Episodes
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Ben, Al, and Alex chat to Johan Olofsson about his debut run of Event Horizon; a descent into madness set in the far reaches of the solar system.
They also discuss New World Order by Jim Wallman, a game about the geopolitics of the near future. -
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Ben chats about the latest London playthrough of John Mizon's Battlestar Galactica inspired Den of Wolves with Greg, Alex, and Chrissie. John Mizon himself offers his tuppence too!
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The LTM team and Chrissy chat about coalition dungeon delving. Recurring special guest Jim Wallman gives us some awesome reflections on his design intent.
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Ben and the gang discuss their experiences at Bring Them Home, a piece of immersive theatre themed around an Apollo 13-esque astronaut rescue, with many of the trappings of a megagame, but on a smaller scale.
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Ben is joined by Tim Campbell, Becky Ladley, and Matt Bambridge for a chat about Tim's latest run of "The Shot Heard Around the Universe", a sci-fi bonanza about some plucky colonies standing up to the big galactic empire. Shenanigans ensue.
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This episode Ben chats with the inimitable Becky Ladley about the latest run of her Game of Thrones themed megagame, "Everybody Dies" and her next project: "High School Megagame".
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A bit of an anthology today! Ben has some chats with an assorted bunch of fine folks about the recently run Mirrorshades, a game about being a cyberpunk (or corporate stooge).
We're joined by Tim Campbell, Becky Ladley, Matt Bambridge & Johan Olofsson, and then by Alex Beck & Al Scott.
Everyone's got some thoughts and opinions, anecdotes and insights. Between the lot of us, there should even be some entertainment too.
Show notes:
Signup for Mirrorshades 2.0
https://www.horizonmegagames.com/mirrorshades?fbclid=IwAR2mXRglIWDk2hkQnc3Ill01q32df3SUYpIVrioTHjBmTXhvFoCL41huB2U -
Megagame stalwarts Johan Olofsson and Matt Bambridge join us today. Between them, they've played 35 games in the last 12 months, which is not bad going!
Ben chats to them about their megagaming experiences over the last year; the highs, the lows, and what they think makes a great game. -
Join the gang for a fix of historical megagame goodness, as Alex and Ben have a lovely chat with Andrew Hadley about the ups and downs of his game "Hands of the Many", set in the Peloponnesian War.
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The gang have a little chat about some recently played games, and the highs and lows therein.
Join us as we discuss Infinite Horizons and Urban Nightmare (Swindon edition), plus Ben's experiences running Watch the Skies in a Berlin warehouse and attending Connections UK (the quintessential wargaming conference); it's a jam packed episode.
Show notes:
Connections UK
http://www.professionalwargaming.co.uk/
Horizon Megagames
http://www.horizonmegagames.com/
Southwest Megagames
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This episode the gang is joined by none other than arch-rival podcasting prodigy from across the pond, Peter Nixon. We discuss his experience of the megagaming scene in America, upcoming games at Gencon, as well as some of his adventures in Blighty.
We also touch on a few games played over the last few months, including A Very British Civil War, Case Blue, and Blood & Thunder.
Show notes:
Megagame Report
https://soundcloud.com/user-749170155
Megagame Coalition
https://www.facebook.com/megagamecoalition
Dave Boundy's Megagame Megaschedule
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After a brief hiatus, the gang are back together, and discussing their megagaming experiences since the beginning of the year; including Crisis in Elysium 2: Bristol Edition, Watch the Skies (for Noobs), A World Divided, Den of Wolves, plus some brief discussion of some upcoming games.
Show notes:
SW Megagames: https://www.swmegagames.co.uk/
Horizon Megagames: https://www.horizonmegagames.com/
Megagame Makers: http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/
Follow people on the Twitter:
https://twitter.com/LastTurnMadness
https://twitter.com/hmegagames -
LTM is back and talking to Owen Kingston about an alternate WW2 in "For King and Country".
Show notes:
https://www.colabfactory.co.uk/
https://www.parabolictheatre.com/ -
On this episode Ben Moores discusses his recent megagame, "Undeniable Victory", with Greg and the gang. He offers interesting insights into the design process, as well as reflection upon what worked well and what needs improvement, and how his design philosophy fits into the wider megagame ecosystem.
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Greg and the gang discuss Alex's recent debut megagame-on-mars, Crisis in Elysium. Expert analysis is provided by Greg, Alex and Ben, with additional insight offered by returning guest star, John Brindle.
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Part 2 of our UNSOC coverage sees the LTM gang corner zombie king and Wide Area Megagame inventor Jim Wallman for an engaging and in depth chat about the game.
We talk about the design considerations of UNSOC, and the future of Wide Area Megagames.
Shownotes:
Megagame Makers http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/
Exterminator War https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exterminator-war-a-science-fiction-megagame-tickets-36165992457?aff=erelexpmlt -
LTM report back on their time as their time as the Joint Chiefs in the Pentagon and get the story of the first zombie war from other parts of the world's first "wide area megagame".
Timestamps:
00:00 LTM - Pentagon Joint Chiefs
27:35 John Mizon - South West - Ouisconsin
37:51 Darren Green - Cambridge - Wabash
46:41 Tim & Becky - Leeds - Ahao & Press Control
57:50 John Brindel - London - Secretary of Defence
1:20:54 Zane Gunton - Southampton - Iliniwek
Links:
Becky's article https://www.beckybeckyblogs.com/games/urban-nightmare-state-chaos-megagame/ -
The gang sits down for a recap of City of Shadows, they chew the fat with Alchemy (who have some interesting ideas), and also share some insights into the Megagame scene at this year's upcoming Gencon.
Shownotes
Alchemy https://www.facebook.com/GameOfAlchemy/
Megagame Coalition https://www.facebook.com/megagamecoalition/?fref=mentions
Gencon Megagames https://www.gencon.com/event_finder/Host/Megagames%20Coalition?opt[]=ta&opt[]=hh&ag[]=un&ag[]=eo&ag[]=tn&ag[]=ma&ag[]=tw&exp[]=no&exp[]=so&exp[]=ep
Marketplace Live http://www.marketplace-simulation.com/ -
LTM sit down to discuss Foxes & Devils, and to preview Urban Nightmare State of Chaos, Undeniable Victory, and Crisis in Elysium
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LastTurnMadness
Shownotes:
Urban Nightmare State of Chaos
http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/megagame-UNSOC_2.htm
Crisis in Elysium
http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/megagame-cie.htm
Undeniable Victory
http://www.megagame-makers.org.uk/megagame-uv.htm - Show more