Harold on Games

About Harold on Games

Podcast by Harold on Games

Publisher

Harold on Games

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Mar 2018

Latest episode

5 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 84 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   American Revolution 250 - Great Games of the Revolution

   Host Harold Buchanan interviews Alexander, Grant from The Players' Aid, and designer Volko Ruhnke about their favorite American Revolution games and their enduring appeal.

2. 

   2 Jul 2024

   Harold Interviews Cole Wehrle about ARCS

   In this epidode, I interview the prolific Cole Wehrle about his sci fi game ARCS published by Leder Games. Rules etc at bottom of this page link: https://ledergames.com/products/arcs https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359871/arcs We discuss the development process, integration of art, mechanics and whether Cole is coming to the next SD Hist Con in November.

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   19 May 2024

   Podcast #51 - Volko Ruhnke - What's he bringing to SD Hist upcoming events

   I speak to Volko Ruhnke about his newest design works in progress and what he is planning to bring to the Hunt for Blackbeard Coast Watchers Drachen

Inside a recent episode

American Revolution 250 - Great Games of the Revolution

Published 5 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And they'd had nothing but defeats, you know. And so he was like, we got to score a win to convince these guys to sign up right past the new year. And so it's like days before they're going to go home. He does this, you know, this kind of audacious raid. And it's just enough. It's like it's like a moral shot in the arm. Right. So that's something that. you know if you go back to traditional hex encounter games about the eastern front in world war ii or something like how do you generate that i mean that start starts you thinking about things like like you were referring to alexander um you know temporal limits on on service and the impact of morale on recruitment um that uh you know that if you're in total war and everybody's in for the duration that's not an issue but but certainly was an issue even even operationally right that we've got to act now because of what's going to happen to our to our troops in a few days And I like that as a game mechanic, right? […]

Who has been a guest on Harold on Games

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• Alexander
• Grant
• Volko Ruhnke

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

88 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

3 ratings

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