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The Canadian Wargamer

Michael Peterson

Your hosts James and Mike, with the occasional guest, look at the Canadian wargames scene. We"re interested in miniature wargaming, board (hex and counter) games, and how Canadian military history inspires some of our projects. We hope to help tell the stories of a small but dynamic hobby scene in a big country.

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All Episodes

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Canadian Wargamer Podcast 32 With Our Guest Don...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2025/09/24

Mike and James are joined by our friend and wargaming dignitary Don Perrin to take a 360 degree view of the wargaming hobby in the midst of "the churn" of where we are as a society - "churn" being the vortex of technological, social, political and economic flux that we're all caught up in. I think out conclusion is surprisingly optimistic, but have a listen and tell us what you think!More about our guest, Don Perrin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Perrin Things that we referred to in the

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01:49:18

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 31 with our guest,...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2025/08/22

In this episode James and Mike chat with Canadian wargamer and games designer Mike Hoyt. Mike has been throwing dice since he was a kid and now brings his professional military expertise as a Canadian Armed Forces design to serious games design. Battlespace Publishing: https://www.battlespacepublishing.ca/about Mike's contributions to the CWP Digital Library: he Art of Maneuver, Robert Leonhard, 1991 The Campaigns of Napoleon, David Chandler, 1966 A Soldier First, General Rick Hillier,

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01:48:58

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 30 With Our Guest...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2025/07/17

As we reached Episode 30 of the CWP, James and I had a terrifically enjoyable chat with Andrew Dobson. Andrew is one of Canadian wargaming's rising stars, and is the proprietor of Dobbies Hobbies, a 3D printing factory licensed to produce a wide variety of models from a wide range of suppliers.We love Andrew's energy and his enthusiasm for the potential of 3D printing. Andrew also has an interest in Canadian military history, which explains our final march past. This interview was recorded in

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01:21:36

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 29 With Our Guest...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2025/05/16

It's a special Hands Across The Border episode with our favourite Yank, Jay Arnold, the Veteran Wargamer. After a brief skirmish in which Jay tries to annex us, we talk about podcasting versus gaming, what Jay as a soldier looks for in a wargame, and of course, lots of Quar talk during which I went and made a sandwich. Here's links to what we mentioned in our chat.Jay’s work in Professional Military Education: Joseph “Jay” Arnold | U.S. Naval Institute Jay’s Veteran Wargamer Podcast: The

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01:27:12

CWP Episode 28 With Our Guest, Byron Mudry from...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2025/04/07

Mike and James have a great chat with Winnipeg's Byron Mudry, a lifelong gamer who also takes us behind the scenes in his MDF terrain business. We also talk about the vibrant gaming scene on the Canadian prairies, and his love of wargaming Canada's storied First World War history. Byron also schooled us about Trench Crusade and other games that the cool kids are playing.Byron's business: https://northernlightsterrain.com/ Other things we mentioned Legions of Steel (Canadian early competitor to

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02:03:57

Mike and James Learn How to Play Midgard

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2025/03/13

Not an episode per se, we just hit record for two hours while we tried to play Midgard using Zoom. May or not be your cup of tea, certainly nothing slick and polished, but that wouldn't be us, would it? Might amuse you while you're painting or lying on a gurney in the ER.

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01:27:00

CWP Episode 27, End of Year Takes With Our Guest...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2025/02/06

After a very long hiatus, Mike and James emerge briefly from hibernation to chat with Irish warmer and friend Conrad Kinch. CK publishes an irregular blog, Joy and Forgetfulness, and writes a regular column for Miniature Wargames. We recorded this just after Christmas, 2024, but due to his incorrigible slothfulness, Mike is only now finished editing and uploading this.CK's blog: https://joyandforgetfulness.blogspot.com/2021/03/?m=0

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01:16:56

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 26: Is This...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2024/04/14

<Blows dust, taps mic> Hello, is this thing on? Does it still work?Yes, in the spirit of all things Easter, this podcast has risen, or at least, roused itself from its slumber. In this catch-up issue, James and Mike get together on air for the first time since last October. No interesting guest, just us. In a little over an hour, we talk about: Hot Lead, which took place just before Easter and of which James is justifiably proud of his team. You can find his wrap-up of this year’s

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01:14:55

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 25: Just Mike and...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2023/10/16

I'm embarrassed to say that James and I recorded this chat on August 10, and then I totally forgot about uploading it in the business of my day job. So here we are, two whole months later and I owe big apologies to James and to you dear listeners, all two of you.I vaguely recall that we talked about James' Quar fixation, the forthcoming Napoleon movie, and God knows what else. So I'll be as surprised listening to this as you will be. Hopefully we all enjoy it.

