The Canadian Wargamer

The Canadian Wargamer

Michael Peterson

Episodes 34
Avg. Duration 1h 48m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since May 2021
Latest Episode Sep 2025

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93%
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About This Podcast

Your hosts James and Mike, with the occasional guest, look at the Canadian wargames scene. We're interested in miniature wargaming, board (hex and counter) games, and how Canadian military history inspires some of our projects. We hope to help tell the stories of a small but dynamic hobby scene in a big country.

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Canadian Wargamer Podcast 32 With Our Guest Don Perrin: The Wargaming Hobby and "The Churn"

Sep 24, 2025 1h 40m

Mike and James are joined by our friend and wargaming dignitary Don Perrin to take a 360 degree view of the wargaming hobby in the midst of "the churn" of where we are as a society - "churn" being…

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 31 with our guest, Mike Hoyt of Battlespace Publishing

Aug 22, 2025 1h 49m

In this episode James and Mike chat with Canadian wargamer and games designer Mike Hoyt.  Mike has been throwing dice since he was a kid and now brings his professional military expertise as a…

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 30 With Our Guest Andrew Dobson of Dobbies' Hobbies

Jul 17, 2025 1h 48m

As we reached Episode 30 of the CWP, James and I had a terrifically enjoyable chat with Andrew Dobson.   Andrew is one of Canadian wargaming's rising stars, and is the proprietor of Dobbies Hobbies,…

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 29 With Our Guest Jay Arnold, The Veteran Wargamer

May 16, 2025 1h 21m

It's a special Hands Across The Border episode with our favourite Yank, Jay Arnold, the Veteran Wargamer.  After a brief skirmish in which Jay tries to annex us, we talk about podcasting versus…

CWP Episode 28 With Our Guest, Byron Mudry from Northern Lights Terrain

Apr 07, 2025 1h 27m

Mike and James have a great chat with Winnipeg's Byron Mudry, a lifelong gamer who also takes us behind the scenes in his MDF terrain business.  We also talk about the vibrant gaming scene on the…

Mike and James Learn How to Play Midgard

Mar 13, 2025 2h 3m

Not an episode per se, we just hit record for two hours while we tried to play Midgard using Zoom.   May or not be your cup of tea, certainly nothing slick and polished, but that wouldn't be us,…

CWP Episode 27, End of Year Takes With Our Guest Conrad Kinch

Feb 06, 2025 1h 27m

After a very long hiatus, Mike and James emerge briefly from hibernation to chat with Irish warmer and friend Conrad Kinch.  CK publishes an irregular blog, Joy and Forgetfulness, and writes a…

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 26: Is This Thing Still A Thing?

Apr 14, 2024 1h 16m

<Blows dust, taps mic> Hello, is this thing on?  Does it still work? Yes, in the spirit of all things Easter, this podcast has risen, or at least, roused itself from its slumber.  In this…

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 25: Just Mike and James Nattering

Oct 16, 2023 1h 14m

I'm embarrassed to say that James and I recorded this chat on August 10, and then I totally forgot about uploading it in the business of my day job.  So here we are, two whole months later and I owe…

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 24: Talking Kriegspiels With Our Guest Wendy de Wolfe

Jun 30, 2023 1h 56m

Wendy de Wolfe is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, fine artist and freelance graphic designer, and wargamer with a particular interest in kriegspiels.   For the past year, she's ben running a large…

Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 23: HotLead 2023 Postgame

Apr 12, 2023 1h 24m

Our blue ribboned panel of veteran HotLead game-masters and ne'er do wells, Keith Burnett, Dan Hutter, Don Perrin and Brian Hall join Mike and James in a shamelessly self-congratulatory chat about…

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast, Episode 22, With Our Guest, Marc Rodrigue, Designer of GMT’s Bayonets and Tomahawks

Mar 18, 2023 1h 48m

In this episode, we detour from miniatures to chat to Marc Rodrigue, Montreal-based designer of the award-winning French and Indian Wars boardgame, Bayonets and Tomahawks, published by GMT Games.  …

Episode 21 With Our Guests, Roger Chrysler on Gaming the War of 1812, and Kevin Jacobi of Six Squared Studios

Jan 19, 2023 2h 20m

Mike and James chat with Roger Chrysler, a wargamer whose family history led him to a deep dive in early Ontario history and the War of 1812.   Roger tells us about his family and their involvement…

It’s the Second Annual Canadian Wargamer Podcast Christmas Party!

Dec 23, 2022 1h 35m

Not a lot to say about this one except to wish a very Merry Christmas to our listeners, and hoping to have more for you in the new year. Cheers from Mike and James.

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 20 With Our Guest, Glenn Pearce

Dec 12, 2022 2h 14m

In Episode 20, Mike and James speak with Glenn Pearce, the Dean of Canadian Napoleonic Wargaming.     Glenn is the mastermind behind what may be the oldest Napoleonic miniature wargaming group in the…

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 19:No Guest, Just a Natter

Oct 31, 2022 1h 43m

After a two month absence, which is explained in tedious detail, CWP is back.  No guest this month, just Mike and James having a long overdue natter and catchup. We talk about the Amazon…

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 18 with Our Guests, Dr. Robert Engen, and Morgan Drawson of TundraWorks

Aug 14, 2022 2h 15m

In the first and longest part of the podcast, Mike speaks with Dr. Robert C. Engen, a Canadian military historian and educator with a passion for wargames.    I spoke with Robert while he's between…

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 17 With Our Guest, Thomas Moore.

Jul 17, 2022 1h 39m

We're back for Episode 17 of CWP and we're chuffed that we are now over 5000 downloads.   Of course, we have no idea how many of those downloads led to people wiping their hard drives after listening…

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast, Episode 16 with our Special Guest Panel and Topic: Why Another Set of Napoleonics Rules?

Jun 16, 2022 2h 10m

In the first half, we convene a bona fide panel of some of our favourite grognards to talk about a burning question, why are there so many Napoleonic rules sets out there, with more arriving every…

The Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 15, With Our Guest, Pierre-Yves Troel, Canadian Lard Ambassador

May 10, 2022 2h 46m

It's been over a month since we published Ep 14, so here's TWO AND A HALF HOURS of nonsense and yakking to make up for our absence. In the first half, we talk to Montreal-based gamer Pierre-Yves…

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