Lead Pursuit Podcast

Did you miss out on Adepticon 2024? Do you really have so little going on in your life that you want to hear what the team did in Chicago that weekend? If so, listen up, as the team goes through the Good, the Bad and the downright Fugly of Adepticon 2024. As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

We know that you all have tons of 28mm tank models just laying around. They’re probably still in the box like Matt’s A-4 Skyhawks! If you are looking for a way to get them on the table in a less infantry-centric game than Bolt Action, look no further than Achtung Panzer from Warlord Games. Doug, Steve and Brett sit down with Roger Gerrish, the developer who brough this “club game” to life for Warlord and helped them in their evil plans to SELL MOAR TANKZ! (we joke) (only a little) But check out this great song from Raubtier that will make you want to run out and BUY MOAR TANKZ! https://youtu.be/aW2UksFbedA Raubtier on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raubtiersweden/ Achtung Panzer in the Warlord Store: https://us.warlordgames.com/collections/achtung-panzer As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Have you fallen for the hype around the “must attend” massive gaming conventions? Do you feel lost and overwhelmed with too much to see and do? Doug, Steve and New Guy Matt talk about the good things that small conventions offer gamers of all types. As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Hobby Mojo: You’re in the groove- at a building/painting a mini, making/writing a list or scenario, or, in Doug’s case, “mathing” some incomprehensible hex and cardboard counter “game”. Everything is clicking, the miniature goes together perfectly, the paint job is smooth, a list or scenario just writes itself, or, in Doug’s case, all the maths math up, and the hexes move 2” to the left or right. In any case, the hobby gods are pleased, and everything is going to plan! Join LPP as we discuss having, maintaining, and recovering that Hobby Mojo, so that you can do that hobby voodoo you do so well!

House Rules, what could be a more divisive topic in gaming? For this dive into the abyss of Grognard Opinion, the team has invited Tom Castanos from the ever loquacious Anything But a One, Adventures in Historical Miniatures Wargaming podcast to share in the pain! (Try saying THAT podcast title 10 times, rapidly, while gargling salt water, and standing on one foot.) But anyway, listen in as the team and Tom run full tilt into the windmills of Grognard Gatekeeping, and continue to wage the #WarOnGrognards! Sign up for the Siege of Vicksburg events at: https://tabletop.events/conventions/siege-of-vicksburg-2024 Adepticon registration is live at: https://www.adepticon.org/ As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Well it has been another year with LPP - want to hear the highs and the lows from the team? They’ll also talk briefly about the latest FAQ that dropped, if you haven’t already scoured it for exploits to help you at the next BRS tournament! As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Are you ready for Adepticon 2024? If you’re like the rest of the LPP team, then the answer is absolutely not! In this episode the team breaks down how to plan your Adepticon 2024 schedule, how to survive on convention food for the duration, and what events the LPP team will be hosting. While you’re at it, check out Ben Rawlings’ latest game, Violent Skies: https://www.wargamevault.com/product/460079/Violent-Skies--1940--Dynamo-to-the-Blitz? As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! “These models are trash, I can’t use them in my Horus Heresy games!” - Chris https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Did you score big last year following our Holiday Buying Guide? If you didn’t pay attention last year, this is your chance to redeem yourself and buy those gamers in your life what they really want. Or to just waste 59 minutes of your life listening to the team offer their suggestions for this year! Plus there’s a new member of the LPP team for them to pick on during the podcast! Are you ready for Adepticon 2024, yet? Lead Pursuit Podcast will be there, so do your game schedule research and plan on attending with us! “Anyone think I can get a sweet deal on some Bolt Action motorcycle models next year? Maybe only two dollars over MSRP this time! ” - Brett https://www.adepticon.org/ As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! “Who designed this Kfir model? I can’t even see it for all of the Panel Lines!” - Casey https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Have the guys totally lost their mind and gone full Grognard? Listen to them discuss their experiences at Fall In 2023, and their immersion into the HGMS culture. As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! “Are these resin models edible?” - Chris https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Are you one of those players who feels Great Dive is the throw-away trait? Do you wish someone smarter and better looking than you would do an analysis of how you could use this trait in your Blood Red Skies games? So do we! But since we can’t find such a person, you’re stuck with our pathetic team blundering their way through an analysis of the Great Dive trait, the doctrines that it pairs with and the aircraft that use the trait. Good luck, and we hope something that we say in this episode is actually useful in your next game! Lead Pursuit Podcast will be hanging out at Fall In 3-5 November, so sign up and come harass the team! “Why does the game hall smell like Aspercreme and broken dreams?” - Casey https://www.hmgs.org/page/FI_Home As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! “Who designed this Spit Mk IX model anyway?” - Steve https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Is Aeronautica Imperialis dead? Are you melting your plastic and resin down in a fit of nerd rage? Fear no longer, the Lead Pursuit Team is here to rescue you from the Abandoned Game Doldrums with their discussion of how Aeronautica Imperialis is alive and well! (with a little work from you and your local gaming group.) Blood Red Skies at Siege of Vicksburg - Steve Toth Memorial Tournament “We Really Miss Steve” - Adam Chance http://siegeofvicksburg.org/2023-tournaments Lead Pursuit Podcast will be hanging out at Fall In 3-5 November, so sign up and come harass the team! “Does this Con have a cash bar?” - Brett https://www.hmgs.org/page/FI_Home As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! “Does this resin taste like crayons?” - Chris https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

