Podcasts by Guns, Dice, Butter

Guns, Dice, Butter

A series of conversations with members of the wargaming tribe regarding boardgames, history and strategy.

Further podcasts by Herr Dr

Podcast on the topic Spiele

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Guns, Dice, Butter XXX Nov 11, 2020 from 2020-11-11T15:39:30

Welcome Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XXX NOV 11,...

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Guns, Dice, Butter XXIX SEP 15 2020 from 2020-09-16T20:28:57

Welcome Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XXI...

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Top Rated Wargames Published 2015 through 2019 from 2020-08-29T16:17:59

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GDB XXVIII AUG 24 2020 from 2020-08-25T00:38:52

 

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Guns, Dice, Butter XXVII JUN 2 2020 from 2020-06-02T20:26:28

 

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Guns, Dice, Butter XXVI May 12 2020 from 2020-05-13T02:53:41

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Guns, Dice, Butter XXV Easter 2016 from 2016-03-27T21:01:03

Welcome to episode XXV of Guns, Dice, Butter: a series of conversations with members of the wargaming tribe.

0:00: Opening and episode preview

0:07: Fran Diaz, Game Designer, Polis...

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Episode XXV Preview: Adrian Goldsworthy and Others from 2016-03-20T22:31:21

Guns, Dice, Butter returns to the ancient world with a discussion evolving esteemed historian Adrian Goldsworthy and game designer extraordinaire Mark Herman. Hope to publish in the next week or...

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Guns, Dice, Butter XXIV: Nov 5, 2015 from 2015-11-05T19:39:40

Welcome to episode XXIV of Guns, Dice, Butter

0:00 Intro: Guns Returns!

0:04: Richard Berg and Mark Herman

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Guns Returning SOON! from 2015-11-02T03:00:57

Guns, Dice, Butter returning soon: recorded long session with two designers today :-) Hope to get a panel this week - then I'll have episode 24. It will be a good one: promise.

Life a...

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Guns, Dice, Butter episodes in the works..FINALLY! from 2015-08-20T23:51:48

 

 

 

... ... ... Wow... Can NOT believe it has been 6 months since an episode. Been enjoying the break with gaming at the 1st MN  Wargame Society and working on two designs...

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Episode XXIV still in the works... from 2015-06-17T00:17:15

Guns, Dice, Butter has been on a break, but, starting to think about getting some episodes out again. Too much gaming and game design (Triumph of Chaos v2 (DELUXE!)  the last 4 months: all good,...

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Episode XXIV of Guns, Dice, Butter in the Works from 2015-03-10T05:00:29

Have a line on episode XXIV.  Will be a good one. Hoping up before May Day. In the meantime, if you are in the hood, stop by our Games of the American Revolution War Day, May 8, 2015 for 1st MN ...

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Guns,Dice,Butter XXIII: FEB 17, 2015 from 2015-02-16T19:28:07

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Episode XXIII in the pipe...finally! from 2015-02-03T03:50:47

Finally have a bead on episode XXIII, after a 6 month break for playing games and dealing with real life. Hope to have posted by end of the month.

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Episode before the Holidays? Maybe... from 2014-11-13T16:28

Been busy with life, gaming (Empires in Arms, The Korean War, La Grande Guerre and now The Third World War) and designing (Triumph of Chaos v2) the last few month...

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50,000+ Downloads now for Guns, Dice, Butter. from 2014-07-26T23:42

Just passed 50,000+ Downloads now for Guns, Dice, Butter.

THANK YOU for your support!

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Guns,Dice,Butter XXII: July 4, 2014 from 2014-07-04T03:12:10

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XXII Preview: Balkoski from 2014-06-30T13:22

Joe Balkoski, designer of the outstanding series Great Campaigns of the American Civil War, the SPI mon...

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Guns,Dice,Butter XXI: June 17, 2014 from 2014-06-17T19:12:25

Welcome to episode XXI of Guns, Dice, Butter.

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Episode XXI Preview: Greenwood, Raicer, Alsen from 2014-06-13T07:07

Just got the all the material co...

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War by Other Means: Khaleesi: Post GDB Episode XX from 2014-04-28T05:33

Who doesn’t love a good slave revolt? All hail Spartacus. War by other means; addressing the other 7 M’s of waging war...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XX: APR 16, 2014 from 2014-04-16T19:05

Welcome to Guns, Dice, Butter: Episode XX April 16, 2014

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Preview Episode XX: Phil Eklund+Panel on "War by Other Means"+Brian Train from 2014-04-15T15:30

Episode XX of Guns, Dice, Butter will be published this week.

On Episode XX:

1) Conversation with Phil Eklund, designer of High Frontier, Pax Porfiriana, Lufschiff among many other...

