Pushing Cardboard

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Up this time, I have an interview with Patrick Gebhardt of Vuca Simulations, as well as a look at their game, Thirty Years of Misery.

Here's links to a few things discussed this time out:

• Legion Wargames printing error
• Napoleon's Triumph digital version
• Bot for Pacific War
• Osprey dumps entire games division
• A Primitive Madness Kickstarter
• Browser-based Up Front
• Neva production survey
• 1806 Auerstadt from Tactical Workshop
• 33 postcard games from ATO
• Gateway to Falaise from Vuca
• Traces of Tunisia from Vuca
• Eastern Front quad from Compass
• 1806 Auerstadt from Tactical Workshop
• Live Cardboard 42 - In Fours to Heaven
• Live Cardboard 43 - GMT West recap

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58 - Liz Davidson, Kevin Bertram, Baltic Empires

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Up this time, I have interviews with Liz Davidson of Leder Games and her own Beyond Solitaire podcast, and Kevin Bertram of Fort Circle Games. As well, I take a dive into new convention favourite, Baltic Empires.

Here's links to some of the other things from the episode:

• Band of Brothers: Black Bull Kickstarter
• GMT Sept newsletterin full
• Napoleon 1870 from Shakos
• Band of Brothers: Black Bull from Worthington
• ShenandoahGCACW from MMP

Other Pushing Cardboard links

• Live Cardboard 39 - Flashback to the year 2000
• Live Cardboard 40 - Mid-year Check-in
• Capri Playthrough (from Santa Maura & Capri by Form Square Games)

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Up this time, I have interviews with Wes Crawford (Wharf Rat Games) and Sam London (soon to be seen everywhere), as well as a dive into Stalingrad Roads from Nuts Publishing.

• GMT's August newsletter
• Live Cardboard 38 - live playthrough of Rebels against Rebellion
• Feeding the Content Beast roundtable on Armchair Dragoons
• Cube4Me 5th anniversary sale- 15% off (my affiliate code is in the link- use the code 5YEARS at checkout)
• Using Dropbox and VASSAL for PBEM (without the email part!)

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56 - Shayne Logan, SD Histcon North

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My interview is with Shayne Logan, designer of the Old School Tactical series along with the new Modern Tactics. And my feature is on my trip to the San Diego Histcon North convention in St. Paul.

• Rebels Against Rebellion Kickstarter
• Rebel Tide from Compass Games
• Live Cardboard 36 was also a recap of SD Hist North, but you'll see a few pictures in this version.
• Steve Negus' Rally-the-troopsprototype site

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55 - Allyn Vannoy, The Far Seas

Allyn Vannoy is the designer of Traces of Victory which I looked at last episode, as well as a prolific writer. For a game dive, this time we look at the upcoming The Far Seas from Vuca.

• Live Cardboard 34where Mark Herman teachs me Pacific War
• Live Cardboard 33 Games that need more love
• Point Blank's new Rules Reference and Learn to Play guide.
• Thin Red Line's Dogs of War
• GMT June newsletter
• Trafalgar EditionsAfrika Korps 41

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54 - Kwasny Bothers and Traces of Victory

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Some links to things mentioned in the episode:

• New from Nuts: Guerre Eclair
• Santa Cruz 1797 from Bellica 3g
• Columbia's East Front is coming to PC
• Cube4Me now has magazine trays
• Osprey Gamesto be sold
• Flying Pig's new OST France and Poland games now available, as well as the latest issue of Yaah! Magazine.
• Game mORe convention in Albany Oregon
• Solo system for Combat Commander

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53 - Carl Paradis | Ju 87 Stuka Ace

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A quick note to thoise interested in Live Cardboard, my bi-weekly livestream. I have moved the start time up an hour. So folks on the east coast don't have to stay up so late. It's now starting at 8PM EDT/5PM PDT. Every second Thursday on youtube.

