Harold on Games
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Podcast #49 - SDHist at the USNWC 2 of 3
March 15, 2024 08:35 - 1 hour - 78 MBThis is the second of the three podcasts including discussions with Museum Currator Rob Doane, Designer of GMT Games Battle of the American Revolution - Mark Miklos, Designer Volko Ruhnke and YouTuber Mike "Zilla Blitz" Smart. We have produced for your enjoyment a three-part series of discussions on the August 2023 Event by San Diego Historical Games Convention at the US Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island. The event was three days of historical tours and gaming including tour...
Podcast #48 - SD Hist at the USNWC 1 of 3
November 28, 2023 07:27 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBThis is the first of the three podcasts including discussions with Peter Pellegrino of the US Navy war College as well as an interview with Mark Herman. We start with Peter Pellegrino who is participating in one of our 8 pre-convention meetings where we discuss people and topics that will enhance our visit to the convention. We also run a Discord server exclusive to the convention where participants can get to know each other, schedule games and trade ideas and plans. We have produced for y...
Podcast #47 Interview of Matt Calkins discussing Sekigahara and motivations in design
December 03, 2022 06:56 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBAn interview with the Designer of Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan (2011)(#5 Wargame on BGG) Matt Calkins. He discusses his vision while designing the game as well as what is next.
Podcast #46 Interview of Mark Herman discussing exercise, game on Ukraine, and upcoming book
October 25, 2022 22:52 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBA discussion with icon and award winning game designer Mark Herman. In this episode Mark tells us about his workout regimen (including 100 sit ups and 50 pushups), Pacific War game history, SD Hist Con, an upcoming Ukraine game and a new book on wargame design.
Podcast #45 Uwe Eickert Interview
October 21, 2022 04:37 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBAn interview with Uwe Eickert who is a game designer and the founder and owner of Academy Games.
Podcast #44 Jay Little Designer of Star Wars: X Wing and RPG Star Wars Edge of the Empire
October 11, 2022 05:40 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBDesigned Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game and the roleplaying games Star Wars: Edge of the Empire and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (3rd Edition), along with Blood Bowl Team Manager: The Card Game and several other games.
Podcast #43 Jay Little Designer of Star Wars: X Wing and RPG Star Wars Edge of the Empire
October 11, 2022 05:40 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBDesigned Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game and the roleplaying games Star Wars: Edge of the Empire and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (3rd Edition), along with Blood Bowl Team Manager: The Card Game and several other games.
Podcast #43 Mark Miklos Interview
September 29, 2022 18:39 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBMark Miklos - the father of the Battles of the American Revolution series - and I talk about the history of the series - what's new and what's next. We talk about why Yorktown is missing and the implications of the British surrender at Yorktown on the Patriot cause. We also discuss the potential for a pop up convention at an interesting historical site - what do you think? shorturl.at/aJQX1 https://www.nps.gov/york/index.htm sdhist.com/ sdhist.com/sdhist-con-2022/ sdhist.com/conflicts-of-in...
Podcast #42 Butterfield Interview
September 25, 2022 05:11 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBJohn Butterfield and I talk about flipping counters and some of the games he has been working on, his continued work on Chad Jensen's game Downfall and his new game ON Hells Highway an update of a classic. He also talks about what he looks for is a publisher. https://www.gmtgames.com/p-944-downfall-conquest-of-the-third-reich-1942-1945.aspx https://sdhist.com/ https://sdhist.com/sdhist-con-2022/ https://sdhist.com/conflicts-of-interest-zine/ https://sdhist.com/summit-award/
Zenobia Award Winners Announcement
October 16, 2021 19:05 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBZenobia Award Winners Announced! Over 11 months, 150 applicants to 46 proposals led to these 8 finalists then voted on for the 3 winners. Watch here for the announcement https://youtu.be/IvK6QpPi2D8 Congratulations to all the winners, finalists, participants, volunteers & sponsors!
The Zenobia Award 2021 announces the 8 Finalists and 2 honorable mentions
August 15, 2021 22:05 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBThe Zenobia Award announces the 8 Finalists for 2021. Also included are 2 Honorable Mentions for Game Play and History. For the complete video and more detailed discussion see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWhv6mU7ghQ https://zenobiaaward.org/
Podcast #41 SD Hist Con COIN FEST KICKOFF August 7 2021 Gene Billingsley, Voko Ruhnke and others
August 09, 2021 02:42 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBWe recorded the SD Hist Con COINFEST KICKOFF meeting with GMT President Gene Billingsley, The COIN father Volko Ruhnke and other COIN designers. We discuss COIN history and why the universe of COIN has grown so fast and continues to explode! We check out toward the end to go to our various gaming assignments. Recorded August 7, 2021. The boardgame convention was Virtual on Discord.
