"Mentioned In Dispatches" with the Armchair Dragoons

Riding to battle in style! The Armchair Dragoons discuss all manner of strategy games and wargames - both tabletop & digital - as played by hobbyists, professionals, and academics.Also on the agenda are regular discussions of history & battles as they tie into strategy gaming and wargaming, and musings on the game industry as a whole.

"Mentioned In Dispatches" with the Armchair Dragoons is a leisure podcast hosted by Armchair Dragoons, with 150 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Armchair Dragoons hosts "Mentioned In Dispatches" with the Armchair Dragoons, a leisure show with 150 episodes published.

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  "Mentioned In Dispatches" with the Armchair Dragoons

  Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E12 – Summer & Convention Lookahead

  Apr 17, 20261h 16mS0

  <p>17 April 2026 ~</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Oh, and Tim needs some advice, too, toward the end.</p> <p> </p> <p > 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 </p> <p>Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armch...

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  Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E11 – The Politics of Play with Aggie Hirst

  Apr 10, 20261h 10mS0

  <p>10 April 2026 ~</p> <p>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</p> <p>Links & References</p> Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US Military Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E8 – The Wargamer’s Bookshelf Battle Lab ~ Another “Resurgence” of Military Wargaming and Battle Lab ~ Uses for (Professional) Wargaming Stackup.org – Combating Veteran Suicide Through Gaming “Videogames Saved My Life”: Everyday Resistance and Ludic Recovery among US Military Veterans What to Do When Mother Nature Plays for the Red Team Civilians on...

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  Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E10 – Getting A Job in the Tabletop Industry

  Apr 3, 20261h 10mS0

  <p>3 April 2026 ~</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Also, as noted around the 53:00 minute mark, here’s the survey quest...

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  Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E9 – Sci-Fi Wargaming

  Mar 27, 20261h 13mS0

  <p>27 March 2026 ~</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Of course there are links!</p> 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 (2026?) <p>Previous episodes on sci-fi wargaming (but not 4X games)</p> Mentioned in Dispatches Season 10 Ep 3 ~ Sci-Fi Wargaming Mentioned in Dispatches Season 9 Ep 6 ~ Scifi Gaming & Space Navies Mentio...

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  Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E8 – The Wargamer’s Bookshelf

  Mar 20, 20261h 4mS0

  <p>20 March 2026 ~</p> <p>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.</p> <p> Linkdump </p> Forging Wargamers by Sebastian Bae Wargames According to Mark by Mark Herman Eurowargames anthology from Nuts Publishing Wargaming Experiences: So...

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