3 September 2022

“Yarkshire Reet Big Game Podcast” guest spot

 



Lots of fun was had this week.

I as chuffed to be asked by Ken Riley of the fantastic Yarkshire Reet Big Game podcast to come onto his show and chat about my wargaming story and most importantly, discuss the putting together of The Sands of Sudan rules.

For those who haven’t previously listened to Ken he has a tremendous passion for the hobby and a unique interview style which is both entertaining and highly enjoyable.  I had a ball as we chatted for over two and a half hours.  

Copied directly below from Kens FB page is his description of the podcast. Do yourselves a favour and subscribe to channel as the past guests are fantastic and once again very interesting.

“It's been a month or so since the last episode so it's great to be back with another Big Game Chat.

This time we are off to Perth, Australia to talk with Carlo Pagano about wargaming in general and his reconstitution of Peter Gilders Sands of Sudan Rules.

https://kenrtai.podbean.com/e/episode-30-carlo-pagano-the-sands-of-sudan/

As usual we had disappeared down a rabbit hole within 15 minutes of the start but I'm sure you all tune into wargames Podcasts to discover the difference between Crown and Flat Green Bowling anyway !

It's back to the usual 4 part format, we learn about Carlos' wargaming history and his love of Big Games. Whilst the Quiz reveals yet more food choices from your Local Fish and Chip Shop as well as what pet hate has been banished into Wargames Room 101.

The Big Topic is all about Colonial Wargaming, something we haven't covered before on the show so there is a good chat about that before we move onto the Sands of Sudan Rules.

Carlo has managed to piece together the rules from old scraps of paper left at the Wargames Holiday Centre and information provided by former players. The rules have never been formally published as they were used as a bit of a palette cleanser between Big Napoleonic or ACW games during the Wargaming Weeks that Peter used to run.

Carlo has his website at

https://withpyjamasthroughthedessert.blogspot.com/

The rules can be obtained in the UK from Caliver Books

https://www.caliverbooks.com

And directly from Carlo in Australia.

it's great to be back on air and I've got guests booked in now till Xmas and pencilled in until Feb 2023, having too many guests is a nice problem to have.

My next guest is Painter and Author Mark Hides, a Yorkshire Lad, Tune in, in a couple of weeks time as we find out more about life as a Professional Figure Painter”

The Yarkshire Gamer”


If you get a chance, have a listen and support Kens fantastic podcast channel. It’s truly great fun and a fillip for the hobby.

14 comments:

  1. I listened to it yesterday thanks to the highlight on TMP - it was interesting to hear your voice. It really was ideal background listening while painting some 25mil figs, 25mil of course being the correct answer to the question on the 'king of scales' - 28mil indeed! I will listen to it again as I'm sure I've missed some good bits while cursing over painting mishaps.
    I particularly enjoyed the origin story of your gaming life and hearing about your photos from the WHC pre-dating your digital life - that was so reminiscent of my time at the WHC.. Equally, although I have nothing like the same number of figures, the culling of the unused and making the hobby more self-funding is where I find myself these days.
    Anyway thanks for sharing and keep the posts coming.

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  2. Carlo, the podcast is on my listening list for today whilst I’m painting in the loft. It will be interesting to hear what you have to say about the hobby and the creation of the rules. Hope all is well with you and your family.

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    1. Cheers Graham and yes all is well on the family front - everyone’s soooooo busy. Hope you’re keeping in fine fettle.

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  3. Enjoyed your contributions on the Yarkshire Gamer pod mate. Well done and you really did us all proud. Hoping you get across to CANCON next year and also hoping it will be worth it. Easy for me of course now that I'm back home. You can always doss at mine.

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    1. Would love to get back over Greg and cheers for your very kind words mate.

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  4. Been looking forward to this one. I will have a listen while at work next week

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  5. It was a good one . I am working on the Vietnam version at the moment - it will be on display at the Other Partizan in October!

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    1. Cheers Dave D and looking forward to your Vietnam version big time mate.

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  6. Great interview, thank you. Brought many of my own wargaming memory threads together.

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    1. Thanks so much JJ. We all gave so many common memories don’t we. Airfix helped us all get started.

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  7. Great stuff Carlo, a big thank you for mention in dispatches!

    Cheers
    Matt
    French Wargame Holidays

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