Synopsis
Welcome to the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before.
Episodes
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Episode 13: Getting Into World War 2 Gaming and Skirmish Normandy Interview with DishDash Games!
07/06/2018 Duration: 03h23minWelcome to the thirteenth episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. This month we talk about our hobby progress, starting out in WW2 gaming, and then we end with a great interview with Colin Phillips and Chris Bennett of DishDash Games and Phalanx Consortium. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ Combined Arms Podcast T-Shirt http://bit.ly/combinedarms 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 1:36 - Getting Into WW2 Gaming 2:25 - Skirmish Normandy Interview
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Episode 12: AdeptiCon Wrap, Jeff CC Age of Sigmar Interview
11/05/2018 Duration: 03h06minWelcome to the twelfth episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. This month we talk about our hobby progress, all the events and purchases at AdeptiCon, and then we end with a great interview with Jeff Campbell-Crawley, a local Michigander who took second in both the Age of Sigmar team tournament and singles tournament at AdeptiCon! Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ Combined Arms Podcast T-Shirt http://bit.ly/combinedarms 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 1:25 - The 2018 AdeptiCon Experience 2:22 - Age of Sigmar Interview with Jeff
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Episode 11: AdeptiCon Preview, Shadespire New Releases
20/03/2018 Duration: 03h15minWelcome to the eleventh episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. This month we talk about our hobby progress, all the stuff we're looking forward to at AdeptiCon, and then we end with a great talk on the new release for Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ Combined Arms Podcast T-Shirt http://bit.ly/combinedarms 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 1:17 - Shadespire News and Reviews
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Episode 10: Forager Review, Company of Iron Interview with Privateer Press
01/02/2018 Duration: 02h44minWelcome to the tenth episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. This month we talk about our hobby progress, Forager - the Napoleonic Skirmish Game, and then we are lucky enough to have an interview with Will Hungerford of Privateer Press about Company of Iron, their new skirmish game. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ Aaron's eBay link for Shadespire terrain http://stores.ebay.com/revivifiedgames/ Combined Arms Podcast T-Shirt http://bit.ly/combinedarms Stand To Games http://www.standtogames.co.uk/ Privateer Press Company of Iron Rules http://privateerpress.com/organized-play/game-rules-errata 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 1:11 - Forager Review 1:52 - Company of Iron Interview with
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Episode 9: Company of Iron Mini-Review, 2017 Year in Review
02/01/2018 Duration: 01h56minWelcome to the ninth episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. This month we talk about our hobby progress, Company of Iron - Privateer Press' new skirmish ruleset, and then we get into a 2017 review. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 00:29 - Company of Iron Mini-Review 1:28 - 2017 Year In Review
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Episode 8: Shadespire and Fall In
02/12/2017 Duration: 03h31minWelcome to the eighth episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. This month we dig deep into Games Workshop's latest release, Shadespire. We also talk Fall In, HMGS' November convention. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 00:24 - Michael's Fall In experience 1:01 - Geoff's hobby progress 1:28 - Shadespire
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Episode 7: The Briti-sode - Gangs of Rome, Sharp Practice Campaigns
25/10/2017 Duration: 02h30minWelcome to the seventh episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. Geoff got married in October, so Mike flew solo for some really exciting interviews with Andy Hobday from Footsore Miniatures regarding Gangs of Rome and Dave Hunter regarding his Sharp Practice campaigns. https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/ https://saindouxnet.wordpress.com/blog/ Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ 00:00 - Intro, Interview with Andy H from Footsore Miniatures - Gangs of Rome! 00:47 - Interview with Dave H about his campaigns in Sharp Practice
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Episode 6: Frostgrave!
29/09/2017 Duration: 02h18minWelcome to the sixth episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. In episode six we discuss Frostgrave - how its played, how to get started, and what we think of it. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 00:55 - Frostgrave!
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Episode 5: Activation and Turn Mechanics 101, Michigan GT!
28/08/2017 Duration: 02h25minWelcome to the fifth episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. In episode five we discuss activation mechanics and turn systems in miniature wargames. Geoff and Michael cover the different systems out there and talk about strengths and weaknesses of each. Then we have an interview with Jeff and Paul from the Michigan GT, Michigan's largest miniatures wargaming weekend taking place on October 6-8. http://www.michigangt.com We apologize for Geoff's poor mic quality during the hobby section - it doesn't affect the main part of the show and will be fixed for the next show. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 00:44 - Geoff and Mike discuss activation mechanics an
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Episode 4: Blood & Plunder - Interview with Mike Tunez of Firelock Games
28/07/2017 Duration: 03h07minWelcome to the fourth episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. In episode four we look at one of our favorite new games, Blood & Plunder. Geoff and Michael cover what stands out about the game and what you may like about Blood & Plunder as well as the miniatures and ships. Then we have an interview with Mike Tunez, creator of Blood & Plunder from Firelock games. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 1:24 - Geoff and Mike's thoughts on Blood & Plunder - what we like and what stands out about this great game 2:24 - Interview with Mike Tunez, creator of Blood & Plunder
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Episode 3: Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition is Cool and Good™
29/06/2017 Duration: 03h37minWelcome to the third episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. This episode sees our hosts tackling the biggest release so far in 2017 - the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, the large scale sci-fi wargame set in a dark future by Games Workshop. Geoff and Michael cover what may interest in you in the new edition as well as what may hold it back. Then we have an interview with Rhellion (Brad) about why he chose to come back to 40k, and we end the show with an interview with hobby champion Carl Tuttle of the Independent Characters podcast fame. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 1:04 - Geoff and Mike's thoughts on Warhammer 40,000, 8th Edition - the good, the b
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Episode 2: Sharp Practice - Interview with Richard Clarke of TooFatLardies!
16/05/2017 Duration: 03h36minWelcome to the second episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. Our second episode focuses on Sharp Practice - the large skirmish set of rules for the black powder period published by TooFatLardies. Geoff and Michael go over what they like about the rules and then we are very lucky to have Richard Clarke (the writer of Sharp Practice) in for an interview. We also detail our hobby progress of late and Michael goes through a segment on Games Workshop's Shadow War: Armageddon, the new supplement based on Necromunda that really provides a fun way to play 40k. Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ 00:00 - Intro, Hobby Progress 56:00 - Shadow War: Armageddon Experience 1:30 - Sharp Practice
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Episode 1: AdeptiCon 2017 and Interview with Matt Weeks
15/04/2017 Duration: 03h14minWelcome to the inaugural episode of the Combined Arms Podcast, featuring Michael Ovsenik and Geoff Hummel! Our show aims to take a positive look at miniatures wargaming and the larger hobby of tabletop gaming in general. We hope to highlight games, products, and experiences that you may never have otherwise heard of before. Our first episode will focus on Adepticon and begins with a short background of the hosts’ gaming careers, as well as what we’ve been up to lately. From there we move into a discussion with a special guest: Matthias Weeks, one of the founders of Adepticon. We’ll finish things up with a recap of games that we played or saw in Chicago that we think were interesting and fun. We hope that you enjoy the show! Feel free to reach out to us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CombinedArmsPodcast/ 00:00 - Intro, Scope of Podcast, Hobby Progress 1:10 - Interview with Matt Weeks, Founder of AdeptiCon 1:55 - AdeptiCon Experience