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History to Hobby, WWII

History to Hobby Episode 6: Honey I Shrunk the Village! – Winter Ardennes Terrain Special with Misfit Machinations 

Drew joins the cast to chat about the build process of the wintery Senonchamps board. Terrain board building in all its glory! The boys talk research sources, design considerations, and the “nuts!” and bolts of how we shrunk a Belgian village onto a 6×4 foot table.  Skeleton Paints Misfit Machinations Senonchamps board photo dump Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 6: Honey I Shrunk the Village! – Winter Ardennes Terrain Special with Misfit Machinations 

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WWIII

A Tale of Three Company Commanders – Ben’s Red Hammer

I did a good job. I resisted Cold War for several years. But Anthony talking about his British Army of the Rhine combined with me handling a ton of Team Yankee products has finally pushed me over the edge. As with most projects I start I said “I’ll start small.” I told Evan we were doing Cold War. He didn’t have a chance to say … Continue reading A Tale of Three Company Commanders – Ben’s Red Hammer

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Chain of Command, History to Hobby, WWII

History to Hobby Episode 5: Pivot like Rommel – Iron Dice Eyes the Dyle

Evan and Ben are back and much to no one’s surprise the IDG gears have shifted from late war to early war. The crew uses the episode to do a shakedown of the new recording software while musing on the French and German conflict in 1940. The origins of the new plan are revealed and prattle about early war armor abounds.  Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 5: Pivot like Rommel – Iron Dice Eyes the Dyle

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History to Hobby

History to Hobby Episode 4: A Squabble at Senonchamps – Adepticon 2025

In Episode 4 Evan and Ben recount the “rigorous” playtesting of the “A Stand at Senonchamps” Chain of Command scenario and the effect of the streamlined forces. They also reflect on the startling lack of memory surrounding their convention games players’ names. Apparently tank and airplane statistics take up a lot of brain space. All jokes aside the boys divulge the excellent time they had … Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 4: A Squabble at Senonchamps – Adepticon 2025

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History to Hobby Episode 3

I have to throw a little plug for our podcast, History to Hobby. History to Hobby is a podcast where we chat about bringing historical actions to the tabletop primarily via Too Fat Lardies’ World War II game Chain of Command. As nerds we talk about historical context, unit involvement, TO & Es, as well as hobby related stuff like sourcing miniatures and paint schemes. … Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 3

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Missile Threat

Missile Threat Mercenary Campaign — The Setting: Ogaden War, Ethiopia 1977-78

Ben’s Soviet backed mercenaries will be flying in support of Ethiopia. A sort of “advanced cadre” of Soviet support before the Soviet equipment and Cuban advisors arrive in December of 1977. My US-backed mercenaries will be operating out of nearby Djibouti in a CIA scheme to hurt the Soviet backed Ethiopians as much as to support Somalia. Continue reading Missile Threat Mercenary Campaign — The Setting: Ogaden War, Ethiopia 1977-78

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