Yarkshire Gamers Reet Big Wargames Podcast

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A wargaming Podcast covering that modern day rarity, The Big Game. No 10 figures a side on a 3ft square table here old chap. All scales, all periods, so long as its BIG. You know what they say ”Go Big or Go Home” We, my friends have gone Big ! Each episode will look at a different aspect of the Big Wargame and do a little bit to bring them back into fashion. Is it a coincidence that Warlord games bring an Epic scale box set out just after this podcast went to air ! I don’t think so, so get on board the Big Game Train and let’s ride it down a 30 foot table. Regards Ken The Yarkshire Gamer

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Episode 57 - Nick Jellicoe - Jutland, The Battle and its Aftermath

May 03 2024 149 mins

Hi everyone. No surprises with the content of this episode as I present the second part of my interview with Nick Jellicoe. In the first part we covered a lot of the background to the battle and the characters involved. In this part of the interview we look in detail at the battle itself, going through each of the major phases of the action at Jutland. We then finish the show off w

Episode 56 - Nick Jellicoe - Jutland - Prelude to Battle

Apr 19 2024 93 mins

Hello again, welcome to Episode 56, the first of a double header on the Battle of Jutland, by far the largest sea borne action of the First World War and what a great guest we have to discuss it with you, Nick Jellicoe, grandson of John Jellicoe Commander of the British Fleet at the battle. We recorded for about 4 and a half hours and it was a great discussion cover many aspects of

Episode55 - Richard Marsh & Colin Rumford - Rapid Fire

Apr 04 2024 198 mins

Welcome to the latest episode of the Podcast with my two guests Richard Marsh and Colin Rumford who are responsible for one of the most popular sets of WW2 rules available - Rapid Fire. First released in 1994 and supported by many subsequent Supplements, Campaign and Scenario Books the rules have gone through a recent update with Rapid Fire Reloaded, a chartless version of the orgi

Episode 54 - Nigel Atter - WW1 in Mesopotamia

Mar 22 2024 135 mins

Hello everyone and welcome once again to the Yarkshire Gamers Reet Big Wargames Podcast as I reach the 54th episode. In a bit of an extended introduction I go through and explain a recent change in my guest booking process. Before moving onto the main course. Today my guest is Nigel Atter who is a WW1 historian with a couple of books to his name who has studied one of my favourite

Episode 53 - Phil Andrews and Martin Gane - Salute

Feb 20 2024 162 mins

Welcome to Episode 53, for the first time on the Podcast we are going to have a detailed look at a Wargames Show in the UK and we have started with the biggest. Salute is a London based show which has been around since the 1970s, it has grown and grown through a series of venues to its current location in the Excel centre and it sees around 6,000 devotees of the Wargaming Hobby des

Episode 52 - Giles Shapley(Eric the Shed) - Shed Wars

Jan 28 2024 178 mins

Welcome to the first Podcast of 2024, it always seems to take me a while to get started again in the New Year, but at least I managed to get an episode out i January this time around. Today my guest is the author of the blog Shed Wars, Giles Shapley who is also known by his nom de plume "Eric the Shed". Shed Wars was and remains one of the staple Wargaming Blogs and it continues to

Episode 51 - Xmas Brews in the Binyard 2023

Dec 20 2023 197 mins

Its back, the Podcast within a Podcast, our traditional (well 3rd episode) of the Brews in the Binyard Xmas Special. After being serious this year with special episodes on Paintbrushes and Papal Zouaves its time to let our hair down with a festive blow out. Sadly our usual hombre Sean Clark wasn't available this year so the wonderful Iain McDonald of Flags of War has stepped in, so

Episode 50 - Toofatlardies - World Cup Winners

Dec 01 2023 190 mins

For my Golden Jubilee Episode I thought I'd celebrate with a couple of the hobbies luminaries, who just happen to have recently won the World Cup of Historical Wargames Rules with their Chain of Command WW2 set, not only that the runners up were another one of their rule sets, Sharp Practice. Nick and Rich have done many Podcasts in the past so I tried to approach familiar topics f

Episode 49 - Dave Brown - O Pickett de Armee

Nov 06 2023 181 mins

After last episodes Paintbrush Geek Out its time to return to the regular format of the show with one of the hobbies premier rule writers. Dave Brown broke into the world of wargames rules with his Napoleonic set General de Brigade and since then has developed successful sets of rules in both WW2 and the ACW, with other taking forward the basic system into the AWI, Seven Years War

Episode 48 - Peter Thompson - Pro Arte

Oct 06 2023 90 mins

Its Podcast time again, this episode I've stepped aside from the usual format to get a deep dive into the world of paint brushes. My guest is Peter Thompson, the head honcho at Pro Arte a company based in my favourite place in the world, Skipton. We had a lovely chat covering the history of the company before moving on and discussing the finer points (pun intended) of the brush mak