by HandGLab
In this series of episodes hosts from the History & Games Lab from the University of Edinburgh will be talking to historians, game creators, heritage professionals and others about history, games and the places where they meet. Connect with us further: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab
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September 27, 2022
<p>In this episode, host Eduard Gafton is joined once more by Althingi designer Joshua Gillingham as he makes a triumphant return to the show and talks about the challenges of making and releasing the expansion Saga Heroes. </p> <p>𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 </p> <p>○ 00:00:00 - Intro </p> <p>○ 00:06:03 - When did Joshua realise that Althingi was worth expanding on? </p> <p>○ 00:22:39 - How much can we trust the sagas as historical sources? </p> <p>○ 00:33:38 - Althingi as a trans-media, cross-projects endeavour </p> <p>○ 00:39:21 - Joshua's advice for those wanting to get into game design</p> <p> ○ 00:47:00 - Outro </p> <p>𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 </p> <p>○ Althingi: Saga Heroes pre-launch page on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshuagillingham/althingi-saga-heroes</p> <p>○ Althingi: One Will Rise: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/althingi-one-will-rise/</p> <p>○ Althingi: The Crescent & The Northern Star: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/althingi-the-crescent-and-the-northern-star/ </p> <p>○ The Gatewatch: https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-gatewatch/ </p> <p>○ The Everspring: https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-everspring/ </p> <p>○ Old Norse for Modern Times: https://outlandentertainment.com/work/vikingverse-old-norse-for-modern-times/ </p> <p>○ Ran’s Daughters by Kaitlin Felix: https://katifelix.com/announcement-althingi/ </p> <p>○ The Far Traveler by Nancy Marie Brown: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1631447.The_Far_Traveler?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=BsESHGt8d8&rank=1</p> <p>○ The Saga of Heidrik the Wise - translated by Christopher Tolkien: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6583457-the-saga-of-king-heidrek-the-wise</p> <p>○ Saga Thing Podcast: https://sagathing.podbean.com/ </p> <p>○ Return to Dark Tower: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256680/return-dark-tower </p> <p>○ Jorvik Viking Museum: https://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/ </p> <p>○ Capital City Comic Con: https://capitalcitycomiccon.ca/ </p> <p>○ SHUX 2022: https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/shux22/</p> <p>○ Find Joshua on his website: www.joshuagillingham.ca </p> <p>○ Find Joshua on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshMGillingham </p> <p>𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐔𝐬 </p> <p>If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at historyandgamesstudentgroup@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk. </p> <p>○ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/ </p> <p>○ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh</p> <p>○ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab </p> <p>𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 </p> <p>Intro/Outro Music: Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod </p> <p>Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/~/Call_to_Adventure</p> <p>License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee</p>
March 1, 2022
<p>In this episode, University of Edinburgh graduate Eric Wood joins host Eduard Gafton to talk about his game The Last Samurai Rebellion and how students can get started with the world of wargaming.</p> <p>𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬</p> <p>○ 00:00:00 - Intro</p> <p>○ 00:03:15 - How did The Last Samurai Rebellion begin?</p> <p>○ 00:12:58 - How did Eric start designing his game?</p> <p>○ 00:23:01 - How is The Last Samurai Rebellion different from The Men Who Would Be Kings?</p> <p>○ 00:39:21 - What would Eric tell other students/graduates about the game creation process?</p> <p>○ 00:51:16 - Outro</p> <p>𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞</p> <p>○ Extra Credits’s playlist on the End of the Samurai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmRm--vRHCg&list=PLg1JFVHWaJX4Gf-pVYWA7h09rBdeddDA9</p> <p>○ Men Who Would Be Kings Rule Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3BW7zUGNy0</p> <p>○ Lion Rampant: A Viking In The Sun: https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15779</p> <p>○ Lion Rampant: The Crusader States: https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15035</p> <p>○ Find Eric on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/armchair_hobbyist/</p> <p>○ Find Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricWoo19308311</p> <p>○ Special thanks to Oshiro Models for their support with Eric's project: https://www.instagram.com/oshiromodels/</p> <p>○ Special thanks to Bac Nihn Miniatures for their support with Eric's project: https://www.instagram.com/bacninh_miniatures/</p> <p>𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐄𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨</p> <p>○ Through Anchor, we are available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and most main podcast services: https://anchor.fm/handglab</p> <p>𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬</p> <p>○ We have been on hiatus for a few months, but we are back with more episodes of the podcasts as well as new seminars for you to enjoy.