episode 11: In which Mike catches up with Mike Hutchinson of Planet Smasher Games, a past guest on Meeples and Miniatures and creator of (among many other things) Gaslands.

Useful links:

• Planet Smasher Games
• Mike's podcast with Glenn Ford, Rule of Carnage
• Osprey's (pre-)order page for Pacific Command
• The Space Gits Kickstarter
• Mike's book "The Fundamentals of Tabletop Miniatures Game Design"
• Hereward Wargames Show! (FB page)

You know, if I did those more often, I'd spend less time remembering how all these moving parts go together to get it up online in all the right places :D

That said? Watch this space for episode 12, in a couple of weeks.

The Miller's Tale - Episode 10

Episode 10: In which the podcast reaches double figures, and Mike has his first ever guest, namely James Morris!

Links from the episode:

• James' website: mogsymakes.net
• James on social media: Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram and probably mogsymakes anywhere else you can think of!
• Midgard Heroic Battles videos from TFL:
• Midgard Heroic Battles. An Introduction
• Midgard Heroic Battles Part 2: A Look at a Typical Force
• Pre-orders:
• From Too Fat Lardies/Reisswitz Press in the UK
• From Karwansary Publishing in Europe
• James on the 20 Sided Gamified podcast
• That Partizan backdrop.....