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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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Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Welcome to episode 45 of the Yarkshire Gamer Podcast and today we have our feet firmly planted once again in the soil of Gods Own County as we travel a short bus ride through the streets of Sheffield to meet todays guest Mark Hides.
Mark has been involved in the hobby all of his life and has carved out a career embracing various aspects of wargaming.
His day job is that of a Professional Painter with his company Conflict in colour, but in addition to that he has written a book about the hobby, "Real Life's a Bugger, A Tale of Sex, Dragons and Rock and Roll" which tells the story of a youth growing up in the 80s, finding their feet in the world and this great pastime of ours. His blog Real Life's a Bugger is well worth a read even if its not for the faint hearted.
If you graft onto that a figure company called Satanic Panic its amazing Mark has any spare time at all.
As you would expect from two lads who live in Yorkshire we have some opinions on a few things and "tell it like its is" but you will learn all about the Nuclear Attack version of Threads rather than the Zuckerberg Social Media one. We discuss the glory days of the greatest wargames show ever, Sheffield Triples along with strange blokes in Barnsley that look like Vikings and unreasonably large rule books.
In all the excitement the tinterwebnet failed to record a couple of chunks of the Podcast, especially our painting chat, so I will be inviting Mark back on the next catch up show to cover that aspect of things.
It was a great fun chat and I hope you enjoy it.
You can find out more about Marks Painting Services on the link below
Miniature Painting Service | Conflict In Colour
The figure range Satanic Panic, here
Satanic Panic Old School Inspired 28mm Miniatures
Marks Book is available here
And finally Marks Blog can be found here,
https://reallifesabugger.blogspot.com/
I will be back in a couple of weeks time with Episode 46 The Summer Brews in the Binyard Special.
Until then, Sithee
Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer
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Cheers we got well old school on this one which was great fun 😀
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Great episode, Northern Militaire and Triples brought back some great memories
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
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