Tom reflects on six months since the Pletinckx medals - what has been learnt? Would Tom become a medal collector? Probably not. He's in it for the documents. From a Monty's Reviews, Tom talks about wargaming a more realistic Operation Sea Lion. The lead pile is coming down to a medium distance sprint, perhaps. Through this is a discussion about an upcoming series of moves. What about those Just Plain Chaos games?

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45. The Great Escape [September 26, 2020]

Tom has some freedom but freedom isn't free. The lead pile appears to have the fiction of manageability. The JPC game is about to split into multiple different groups but sadly without Barney Dicker going forwards. Tom still wants to find a magazine. Some people will never be happy.

44. Fork in the Road [September 19, 2020]

There are a number of updates that are long overdue.

Bonus. Many Updates [August 30, 2020]

Tom talks about the magazine that got him back into wargming interests. Incredibly costly little thing.

Bonus. UK White Dwarf 274 (October 2002) [July 26, 2020]

Tom explores the range of wood elves that arrived last Sunday and more on the online game.

Bonus. Pickled Elves [July 19, 2020]

Tom starts the recording following the first online session of Just Plain Chaos. He talks about some of the things learnt through the first game and that there was way more pluses than minuses. Through the week Tom also found a pen pal request letter in a long lost magazine and also how he has decided to conclude his miniature interests with some wood elves.

43. Post Game Positivity and Wood Elves [July 11, 2020]

Tom explores some correspondence from Barney Dicker on future rules purchases. He provides a brief lead-pile update and then he tackles the main topic of the recording, how he is preparing material and getting in the mood for the virtual Just Plain Chaos game, starting next week.

42. Neither the Means nor the Motives [July 5, 2020]

Tom is setting up an online game of Just Plain Chaos to test out the new normal.

Bonus. Kicking Off an Online Game [June 28, 2020]

Tom answers a question from longtime collaborator, Barney Dicker.

Bonus. the Chicken and Egg Problem [June 19, 2020]

As I was recording this CSB sent a long message in thanks for his lead parcels. More next recording on this. Otherwise a general update.

Bonus. Clean Storage Room [June 14, 2020]

Tom briefly talks about how he is trying to expunge any idead of hoarding from his hobby and his podcasting room.

Bonus. Completely Against Hoarding [May 31, 2020]

Tom provides a couple of long overdue updates and ponders what might come next.

41. Two Topics, One That Might Surprise You [May 23, 2020]

Tom talks with Derek Stutsman about the 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons game Tom ran in his office. They talk about various points in the game. Some of the scenarios that they explored through the game and some of Tom's motivations in presenting the game as he did. They depress slightly into Tom's metal addiction and conclude on the COVID-19 Pletinckx experience.

40. The Damn Donkey [May 7, 2020]

Tom explores a couple of ideas in the Napoleonic period while leaving Sharpe alone. He also talks about the lead pile and a new painter on the roster.

Bonus. Ideology Translated to Wargames [April 26, 2020]

With less that a day of research, Tom talks about an unusual historical figure whose autobiography (and a unique wedding anniversary gift) is triggering an interest in Napoleonics and the Franco-Prussian War. Two time periods that Tom had not considered seriously previously. A change of perspective can come about through a variety of different circumstances.

39. Lieutenant General Charles-Joseph Pierre Pletinckx (1797-1877) [April 12, 2020]

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