Fools Daily

In which Mike and Matt are joined by the extremely knowledgeable professional movie critic Dom (@dumb_luck89) to talk Spiderman: Homecoming. Unsurprisingly spoilers galore. Seriously, we give away all the big ones so don't listen until you have seen the movie. On the way we touch upon the various Marvel Netflix shows, meander around Legion (if you haven't seen it you should, its fantastic), prove Matt to be the absolute idiot we know he is and generally have a good movie chat for an hour. Indeed Dom was so much fun we are going to get him on again for movie and gaming chat. Its nice to be able to talk to someone intelligent now and again. Been a bit movie heavy last couple of episodes but gaming will resume next time around.

In which Mike and Matt are joined by the delightful Bunty (@Elessarion30) and talk movies. Mostly they focus on the excellent Wonder Woman which Matt hasn't seen, then talk Baby Driver and look forward to Homecoming. Thats pretty much it but it goes on for like 90 minutes. They love the sound of their own voices, have you noticed that?

In which Mike and Matt talk about Daffcon and why the 2017 event was cancelled. This is sad as we hate letting folks down and we did. However we do end on a positive note as we talk about our hopes and dreams for the resurrected multi system Smogcon, though time will tell on that one.

In which Mike and Matt talk many things, like the heat properties of glass, Test Match Special and of probably most interest to you, the gentle listener, campaigns. Mainly because Matt has had a very good idea about a town called Ascension that we are going to use to tie multiple different games systems together. meanwhile Mike has been writing a more traditional branching campaign for Dragon Rampant and putting together some rules for units to gain (and lose) bonuses depending on how well they do in the campaign. Frankly they are so enthused for the hobby that its almost nausea inducing, which means a huge hobby crash is probably just around the corner. Get em while it lasts kids.

In which Mike and Matt are joined by the crew from Paranoid Miniatures to talk Mythos. Mike and Matt recently had a game (Matt won!!!!!) so we talk about what we found, how we felt the rules worked, miniatures, pretty much everything. What we discovered is that Mike knows nothing about rules writing, that there are ambitious plans for the game (several new factions and additional models for existing ones) as well as narrative campaigns that sound a lot of fun. RIP Brian Cant.

In which Mike is again joined by a whole host of hangers on and a very special guest in the form of Justin Gibbs from Ninja Division. Justin has come on on the show to talk about the forthcoming Relic Knights (remember that) 2nd Edition that he is currently working on. We cover the basics of RK, what he feels are the USPs of the game and cover the substantial changes that he is making in this edition change over. If you have no idea of what Relic Knights is then Justin also explains that as well as the various factions. We also tackle one of the issues that killed 1st Edition in the UK, namely supply and get some pretty decent news. Enjoy

In which Mike is again joined by Conrad and Matt. Today Conrad goes off on one and Mike gets carried along with him, probably contradicting himself multiple times. Its come to something when Matt is the one on a podcast who isn't foaming at the mouth. If you ever listened to Grumpy Gamers then this will bring a tear to your eye.

In which Mike is joined by Conrad and Matt, something that normally brings disaster. The episode is supposed to be about board games but we start off with a long discussion about films specifically the new Arthur movie from Guy Richie. Eventually we do get to the games and discuss The Others, Blood Rage and Splendor amongst others.

In which Mike and Matt talk spoilers. Not what happens when you leave meat out in the sun to long but what happens when the internet gets overexcited and post pictures of stuff that they aren't supposed to yet - like the new 40k stuff. They touch on movie trailers giving away to much, leaks from NDA programs and much more in a chat that was only supposed to be 10 minutes while they waited for Conrad to work out how to use Skype.

In which Mike and Conrad talk Warmachine MkIII and the recent Welsh Open. When we spoke to him a while back about the state of WM Conrad was noncommittal to say the least. Has he changed his mind? Is he enjoying the game again? Has he crushed all before him and become the uber champion. You will have to listen to the episode to find out. I know such a tease. Frankly though, if you haven't worked out the answers already then I have a bridge i would like to sell you.

In which Mike and Conrad!!!!!!! talk about what Conrad has been up to the last 6 months. This is the first of hopefully a few Conrad episodes this week and today its all (I say all but its Mike and Conrad so they go all over the place) about Bolt Action.

In which Mike and Matt fill in a survey. Honestly, that's what they do. Modiphius put up one looking for feedback on the forthcoming Fallout Game and Mike thought it would be a good idea to record them filling it in! Now the fact that it takes them an hour to fill in a 5 minute survey should tell you that they may get sidetracked. Also you can hear Matt wet himself live on air. Honestly you can. Its very very very funny. Fill in the survey yourself (and hopefully demonstrate better bladder control) at http://www.modiphius.com/fallout-wasteland-warfare-survey.html

In which Mike and Matt talk discuss the attractions of new shiney and how they are drawn to play certain things in certain games. This all came about after Mike had an existential crisis brought on by the new 40k and the fact that he was trying to be good and use figures that he already had, rather than what he actually wanted to play.

In which Mike and Matt review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 and wonder if they saw a different film to the rest of the country. After working themselves up into a good old rant - you can almost hear the spittle hitting the microphone they turn their attention to other movie sequels which gives Matt the chance to abuse Mike about picking predictable choices and then picking predictable ones himself. Well apart from his last choice which was a good one.

In which Mike and Matt discuss there adventures at Salute and wonder why the smaller manufacturers put themselves through it. Its seems to be a massive amount of stress and up front expenditure without getting a massive return. We also touch on things like having a set of rules to sell with your figures and visa versa. Interesting stuff like that. Oh and Matt swears which was frankly worth the editing just for his apologetic comments afterwards. Looking forward to the discussion about this episode a lot.

In which we discover that the saying you can never go back is not strictly true. Yes Mike and Matt have been distracted by the forthcoming 8th edition of 40k and have a bit of a chat about what we know so far. Frankly its all the fault of Shadow War so we talk about that as well. Realise its been a while since the last episode but there is hope that in the next few months we can get back to something like a regular recording schedule. It would be nice.

In which, in honour of International Womens Day we have a special guest in the form of Bunty. We are supposed to be reviewing Logan and we do sort of but then we get all sort of sidetracked into other recent superhero movies, which then takes us to a little rant about DC movies and quite a big rant about Zac Synder. Oh and we talk about our mutant powers. Thats it really, though we do go on for quite a long time. Thanks to Bunty for putting up with the silliness. You can follow her on twitter @elessarion30

In which Mike, Lee and Matt get all nostalgic about when they were mere pimply faced youths and got the first version of Adeptus Titanicus, starting them on the Epic (you see what I did there) journey of their gaming careers. What this actually means is that they have a chat about the new version of Titanicus that is coming sometime this year and talk about a few blurry photographs that are doing the rounds. The first way sounded a lot more poetic though.

In which Mike and Matt have a catchup on the various Osprey rulesets that they have picked up over the last few months. Of course that doesn't mean they have actually played them but when has that ever stopped them giving an opinion. So basically you get first looks at Broken Legions and Chosen Men and a more in-depth discussion about Rogue Stars. Oh and they have 5 minutes on the new OGAM supplement Celts from Ganesha Games. You can also hear Matt try really really hard not to swear as he builds Malifaux plastics.

In which Mike and Lee, alongside a dalek impression by Matt talk Bloodbowl. Yes we do play GW games sometimes! Being old we've been playing BB for a long time and what better time to start playing again than the release of a lovely (and it really is lovely) new edition.