Here's links to some of the other things discussed today:

• Columbia Games- complete rules download
• Jonathn Dyer interviewed me about collecting games
• Live Cardboard videos on youtube
• New Undauntedseries game
• Jersey New Jersey crowdfunding
• GMT April newsletter
• Mark Miklos' American Revolution book
• Old School Tactical: 4 reprints

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This episode features an interview with designer and publisher Francisco Ronco of Bellica 3G from Spain. As well, I take a look at Shiloh: The First Day from Revolution Games.

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

• No Retreat: The Russian Front from Sound of Drums
• A video version of my interview with Jose Neva
• Innovation in Wargaming roundtable from SD Hist
• Live 24 - 1977 and Legion Wargames
• Live 25 - Tim Densham and Catastrophe Games
• Live 26 - Size Matters!
• GMT February newsletter
• Rayroadsfrom Hollandspiele
• A Forlorn Hope, a new game from Hermann Luttman and Wharf Rat Games
• Legion Wargames newsletter
• La Der des Der now being carried by GMT
• New games from Neva Game Press

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51 - JD Webster

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• Live unboxing with Stuka Joe
• Tiger Wings Kickstarter
• Battle Hymn Vol 2 from Compass
• Berlin: Fall of the Reich from Revolution
• Paul Chernoff reviews SPI's Soldiers
• What I want to play in 2026
• Mark Miklos and BoAR
• Live Cardboard 21 MAPS MAPS MAPS

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Happy birthday to us! 4 years and 50 episodes!

This episode features an interview with Joe Neva of Neva Wargames as well as a look at Desert Blitzkrieg from Compass Games.

A few things mentioned in this episode:

• Live Cardboard #20, looking back and forward
• My time at Bottoscon
• Rob Bottos interview
• Desert Blitzkrieg unboxing
• www.https://nevawargames.com

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49 - Terry Simo | Brief Border Wars 2

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• Small unit tactical Napoleonic game from Lock'n'Load
• GMT September newsletter
• Free pdf of optional rules for GMT's Wolfpack
• New from Osprey- General Orders Sengoku Jidai
• GMT finally releasing CCN The Grand Battles?
• ATO Annual available for pre-order
• Marco Arnaudo retiring from video reviews
• Tank Duel gets a free campaign system
• John Butterfield's redo ofHell's Highwayis happening.
• Paths of Glory is on Rally the Troops
• Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno is on Rally the Troops

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48 - Napoleonics with Jim Owczarski. And a wee flood

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• Cardboard Central under water
• GMT August update
• Now available:Against the Iron Ring from Vuca
• Brief Border Wars 2 Kickstarter finally announced.
• Video version of my interview with Jim Owzcarski
• Live Cardboard 13 with Gina Willis

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47 - Beware the Ides of March | Andoni Olive and New Cold War

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Here's a seelection of things mentioned in this episode:

• Alfred Leonardi has died
• Dana Lombardy is publishing a 3rd Edition of his Norad game
• Ols School Tacctical V5 France onKickstarter July 22
• Form Square announces Donning the Sacred Heart, vol 5 of their Limits of Glory system
• Bellica 3G announces An Impossible War
• Armchair Dragoons announce dats for their convention, Fall Assembly in Cary, NC from 10-12 October 2025. Registrationpage is up.
• Eric Lee Smith is republishing his classic Civil War 1861-1865 withRevolution Games
• GMT newsletter

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No interview this month, just news and a look at two games. Castelnuovo 1539 from Draco Ideas and the classic Quebec 1759 from Columbia, which is out in a new 50th Anniversay edition.

This episode can be found on pushingcardboard.com, as well as wherever you get your podcasts. (On youtube, it's still audio-only.)

• Castelnuovo 1539 from Draco Ideas isnow on Kickstarter
• No Retreat Russian Front is now in Early Access on Steam
• Kevin Zucker has released a ton of back issues of his Napoleonics magazine for free in pdf format.
• My appreciation of and quibbles with the CSR awards

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PC 45 - David Thompson | Supply Lines of the American Revolution

An in-depth interview with designer David Thompson, including a focus on his upcoming American Civil War game, and a long look at Amabel Holland's Supply Lines of the American Revolution: Northern Theater.