</p> <p>𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐔𝐬</p> <p>If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at historyandgamesstudentgroup@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk.</p> <p>○ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/</p> <p>○ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh</p> <p>○ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab</p> <p>𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫</p> <p>Intro/Outro Music: Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod</p> <p>Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure</p> <p>License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee</p>
October 1, 2021
<p>In this episode, award-winning game designer Brian Train joins host Eduard Gafton to talk about his game Brief Border Wars and using a card-driven system to model the chaotic, stop-and-start nature of impromptu wars.</p> <p>𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 </p> <p>○ 00:00:00 - Start </p> <p>○ 00:08:01 - How did Brian get into games? </p> <p>○ 00:33:17 - How does asymmetry make for interesting match-ups? </p> <p>○ 00:43:40 - Should games be historically accurate?</p> <p>𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 </p> <p>○ Brian gives a lecture on Game Design & Self-Publication at Georgetown University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtky8WgsyyA </p> <p>○ Brian’s website: https://brtrain.wordpress.com/ </p> <p>○ Cole Wehrle’s essay: Affective Networks At Play: Catan, Coin, And The Quiet Year: https://analoggamestudies.org/2016/05/affective-networks-at-play-catan-coin-and-the-quiet-year/ </p> <p>○ Zones of Control: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/zones-control </p> <p>○ Brian’s game, Colonial Twilight, on Tabletop Simulator: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2090550457 </p> <p>○ Brian and Volko Ruhnke’s game, A Distant Plain, on Tabletop Simulator: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=870116466</p> <p>○ Brian’s game, Kashmir Crisis, on Tabletop Simulator: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2421971111 </p> <p>○ Andean Abyss (first GMT COIN system game): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/91080/andean-abyss </p> <p>○ Tactics II (first wargame) : https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1574/tactics-ii </p> <p>○ The Little War (Slovakia vs. Hungary, March 1939): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223436/ukrainian-crisis-little-war </p> <p>○ Simulations Publications: http://www.costik.com/spicom/ </p> <p>○ BCT Command: Kandahar: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/126708/bct-command-kandahar </p> <p>○ Nights of Fire: Battle for Budapest: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/236125/nights-fire-battle-budapest </p> <p>○ Vassal game system: https://vassalengine.org/ </p> <p>○ Zenobia Award finalists: https://zenobiaaward.org/finalists/ </p> <p>○ Europe Divided: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260147/europe-divided </p> <p>○ An Infamous Traffic: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206490/infamous-traffic </p> <p>𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐄𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨 </p> <p>○ Through Anchor, we are available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and most main podcast services: https://anchor.fm/handglab</p> <p>𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 </p> <p>○ The launch event to mark the release of our brand-new wargame, Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun, was a huge success! To buy, access this link: www.linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab. </p> <p>○ The History and Games Society is meeting on 11 October! This meeting is a great opportunity to speak with the committee, meet other HGS members and contribute ideas to future society events. The Zoom link will be sent to all members of the society. Register for the society here: https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/activities/view/historyandgames.</p> <p>𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐔𝐬 </p> <p>If you have any feedback or would like to get in touch for a potential podcast appearance, our DMs are open on Twitter @HandGLab or you can email us at historyandgamesstudentgroup@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk. </p> <p>○ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/handglab/ </p> <p>○ Facebook: History and Games Lab: https://www.facebook.com/historygamesedinburgh </p> <p>○ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HistoryandGamesLab </p> <p>𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 </p> <p>Intro/Outro Music: Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod </p> <p>Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure</p> <p>License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensee</p>
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In this series of episodes hosts from the History & Games Lab from the University of Edinburgh will be talking to historians, game creators, heritage professionals and others about history, games and the places where they meet.
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