Bedroom Battlefields
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Did you grow up collecting and painting Citadel miniatures, and playing games like Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, HeroQuest, Battlemasters, and Space Hulk? Did you gradually grow out of the hobby only to find yourself plunging back in many years later, discovering great new games like Frostgrave, Rogue Planet, and Kings of War? The Bedroom Battlefields Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast brings you conversations about collecting, gaming, painting, terrain, and much more - often with a nostalgic twist. We also dive into topics such as productivity, balancing hobby time with other aspects of life, and the overall psychology behind playing with toy soldiers.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed conversations connect miniature gaming's rules, aesthetics and history to the personal choices that keep the hobby absorbing.
Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast treats miniature gaming as a craft, a social practice and a subject with a history worth preserving. Matthew and his guests move comfortably from Oldhammer memories and Games Workshop history to narrative campaigns, points-based balance and the…
Matthew reads a 1993 White Dwarf battle report aloud for your inner general.
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A patient hobby round-up that turns setbacks, list work, and community games into something easy to stay with.
This month-end round-up follows a hobby community keeping itself honest. People share progress clips, Matthew talks through a stalled painting after breaking a finger on his right hand, and the show moves into rule books and army building while he rests the hand in a splint.
Narrative wargaming that keeps coming back to the table.
Matthew and Padre spend more than 13 years of campaign time treating the whole thing less like a monument and more like a system that still has to work at the table.
A grounded hobby interview about how play becomes design.
This episode follows a familiar but worthwhile question: what carries someone from playing games into designing them. Roby Jenkins brings practical, grounded commentary to that shift, keeping the conversation tied to the work of writing and building systems instead of treating…
A grounded chat about why the hobby still works, even when the armies stay unfinished.
Episode 150 returns to a 2023 conversation with Gav Thorpe and keeps its focus on why miniature gaming still holds attention. Thorpe's answer is plain but convincing: the hobby mixes reading, making, socialising, and actual play, while much of the time between games goes into…
A loose, practical year-end hobby roundup about armies, terrain, clubs, and painting plans.
This December hobby roundup moves from army progress to club projects and then into year-end reflection, with callers checking in on Conquest Nords, mutated wood elves, home terrain printing, Arcworld, Mordheim, and a dwarf-heavy Old World year.
A friendly monthly check-in on painted minis, campaign plans, and hobby momentum.
September's hobby update is a tidy monthly check-in, built around what listeners painted, played, and planned over the last month. The strongest moments are the specific ones: Blood Bowl Orcs, an Armageddon campaign, a Space Weirdos fan expansion, and the return to older…
A practical tour of Mayhem's rules, army building, and the tools around them.
The episode keeps its feet on the ground. It walks through what it takes to play Mayhem, how the dice connect to movement, combat quality, and ballistic armor, and why the system does not demand much bookkeeping.
A warm Old Hammer conversation that lingers over the hobby's history.
This episode sits comfortably between hobby memory and living history. Orlig talks through the early days of Old Hammer, the Realm of Chaos 80s blog, and the figures and objects that made that period feel real.
Wrestling toy talk with full collector brain.
Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast re-runs a February 2022 conversation with Pete Berry of Baccus 6mm, focused on how six mil wargaming works and why he thinks the scale opens up bigger battles.
Jason sits down with Thomas Piranin for a long conversation about narrative wargaming and campaign play.
The show sits down with Orlig from the Realm of Chaos 80s blog and talks through the early days of Old Hammer.
Jason keeps the conversation going with Jerry after last month’s chat with Rick Priestley.
Matthew sits down with YouTuber and Games Workshop historian Jordan Sorcery for a fuller hobby conversation.
Matthew sits down with Padre to talk about large-scale narrative wargaming.
The episode opens on the show's monthly accountability slot for September 2025.
Matthew opens the January 2026 update by calling it the December hobby catch-up.