Here's some links to things in the episode:

• Charles S Roberts Awardsballots are live
• Combat 3 from Compass
• Gettysburg: The First Day from Revolution
• Peter McClymont's PunchedCon AAR
• Blind SwordsDiscord Channel
• Narvik 1940 from Tactics and Strategy
• Off the Line expansions from Mike Nagel
• di Simula -Sicilia 1943 Operation Husky
• Bellica 3rd Generation's new website
• Clever mechanics livestream at Live Cardboard

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No interview this time, but a look at three very different games. Something for everyone.

Links:

• Live Cardboard #6 Tariff Roundtable
• GMT April Newsletter with their detailed response to the tariff situation
• Mike Nagel's new Relative Range imprint
• MMP pauses the move of their printing to China
• Pushing Cardboard website has revamped the Polls section
• This episode is available at pushingcard.com and youtubeas well as Apple Music Spotify and all good podcast distributors.

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Enjoy an in-depth interview with Grant Dalgliesh of Columbia Games. We talk about what it was like growing up in the business, and then take a real good dive into their catalogue.

Instead of a look at a single game this episode, I explain what I like about the French magazine, Vae Victis. And of course, plenty of news and general board wargaming chatter.

Links to some things in the episode:

• SD Hist East cancelled
• Worthington's new Hannibal Hold the Line KS
• GMT Mar 20 Newsletter and news about their Spring Sale
• Prelude to Leipzig from John Theissen and Hollandspiele announced, as well as a sale on all his titles.
• Live Cardboard has been going great guns. Every second Thursday. Recent topics have been Revolution Games, Shelves of Shame, and an overview of WWII tactical games. If you miss them live, you miss participating, but you can still watch them after the fact on my youtube channel
• Check out my video overview of Oblique from Hollandspiele
• Sound of Drums has already announced a followup to their latest project:Battles of Napoleon Vol II Quatre Bras 1815

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This episode features an in-depth overview of Amabel Holland's new game on Frederick the Great, Oblique. And we have an interview with legendary designer Frank Davis. Plus news, views, and chatter about the hobby as usual.

I've been busy since last episode, so there's quite a list of links:

• My review of Rodger MacGowan's autobiography
• GoFundMe page for Rodger MacGowan and C3i
• My favourite games played in 2024
• My gaming resolutions for 2025
• Pushing Cardboard first live show, Live Cardboard and second live show, Live Cardboard 2
• Paul Chernoff has another review on the Blitz in the East system, this time its expansion, Scorched Earth
• The January GMT Update is out
• Neva monthly update
• Boardgamearena.com added BAYONETS AND TOMAHAWKS to its stable.
• Frank Davis interview in video format

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Two interviews and a game in this episode. Here's links to things mentioned this time around...

• Our first guest review, Blitz in the East, by Paul Chernoff
• GMT is changing their shipment schedule
• Mar Herman's Wargames According to Mark
• GMT December newsletter with pricing news
• Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention: ACDC
• Pushing Cardboard first live show, Live Cardboard

***A quick note about the live show. After recording was finished, I found out that the popular Chits show with Ardwulf and Dan was moving from Tuesday, to possibly Thursday. As many listeners may be interested in both shows, I may need to decide on a different time slot than Thursday. I'll let you know via the Event newsletter, the website, Bluesky, and Twitter when I have it settled.***

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#40 - Justin Fassino, Maurice Suckling, Espana 1936

The episode on the web is here.

But now we're back on track. A bunch of stuff mentioned in this episode:.

• MyCube4Me affiliate link
• Best new games poll
• Seljuk page on BGG
• Maurice Sucking page on BGG
• History of Byzantium podcast
• Paper Time Machines book

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