When Kelly told me about the fact he was working alongside historian Todd Braisted, I used my overlord type power to demand an interview! Thankfully, Kelly obliged. If you like history and the kind of research that goes into putting together a scenario or oob, this is the episode for you! See Todd's bio below. Enjoy the episode!!!

Todd Braisted is an author and researcher of Loyalist military studies. His primary focus is on Loyalist military personnel, infrastructure and campaigns throughout North America. Since 1979, Braisted has amassed and transcribed over 40,000 pages of Loyalist and related material from archives and private collections around the world. He has authored numerous journal articles and books, as well as appearing as a guest historian on episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? (CBC) and History Detectives (PBS). He is the creator of royalprovincial.com, the largest website dedicated to Loyalist military studies. Braisted is a Fellow in the Company of Military Historians and a past-president of the Bergen County Historical Society.

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Friends- please enjoy this Friendcast in which the gang talks all things Alien and Sci-Fi wargaming! Given how we all like the Aliens universe in so many different ways, Kelly walked us through a discussion of the newest film (Alien: Romulus), as well as great game of Aliens the board game from Gale Force 9. We had an absolute blast chatting with one another, which includes team members Brian Dewhurst and Matt Rendar from Battle Tribe. Please enjoy the show!

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Friends- what happens when you pit two NEW YORK wargamers head to head in the same Zoom space? a great episode- that's what! If you've never heard of Ethan Reiff, here is the low down- He's been wargaming since the 1970s, and moved out to LA to work in Hollywood a number of years ago. His pseudonym on The Miniatures Page, and on is own blogs/pages is the "Mad Guru", a nod to the famous Gunga Din movie from back in the day. On the wargaming front, his blog, "Maiwand Day", is one of the most well known sites dedicated to colonial wargaming and the NorthWest Frontier, which is how I stumbled upon Ethan's work back in the early 2010s. I'd also argue it's one of the BEST blogs out there about wargaming (alongside Peter Anderson's "Blunders on the Danube"). Ethan's terrain is remarkable, and was the template for my own NWF game this past Historicon. On the other side of the coin, Ethan and his writing partner have led a very successful career in Hollywood, penning stories/scripts for movies such as Kung Fu Panda, Robin Hood (2010), and the TV show Knightfall, Season 2, from 2019. They easily have a dozen or more other writing credits. Also, if you remember the Ridley Scott "Napoleon" episode, we discuss what Ridley Scott did with Ethan's script at the end of his episode- it's quite the story! So, this is a banger of an episode- we talk fast, move fast, interrupt each other, get into it, and put the New York terror into Kelly! Please enjoy the show!

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