Matthew opens Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast’s October 2025 hobby accountability round-up by reading listener updates from Josh, Ryan, Martin, and Ed, along with several others, about what they painted, played, and planned for November.
Matthew reports a four-game Song of Blades and Heroes campaign called “Rivalry of Rot,” built around two rival Nurgle warbands in Mirehollow.
Matthew frames August 2025 as a month of listener hobby updates and says the show will keep the monthly question going into September.
Rick Priestley talks with Jason and Mark about narrative wargaming, from 2,000-figure tables to games that run without points values.
Matthew and Dan sit down for a Why I Love-style chat about a game Dan really likes.
Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast turns a White Dwarf-inspired battle report into a 15mm Orcs vs Chaos game called Square, with Callum, aka Dr.
Matthew returns from Bring Out Your Lead 2025 with a recorded audio tour that moves from Mike Hutchinson painting "teeth on orcs" to Jason's huge Warhammer mega-game and the Foundry cabinets.
Rick Priestley and Jason spend this part two episode on narrative wargaming, balance, and why “I go, you go” is only a problem when it isolates players from the table.
Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast frames this episode around a morning-versus-evening gaming split, with the host saying most hobby gaming happens after 7pm while he prefers coffee and dice earlier in the day.
Ed explains how a Space Weirdos fan expansion called Weird Millennium grew out of years of Discord chatter, after Casey said fans would need to make it themselves.
Matthew opens Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast’s February 2026 accountability episode by framing it as progress tracking, then Mark reports seven Amazons, female Frostgrave Barbarians, a Bad Squiddo Priestess, and 18 miniatures painted in February after 31 in January.
January 2026 is built around hobby accountability, with George painting a full road trader Imperial Guard army inspired by John Blanche's 1989 box art and James Doan reporting two Arc World games with Whiz Bang the Uncertain.
The conversation starts with Mayhem's basics and what you actually need to play.
Matthew opens with the November hobby progress clips.
Ronnie Renton frames Mantic’s design strategy around “the Forever game” and “the Now game,” using Kings of War, Epic Warpath, and Dreadball All-Stars as examples.
The episode opens with a full reading of White Dwarf issue 166 from October 1993.
The host interviews Dan from Paint All The Minis about miniature aesthetics, focusing on frustrations with building Blood Bowl gnomes, the pros and cons of monopose designs, and nostalgia for metal miniatures.
Host Matthew interviews game designer Roby Jenkins about what drives players to become game creators, exploring themes like mechanics fascination over winning, the design process, and the future of hybrid digital-tabletop games.
This episode is a re-roll of an earlier 2023 conversation with Gav Thorpe.
The host visits Warbases to interview production manager Glenn about the evolution of MDF terrain, covering design principles, the new color-printed kits, and the Bifrost miniatures range.
Johnny Watson talks through recreating Fred Reed’s Howling Griffin Army as a personal tribute.
A podcast about collecting, painting, and gaming with tabletop miniatures, featuring interviews and hobby discussions.
A podcast about tabletop miniature hobbies, featuring discussions on collecting, painting, gaming, and terrain with a nostalgic twist.
The host discusses concerns about podcasters moving exclusively to YouTube and its impact on open podcasting.
The host introduces a rerun of a classic interview with Joe McCulloch about Frostgrave and other tabletop wargames.
The host discusses listener responses to a question about what they would put in a hobby time capsule, focusing on nostalgic tabletop miniature games and miniatures.
Interview with a veteran wargamer discussing his history with Warhammer and the tabletop miniature hobby.
Two hobbyists discuss the podcast's history, past guests, and the nostalgia of the tabletop miniature community.
The host introduces a question of the month about listeners' relationships with miniature painting, discussing different motivations from competition to relaxation.
A casual conversation about tabletop miniature hobbies, including painting, gaming, and enjoying a beer.
The host discusses hobby updates and invites listener feedback on Warhammer The Old World.