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01:56:19

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 24: Talking...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2023/06/30

Wendy de Wolfe is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, fine artist and freelance graphic designer, and wargamer with a particular interest in kriegspiels. For the past year, she's ben running a large Napoleonic kriegspiel set in 1806 in which James and I were among the players, only to recently discover that James was the Prussian CinC. It was terrific fun. In this Now It Can Be Told episode, James and I had a terrific time chatting with Wendy about this particular game, what we didn't know at

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01:24:53

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 23: HotLead 2023...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2023/04/12

Our blue ribboned panel of veteran HotLead game-masters and ne'er do wells, Keith Burnett, Dan Hutter, Don Perrin and Brian Hall join Mike and James in a shamelessly self-congratulatory chat about what we did, saw, and liked about HotLead, Ontario's premiere miniatures gaming event. In the back third of the episode, the podcast morphs into a bit of a 2024 planning committee meeting, but Lord knows who's still listening by then!

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01:48:13

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast, Episode 22, With Our...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2023/03/18

In this episode, we detour from miniatures to chat to Marc Rodrigue, Montreal-based designer of the award-winning French and Indian Wars boardgame, Bayonets and Tomahawks, published by GMT Games. We talk about Marc's abiding interest in the French and Indian War, and the design process that led to his game. Marc's also a FIW reenactor, and has some interesting insights to the period from portraying a soldier of the Franche de la marine. Marc's current projects include an interesting looking

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02:20:02

Episode 21 With Our Guests, Roger Chrysler on Gaming...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2023/01/19

Mike and James chat with Roger Chrysler, a wargamer whose family history led him to a deep dive in early Ontario history and the War of 1812. Roger tells us about his family and their involvement in the war, and we do our own deep dive into the many gaming possibilities (figures, rules, scenarios, books) that this fascinating but poorly known war offers. If you aren't itching to refight Queenston Heights or Lundy's Lane after listening to this, we don't know what's wrong with you. Also, we chat

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01:35:51

It’s the Second Annual Canadian Wargamer Podcast...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2022/12/23

Not a lot to say about this one except to wish a very Merry Christmas to our listeners, and hoping to have more for you in the new year. Cheers from Mike and James.

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02:14:07

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 20 With Our...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2022/12/12

In Episode 20, Mike and James speak with Glenn Pearce, the Dean of Canadian Napoleonic Wargaming. Glenn is the mastermind behind what may be the oldest Napoleonic miniature wargaming group in the world, based out of Toronto, Ontario. Glenn describes how he and his group made a big decision to go small and only game with 6mm figures. We also discuss Glenn's work with Baccus as a rules writer, with one set (Ruse de Guerre) published and another on WW2 divisional plus battles in the early

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01:43:09

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 19:No Guest,...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2022/10/31

After a two month absence, which is explained in tedious detail, CWP is back. No guest this month, just Mike and James having a long overdue natter and catchup. We talk about the Amazon pseudo-Silmarillion series Rings of Power, and whether it will have any influence on wargaming in Middle Earth. Those who know James will know that he has strong opinions. Will Games Workshop offer Rings of Power, oooops, sorry, Second Age figures? No matter, gamers have tons of options for ME suitable figures

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02:15:03

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 18 with Our...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2022/08/14

In the first and longest part of the podcast, Mike speaks with Dr. Robert C. Engen, a Canadian military historian and educator with a passion for wargames. I spoke with Robert while he's between jobs. Until recently, he used wargames to teach operational process and planning to mid-career officers at the Canadian Forces Staff College in Toronto, and will be soon be on his way to teach the same thing to the Australian military. The same job, Robert tells me, only upside down. Robert and I had a

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01:39:00

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 17 With Our...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2022/07/17

We're back for Episode 17 of CWP and we're chuffed that we are now over 5000 downloads. Of course, we have no idea how many of those downloads led to people wiping their hard drives after listening to us for a few minutes, but 5k is 5k, and we'll take it. Our gratitude to all of you who listen to the podcast and who tell their friends about us. In this Episode, James and I managed despite a spotty Zoom connection to speak with Thomas Moore whose out in Whiterock, near Vancouver, British Columbia

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02:10:38

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast, Episode 16 with our...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2022/06/16

In the first half, we convene a bona fide panel of some of our favourite grognards to talk about a burning question, why are there so many Napoleonic rules sets out there, with more arriving every year, and why are they still being written? The conversation focuses on Naps, but could easily be ported to a discussion about ancients, WW2, etc. At the very least, what should we legitimately expect of a new rules set? Is it a vanity project, published by someone who simply doesn't like other

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02:46:02

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 15, With Our...

The Canadian Wargamer ·

2022/05/10

It's been over a month since we published Ep 14, so here's TWO AND A HALF HOURS of nonsense and yakking to make up for our absence. In the first half, we talk to Montreal-based gamer Pierre-Yves Troel, who wowed us all in March at HotLead with his participation game of What a Cowboy, a much-anticipated western gunfight game soon to be published (we hope) from Too Fat Lardies. P-Y (Mike totally mangled his name and variously called him Y-P, P-J, and God knows what else, though our guest was too

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