The MeG Podcast

The MeG Podcast, Series 5, Episode 2 - 2024 Christmas Special

Been a while, but the podcast crew are back with what we will loosely call a "Christmas Special". No single topic this time, but we chat on a few topics with a special guest.

Hope you enjoy it.

Lists discussed can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-meg-podcast-series-5-episode-2-2024.html

 

The MeG Podcast, Series 5, Episode 1 - Allies

The podcast team return after a bit of a summer break and bring you a new podcast on a bit of a different topic.

In this episode we look at Allies.

Most of the lists mentioned in the podcast can be found on the blog at - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-meg-podcast-series-5-episode-1.html

We thoroughly enjoyed making this episode - something a bit different - and hope you do as well. If you have any ideas for future content please drop us a line at nikgaukroger@blueyonder.co.uk

 

The MeG Podcast Series 4, Episode 8 - The "Great War" of the Tenth Century: Battle of Brunanburh

The MeG Podcast team are back with a look at 10th century Britain and in particular the Battle of Brunanburh.

The usual team of Richard Jeffrey-Cook, Matt Haywood and Nik Gaukroger were joined by Simon Stokes who has run a big MeG game of the battle at his club, the Luton Lancers. He has kindly made the information used available to us for this podcast and it can be found in the show notes along with other links and army lists at:

https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-meg-podcast-series-4-episode-8.html

 

The MeG Podcast Series 4, Episode 7 - Terrain

The usual team of Richard Jeffrey-Cook, Matt Haywood and Nik Gaukroger were joined by Paul Stovell to have a wide ranging conversation about terrain in MeG.

Hopefully this discussion is informative and gets players thinking about how terrain works and is used in MeG, as well as how we represent it on the table. 

The MeG Podcast Series 4, Episode 6 - A Million Elephants: Southeast Asian Armies

In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team look at some armies, and enemies, from the Southeast Asia list PDF - possibly one of the more obscure of the list PDFs for many players. As usual we have some history and answer some questions posed by our listeners.

The show notes can be found at - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-meg-podcast-series-4-episode-6.html

As always, we would be delighted to get feedback and suggestions for things we can cover in future episodes and questions for us to tackle; drop me a line at nikgaukroger@blueyonder.co.uk

The MeG Podcast Series 4, Episode 5 - The Early Arab Conquests

In the latest episode of The MeG Podcast we take a look at the Arab Conquests in the period 629 CE to 685 CE, a period that can certainly be described as world changing There is the usual historical overview and a look at some army lists based on the period, plus some reading and figure suggestions.

The lists and other material can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-meg-podcast-series-4-episode-5.html

As always we would welcome feedback on the podcast, and suggestions for future subjects; drop me a line at nikgaukroger@blueyonder.co.uk

 

The MeG Podcast Series 4, Episode 4 - The Third Century Crisis of Rome

In the latest episode of The MeG Podcast we take a look at the crisis that afflicted the Roman Empire in the third century CE. There is the usual historical overview and then we take a look at some army lists based on the period.

The lists discussed can be found here - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-meg-podcast-series-4-episode-4.html

As always we would welcome feedback on the podcast, and suggestions for future subjects.

The MeG Podcast Series 4, Episode 3 - Four Battles of Belisarius

Back after a bit of a break, in this episode the team look at 4 field battles of one of ancient/medieval history's most famous generals, Belisarius.

In addition the team look at an army list from each of the Early Byzantines, the Sasanid Persians and the African Vandals - so Belisarius' army and his opponents in the 4 battles covered.

The lists, along with links to some reading material on the period can, as ever, be found on the blog at - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-meg-podcast-series-4-episode-3-four.html

As always we would welcome feedback on the podcast, and suggestions for future subjects.

The MeG Podcast Season 4 Episode 2 - Lists Special

In this episode the team plus guests take a look back at some of the lists used at the Skullrollers competition, and a look forward at the potential changes being made to the lists for 2024.

The Skullrollers lists can be viewed at - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2023/10/skullrollers-2023-lists.html

The potential 2024 changes can be viewed on the MeG Forum - https://mortem-et-gloriam.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3102.0 - with the caveat that they are work in progress and subject to change, as you will hear in the podcast.

We would, as usual, value any feedback or suggestions for future episodes.

The MeG Podcast Season 4 Episode 1 - The Hundred Year War, Part2

In this episode of The MeG Podcast the team continue their look at one of the iconic periods of warfare in the Ancients/medieval period, The Hundred Years War.

The podcast covering first part of the war can be found at https://themegpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-meg-podcast-season-3-episode-7-the-hundred-year-war-part-1/ and this episode carries on from that until the war's end.

As ever, the team have come up with some army lists for some of the participants. This time they are from lists other than the English and French, although they contain troops from both nations.

The lists can be found on the blog as usual, along with some book suggestions for those who want to do a bit of research and some figure suppliers for those thinking about an army from the period - https://gamer-at-the-end-of-time.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-meg-podcast-season-4-episode-1.html

We would, as usual, valu any feedback or suggestions for future episodes.