Podcast #40 Ananda Gupta discusses innovation and his work at Riot Games
June 16, 2021 09:04 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBAnanda Gupta Interview From May 2021 SD Hist Con On Line where we discuss innovation in boardgames and his work at Riot Games.
Podcast #39 SD HIst on line May 2021 Steering Committee Meets!
May 04, 2021 19:15 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBJoin our steering committee for a meeting to discuss what's coming up at the May 2021 SD Hist Con on line. We talk about who will be there and what we learned from the 2020 on line con. I also have a brief discussion with Mark Miklos regarding his latest work - BAR #10 White Plains and his attendance at the convention! SDHIST.com
Podcast #38 SD HIst November 2021 Herman Butter
April 08, 2021 22:02 - 57 minutes - 53 MBWe visit with John Butterfield and Mark Herman at the San Diego Historical Games Convention in November of 2020 to discuss their days at SPI and since!
Podcast #37 SD HIst November 2021 COIN REUNION
April 08, 2021 21:17 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBA reunion of COIN game designers including Volko Ruhnke, Mark Herman, Brian Train, Morgane Gouyon-Rety, Bruce Mansfield Mike Bertucelli and me discuss the series and a few great stories about the history and development. Recorded live at the San Diego Historical Games Convention in November of 2020.
Podcast #36 PART 2 of Harold and Volko interview Lee Brimmicombe-Wood Part 2 of 2
January 03, 2021 20:24 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBPART 2 of 2 Harold and Volko Ruhnke have been playing The Burning Blue designed by Lee Brimmicombe-Wood and published by GMT Games. They interview Lee on his history in Wargaming, what he thinks about The Burning Blue and the other designs. This was also captured on Video and you can see that on Harold's channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8k3d4emMK0&t=17s
Podcast #35 Harold and Volko interview Lee Brimmicombe-Wood Part 1 of 2
January 03, 2021 20:06 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBPART 1 of 2 Harold and Volko Ruhnke have been playing The Burning Blue designed by Lee Brimmicombe-Wood and published by GMT Games. They interview Lee on his history in Wargaming, what he thinks about The Burning Blue and the other designs. This was also captured on Video and you can see that on Harold's channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4D4xZ0jsQM
Podcast #34 An interview with Dana Lombardy
November 19, 2020 21:16 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBDana Lombardy spends some time with Harold discussing his career and his latest project: MacGowan & Lombardy's THE GREAT WAR fast-playing card game. Available on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/680099836/macgowan-and-lombardys-the-great-war-fast-playing-card-game
Podcast #33 An interview with the great Rodger B MacGowan Part 1
September 21, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBPodcast #33 Podcast #33 An interview with the great Rodger B MacGowan Part 1 Rodger Mac Gowan has worked on over 500 wargames and designed various game magazines in his career. He is the holder of numerous games industry and hobby awards. Rodger started playing wargames in high school in Oceanside California. His first amateur magazine was titled Arquebus in 1974 and in 1976 Rodger founded Fire and Movement magazine, an independent and professional magazine devoted to reviewing games. Fir...
Podcast #32 Jerry White discusses Skies Above the Reich, Enemy Coast Ahead and his 2 names
August 11, 2020 03:30 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBPodcast #32 Jerry White discusses Skies Above the Reich, Enemy Coast Ahead and why he answers to both Jerry and Jeremy.
Podcast #31 Ananda Gupta discusses pre production Imperial Struggle and other things
August 05, 2020 23:04 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBPodcast #31 Ananda Gupta discusses pre production Imperial Struggle, winning, and player engagement profiles.
Five Pack # 25 Players Aid
July 17, 2020 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBInterview with Grant and Alexander from Players Aid blog and YouTube channel!
Five Pack #24 Riccardo Masini
July 16, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBInterview with Italian second generation wargamer and writer on wargames.
