Hey Nerds.

On this episode of Shop Talk, I sit down with Travis and Seth, two of the most accomplished Warmachine event organizers in North America. Travis is from the Mid West and Seth from the East coast so it felt like we had representation from across the continent which felt super cool.

We chat about running great Warmachine Steamroller events. We swap stories and advice and give some good tips to potential new organizers. We also go over the Steamroller 2025 packet as a year in review and discuss some of our thoughts about the scenarios from a judge perspective.

I am extremely pleased with this discussion. These are two wonderful people that I have chatted with and asked many questions of in the past and it was so great to finally gather them both and chat about something we are all passionate about.

This is the 10th offering from me in 2025. I got this one in under the wire. I am extremely proud of what we have made this year.

Best wishes for 2026 folks.

Hey Nerds.

On this episode of Shop Talk I sit down with Luke who was the Captain of team Canada Frederick Banting at the World Team Championships 2025 in Ronneby Sweden.

We've followed Luke's progress as a developing player over the years and I'm very pleased to have had the opportunity to recount his team's WTC experience this year.

We chat about the team selection, travel out to Europe and go through Team Frederick Banting's progression through the event. At the end we share some thoughts about specific practices and some take aways from a team that improved greatly in its second year.

Congratulations to all of our players on a successful year. Here is to 2026 in Poland.

Thanks again for listening folks.

Hey Nerds.

On this episode of Shop Talk I sit down with Warmachine YouTuber Ice King who has been a fellow dusk player and hobby enthusiast that I've shared some conversations with as of late.

We chat about a wide variety of things mainly focused around balancing hobby time, competitive practice and the burn out cycle that can come with deep investment in a hobby. We cover painting philosophy, army painting vs model painting and share some perspectives.

I'm very happy to have got one of our chats recorded.

Check out Taylor's work on YouTube. https://youtube.com/@theice_king?si=_xsaB41BHwBxbcSJ