The Madaxeman.com Podcast

The Lockdown Specials - Part 1

"It's basically a Poundshop Top Gear, but with more dice and less casual racism"  (The Daily Mail)

With much of the gaming world in lockdown it's become impossible to go to the pub and talk rubbish about wargaming - so why not listen to 5 random blokes talking rubbish about wargaming for an hour or so while you're doing painting?     

"Convinced me my wife was right and I did actually need to go and re-grout the shower"  (Angus Deayton)

In this first of many (probably) Lockdown Special Podcasts the team wrestle with audio quality across a variety of supposedly professional-grade audio conferencing apps, and chat tosh about a number of barely related topics including Forged in Battle's Kickstarters, the pseudo-wargame Rommel, the state of the Flames of War market, Essex, Xyston and Museum miniatures latest releases, Herve Caille's Bataille Empire rules, their experiences of the last overseas conventions before we were all confined to barracks and even whether World of Tanks might be worth us all re-installing?

"If I'm forced to listen to another one of these I might start agreeing with Trump that it's best to re-open the country at Easter"  (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 

A Weekend in Provence - ADLG in Avignon 2019

No ADLG events since the 1/72nd scale whupping for my Vikings at The BIG Abona Festival back in June... by November I was starting to go stir-crazy (and not in a painting sort of way!).

Browsing the UK calendar had failed to cough up any events which coincided with a free weekend, but on the French part of the ADLG forum I spotted one event on a very specific weekend in November, and a last-minute plan suddenly fell into place... Avignon!

Air Miles subsidized the international logistics, Avis loyalty points chipped in with a gallic roller-skate-sized hire car and a list I'd already used saw a very small but relatively freshly painted Assyrian army packed into the world's smallest tin for a hand-luggage-only travel plan involving the smallest rucksack in my collection.

5 games later and there French meta has been well and truly tested to wine, beer, cheese and obscure local spirits type destruction in 5 games of mixed success for the Lions of Assyria.

Listen and be amazed at the local atmosphere, or read the full report on the Madaxeman.com website.

 

Original music courtesy of Howard Gray, additional sound effects from the BBC sound archive

Yuan Chinese - The Worlds best 2-list ADLG list?

Three of the last four World Championships have now been won by Yuan Chinese armies, admittedly in the hands of three different players, and using different list designs each time as well. But, even so that's a stunning record - so what does this list have to make it so great?   The Madaxeman.com Podcast fearlessly takes on this knotty issue with the help of special guests Peter & "Aussie" Simon to chew over the strengths and tactics needed to make this list really fly. 

The latest winning list is from the 2019 Worlds, and is featured here. You can see all of the winning lists on the Madaxeman.com ADLG Wiki 

Massimiliano's Worlds 2019 Winning lists
Competent
3 Ch. Halb. & Sw. Medium swordsmen impact
1 Elephant Elephant
2 Light Inf. Light infantry javelin
1 Auxiliares Javelinmen
1 Ch. Mixed ½ Medium spearmen ½ Crossbowmen
==
Competent Unreliable
2 Khan G. Heavy cavalry impact bow Elite
4 mongol horsemen Light cavalry bow ------
2 Light Inf. Light infantry bow ------
==
Brilliant Unreliable
2 Khan G. Heavy cavalry impact bow Elite
2 mongol horsemen Light cavalry bow ------
2 Mixed Units ½ Medium spearmen ½ Crossbowmen ------
1 Chines Arch. & Xbow Crossbowmen ----
2 Inf. Fire Tube Light infantry firearm ----

V2
Brilliant
4 Kans G. Heavy cavalry impact bow Elite
3 Mongol Horsemen Light cavalry bow ------
1 Chinese Xbuw Crossbowmen ------
==
Competent Unreliable
1 Elephant Elephant
2 C. Halb. & Swordsmen Medium swordsmen impact
2 Light T. Light infantry javelin
2 Mixed Units ½ Medium spearmen ½ Crossbowmen
==
Competent Included Ally
2 Elephant Elephant
3 Warriors Medium swordsmen impetuous
1 Light Troups Light infantry javelin
1 Archers Light infantry bow
1 Light Cav. Light cavalry javelin

 

USTT 2019 - The Venetians with Special Guest Tucker Saglio

The USTT L'Art de la Guerre event is one of the bigger North American tournaments which in January 2019 attracted 40 players in teams of 4... including Henry "Tucker" Saglio who was kind enough to agree to be interviewed about his 5 games on the Madaxeman.com Podcast.

