Mooncast - A Moonstone Podcast

Mooncast episode 65: Why we are still playing Moonstone.

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 18:55:49 +0000

Welcome to episode 65. Something a bit different for you. Jack and I sit down and discuss why we continue to play this great game, talk about other games and why some have not lasted for us. Please note that when we discuss other games it is purely our opinion.

Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 64: Talking pirates vs pirates and many tangents.

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:47:27 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Mooncast. Jack and I talk about some new pirates. I recommend watching Moonstone 61 and 62 on Ye Olde Battle Reps as we refer to both battle reports throughout the episode. Gets a bit rambling towards the end so apologies. Hope you enjoy

Mooncast Episode 63: Early bird vs Initiative

Wed, 21 May 2025 17:56:29 +0000

Hello and welcome to another Mooncast. In this one Jack and I discuss taking deployment or the initiative: advantages and disadvantages of both, some ideas of troupes which have a preference and things to remember. We do go off on quite a few tangents and it's a bit of a rambling one I'm afraid.

Hope you enjoy anyway.

Mooncast Episode 62: Dark Deeds

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:01:11 +0000

Neaw Faeries!!!! Joe and I discuss the latest faerie box containing Banshee, Dentia and Iris & Hellebore. I recommend watching Moonstone 059 on Ye Olde Battle Reps first as I make reference to this game throughout. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast Episode 61: Upgrade cards part 2

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 07:31:58 +0000

Hello again and welcome to another episode of Mooncast. A nice short one for you where Jack and I talk through the rest of the upgrade card range. At the point of recording shades don't have their own upgrade cards yet so we cover the dominion, Leshavult and faction crossovers.

Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 60: Shades (spirits)

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:24:01 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Mooncast. Joe is back to continue our Shades episodes. This time we talk about spirits. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast Episode 59: Shades (Risen)

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 22:10:50 +0000

Welcome to another Mooncast episode. Joe is back on with me to begin a series of episodes discussing shades. In this one we start by looking mainly at the Risen side of the faction. We do reference other models and have a few tangents (obviously) but overall we do stick to risen. There will be episodes on spirits, psycopomps and other areas too. I also recommend listening to episode 50 for more on Jobie.

Hope you enjoy

Mooncast Episode 58: Salute 2024

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 19:42:18 +0000

Nice short podcast for this episode. We talk a bit through our day at Salute. I was hoping to do more recording but we were so busy demoing and selling we didn't get much of a chance. Hope you enjoy what we did get recorded anyway.

Mooncast Episode 57: Upgrade cards part 1

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 07:50:02 +0000

Welcome to another Mooncast episode. This time Jack and I discuss the commonwealth and commonwealth mixed upgrade cards. We talk about who to use them on and fun ways to play. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast Episode 56: Faebruary

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 23:42:39 +0000

The Faeries are back for another episode! We talk about a tournament style game where I use a different kind of faerie troupe to my usual and then talk more generally about these amazing models. Hope you enjoy

Mooncast Episode 55: Fun and funny Dominion troupes

Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:17:28 +0000

Welcome to another Mooncast Episode. In this one Joe and I talk about some fun and funny Dominion troupes which can lead to some hilarity and ridiculous outcomes. I'm afraid this episode has to be kept short as we had to squeeze the recording into a short time available. There will be more to come. Hope you enjoy anyway

Mooncast episode 54: Giants vs Trolls

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:40:00 +0000

Welcome back. Bit of a ramble on this one as Jack and I talk about a game of giants vs trolls. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast Episode 53:Introducing Shades

Sat, 21 Oct 2023 23:12:33 +0000

Welcome to the latest episode. Jack and I discuss a recent playtest game (See Ye Olde Battle Reps, Moonstone 051) and introduce the Shades of Moonreach faction. We couldn't go into too much detail. But I can confidently say they are awesome! Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast Episode 52: Wyrdwood and Gump

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 21:44:14 +0000

Welcome to episode 52 of Mooncast. In this episode Jack and Joe both join me to talk about the newest releases: Wyrdwood troupe box and Gump. This was another really fun episode to record and a really interesting new release for Leshavult. Apologies for the interruption from my daughter about half way through. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast Episode 51: Different ways to play Moonstone with Paul Murphy

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 08:08:12 +0000

Welcome to bother episode. In this one I have a new guest on, Paul, and we're talking about different ways to play Moonstone. We talk tournaments, tabletop simulator, and many other things, plus the usual few tangents. Hope you enjoy.

Ps. Here's a link to the website mentioned by Paul in the episode.

https://moonstonereps.wordpress.com/

Mooncast Episode 50: Talking Death and taxes with Joe

Wed, 10 May 2023 21:23:11 +0000

Welcome to episode 50. Feels like a milestone to reach 50 episodes. Thank you to all of you for listening. Hope you enjoy this episode with Joe about some fun new goblins.

