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War With A Mate

Andy and James

Join Andy and James as they play an unfinishable board game to completion, or die trying.

From the first 14 episodes figuring out how to play, followed by their near 100-episode practice run of 6 Turns, the guys are eyeing up the full 111-Turn game that will take them maybe the rest of their mortal lives. With weekly doses of game recap, listener mail, Andy's History Corner and tangent-friendly "Common Ground" segments, this playthrough is only achievable for the Subtle, Humble and Brave.

SPI's The Campaign For North Africa is a comically complicated board game that feels like a practical joke. Published in 1978, with no evidenced completions of the 111-Turn game, this is a behemoth board game like no other.

Learning the ropes - Ep 1 - 14

Practice Turn One - Ep 15 - 37

Practice Turns Two to Six - Ep 38 - Ep 87

Hiatus - Ep 88 - Ep 99

Full Campaign for North Africa = Ep 100 - Heat death of the universe

Email: info@WarWithAMate.co.uk

Website: WarWithAMate.co.uk

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S1 · E79
June 6 · 1 hr 36 min
Episode 79: Backing Track
The guys are back from the first WwaM Live Show at the UK Games Expo, and have returned to the eternal trenches of war. The final Op Stage of Turn Five is underway, with a very lopsided Air Phase due to inclement weather. The mailbag brings to mind Andy & James’ other boardgame exploits, the History Segment sees an escalating situation for the Ottoman Empire and Common Ground really challenges the way we go from Map A to Map B. Sorry about the noise!
S1 · E78
June 1 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 78: The 13th Month
Twins, crab and a lion, maybe? Speaking of written in the stars, the trucks are delivering resources because it’s a truck day! Little in terms of action from the guys today, but plenty in terms of mailbags addressing previous Common Ground, a History Segment that is bursting at the STEAMS and propositions of showing what the very best of us can look like - at our worst.
May 23 · 1 hr 32 min
Episode 77: The Lamps Are Going Out
The conflict is truly heating up as James suffers a heavy assault under Andy’s advance West; what’s new there? With only one Op Stage left of the penultimate Turn, the losses feel very real on both sides. Obliteration of the game forces is gently countered by a mailbag welfare check for the guys, a History Segment about a very well known Duke, and a frightfully dangerous Common Ground. Different strokes, and all that!
S1 · E76
May 16 · 1 hr 25 min
Episode 76: Lies I Tell My Parents
Hellfire has rained down upon the central column of the map, as the guys let loose their airforces, with the dice coming along with some real vigour today! A Mailbag that brings comparisons to war and Ghostbusters, a History Segment that concludes the Italo-Turkish War and a Common Ground that can only be resolved with a little bit of roleplay.
S1 · E75
May 9 · 1 hr 26 min
Episode 75: In Case Of Emergency
What is going on at the airfields? What is going on with charity? What is going on with fruit? The guys are abuzz with questions they aren’t entirely capable of answering, but James demands answers from Andy following a sly and familiar tactical move emerging on the front lines, as the movement and truck segments of Turn Five, Op Stage One is wrapped up and sets the stage for the fleshy underbelly of Op Stage Two.
S1 · E74
May 1 · 1 hr 38 min
Episode 74: A Tale Of Two Buenos
It was the best of times, it is the worse of times. The source and solution of the Buenos are tackled in this airborne episode of War With A Mate. With the guys resolving the first air phase of Turn Five, looking to the progenitor of bombing runs in the history segment, and taking criticism of “helpful” suggestions into the stratosphere in this week’s Common Ground. This is most certainly for you.
S1 · E73
April 25 · 1 hr 39 min
Episode 73: Reading Out Loud
Following their return from the War With A Mate company retreat, Andy and James embark on the beginning of Turn Five. There’s no holding back this Air Phase, and with their well supplied positions there’s no need to! The Ottoman Empire, Oceania and medical sciences all appear as guests on an episode to be remembered.
S1 · E72
April 18 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 72: The War Room, Part 2 - Rules Of Enragement
With two-thirds of the practice run completed, the guys attempt to make sense of the game they’re playing and the feelings their feeling, only to re-awaken the damming truth that they’re fighting an unstoppable foe. Not that the truth would ever hinder them, these people are foolhardy, as they find throughout the hour of recapping rules and regrets.
S1 · E71
April 10 · 1 hr 25 min
Episode 71: The Chill Guys Empire
What weighs more; a tonne of fission or a tonne of candour? The guys clash in the climax, and conclusion of Turn Four, with James finding his supply line in a shocking state and Andy making a tactical movement poised to sucker-punch James’ defences. A Sultan filled history segment, a celebratory mailbag and a cunning-fuelled Common Ground are all in store, grab it while you can!
S1 · E70
April 3 · 1 hr 40 min
Episode 70: That Tracks
What happens when an unstoppable force hits a very moveable object? James finds out the hard way, as his plan to delay Andy goes exactly as he thought it would. A WwaM first ever audio mailbag makes an appearance, the History Segment brings about a very on the nose moniker and Common Ground reveals the nature of somethings are immutable. The Fat Controller is very disappointed.

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