Five Pack #23 James Pei
July 15, 2020 08:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBinterview with dominant Card Driven games player James Pei
Five Pack # 22 Fred Serval
July 14, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBInterview with Designer of Red Flag Over Paris Designer Fred Serval - available at GMT Games on P500
Five Pack #21 Brant Guillory
July 13, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBAn interview with Podcaster, editorialist and organizer Brent Guillory
Five Pack #20 Volko Ruhnke and Morgane Gouyon-Rety
April 17, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBAn interview with Designer Volko Ruhnke. See additional podcasts with Volko Ruhnke at: Harold-buchanan – Harold-on-games-podcast-1-with-volko-ruhnke Harold-buchanan – Special-podcast-1-2018-san-diego-historical-games-convention See additional podcasts with Morgane Gouyon-Rety at: https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/podcast-17-morgane-gouyon-rety https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/five-pack-13-morgane-gouyon-rety
Five Pack #19 Mark Miklos
April 16, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBAm interview with Designer Mark Miklos
Five Pack #18 Tom Russel
April 15, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBAn interview with Designer Tom Russel. See additional podcast with Tom Russel at: https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/harold-on-games-podcast-11-with-mary-and-tom-of-hollandspiele
Five Pack #17 Rob Factor
April 14, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBAn interview with gamer Bobby Factor
Five Pack #16 Joel Toppen
April 13, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MBAn interview with Designer Joel Toppen
Five Pack #15 Brian Train from Canada
April 10, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBAn interview from Canada with Designer Brian Train. See additional podcasts with Brian Train at: https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/podcast-21-gen-con-insurgency-and-an-interview-with-designer-brian-train-1-of-2 https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/podcast-22-an-interview-with-designer-brian-train-and-his-top-5-list-part-2-of-2
Five Pack #14 Vesa Arponen from Germany
April 09, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBAn interview from Germany with Designer Vesa Arponen
Five Pack #13 Morgane Gouyon-Rety from Canada
April 08, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBAn interview with Designer Morgane Gouyon-Rety. See additional podcasts with Morgane Gouyon-Rety at: https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/podcast-17-morgane-gouyon-rety
Five Pack #12 John Sy from the Philippines
April 07, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBAn interview from the Philippines with John Sy
Five Pack #11 Volko Ruhnke
April 05, 2020 23:32 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBAn interview with Designer Volko Ruhnke. See additional podcasts with Volko Ruhnke at: https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/harold-on-games-podcast-1-with-volko-ruhnke https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/special-podcast-1-2018-san-diego-historical-games-convention
Five Pack #10 David Thompson
April 03, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBAn interview with Designer David Thompson
Five Pack #9 Liz Davidson
April 02, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBAn interview with YouTuber Ancients Historian Liz Davidson of Beyond Solitaire https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbSYmhAlOW1RorV_jXmo2w
Five Pack #8 John Butterfield
April 01, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBAn interview with Designer John Butterfield
Five Pack #7 Kimber VanRy
March 31, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBAn interview with armature historian Kimber VanRy
Five Pack #6 Uwe Eickert
March 30, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBAn interview with Academy Games Boss Uwe Eickert See additional podcast with Uwe Eickert at: https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/uwe-eickert-final
Five Pack #5 Jason Matthews
March 27, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBAn interview with Designer Jason Matthews
Five Pack #4 Bruce Geryk
March 26, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBAn interview with the Wild Weasel, Bruce Geryk You can listen to his podcast below: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/at9pi-3d612/Wild-Weasel
Five Pack #3 Jason Carr
March 25, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBAn interview with GMT staff Developer, Jason Carr
Five Pack #2 Trevor Just
March 24, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBAn interview with gamer Trevor Just
Five Pack #1 Mark Herman
March 23, 2020 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBAn interview with Designer Mark Herman. See additional podcasts with Mark Herman at: https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/podcast-14-mark-herman https://soundcloud.com/harold-buchanan/podcast-18-more-mark-herman
Podcast #30 Douglas Sun discusses his D&D5E/Pathfinder modules, Places by the Way
March 11, 2020 00:42 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBI have been known to visit the glamorous world of RPGs. With time at a premium I appreciate a good predesigned adventure that reduces planning and optimizes for play time. THIS podcast is singular composed with Doug Sun, a talented writer who uses his skills to produce D&D and Pathfinder modules that are fantastic. He has one on kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/660432492/the-paladin-queens-forest-for-dandd-5e-and-pathfinder NOTES AT: http://conflictsimulations.com/2020/03/11/...
Podcast #29 Rob North discusses his game store Pair A Dice Games and the impact of internet sales
February 19, 2020 04:10 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBWe are blessed in San Diego with three large game stores and some smaller card stores. The largest of which is Pair a Dice Games in Vista, California. This interview is with the owner and my friend, Rob North.THIS podcast is composed of three parts:1. A discussion of our Wargamers Insurgency plans for 2020 at GenCon and a request for interested parties.2. Some thoughts on podcast frequency and the production process.3. An interview with the owner of Pair a Dice Games , Rob North. We will disc...
Podcast #28 Stuka Joe discusses his YouTube channel
December 22, 2019 03:07 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBAn interview with prolific game reviewer, analyzer and video creator, Stuka Joe. We will discuss his YouTube channel, his interest in games, and his work as a federal prosecutor in Puerto Rico. NOTES: http://conflictsimulations.com/2019/12/22/podcast-28-stuka-joe-discusses-his-youtube-channel-notes