In which Josh Derksen revisits Tales From The Periphery to tell Mike all about Adepticon and Snowblind (the next Aces set), as well as some teasers for the 3rd and 4th sets, and a few other odds and sods.
Useful links:
And remember – it’s not too late to book for UKGE!
In which Mike and Nat Hardacre talk.
A lot.
Nat may have broken the record for the longest and most indecisive quickfire round ever. More importantly, here’s your chance to find out everything that is planned for UK Games expo in the BattleTech (and Shadowrun and Leviathans) world.
Useful links:
(note, these will not be the same next time, so don’t think you can wheedle yourself into an award that way 😄 )
Massive thanks to everyone who came along and made it an excellent time, to Leisure Games for prize support, Sam Qaisar and my wife for brownies, biscuits and sausage rolls, Dan Phillips for risking his wife’s wrath as the not-needed spare player, everyone who helped setup and tear down and the fabulous Lesley at the venue for feeding us.
I’d like to take a moment to thank Mike and the folks at Leisure Games of Finchley, who have very generously donated some gift vouchers as prizes for Saturday’s event.
They’ve always been great supporters of the community and BattleTech in general, and it’s a very kind gesture. Please do repay them by spending even more money with them, as they are usually very active in getting the latest stock.
In which Mike gets to interview Jon Reid, honorary member of Peterborough Wargames Club, and we think the Middle East’s only Catalyst Demo Agent! The chat covers a range of stuff including how to draw new players in, as well as a look at the new Core rules for BattleTech.
Useful links:
The player pack for the Peterborough Crown Tourney has been updated. See here.
Changes:
The Peterborough Crown Tourney is a listbuilder “Classic” BattleTech tournament using the BattleMech manual rules, at the George Alcock Centre in Stanground, Peterborough on Saturday, May 2nd 2026. The event is being jointly run by this podcast and Peterborough Wargames Club. Provisionally, you will play three games over the course of the day, and your force will be 8000BV, any faction, Civil War era. The player pack is based on the excellent one for Southern Assault 2025, and can be downloaded here.
Hopefully, the Peterborough Crown Tourney will be the first of a series around the country – we’re trying to fine tune a set of listbuilder rules for BT for those who prefer that style of tournament. If you or your club are willing to put on a similar event, we’ll be more than happy to help, advise and/or listen to your input – just drop FleetfootMike a DM on the UK Discord.
In which Mike aten’t ded (to quote Nanny Ogg). Also, he gets to have a long (and rather delayed) chat with Aces designer Josh Derksen.
The obligatory useful links:
And finally, there’s a small prize for the first person to comment and tell me what I messed up when I put all the audio for Episode 15 together…
The Peterborough Crown Tourney is a listbuilder “Classic” BattleTech tournament using the BattleMech manual rules, at the George Alcock Centre in Stanground, Peterborough on Saturday, May 2nd 2026. The event is being jointly run by this podcast and Peterborough Wargames Club. Provisionally, you will play three games over the course of the day, and your force will be 8000BV, any faction, Civil War era. The rules pack will be based on the excellent one for Southern Assault 2025, and will contain certain restrictions on choice. It will be up before (hopefully well before) the end of March.
The deadline for list submissions (and entries) will be Tuesday April 28th, to allow the organisers time to check and approve lists.
The event is in the TFTP diary here, and the direct link to sign up is here. Admission is £15. (Sadly, our venue put their prices up, so we have had to follow suit. There is, however, free tea and coffee, a staffed and well-stocked bar with soft drinks and beer (low-alcohol as well) and very reasonably priced breakfast and lunch.)
For those considering staying over the night before, the nearest decent hotels are the Premier Inn Hampton, which is currently about £63 for a single for the Friday night, or the Premier Inn City Centre (about £65). The latter is on the number 5 bus route to the George Alcock.
Hopefully, the Peterborough Crown Tourney will be the first of a series around the country – we’re trying to fine tune a set of listbuilder rules for BT for those who prefer that style of tournament. If you or your club are willing to put on a similar event, we’ll be more than happy to help, advise and/or listen to your input – just drop FleetfootMike a DM on the UK Discord.
It’s been a while, for which I apologise. I got hit with the cold from … hrm.. what’s a good BattleTech metaphor? The jungles of Old Kentucky? Either way, I picked up a cold from the trip down to one of my contracts’ Christmas bash just before Christmas, which settled in with a vengeance till late January. I managed to record a podcast between Christmas and the New Year, in a brief lull between sneezing my head off and keeping myself awake all night coughing up my lungs.
Not a fun start to the year, and, being a contractor, I don’t get paid for being sick, so the time since has been spent catching up on paid work so I can afford the Corporation Tax bill 😀
Still – I’m back. The podcast is still in the editing stage, but I’m actually about caught up with the stuff that pays the bills, so expect that this week. As a warmup for that, I’ve just updated the events calendar. If there’s any entries for that or the directory that I’ve missed, please let me know and I’ll make sure it’s up and you get a mention in the upcoming episode.
Happy New Year, belatedly!
Mike
P.S. expect dates for Periphery Assault 2026 and another tournament from Tales from the Periphery real soon now!