Mentioned In Dispatches S16 E5 – TTRPGs & Wargames: Separated at Birth?

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27 February 2026 ~ Ardwulf joins the podcast for a discussion about when the bifurcation of wargames and TTRPGs happened, and how & why. Anecdotes aplenty and also assorted assholery abounds. Links to some of what we discussed Old parlour games / proto-RPGs Flintlock’s shifty thread on Bluesky The Dicing With Dragons book The Defense Language Institute in Monterey / The Customs House Plaza Talking about megagames back in 2020   Drop in on your podcast platform of choice (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.

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27 February 2026 ~ Ardwulf joins the podcast for a discussion about when the bifurcation of wargames and TTRPGs happened, and how & why. Anecdotes aplenty and also assorted assholery abounds. Links to some of what we discussed Old parlour games / proto-RPGs Flintlock’s shifty thread on Bluesky The Dicing With Dragons book The Defense Language Institute in Monterey / The Customs House Plaza Talking about megagames back in 2020 Drop in on your podcast platform of choice (iTunes | Spotify | Amazon | Castro | whatever we forgot to link) and throw our way to help other listeners find us Thank you for visiting the Regiment of Strategy Gaming and saddling up with The Armchair Dragoons. Rather than list a bunch of social media links, the easiest thing to do is to check out our LinkTree, which connects you to all of our various locales around the web, including our all-new merchandise shop. You can also support The Armchair Dragoons through our Patreon, and find us at a variety of conventions and other events. Feel free to talk back to us either in our discussion forum, or in the comments below.