The Madaxeman.com Podcast

In an audio version of a video podcast that is almost certainly far better if you can see what we are talking about, 4 brave CLWC souls head to Nancy in France, taking in a variety of military, cultural and gastronomic sites along the way, many of which are underground (weird I know..?).

These include our Le Shuttle experience, Reims, Fort Pompelle, the Hacenkburg Maginot Line Fortress Tour, Nancy, Vimy Ridge, La Coupole Secret Ungerground Nazi Megastructure, an abandoned village, and the nightlife of Verdun.

There is also even a short bit of wargaming chat at the end as well!

The video version of this podcast can be seen (honestly, it'll be much better) on my YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/@Madaxeman

A midweek, mid afternoon podcast assembly stagger even deeper into 2026 with an astonishing 2nd podcast of the Spring to tempt your earlobes in this time where knee-deep pollen is coating the UK in a Vallejo-challenging yellow blanket.

There is discussion of what's been on the painting table for us all, the pro's and con's of stripping a bunch of angry  Scotsmen, what is white paint called when it's not white and comes from a pen, is "decent food" at a gaming centre an oxymoron, and whether there is an equivalent to the Merlin app to allow us all to decipher which wargamer is which, simply from the sound of their distant whingeing about bad dice.

Andy's Quiz also returns with a Knopfler-esque "Dire Straits" themed episode - but, fresh from the Barcelona "it's more than a rumour" mill, Grandpa Dave brings us news direct from El Kreator himself that a v5 of ADLG has now reached slightly beyond "vague thought on some future to-do list" to now stand at the "twinkle in El Kreator's eye" stage.. 

..which of course prompts us all to have a good old chunter about what things (as well as folding in the FAQ - of course..) we might look for in the next, still quite-some-way-off edition of L'Art de la Guerre.

What do you think of that..! 

 

Victrix Spanish in 28mm

A motely crew of ADLG podcasters stagger back into the Zoom recording lounge to chunter about the army lists they all used at the recent Oxford round of the Southern League ADLG competition, themed for Islam’s Eastward Expansion (637 to 751).

The lists discussed include:

130 Arab Conquest (Dave)

140 Central Asian Turkish (Tim)

179 Hindu Indian (Dave, Richard)

171 Tang Chinese (Gordon, Andy)

There is also a return for Andy's Quiz !

The podcast is also available on YouTube with video of us chatting away, and the lists are all posted on the ADLG Wiki (which you can visit using the links for each army name above).

A veritable gaggle of gamers take to the airwaves to discuss three recent competitions held in Plymouth, Burton (which took place recently in "the land of beer." ) and Bournemouth, all in a rather chilly February of this year.

There are also diversions into buying rubbish on eBay from Heinz Games (or at least that's what the AI Summary thought we said..), shipping wargaming stuff from the USofA (pre tariffs!), Central London Club's recent enfatuation with two new rule sets, Jackals and Sword Weirdos, and Mark's progress in finishing a whole book on the Khmer (which he's writing, not simply struggling to read.).

There is also talk of commissioning figures, Richard Morgans new SF tome "Thin Air," set on Mars, a bit of Test of Honor as well as Simons upcoming stab at converting Warmaster units and rules to use ADLG's mechanics, which is about to be tried at CLWC in the coming weeks and months. 

Towards the end (in its traditional slot, and with its traditional French Techno soundtrack) Andy's Quiz makes a long overdue reappearance, although sadly sans Andy this week. The quiz covers the theme of hesitant allies, inspired by Andy's recent experience at Burton.

The quiz answers will be released in the next podcast!

In a new start to 2025, the first episode of the tentatively titled "Series 5" hits the airwaves as 4 brave podcasting gamers make the trip to the South of Spain in mid January to take in the Akra Leuka tournament at the upmarket Benidorm that is Alicante.

We also take in the Worlds Largest Collection of Model Tanks, the current state of play with which 15mm metal casting companies are currently closing down, whether "Paella" is actually just "Rice" with a different postcode, if a War Wagon collapses in the forest can a Swiss Pikeman hear it fall, if anyone has ever seen a bigger chorizo nugget, whether we are all now far too old to understand this 3D printing malarkey, and if double-carbs is the missing link between Glasgow and the entire Iberian peninsula.

The guests on this podcast are Dave "From The Podcast", Dave "Ming the Marxist" and Mark "The FWC Man".

The lists we all used in Alicante can be found on the Madaxeman ADLG Wiki.

Marks Hungarians

Tim & Daves Swiss

Daves French Ordonnance  

My video of the Cartagena Military Museum