Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast

Henry Hyde is a prolific writer and podcaster with an impressive list of credentials in the hobby. He launched his BattleGames brand in 1998, is the former editor and designer of Miniature Wargames magazine, and has authored a stable of essential books such as The Wargaming Compendium, Tabletop Battle Tactics, Wargaming Campaigns, and his new release in 2026, Battle Maps for Miniature Wargamers.
You can find and connect with Henry on his personal website, his BattleGames blog, on his Patreon, or across multiple social media channels.
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Five Parsecs From Home is the main game on my radar right now, and I'm playing it weekly. On this episode, you'll hear me walk through my first three campaign turns in this audio diary, originally released on Patreon.
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In the tabletop miniature wargaming hobby, an Imagi-nation is a fictional country, army, or faction invented by a hobbyist, usually set in a real historical period but detached from actual history. Rather than recreating a real nation's army, a hobbyist creates an imaginary state, with its own flags, uniforms, heraldry, rulers, and often a whimsical or satirical backstory, and then builds, paints, and games with miniature armies representing it.
Mark reports on the Bedroom Battlefields summer Imagi-nations day, which was a roaring success - with biscuits. Here's a brilliant video report of the day from Jonny Watson Gaming.
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For most of us, "hobby crisis" means nothing more than a pile of unpainted miniatures. For David in Wellington, it meant a catastrophic flood that devastated his neighbourhood and wrecked his collection. On this episode, David walks us through what happened, and how he's slowly starting to regroup and rebuild.
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An active member of the Bedroom Battlefields community, Ted (AKA Oddgit's Hut) is a fantastic painter whose work would slot seamlessly into the Eavy Metal pages of any mid-90s edition of White Dwarf. On this episode, we talk about nostalgic paint schemes, painting challenges, and the Warhammer Fantasy Battles 5th Edition boxed set.
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