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40k Downloads of Guns, Dice, Butter from 2014-04-09T15:11

Passed the 40,000 download mark for Guns, Dice, Butter yesterday. Thank you for your strong support!

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XIX: APR 4, 2014 from 2014-04-04T05:52:25

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New Episode Real Soon from 2014-03-29T13:00

Have a long conversation with Ben Hull of Musket & Pike fame recorded; just have to mix it. And, need to get one other shorter segment. Won't be too long (real lif...

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New Episode Soon from 2014-02-19T20:38

Hope to publish a new episode soon; have a couple of great game designers lined up. Thoughts and prayers with friends and family in Ukraine. Rela...

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Plumbing: listener survey from 2014-02-11T19:32:33

 

My podcast hosting service provided a link for a survey of demographic stats related to GDB:

http://survey.libsyn.com/gunsdicebutter

Of course, if you are interested, comp...

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Growing audience for GDB from 2014-01-15T23:35:38

Checked out a few stats for downloads of Guns, Dice, Butter (now near 40k). Image here shows the number of downloads for each episode in the first three days of ...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XVIII: JAN 13, 2014 from 2014-01-14T01:51:35

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Next Episode Soon from 2013-12-18T03:36

Been swamped with real life work. Just back in the States for holidays. Will post next episode soon. Thanks for the emails/posts inquiring to my status.

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Gaming Book on 3rd Reich from 2013-11-10T05:50:52

Spent the day reading The Third Reich by Roberto Bolano. Had heard about the book - and given that I played the game in my mispent youth, I decided to read it. Listen

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30k from 2013-10-14T06:04:10

Just passed 30k downloads; actually 33k. Thank you for your support! Will be posting next episode (already recorded - just have to mix it) soon.

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XVII: SEP 11, 2013 from 2013-09-11T04:19:46

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Episode XVI: Cold War Goes Hot Surveys from 2013-08-01T01:15

Record amount of downloads for Guns, Dice, Butter today.

Must be the references to Red Dawn. Hats off to our two pan...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XVI: July 31, 2013 from 2013-07-31T01:24:42

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444 Days and 25,000+ Downloads from 2013-06-15T18:11

Will pass the 25,000 download mark today; 444 days since starting Guns, Dice, Butter.

15 Episodes

32 GREAT guests on the show so far.

38 Hours of programming.

Thanks ...

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Summary Stats from Guns, Dice, Butter (GDB) Listener Surveys from 2013-06-15T17:44

Summary stats from various GDB listener surveys on Boardgamegeek (BGG). Some very interesting stats:

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XV: June 14, 2013 from 2013-06-14T06:42:56

Welcome to Episode XV: June 14, 2013 of Guns, Dice, Butter: a series of conversations with members of the wargaming tribe

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GDB Listener Poll: Episodes X to XIV from 2013-06-13T19:23:55

Posted a listener survey on boardgamegeek. If you have a few...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XIV: June 6, 2013 from 2013-06-07T06:12:42

Welcome to Episode XIV of Guns, Dice, Butter: (Season 2: #4)

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Back soon from 2013-04-17T04:25

Been totally swamped with work lately. Back soon (when spring finally arrives). Have some great guest lined up. Great to see continued strong interest (emails, posts and downloads) in Guns, Dice...

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20k Downloads. Thanks! from 2013-02-06T14:29:45

Thanks for your support; just passed 20,000 downloads for GDB (Guns, Dice, Butter). Planning to take a break for a month or so.

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XIII: Jan 30, 2013 from 2013-01-30T03:21:34

Welcome to Episode XIII of Guns, Dice, Butter: (Season 2: #3)

0:00: Episode Intro
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Episode XIII Preview: Greenwood from 2013-01-26T17:16

Episode XIII will feature a conversation with Don Greenwood; convention director WBC, Avalon Hill chief of staff, designer/develop...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XII: Jan 16, 2013 from 2013-01-16T07:00:16

Welcome to Episode XII of Guns, Dice, Butter: (Season 2: #2)

0:01 Intro

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Episode XII Preview: Dunnigan from 2013-01-15T23:14

Episode XII will be a conversatio...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XI: Jan 8, 2013 from 2013-01-08T19:01:11

Welcome to Episode XI of Guns, Dice, Butter: (Season 2: #1)

0:01 Intro: Wargamer recruitment, mini wargame cons in J...

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Happy Holidays from 2012-12-25T02:52

Happy Holidays 2012, tribe! Again, thank you for your listening support during our first year of Guns, Dice, Butter. 