If you are looking for another game to pick up (and who isn’t), the team spends this episode talking with their buddy Pierce about Missile Threat. Think the podcast is unbearable with a partial crew on? We’re pretty sure the guys just found their BFF with Pierce, and this episode will be especially spicy! Blood Red Skies at Siege of Vicksburg - Steve Toth Memorial Tournament “I’m not dead, yet!” - Steve http://siegeofvicksburg.org/2023-tournaments Lead Pursuit Podcast will be hanging out at Fall In 3-5 November, so sign up and come harass the team! “Imma punch dat guy in the face” - Doug https://www.hmgs.org/page/FI_Home As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! “Buy some 3D Prints so my kid can have shoes!” - Casey https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

Need some more books to get you through the end of summer vacation? Doug talks with Steve Dixon, the author of Keeping the Peace, a history of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 during the Cold War. Find the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Peace-Fighter-Squadron-1946-1991/dp/163624193X Steve Dixon's Games: https://www.stevenkdixon.com/games.htm

Are you stuck on a boring vacation with your family? Wish you were surrounded by a bunch of stinky gamers pushing plastic models, instead? Well be prepared to live vicariously through the LPP team as they discuss their summer convention attendance! Upcoming Events: Blood Red Skies events at NashCon - hosted by Mike Lewis https://www.nashcon.org/ Blood Red Skies at Siege of Vicksburg - Steve Toth Memorial Tournament http://siegeofvicksburg.org/2023-tournaments As always, check out our store for the latest in Blood Red Skies and Aerial Wargaming miniatures, accessories and more! https://www.leadpursuit.net/store

We get it- you really aren’t sure why you should go buy this book - I mean plenty of the stuff is out there on the interwebs, somewhere, right? The team breaks down not just what is IN the book, but also why you should pick it up and have your very own personal copy of the Wing Commander Compendium This weekend is our BRS tournament at Twisted Lords Con! We will see you there!

Wondering how the new Italian releases look? Need some behind the scenes info since Warlord didn’t show all the cards? The team quickly walks you through what to expect in this series of releases from Warlord, and more importantly what isn’t in this release! A little over a week until our BRS tournament at Twisted Lords Con! Sign up here: https://tabletop.events/conventions/twisted-lords-con-2023/schedule/3

Doug sits down with Steve Dixon, co-creator of the game Skyhawk to talk about the game and Vietnam aviation in general. At least he pries some detail about the next title “Operation Linebacker” out of Steve before the end of the interrogation… err, interview!

Are you wondering what lists took the top places at the Adepticon Tournament? Well wait no more - in this episode the team blunders about talking over the results from the Blood Red Skies tournament at Adepticon 2023.

If you didn’t join the team on their annual pilgrimage to Adepticon this year, then you missed out on all the fun! Well, at least they “called” it fun, but we all know it was Lead Pursuit buffoonery at its worst. At least they had adult supervision present in the form of Mike Rafferty, Adepticon Historical coordinator, who is debriefed on this episode. Listen to poor Mike have to deal with the Lead Pursuit team and their unending requests, complaints and good ideas for how to make Adepticon even better next year!