The Miller's Tale

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.netJames on social media: Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram and probably mogsymakes anywhere else you can think of!James and Clarkey talk Chronicles of MidgardWhere you can buy it!Mead Price rulesBritcon 2026 Lard WorkshopHastings 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...

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 HooWargaming the Age of the Anglo-Saxons event (July 26-7)Time TeamThe 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, 2Book for Posh Lard 2025 hereAnd just to prove you probably have seen the Sutton Hoo helmet, here it is in all its glory... 

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 hereWatch this space for another interview Real Soon Now!

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 GamesMike's podcast with Glenn Ford, Rule of CarnageOsprey's (pre-)order page for Pacific CommandThe Space Gits KickstarterMike'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 :DThat said? Watch this space for episode 12, in a couple of weeks.

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.netJames 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 IntroductionMidgard Heroic Battles Part 2: A Look at a Typical ForcePre-orders:From Too Fat Lardies/Reisswitz Press in the UKFrom Karwansary Publishing in EuropeJames on the 20 Sided Gamified podcastThat Partizan backdrop.....

Episode 9: in which Mike once again attempts to remember how the heck the Heath Robinson-esque collection of RSS feed generator, local webspace and heaven knows what else all hooks together. And attempts to get caught up, and rambles about a 40-year old wargame...Links from this episodeFlashforge Adventurer 5M Pro filament printerXTool S1 laser cutterTales From The Periphery - my new podcastThe BattleTech portal pageBrutal Cities MDF terrainRead more »

There were, it appears, a number of issues some folks were having with the most recent podcast episode. Like an idiot I added ID3 tags, which some podcast players don't like on M4A files. Thanks to Roger B-W for spotting this. When I built the new server, I missed copying one change to a small but essential configuration file off the backup, which meant the episode wouldn't play in Firefox. Thanks to Dave Brown for reporting that. I also changed the server that handles the podcast files from HTTP to HTTPS. This shouldn't make any difference, but you never know :D Some podcast feed services cache the incorrectly-tagged version, so even though I fixed it you still might not have been able to play it. Thanks to Neil McGurk for flagging that this may be an issue. So. Here's a fresh post, so it creates a new podcast feed entry, linking to a copy of the correct file, so the feed services can't cache it. If you've been having problems, try this and see if it resolves it.

Episode 7: In which Mike talks about umpiring. And the obvious elephant in the room... Links to things mentioned in the podcast Element Games' GW Contrast Paints page (no, I didn't buy the bundle - I'm not that mad!) Hereward Wargames Show WarWorld Scenics demo video If there's anything I missed, please let me know. I'm keen for any feedback, obviously enough - you can comment here, or if you'd rather it wasn't public, by email to [email protected]. 

Episode 6: In which Mike talks about responsibility.... (ooo! scary!) Links to things mentioned in the podcast Titan Terrain NZ The Terrain Tutor's YouTube channel and Kickstarter Hereward Wargames Show Posh Lard The club's Omaha Beach game Crisis Point If there's anything I missed, please let me know. I'm keen for any feedback, obviously enough - you can comment here, or if you'd rather it wasn't public, by email to [email protected].  [Apologies - I do appear, on editing this episode, to have had more of the tail end of a cold than I remember - I've done my best to edit out the heavy breathing where I can :D]

Episode 5: In which Mike talks about (among other things)... boats and trains?  Trust me. There's method in the madness. Before anyone comments - yes, this is just over the hour, which came as quite a shock when I came to do the assemble edit. This is pretty much the upper limit on length I'm prepared to go - any longer and you'll get more and shorter podcasts!Read more »