Tales From The Periphery

In which Mike finally gets to chat to Ed from Buy The Same Token about their fabulous AS tokens. Useful links, as ever: the tokens themselves can be found here along with some better photos than mine! the BTST discord (this link shouldn't expire) the Krita open source drawing software Ed mentioned that BTST use - runs on Mac, Windows and Linux. I will grab some decent 'posed' token shots when I get back from Germany next week.

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.

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

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!

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