I’m delighted to welcome Nick Skinner to the podcast, best known as the handsome half of the hugely successful TooFatLardies partnership with Rich Clarke, authors of such ubiquitous rulesets as Sharp Practice, Chain of Command, I Ain’t Been Shot Mum, Bag the Hun, Kiss Me Hardy, Dux Britanniarum and, most recently, What A Tanker.
We discuss Nick’s wargaming and other relevant background, how the association with Rich began, his role within TooFatLardies and how it differs from Rich’s, and which of the TFL projects have been his particular ‘babies’.
TooFatLardies as a company are very active online, and Nick is very active on Twitter in particular, so we also explore how important their online presence is to the business.
Apart from the business, Nick has recently been exploring other opportunities offered by online technology such as Discord to run games—I have a particular interest in your experience because of my current work on That Book, so I asked Nick what his thoughts are about what it can offer campaigns or Kriegsspiel in general.
Talking of other online opportunities, Nick and Rich kindly became patrons of mine here on Patreon, so naturally I took the opportunity to ask why, apart from my begging and grovelling, they were prompted to come aboard? Nick was also extremely forthcoming in offering his opinions about the Patreon model, both positive and negative, and what he feels I am able to bring to the hobby.
Overall, we had a very affable, freewheeling discussion about many of the things that we all enjoy in the hobby, and I hope that you enjoy spending the time with us.
Henry
The book mentioned by Nick during the show is Not Mentioned in Dispatches: The history and Mythology of the Battle of Goose Green by Spencer Fitz-Gibbon (https://amzn.to/2PAJ6FP on Amazon.co.uk)
TooFatLardies website: https://toofatlardies.co.uk
Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dozibugger
Rich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TooFatLardies
TooFatLardies on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Toofatlardies/
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