In part one of a special two-part episode, we interview people who attended Under the Dice Fest 2025, a small festival in Massachusetts celebrating miniature-based tabletop wargaming. The festival was designed to appeal to those who shy away from the mainstream iterations of the miniature wargaming hobby, focusing on those who want to play the games on their terms, sometimes outside of the scope of the game rules as written, or those who want to play old games which their publishers no longer support. It is highlighting those who are more concerned with telling a story with the miniatures they build than with creating something that would be optimal in terms of a game’s rule system. A punk rock approach to the miniature wargaming hobby, if you will. Below are time stamps of the various interviews:

1:12 - Chatting with Yoel (sallet_hobby)

20:02 - Chatting with Tim (howlingmad_looping) and Brian (rojasnoirlac)

38:08 - Chatting with Sam (cupboard_of_shame)

51:44 - Chatting with Ben (rusty_ferrule_miniatures) and Sam (cupboard_of_shame)

1:03:44 - Chatting with Matthew (squared_paints)

We chat with Eli (Redwetskeleton) about his new hobby YouTube channel and his time at Adepticon 2025.

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We chat with our friend Chad about Games Workshop’s newest Eldar releases, including the new Phoenix Lords and Aspect Warriors!

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We chat with Eli about our Vastarian Inq28 and the incredible daemons he created for the climax of the event. All hail the Child Inverted.

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We chat with Dave Taylor, of Dave Taylor Miniatures, about his time with Games Workshop and how that led him starting his production studio. We also talk with him about his experience at the Vastarian Inq28 event in Houston Texas.

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We chat with Steve and Gage, from the Hive Scum podcast, about the Vastarian Inq28 event in Houston Texas.

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In the evening after the final day of the Vastarian Inq28 event in Houston Texas, we interviewed many of the participants!

Including:

Martin McCoy (martin.mccoy.art)

Shane Brockway (7he_blindman)

Brad Smith (brad506187)

Mike DeBolt (gundamofficialhobby)

Tim Gerber-Fleury (howlingmad_looping)

Grant Sawyer (underworldalliance)

Eli Parsons (redwetskeleton)

Jonny Lashley (witchhammerstudio)

Just days after our Vastarian Inq28 event in Houston, we are joined by Weirding Way and Modern Synthesist to reflect on the event.

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