"Mentioned In Dispatches" with the Armchair Dragoons

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.

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 MilitaryMentioned In Dispatches S16 E8 – The Wargamer’s BookshelfBattle Lab ~ Another “Resurgence” of Military WargamingBattle Lab ~ Uses for (Professional) WargamingStackup.org“Videogames Saved My Life”: Everyday Resistance and Ludic Recovery among US Military VeteransWhat to Do When Mother Nature Plays for the Red TeamCivilians 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.

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. 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.

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 Previous episodes on sci-fi wargaming (but not 4X games) Mentioned in Dispatches Season 10 Ep 3 ~ Sci-Fi WargamingMentioned in Dispatches Season 9 Ep 6 ~ Scifi Gaming & Space NaviesMentioned 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.

20 March 2026 ~ Brant is joined by Dr James Sterrett and Jan Heinemann to revisit & update our earlier discussion way back in season 2 on The Essential Wargaming Library. In the past 5-6 years1 there’s been a veritable explosion of full-length, serious books about wargaming and those interested in these titles are now filling up a second shelf with them, instead of having room for fancy bookends and tchotchkes around the limited selection of wargaming tomes. Linkdump Forging WargamersWargames AccordingEurowargamesWargaming Experiences: Soldiers, Scientists and CiviliansWargaming Experiences II: DiscussionsUK MoD Wargaming Handbook(PDF)Paper Time Machines: Critical Game Design and Historical Board GamesCardboard Ghosts: Using Physical Games to Model and Critique SystemsMechanisms as MetaphorsHistorical Simulation and Wargames: The Hexagon and the SwordPolitics of Play: Wargaming with the US MilitaryThe Matrix Games Handbook: Professional Applications from Education to Analysis and WargamingA Theory of Fun for Game DesignPeruvian Naval War College JournalJournal of Advanced Military StudiesWargaming Handbooks panel 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.

13 March 2026 ~ Byron and Rocky join Brant to talk about all sorts of fights-in-the-skies, as we look up for this week’s podcast. The mandatory list of references Like an (Air) Boss – A veritable Typhoon of Angels, Bears, Phantoms, Intruders and Mustangs all Fly(ing) to Fight and Win in a minis wargaming Danger ZoneLee Brimmicombe-Wood on BGGJD Webster on BGG (and probably a few we forgot) 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 March 2026 ~ Brant is joined by a pair of professional wargaming educators (Ed McGrady and David Banks) to talk about the professional development options for those in the applied / practitioner / professional world as well as a bit about how hobbyists can cross over Mandatory linkdump! Kings College War Studies DepartmentMORS CertificatesDragoons playlistsWargaming and Resilience Planning MAGeorgetown University Wargaming SocietyFundamentals of Wargaming AnalysisJohn CurryDegree programs Got other links to wargaming curricula we should be linking here? Drop them in the comments below! 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.

27 February 2026 ~ Ardwulf joins the podcast for a discussion about when the bifurcation of wargames and TTRPGs happened, and how & why. Anecdotes aplenty and also assorted assholery abounds. Links to some of what we discussed Old parlour games / proto-RPGsFlintlock’s shifty thread on BlueskyThe Dicing With Dragons bookDefense Language InstituteCustoms House PlazaTalking about megagames back in 2020 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.

20 February 2026 ~ Brant, Mike, and Bill are joined by Mark Miklos to talk about his BoAR series and the upcoming special event this Fall in Camden, SC, as well as RevCon in Charlottesville1, and more. Mark gives players some insight into the history of the series, what’s coming next, and even some advice on gameplay. Some of the key links for this episode Our last BoAR podcast episodeRegistration info for GMT’s Camden eventRevCon at PrezCon 2026Battles of the American Revolution – Eutaw Springs Battles of the American Revolution Series Mentioned in Dispatches Episode ~ Series Intro ~ Saratoga ~ Brandywine ~ Guilford Courthouse ~ Eutaw Springs ~ Savannah ~ Camden Event Podcast Episode Saratoga Digital ~ First Impressions ~ Gaming vs The AI 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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