Hey Nerds.

On this episode of Shop Talk I sit down with Warmachine YouTuber Ice King who has been a fellow dusk player and hobby enthusiast that I've shared some conversations with as of late.

We chat about a wide variety of things mainly focused around balancing hobby time, competitive practice and the burn out cycle that can come with deep investment in a hobby. We cover painting philosophy, army painting vs model painting and share some perspectives.

I'm very happy to have got one of our chats recorded.

Check out Taylor's work on YouTube. https://youtube.com/@theice_king?si=_xsaB41BHwBxbcSJ

Hey Nerds.

On this episode of Shop Talk I sit down with Patrick, an old friend who lives on the opposite side of the country. I took this opportunity to catch up with him and what is going on in the small but very active Atlantic Canada meta.

We end up chatting a bunch about Shadowflame and looking back at where we left the discussion a year ago.

Patrick attended a team event in Ottawa a few weeks ago and we chat about match ups, games and the overall experience with Canada's first cross country event of Mark IV.

Cheers folks. We are looking forward to promoting more Canadian events and travel.

Hey Nerds.

On this episode of Shop Talk, I sit down with Lars the creator of Wartable. Wartable is a wargaming simulator website that has become popular to play Warmachine online.

We chat about the birth of Wartable and the popularity it gained during the pandemic and beyond for online play as well as the community it has spawned over the last few years.

We chat about dice, randomness and measurements. We discuss some of the pros and cons of online play as well as some of the very cool concepts and ideas that have come out of Wartable.

I really enjoyed thos conversation and this opportunity. Im am excited to share this with all of you.

Best.

mario