"Mentioned In Dispatches" with the Armchair Dragoons

Armchair Dragoons
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Excellence in strategy game podcasting — The Armchair Dragoons discuss all manner of strategy games and wargames: tabletop & digital, hobby & practitioner. Also on the agenda are regular discussions of history & battles as they tie into strategy gaming and wargaming, and musings on the game industry as a whole.

  1. 6d ago

    Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E4 — The Tabletop Game Designers Association

    2 October 2026 ~ Brant is joined by Elizabeth Hargrave and David Thompson to talk about the TTGDA and what it can do for game designers and publishers.  There’s discussion of contracts (and contract shenanigans!) and professional development and designers’ rights and a bit on AI.  We get a couple of war stories and some discussion on payments & royalties, how to engage with the TTGDA, and more. Drop in on your podcast platform of choice  (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

  2. Sep 25

    Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E3 — The 4th Annual Solo Wargaming Survey

    25 September 2026 ~ They’re back! Liz from Beyond Solitaire joins Brant & Mike to talk about the past 4 years of the solo wargaming survey as well as a few thoughts about the 2026 iteration. What have we learned?  What do we want to change going forward?  What are some of those burning questions that we just won’t get answered in a survey like this?  When is Liz going to schedule and hold her co-working “SoloGameCon” on Discord?  All this and more, tonight on BIIIIIIIIG-PODCAST! 2026 Solo & Solitaire Wargaming & Historical Gaming Survey Results ANNOUNCEMENT | MASTER LIST | DATA DIVING | BEYOND SOLITAIRE YOUTUBE DISCUSSION BGG GEEKLIST | MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES EPISODE | DEEP DATA DIVES Drop in on your podcast platform of choice  (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

  3. Sep 18

    Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E2 — Convention Planning

    18 September 2026 ~ Conventions don’t just ‘happen’!  There’s a lot that goes into the planning, whether picking the time on the calendar, or dealing with venues, or planning your events, and dealing with attendees, so we brought together a great panel to talk about them Let’s welcome Rob Bottos (BottosCon) and Andrew Buchholz (SDHistCon) and Sean Nittner (formerly of Big Bad Con and now . . .  well, you gotta listen) to join Brant to talk about all this and more in their discussion of convention planning   Drop in on your podcast platform of choice  (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

  4. Sep 11

    Mentioned In Dispatches S17 E1 – Wargame Magazines

    11 September 2026 ~ Our 200th episode1 is here as we launch our 17th season, with Moe of Moe’s Game Table rejoining us for some hockey talk extended discussion of wargaming magazines. So join Moe & Mike & Brant as they talk about what’s out there now, classic favorites, where to find them online, and what they want in a wargaming magazine. S&T Press, with World at War and Strategy & Tactics Paper Wars YAAH! War Diary VaeVictus Against The Odds C3i MMP’s magazines The Magazine Rack on Archive.org, filtered to wargame magazines   Drop in on your podcast platform of choice  (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

  5. Apr 17

    Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E12 – Summer & Convention Lookahead

    17 April 2026 ~ For the season 16 finale, Brant’s joined by David Thompson, Tim Densham, and Byron Collins to talk about game conventions coming up, some of our favorites, some we can’t stand, and what makes for good & bad conventions. Oh, and Tim needs some advice, too, toward the end.   Drop in on your podcast platform of choice  (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

  6. Apr 10

    Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E11 – The Politics of Play with Aggie Hirst

    10 April 2026 ~ Brant is joined by Dr Aggie Hirst of Kings College London to discuss her research that resulted in the book “Politics of Play” and her other explorations of professional wargaming Links & References Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US Military Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E8 – The Wargamer’s Bookshelf Battle Lab ~ Another “Resurgence” of Military Wargaming and Battle Lab ~ Uses for (Professional) Wargaming Stackup.org – Combating Veteran Suicide Through Gaming “Videogames Saved My Life”: Everyday Resistance and Ludic Recovery among US Military Veterans What to Do When Mother Nature Plays for the Red Team Civilians on Hexagonal Battlefields   Drop in on your podcast platform of choice  (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

  7. Apr 3

    Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E10 – Getting A Job in the Tabletop Industry

    3 April 2026 ~ Brant is joined by industry veterans Chris Pramas and Ross Thompson to talk about pathways into working in the tabletop game industry. Chris is one of the bigwigs at Green Ronin, and Ross just recently jumped on at Critical Role. The Tabletop Game Jobs group is here (it’s public) and the Tabletop Game Job Talents group is here (it’s not).  They’re both on Facebook, so if you’re not on there, you might not be able to see much. Also, as noted around the 53:00 minute mark, here’s the survey question about “how did you learn to play D&D”   Drop in on your podcast platform of choice  (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

  8. Mar 27

    Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E9 – Sci-Fi Wargaming

    27 March 2026 ~ Brant, Rocky, Aaron, Austin, and Keith all team up to talk about sci-fi wargaming and barely scratch the surface. Hear what the designers are thinking as they’re developing their games, and we leave plenty of space for future episodes, too. Of course there are links! Marine: 2002 – A Game of the First Lunar War (1979) Robotech: Reconstruction (2023) Raider Drop Zone (2024) Hammer’s Slammers (1984) Littoral Commander: Space Force (2026?) Previous episodes on sci-fi wargaming (but not 4X games) Mentioned in Dispatches Season 10 Ep 3 ~ Sci-Fi Wargaming Mentioned in Dispatches Season 9 Ep 6 ~ Scifi Gaming & Space Navies Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 5 Episode 8 – Science Fiction Warfare & Gaming   Drop in on your podcast platform of choice  (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

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Excellence in strategy game podcasting — The Armchair Dragoons discuss all manner of strategy games and wargames: tabletop & digital, hobby & practitioner. Also on the agenda are regular discussions of history & battles as they tie into strategy gaming and wargaming, and musings on the game industry as a whole.

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