In which Mike is back from UKGE, and mostly awake again! Featuring interviews with a bunch of the demo agent team from the show.
Useful links:
SciFi Trader. Note that this site is in German, but most modern browsers will do a decent enough job of translating if you ask them to, to enable you to sign up, sign in and buy stuff.
Fortress Miniatures and Games.
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Episode 13
In which Mike mostly gets to catch his breath, and report back from a game with the Enfield crew, some painting, listening and a whole load of admin!
Useful links:
The Hexperts Podcast - Spotify | YouTube
Recent Loren Coleman blog posts on tariffs and how they affect Catalyst - 1 | 2
CGL acquire IWM!
Upcoming events
UK Games Expo BattleTech Events
Bryan Young's "Lone Wolf And Fox" anthology - Amazon
Loren Coleman's "Double Blind" - Amazon
Randall Bill's "Fall From Glory" - Amazon
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Episode 12
In which Mike gets to chat with BattleTech author Tom Leveen about his experiences as an author, and the upcoming "Blood Will Rise"
Useful links:
Blood Will Rise - Tom's intro | Amazon UK | Catalyst Store (link coming soon)
Tom's "How To Write Awesome Dialogue" - Amazon UK
Blood Will Tell - Amazon UK (print, Kindle or audiobook)
Embers of War - Amazon UK (Kindle or audiobook)
Mike on OnTableTop from Salute
UK Games Expo BattleTech Events
Element Games
Leisure Games of Finchley
Upcoming events
Also not mentioned in the podcast (for reasons of time!), the new UK BattleTech podcast Hexperts who, being more organised and efficient than me, already have six episodes out and I'll talk more about next time!
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Episode 11
In which Mike talks to BattleTech author Bryan Young about Fox Patrol, his recent IlClan era novels, and the upcoming VoidBreaker. And fails to remember to mention the date of Bedford Tabletop Expo (see the events page :D)
Useful links:
Voidbreaker: Amazon UK pre-orders | Catalyst Preview
Honor's Gauntlet: Amazon UK | Catalyst
A Question of Survival: Amazon UK | Catalyst
Without Question: Amazon UK | Catalyst
Fox Tales (compilation of the first few Fox Patrol Stories): Amazon UK | Catalyst
Bryan's Sarna page
Upcoming events
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Episode 10
In which Mike and partner-in-Alpha Strike-crime Bob Sawyer discuss the rules they've messed up while getting the hang of the game, and take a brief skim over what's in stock in the UK and coming soon (hopefully).
Useful links:
Operation DRAGONSLAYER (Enfield, Jan 25th)
BattleTech Aces play through demo from Catalyst & Six Sides of Gaming
I'll post a link to the Beta SPAs when I can find one I'm certain is public!
All Day game:
Happy New Year!
Note: I've kept a fairly light hand on the editing to try and preserve the informal nature of our chat: as a result there's a fair amount of mic noise from Bob's headset. If you want him back, he promises to buy a decent mic :D
New Zealand