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Little Wars 69: Getting into Traditional Games

Posted on August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 by Jon Insomnolant

The Little Wars Lads apparently forget how to podcast for a little bit, then talk about what they’ve been up to in the interim between episodes, including a review of Traveller, with a lot of asides in the meantime. Oh and we talk a bit about AI stuff and how it might pertain to the hobby.

And then at 57:39, we give our take on how best to get into traditional gaming hobby! We go through board games, Mongoose gives a primer on getting into wargames, and then Jon dives into how to start doing roleplaying games! Plus a little information on how much info to put into a player-facing setting wiki, and how best to find games with people who share your values.

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Little Wars 68: Don’t Google Fat Dragon

Posted on April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 by Jon Insomnolant

The Little Wars lads do a review of various Diversity & Degeneracy products that have come out here recently. We talk about the recent D&D movie, the latest nonsense surrounding One D&D/D&D 5.5E, and all the signaling crap coming out of WotC and the rest of the soy crowd.

Also a bit of talk about some recent wargaming, but it’s mostly just Disgust & Denouncements.

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Little Wars 67: Barrel of Rope Monkeys

Posted on February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 by Jon Insomnolant

The Little Wars Lads are back, and Mongoose shows off what he’s been working on this whole time with his new impression! Also we talk about our meet-up and playing wargames, Mongoose’s new collaborative mech worldbuilding project, WotC’s blunders with the OGL and something about Magic the Gathering. And nostalgia. Also a little bit of accidental shitlib racism, which was impromptu but hilarious.

And then Jon goes into why combat is good actually in roleplaying games!

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