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BGG List on Insurgencies and Wargames from 2012-12-17T20:32

Mentioned this on the podcast: an excellent list on BGG (boardgamegeek.com) by Tom Grant (host of the podcast I've Been Diced) regarding insurgencies and wargames...

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15k from 2012-12-12T01:00:01

Passed the 15k downloads of Guns, Dice, Butter today. Thank you for listening!

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Favorite/Least Favorite Armies to Game from 2012-12-11T17:52

I was thinking about a question Volko asked on Episode X: "Why don't you like to game modern conflicts?".

Basically, I answered on the podcast that it was due to story; that somehow the s...

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Wargame Podcast Listeners: BGG Survey Dec 2012 from 2012-12-11T17:31

Results from a poll on BGG in early December 2012: about 200 wargamers responded in the first day of the poll...initial results regarding what podcasts they liste...

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Listener Ratings Thru Episode 9 and Dec 6 2012 from 2012-12-07T14:12

Listener Ratings from Boardgamegeek.com polls during 2012. Sample size averaged between 37 and 75. Thank you for taking the time to respond.

Mr.Berg captured has captured the gold ring so...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode X: Dec 7 2012 from 2012-12-07T00:32

Welcome to Episode X of Guns, Dice, Butter.

0:01 Intro

0:06 Conversation with Mercury Games: Richard Diosi (Doc Stryder) and Kevin Nesbitt

0:32 Panel discussion with Mark He...

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Guns, Dice, Butter on Twitter from 2012-12-06T22:31

Linked the Herr Dr twitter account to this website. It should now provide notification of website posts, episodes being published, etc. My handle is Herr Dr.

I am still holding ou...

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GDB Download Stats Dec 3 2012 from 2012-12-05T16:16:06

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Episode X Preview: Panel Discussion on Politics and War: Insurgencies from 2012-12-03T14:21:04

Episode X of Guns, Dice, Butter will feature a panel discussion including Mark Herman, Brian Train, Volko Ruhnke regarding politics and war; specifically insurgencies. We'll discuss how they ins...

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Links to Berg catalogue of games from 2012-11-19T15:04

Link to a couple of files regarding Berg's catalogue of games:

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...and a link to history of Rome podcast...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode IX: Nov 18, 2012 from 2012-11-19T04:55:24

Welcome to episode IX of Guns, Dice, Butter

0:01 Guns, Dice, Butter Intro

0:11 Conversation with Richard Berg: Entry into world of gaming

0:34 Berg: CNA, Kingmaker, Geronimo...

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Episode IX Preview from 2012-11-18T17:23:58

Took a break from podcasting for a couple of months: life, work and gaming.

Back very soon with a conversation with...

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Links mention in Episode VIII from 2012-09-19T15:14:10

A few links to items disussed in Episode VIII

The epic WWI Op/Europa type game...

http://boar...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode VIII: Sept 18, 2012 from 2012-09-19T01:54

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Episode VIII Preview: Wargames in the Pipeline, Kingdom of Heaven from 2012-09-18T05:37:44

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Survey Results from 2012-09-11T17:29

Thanks for taking time to respond to the listener surveys!

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Listener Survey Episodes VI and VII from 2012-09-08T16:56

Posted a listener survey on boardgamegeek. If you have a few...

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GDB Download Stats from 2012-09-08T15:36:56

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10,000 downloads from 2012-09-02T14:10

Guns, Dice, Butter has passed 10k downloads (about 60/day since we started); thank you for your strong support, feedback, donations and listening to the show. Som...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode VII: August 31, 2012 from 2012-08-31T14:39

0:05: Conversation with Kaarin Engleman, Assistant Convention Director, World Boardgaming Championships (WBC). Kaarin recaps WBC 2012 and previews WBC 2013

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Episode VII Preview from 2012-08-30T14:18

In episode VII of Guns, Dice, Butter we will get Kaarin Engleman's report from WBC 2012. Friend of the show, Jim Doughan, will tell us about his WBC 2012 experien...

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode VI: July 19, 2012 from 2012-07-19T15:31

0:08: Conversation with Kaarin Engleman, Assistant Convention Director, World Boardgaming Championships (WBC). Kaarin tells us why WBC is the best game con in the hobby. We also discuss ...

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Been taking a break... from 2012-07-16T16:30

Been taking a break; busy with life and playing a few wargames. Planning to get the next episode up before WBC  http://www.boardgamers.org/

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Listener survey Episodes IV and V from 2012-05-27T05:29

Posted a listener survey on boardgamegeek. If you have a few minutes, please complete it.   Listen

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Guns, Dice, Butter Episode V: May 25, 2012 from 2012-05-25T19:42

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Preview of Guns,Dice,Butter Episode V from 2012-05-19T14:37

Preview of Guns,Dice,Butter Episode V: 

Conversation with Harry Rowland, designer of Empire in Arms, World in Flames, Days of Decision, among others. Harry discusses EiA, WiF, wha...

