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The Brushes & Bayonets Podcast is a show about historical miniatures wargaming. We want to bring quality, entertaining content to our listeners. We will be covering a wide range of topics within the hobby, including game design, painting miniatures, history, game systems and more.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Brushes & Bayonets Podcast is a show about historical miniatures wargaming. We want to bring quality, entertaining content to our listeners. We will be covering a wide range of topics within the hobby, including game design, painting miniatures, history, game systems and more.
Recent episodes include "Modern Wargames & Eleven Bravo" (10 August 2026, 37 minutes), "SNAFU: Designer Interview" (1 July 2026, 38 minutes), and "Uncovering Niche Wargaming Periods" (16 March 2026, 47 minutes).
Brushes & Bayonets Podcast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 25 episodes.
Booking probability for Brushes & Bayonets Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Brushes & Bayonets Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Brushes & Bayonets Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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Brushes & Bayonets Podcast is a leisure podcast with 25 episodes published.
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Episode #25
Josh and Edward are joined by Chris from No Name Games to talk about both his ongoing Kickstarter for Eleven Bravo and modern wargames generally, from scenario design to multi-domain battles, the use of drones, and what...
Episode #24
Today on Brushes & Bayonets, Edward and Carter discuss their process on working and writing SNAFU, a game Carter developed with input from Edward over the last two years. SNAFU is a company level WWII game focused on...
Episode #23
Josh and Edward are joined by two friends of the show and rules writing collaborators Carter and Michael to talk about their choices for unknown or underserved wargaming periods. They each make the case for a period...
Episode #22
After a school related hiatus, Josh and Edward tackle a passion project of theirs - balancing historical battles via different types of win conditions. They talk about taking historical battles from periods like WWII...
Episode #21
It is Edward and Josh's pleasure to interview Mark Backhouse, a pillar of the wargaming community about his article writing for Wargames Soldiers & Strategy, his philosophy on game design, and thoughts on smaller scale...
Edward and Josh are ecstatic to be joined by Chris McDowall, RPG & Wargame designer to talk about his new game MAC Attack along with the intersection of playing and designing both wargames and RPGs. We discuss how GMs...
Episode #19
Josh and Edward recorded this episode a bit later than usual... as Edward was traveling to see the Gettysburg and Antietam battlefields. Today on the show, the hosts discuss how terrain matters to wargames, a bit about...
Episode #18
On today's episode, Josh and Edward dive into the topic of "Bathtubbing," or when a scenario designer changes the scale of a historical wargame to fit the battle they wish to portray. Your hosts discuss when bathtubbing...
Join Edward and Josh in learning from Miles of Little Wars TV as he shares his secrets to running a great convention game and how to put on an unforgettable wargaming experience.
Episode #16
Today on the Brushes & Bayonets podcast Josh and Edward are joined by Evan and Patrick, two expert wargaming GMs who together have run the Race to the Dan and Overland campaigns for members of the Little Wars TV...
Episode #15
Today on the podcast, Edward and Josh dive into army or national characteristics in wargames. They discuss their uses, merits, and different historical periods that do or do not benefit from their inclusion.
Episode #14
Disclaimer: This episode was recorded just before the new year, but Edward got busy with his MBA program and forgot to edit - direct all complaints to him! In today's episode of Brushes and Bayonets, Edward and Josh...
Episode #13
Today Edward and Josh begin a new series where they talk about different periods and how to get into wargaming for them. First up is the venerable Napoleonic period, where they talk about why they love the period, what...
Today on the podcast, it’s our pleasure to welcome Chris on the show, the host of the Gettysburg Campaign which was run on the Little Wars TV discord. Josh interviews him about the rules he came up with to create a full...
Episode #11
Today on Brushes & Bayonets, Edward and Josh broach a forbidden subject in miniature wargaming - our thoughts on scales and which we subjectively like best for certain periods. We go from 28mm to 2mm and for each major...
Today it is our pleasure to welcome Chris, the man behind Feldgrau Productions on Youtube. Chris was kind enough to join us for a playtest of our in progress Medieval rules called Strategoi. We ask Chris about his...
Episode #9
On today's episode of Brushes & Bayonets, Edward and Josh tackle the role of historical leaders in wargames, how they are modeled, and the way in which they factor into scenario design. They also talk about how the...
Episode #8
On today's episode of Brushes & Bayonets, Josh and Edward continue their discussion on designing a Medieval wargame, diving into the command and control system, the combat system, and how to make their game reflect the...
Episode #7
On today's episode of Brushes & Bayonets its our pleasure to interview Sam Mustafa, the esteemed designer of such games as Nimitz, Rommel, Blucher, and many others on https://sammustafa.com/ . Today's topic revolved...
Episode #6
On today's episode of the Brushes & Bayonets podcast, Josh and Edward take a look at some of the issues that have been plaguing their own wargame and scenario design, and help each other with potential solutions. Also...
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