The interview was conducted over Skype, so there are moments where the audio is a bit patchy, but hey, it's not like you've signed up to this on Patreon or anything now is it? 

His own write ups of his games also appear on the ADLG forum , and the lists he played against can be found on the Madaxeman ADLG Wiki

Tucker's Venetian Italian Condottieri list was as follows:

C-in-C (Gattamelata) (Brilliant)
-2 Heavy Knight, Impact, Ordinary
-2 Crossbow, Ordinary
-2 Medium Swordsmen, Heavy Weapons, Ordinary
-2 Light Infantry, Firearms, Elite

Command 2 (Sforza) (Brilliant)
-3 Heavy Knight, Impact, Ordinary
-2 Crossbow, Ordinary
-1 Light Horse, Crossbow, Ordinary
-1 Heavy Artillery

Command 3 (Ordinary)
-3 Heavy Knight, Impact, Ordinary
-2 Light Horse, Javelin, Elite

This podcast is also available on YouTube, with pictures of figures running in the background. 

6X the entertainment - African Vandals vs Arab Conquest

The Attack! competition and show down in sunny Devizes is a regular feature on the 28mm L'Art de la Guerre circuit, and this podcast accompanies the match report published on Madaxeman.com providing commentary of the game.

Or, more accurately it's the audio track from the Youtube Video where I talk through the battle from the standpoint of the Vandals - so you probably need to be reading the website report to make sense of it.

Anyway, it's been ages since I've published a podcast, so here you go... 

Part #4 of Madaxeman.com at the 2018 Burton Doubles

It's the last round of the Burton Doubles and yet again Adam joins me for a post-game analysis of how we played out the last round battle of L'Art de la Guerre featuring a Samurai vs Tamil Indians.

Designed to accomany the Burton Doubles Madaxeman.com Match Report on Madaxeman.com, this podcast looks at how Samurai stand up to Elephants, discussed a really odd hipster beer and was recorded whilst we were digesting a "Curry in a Box" meal deal from Asda.

The podcast is the final one of four, covering all four rounds of the 2018 Burton Doubles competition, and is also available with integrated video on the Madaxeman.com Youtube channel   

Part #3 of Madaxeman.com at the 2018 Burton Doubles

Our regular studio guest Adam is here for the third round of the Burton Doubles, with a chat about a single game of L'Art de la Guerre featuring a Samurai vs Feudal English.

Designed to accomany the Burton Doubles Madaxeman.com Match Report on Madaxeman.com, this deeply insightful and analytical reviw of the performance of the Samurai army also contains reviews of niche market hipster beers and a deep dive into the merits of the £5 "Curry in a Box" meal deal from Asda.

The podcast is the third of four, covering all four rounds of the 2018 Burton Doubles competition, and is also available with integrated video on the Madaxeman.com Youtube channel   

Part #2 of Madaxeman.com at the 2018 Burton Doubles

Our regular studio guest Adam joins us yet again as we dive deep into the thinking behind a single game of L'Art de la Guerre featuring a Samurai vs Feudal Irish.

Designed to accomany the Burton Doubles Madaxeman.com Match Report on Madaxeman.com, this deeply insightful and analytical reviw of the performance of the Samurai army also contains reviews of niche market hipster beers and a chat about the Onion Bhaji's in the "Curry in a Box" meal deal from Asda.

The podcast is the second of four, covering all four rounds of the 2018 Burton Doubles competition, and is also available with integrated video on the Madaxeman.com Youtube channel   

Part #1 of Madaxeman.com at the 2018 Burton Doubles

Our regular studio guest Adam joins us for the first time in ages as we dive deep into the thinking behind a single game of L'Art de la Guerre featuring a Samurai Civil War.

Designed to accomany the Burton Doubles Madaxeman.com Match Report on Madaxeman.com, this deeply insightful and analytical reviw of the performance of the Samurai army also contains reviews of niche market hipster beers and an anticipation of an "Curry in a Box" from Asda.

The podcast is the first of four, covering all four rounds of the 2018 Burton Doubles competition, and is also available with integrated video on the Madaxeman.com Youtube channel   

Derby, Not Derby - the journey home

In this episode featuring regular guests Dave Dave and Aussie Simon, the Central London A-Team are travelling home by car whilst discussing the merits of the new "Derby not Derby" venue, undertaking a highly detailed pint-by-pint review of the pubs and restaurants of Market Harborough, and get into some actual wargaming-related discussions about army list composition for L'Art de la Guerre and the upcoming UK competition schedule.