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5K from 2012-05-19T14:29

Just passed the 5,000 mark for the number of Guns, Dice and Butter Podcast downloads.

Very encouraging to see this lark has some legs in the hobby. A BIG THANK YOU to all our guests so fa...

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Guns, Dice, Butter: Episode IV: May 11, 2012 from 2012-05-11T20:17

Episode IV

0:0 Introduction with Herr Dr: Feedback, review of listener survey on Boardgamegeek.com, announcement of Kickstarter project for Guns, Dice, Butter Season ONE and a preview of ...

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Episode III Listener Survey from 2012-05-05T14:33

Thank you for the feedback I've been receiving. 

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Episode IV Preview: Vietnam and Shenandoah Studio from 2012-05-04T20:51

In the next episode of Guns,Dice, Butter, Episode IV, we will focus on the epic Victory Games title Vietnam 1965 - 1975 and Shenadoah Studio.

Conversations with Nick Karp, designer of Vie...

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Episode 3 Listener Poll and Links to Items Mentioned on Guns, Dice, Butter from 2012-04-25T04:17

I mentioned a number of items on Episode 3; thought I would provide the links to those items below.

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Guns, Dice, Butter: Episode 3: April 24, 2012 from 2012-04-24T04:58

Third Episode of Guns, Dice, Butter.

0:0 Introduction with Herr Dr: Feedback, review of listene...

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Card Driven Wargames (CDW) Evolution and Revolution from 2012-04-20T03:53

I've kept a chart of Card Driven Wargames (CDWs) up to date the last few years. By CDWs, I mean those games that trace lineage to either We the People or Parths of Glory. I updated that chart to...

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Episode III Preview: Panel Discussion of American Revolutionary War Strategic Games from 2012-04-17T17:48

On our next episode of Guns, Dice, Butter, we'll have a panel discussion with Mark Herman, Ed Wimble and Andrew Mulholland regarding strategic level wargames of the American Revolutionary War (A...

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Survey Results: Episodes 1&2 from 2012-04-09T14:31

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History's Losing Sides from 2012-04-06T15:52:44

One item I discussed on the Episode 2 was a series of posts on BGG with designer Harry Rowland. They occurred in December 2011 when Mr.Rowland was selected as the featured wargame designer of th...

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Books Mentioned on the Show from 2012-04-06T14:08

Ed Wimble and I refered to a number of books on Episode 2. Following is that list:

Logistics and the Failure of the British Army in America by R. Arthur Bowler

The Southern...

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Data and Analysis from 2012-04-06T13:34

Those of you that know me from BGG (Boardgamegeek.com), know that I periodically conduct analysis of the BGG data regarding wargames. Consequently, I've now uploaded (or linked to) some of that ...

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Listener Survey from 2012-04-06T13:09

Thank you for the feedback I've been receiving. 

I've posted a short survey for listeners to complete that will help us better tailor content to what you want to hear on Guns, Dice, Butte...

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Play Ball! from 2012-04-02T18:47

Guns, Dice, Butter (GDB) odds and ends:

1) Will shoot to have the next episode out by the end of April; still not sure what the format will be - either another de...

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Guns, Dice, Butter: Episode 2: April 2012 mp3 from 2012-04-01T23:58

Second episode of Guns, Dice, Butter: a podcast of a series of conversations with members of the wargaming tribe. Herr Dr opens with a review of feedback from Episode 1 and preview of this show....

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Guns, Dice, Butter now on iTunes. from 2012-03-30T04:57:46

A friend just indicated that he just downloaded Guns, Dice, Butter on iTunes; so you can also download it there.

Thank you to the 125 listeners that have so far downloaded on the first da...

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Guns, Dice, Butter: Episode 1: March 2012 mp3 ver from 2012-03-29T23:41:06

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Early Feedback...THANK YOU! from 2012-03-29T20:15

Received some early feedback from the first 50 listeners...(via BGG, consimworld and email)

Will summarize here:

Really enjoyed the conversation with Mr.Herman (We'll g...

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Success? from 2012-03-29T07:36

So, how to podcast?

Bought a mic: Blue Snowball $80. Got a plug in for Skype that records conversations - $20. Created episode in garageband (get one of your kids to show you how to use -...

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Guns, Dice, Butter: Episode 1: March 2012 from 2012-03-29T05:38

First episode of Guns, Dice, Butter: a podcast of a series of conversations with members of the wargaming tribe. In this first episode, Herr Dr discusses how he thinks the podcast may (or may no...

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