Friday, September 19, 2025

Fistful of Lead

Fistful of Lead core rule book
from Wiley Games

Fistful of Lead (FFoL) has been on my radar for a while now. I'm not sure exactly when it started, but my first game of it seems to have been a Revolt in Austria run by Jon Lundberg at Historicon 2023. Number One Son and I played in that game and had a lot of fun, although I don't think I was quite convinced about it at the time.

Since then, I've run several public games for unexpectedly large numbers of players. This got me thinking more about which rules were suitable for large numbers of players in games like this, as well as convention games. I ran I Ain't Been Shot Mum for six players, which felt like I was stretching it, and I ran Blood Red Skies for nine players, which it handled well. Thinking back to FFoL, I decided I wanted to try it again, with the idea of me running it in mind.

Thus it was Number One Son and I returned to FFoL at Historicon 2025, playing in Never Easy for Easy Company by Ed Watts.

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Wargaming Podcasts

There are more miniature wargaming podcasts than I have time to listen to! Here's a list of ones I'm currently subscribed to. There's a wide variety here and I'm sure you can find something interesting in them.

Any podcast that hasn't published in the last year, I've left off this list. Otherwise, if I've missed any interesting ones, let me know!

The links I've used are a bit all over the place, but you should be able to find these in any podcast app.