{"podcast":{"title":"Joshing Around in Eä","slug":"joshing-around-in-e-7052336","podcast_index_feed_id":7052336,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6062451/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/joshing-around-in-eae","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cdbbc4803c8b551d63f1e1e8a42a9214.jpg","author":"Josh, Josh and not Josh","episode_count":40,"summary":"Just three guys, hanging out, having some beers in London and chatting about Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings, amongst other stuff... Join us for regular episodes in which we recount stories from the tabletop, discuss tournament tactics, get distracted by misunderstood rules, admire one another's painting habits and marvel at the lore Para Bellum sends in our direction. If you're looking for poorly thought-through list building strategies and uninformed opinions on scenarios for one of the best miniature wargames on the planet, look no further.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joshing-around-in-e-7052336"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 29 - Are the rules of Conquest dumb?","slug":"ep-29-are-the-rules-of-conquest-dumb","published_at":"2026-01-28T09:55:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joshing-around-in-e-7052336/ep-29-are-the-rules-of-conquest-dumb","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joshing-around-in-e-7052336","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-29-are-the-rules-of-conquest-dumb--69642312","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69642312/ca74d98a_47cf_c7b8_4202_4d4b0d6ee42f.mp3","summary":"Welcome to Joshing Around in Eä! We're just three mates drinking some of the cheapest shandy in London and chatting about Conquest...This episode, we talk about faction balance (and get the chance to get passively aggressively bash the Old Dominion in the process), give a nod to our dangerous and expensive addiction, and point out ludicrous rules.If you want to know how to cheat at Conquest by accident, this is the place. If you want to complain about 2-dimensional terrain, send in a postcard. Immersion and the tension between rules, lore, bits of plastic, pragmatism and shooting your own soldiers are all on the agenda today.As always, thank you ever so much for being a fantastic listener to our podcast. We are doing our best to get a more reliable recording schedule in place! If you have any questions you'd like us to wrestle with, or if you have a drink to contribute that we can audibly enjoy, please do get in touch at joshingaroundinea@gmail.com. Also, please consider purchasing our book, The Tabletop Miniature Wargamer's Handbook: An ideal companion for the modern wargamer. Find the ⁠⁠Amazon link⁠⁠ below:⁠⁠ https://amzn.eu/d/5dOUmlZ⁠⁠","meta_description":"Welcome to Joshing Around in Eä! We're just three mates drinking some of the cheapest shandy in London and chatting about Conquest...This episode, we talk…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2923,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/joshing-around-in-e-7052336/episodes/ep-29-are-the-rules-of-conquest-dumb/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joshing-around-in-e-7052336/ep-29-are-the-rules-of-conquest-dumb.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}