The On Patrol Podcast

On Patrol Podcast is back with episode 18: An Interview with Cory Ring of Cigar Box Battle! Cory is a staple in the wargaming hobby, and is a co-owner/operator of one of the hobby's leading Battle Mat companies. The company, CIGAR BOX BATTLE, started in 2014 and has over a decade of experience in providing customers with fantastic backdrops to fight some of the most famous historical, exceptional futuristic, or even creative battles and skirmishes! MOST IMPORTANLTY, Cigar Box Battle Mats are super inexpensive and can dress up any table with the ease of flipping a bedsheet. So grab your sword, spear, musket, or belt-fed machine-gun, and join Wyndhurst Productions and The Fightin Kentuckian on another FANTASTIC episode of the On Patrol podcast! As always, we truly appreciate the listen, view, or comment! Thanks again for all of your time and consideration, and we look forward to continuing the discussion and hearing your feedback soon.

Should you fear for the future of Bolt Action or be excited? listen in before you panic. In this episode, we share our thoughts on Bolt Action 3rd edition after having played a few games. While not a deep dive, we try to cover the major changes and how they impacted gameplay as well as our thoughts about those changes.

The On Patrol Podcast is back with another Fantastic (some may even call it a GRAND SCALE) episode! In this episode the Fightin Kentuckian and Wyndhurst Productions sit down with Charlie Monaghan, the Chief Operations Officer of Wargames Atlantic, to get to know Charlie and discuss the current state of affairs and bright future of Wargames Atlantic! So grab your spear, your shield, your musket, or your belt-fed machine gun and join us on the latest episode of On Patrol! Move Out!

In this episode we take a look at SAGA second edition which covers more than 1500 years of history. We are not taking this quite to the level of a deep dive but we do spend nearly 2 hours really talking through its strengths and weaknesses as we see them. As always we would love to hear your thoughts.

In this episode of On Patrol, we take a look at what we feel makes for a good miniature manufacture. We did this by considering 6 key points for the miniatures they sell and why they matter. Those 6 points are Quality, Details, Integration, Customization, Range, and Price. Our goal is to offer you points of consideration when looking at buying miniatures from a company you have never bought from before. Hopefully this will help new and seasoned player alike and, as always, we would love to hear what you think in the comments below.

Wyndehurst Productions and the Fightin Kentuckian take a deep dive inside the Warlord Games newest ruleset of armored combat in WW2. After playing an accumulative 12 games, we feel we can give an honest account of this new rule set.

In this episode Fighting Kentuckian and Wyndehurst Productions conduct their first interview. Our guest is Peter Van Dop, creator of the BelloLudi family of rules. From their website: "BelloLudi wants to make wargaming accessible to everyone. Therefor we offer easy to learn rules, each with the flavor of the period. easy to learn, fun to play, but with deeper levels than seen at first sight." This thinking is right in line with the goals of On Patrol, to grow the hobby by bringing in new people. We hope you enjoy this episode and give the rules a look, we highly recommend them. BelloLudi sight: https://www.belloludi.nl/english we Highly

Join Wyndehust Productions and the Fightin Kentuckian as they take a hard look at what makes Historical Wargaming controversial and analyze the validity of the concerns. By discussing topics such as the sanctity of human life, symbolism and depraved acts on the table, they try to peal back the layers of miss information and ignorance to get at the truth of reality. 

In this episode we look back 2023 and how far our hobby and this podcast has gone. We also talk about what 2024 looks like for our hobby and for the future of this podcast. 

Change is almost inevitable in the world…and the same is true about wargaming rulesets. So how do authors avoid the dreaded problem of making something stale…..or even worse making the tiny change that implodes the system on itself. In this Episode Wyndhurst Productions and Fightin Kentuckian wanted to examine one of the most popular Blackpowder skirmish rulesets set in the North America during the 18th Century…..and how this ruleset evolved in it’s 2nd version to new frontiers (Europe?), card decks, command points.  With almost a decade in version 1, and over 3 years in version 2..lets take a deep dive  into both of these versions, talk about our likes and dislikes…and if the ruleset stands up to the brave new frontier of changes…or maybe ends of scalped at the bottom of the bin.

In this Episode we are going to dive into the often-overlooked world of basing. You’ve spent all that time on your impressive army or skirmish force, and now you have to think about those last finishing touches for the tabletop. But where is your army fighting? What is the dirt? Sand? Grass look like? Urban basing? Also, most importantly…what are the dimensions of the base? “Oh that’s easy enough,” you retort. “The rules spell it out for me.” Is that the only ruleset you’ll play with that army? Does it give you the most flexibility for that army? Can you maneuver it on the tabletop easily? WP production and I will tackle all of these questions and much more on this episode of On Patrol

In this episode we discuss how painting the miniatures we want to play with can either be a stress reliever or a stress inducer. We focus in on how your workstation contributes to these concepts as well as other tips and tricks we use to help make this part of the hobby just as enjoyable as the gaming side.

We compare two popular WW2 Skirmish rules, Bolt Action by Warlord Games and Chain of Command by Too Fat Lardies. We provide an in-depth look at their strengths, weaknesses, layout, mechanics, support, and much more. By then end you should have a good idea of what types of game play you can get from each set and which might best suit your play style.

Fightin Kentuckian and Wyndehurst Productions the importance of having terrain in our historical wargames,. They also discuss what what the right quantity and quality looks like to them, and ways you can go about sourcing your terrain.

Wyndehurst Productions and Fightin Kentuckian discuss the skills and processes for how they get wargaming projects done. 

Fightin Kentuckian and Wyndehurst Productions get together to discuss what they feel are the important elements of building and revitalizing a healthy wargaming community.

Fightin Kentuckian and Wyndehurst Productions get together to discuss what is Historical Wargaming, what motivates people to give it a try, what things prevent them from following through and how to overcome them, and how to get started.