Canadian Wargame Podcast Episode 5 With Guest Rene Charbonneau of the Trumpeter Tabletop Gaming Society

2021-09-13

In our fifth episode, we talk to Rene Charbonneau, president of what may be Canada's oldest wargaming club in Vancouver, BC, the Trumpeter Tabletop Gaming Society. We talk about what makes a club a success: planning, a code of conduct, outreach to the community and hospitality to young people. Trumpeter's big convention, Salute, sounds like a fine excuse for a trip to gorgeous Vancouver in the spring. In our second segment, the Canadian Content Corner, we talk about the Dieppe Raid, what we think it was about, and what it...

In our second segment, the Canadian Content Corner, we talk about the Dieppe Raid, what we think it was about, and what it was actually about. Mike reports on what he learned watching WW2TV on YouTube and listening to Canadian historian David O'Keefe.

Next, Mike and James ask the question, what makes for a good set of wargames rules and that leads to a good old natter.

Finally we take about what's on the paint bench, and James talks about how his Bavarian sharpshooters, Scharf's Schutzen, are a thinly veiled homage to a well-known series of books and films about some fellows in green.

Links to this Episode:

1) Our bit with Rene Charbonneau:

Trumpeter Tabletop Gaming Society: https://trumpetergaming.weebly.com

Rene's Book Choices:

Vic Hartley, Arrows Against Steel: The History of the Bow and How it Forever Changed Warfare. https://www.amazon.ca/Arrows-Against-Steel-History-Forever/dp/098347561X

Niall Ferguson, The War of the World: Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the West. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B008UCJ6T6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

2) Canadian Content Corner

Historian David O'Keefe's interviews with Paul Wooladge on WW2 TV:

Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw-h7WLd0Bw

Part Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjkSis17Ljc

Part Three: August 19 Dieppe Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBL4kVIdIls

David O'Keefe, One Day in August: Ian Fleming, Enigma, and the Deadly Raid On Dieppe. https://www.amazon.ca/One-Day-August-Fleming-Enigma/dp/178578630X

Dai's Wargames Blog and Dieppe Project:

https://lostdamnedstunted.blogspot.com/2021/08/1942-ww2-canadian-regulars-dieppe.html

https://lostdamnedstunted.blogspot.com/2021/06/dieppe-commandos-16-of-16-done.html

https://lostdamnedstunted.blogspot.com/2021/05/dieppe-chaplain-j-w-foote.html

3) What Makes A Good Set of Wargamer Rules?

Ken Reilly's Yorkshire Gamer chat with Stephen Wold: https://kenrtai.podbean.com/e/episode-11-stephen-wold-oldwargamer/

Anything But a One! Adventures in Historical Wargaming Podcast.Episode 30, Old School vs New School Games.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-30-old-school-vs-new-style-games/id1525105734?i=1000534186317

Zac's blog post on Dragon Rampant:

https://zacgaming.wordpress.com/2020/12/14/stop-recommending-dragon-rampant/?fbclid=IwAR0m6S_xEC3fKSG4FDPZC7sXspxq_gEritMK7Bge0nPoyu8MjYpyZ8QuYGM

James' blog post on Scharf's Schutzen: http://rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-bridge.html

Final Music: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regimental March