Homo Ludens Podcast

Mar 13 2025 24 ep. 71 mins 81
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Podcast version of the Youtube show Homo Ludens, the channel on History & Boardgames.

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Army of the Heartland (Clash of Arms) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 13

Mar 13 2025 71 mins  
After a hiatus where Stuart took up his new position as Homo Lodens Eastern Correspondent, we're back with another installment of We Intend to Move on Your Works! This episode the gang are reaching back in time to the distant past of the mid-1990s to play the John Prados' design Army of the Heartland. We're also jumping back in the narrative of the podcast to pick up wh

Rebel Fury (GMT Games) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 12

Nov 01 2024 61 mins  
The gang has finally reached the end of 1862 (in Virginia at least) with Ambrose Burnside's ill fated turn at the head of the Army of the Potomac, as depicted in the new hotness that is Mark Herman's Rebel Fury. It promises dynamic movement and a new take on ACW combat, all in a simple quick playing ruleset. As fans of the C3i game Gettysburg that Rebel Fury builds on, will Pierre

Plantagenet (GMT Games) - Collective Review from Le Club de Jeu

Oct 16 2024 59 mins  
In this episode of the Homo Ludens podcast, we bring you a collective review of Plantagenet, the latest game in Volko Ruhnke's Levy & Campaign Series, designed by Francisco Gradaille and published by GMT Games. Our Discord server members—supporters of the show—learned and played this intricate medieval wargame and now share their thoughts on the strategies, historical depth

Glory III (GMT Games) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 11

Sep 05 2024 42 mins  
We’re Back to Berg baby! After a mixed experience crossing the mountains, the boys are trying one of Berg’s takes on Antietam, arguably the most influential battle of the American Civil War. Originally published in 1995, the same year as the first GMT edition of Three Days of Gettysburg which would spawn the modern era of GBACW, and substantially revised in 2002, Glory is a lig

Fire On The Mountain (Legion Wargames) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 10

Jul 11 2024 47 mins  
Stonewall Jackson has had his way, and now, thanks to the recovery of some lost orders, the boys are in Maryland fighting over a couple of gaps in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Can Stuart break through the rebel lines or will he suffer the ignominious fate of performing worse than McClellan did? Listen on to hear what they think about this John Poniske design on the Battle of South Mou

Stonewall Jackson's Way II (MMP) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 9

Mar 30 2024 58 mins  
This episode the gang are headed back to Manassas along Stonewall Jackson's Way (2), part of the venerable Great Campaigns of the American Civil War. Will they roll high enough to get there? Can they manage their fatigue? And most of all, do they like it enough to pay the cost? Listen to find out!

Shiloh: April Glory (Columbia Games) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 8

Mar 11 2024 30 mins  
Having finally reached the end of the second day, the gang emerges from the woods of Shiloh battered but miraculously still alive. For the second time they pushed some blocks around and rolled some dice, and compare Columbia's take on Shiloh with the games they have played before. Do wooden components make for the best woods? Which Shiloh game did Pierre and Stuart like best? A

Shiloh 1862 (Brigade Battle) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 7

Dec 22 2023 36 mins  
It is once again April 1862 and Pierre and Stuart are lost in the woods near Shiloh Church. This time it is with the far less complex Shiloh 1862 from Worthington Publishing. How will they fair with naught but eight pages of rules to guide them? Will Stuart get extremely angry about the woods again? Was Albert Sidney Johnston's death a turning point in the war? Listen to find o

Longstreet Attacks (Blind Swords) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 6

Dec 07 2023 44 mins  
The boys decided to take a break from their chronological playthrough and mark the 160th anniversary of Gettysburg with a game about James Longstreet. Unfortunately, they got a little carried away and are still recovering from their wounds - Pierre insists the amputation was unnecessary but this podcast adheres to only the highest standards of historical accuracy. After some delay,

Into the Woods (GBACW) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 5

Sep 22 2023 51 mins  
In this episode things heat up as the team takes an extra spicy look at the venerable giant of American Civil War gaming: Great Battles of the American Civil War. The discussion centers primarily on the latest entry in the series, Into the Woods, which covers the Battle of Shiloh in early 1862, but addresses many parts of the series as a whole (at least in its most recent incarnati