Mooncast Episode 49: A Tale of Twins Chapter 2: A Different Story

Tue, 02 May 2023 09:43:20 +0000

Welcome to the next chapter of my Moonstone story. If you haven't already then make sure you listen to the introduction episode and chapter 1. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast Episode 48: New errata 31/3/23

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:54:43 +0000

Joe is back on the phone and this time Jack joins me too for a look at the latest errata to the character cards. There are some interesting changes, many useful changes and a few sneaky hints as to what to look forward to. Hope you enjoy

Mooncast Episode 47: A Tale of Twins. Chapter 1 The Beginning and the end

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 10:26:18 +0000

Chapter 1 of my new story set in Machburg, 200 years or so before the current narrative. Hope you enjoy

Thanks to Jack for the voicing of 'man'.

Mooncast Episode 46: Introduction to a tale

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 10:23:34 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Mooncast. This one is a bit different. I'm giving you a short introduction to the next few episodes which will all be and audio story I have written. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 45: The Masquerade

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 13:35:42 +0000

Joe joins me again for another episode. This time we talk about The Masquerade troupe box. We discuss each character, strengths and weaknesses and synergies. Plus many tangents as normal. Hope you enjoy

Mooncast episode 44: Norse Gnomes with Joe

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:54:11 +0000

Joe and I talk about the new Norse gnome box and how to use them. We discuss various troupe options, synergies and possible counter troupes. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 43: Administration of Justice and Hogwash

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 23:24:38 +0000

Hello Moonstoners. In this episode me and Jack chat about the administration of justice box and Sir Hogwash. We discuss troupe choices, strengths, weaknesses and possible opponent options. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 42: Talking Out of the Breach and Fate of Eric with Julian Litta

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:59:22 +0000

Julian from Out of the Breach joins me from Berlin to talk about his channel, Moonstone in general and The Fate of Eric community campaign. This was a lovely chat with a great player. There is a big pause at the beginning of the video. This is because I wasn't sure whether Skype was recording or not, and I couldn't seem to clip it either. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 41: Gnomish Airship Vs Goblin Airship

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:12:31 +0000

In this episode Jack and I have a chat about the two airships, both Gnomish and Goblin. We talk tactics and go off an several tangents as normal. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 40: Pirates

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:16:46 +0000

Jack and I huddle around the microphone for the 40th episode talking about pirates. We go through each card, talk about pirate troupes, other uses and the scenarios. Only a couple of tangents too! Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 39: Stone Circle battle report review

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:04:12 +0000

In this episode me and Jack do a review of the Stone circle scenario battle report on Ye Olde Battle Reps. It's moonstone report number 37. I strongly recommend you watch the report before listening to the podcast as it will make much more sense. We also delve into a few other areas. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 38: Vespa, Foxglove, Belladonna and Gwendoline

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:56:01 +0000

Hello again fellow Moonstoners. Apologies for the big gap between podcasts, it's just been a very busy time in my life over the last few months. In this episode Joe is back on and we're talking new faeries. You'll be pleased to learn there are less tangents than a normal Joe episode. We recorded this episode over two evenings because we were having serious connection issues during the first section. So apologies that the first 15 minutes aren't great quality but stick with it as it does improve after that. Hope you all enjoy.

Mooncast episode 37: Malachite Mystics with Joe Parsons (± many tangents)

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 14:28:20 +0000

Joe joins me for a other episode to discuss one of the newest releases, the Malachite Mystics. It was great to record with Joe again but beware we go on many many tangents. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 36: The Arising narrative with Suzie

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:25:09 +0000

Want to know more about what you'll find in the Arising book? I chat with Suzie the main narrative lead. This was such a great podcast to record. I hope you all enjoy it.

Mooncast episode 35: The Arising Kickstarter

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:07:45 +0000

In this episode I'm joined by Tom Greenway again and we talk about the upcoming Kickstarter, The Arising. It was great to have Tom back on. We discuss the overall Kickstarter, new characters, scenarios and the campaign. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 34: Trolls

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 21:45:53 +0000

Jack is back on the line to talk about the three trolls currently available, Boulder, Bristlenose and Ribald. We talk about their strengths, weaknesses and synergies. Plus fun things to remember. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 33: Surprise for a friend

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:23:26 +0000

No blurb for this one. You'll just have to listen. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 32: How to beat Boris

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 22:03:44 +0000

Joe joins me for another episode. In this one we take a more focused topic of how to beat Boris the bunny summoner. It was a fun discussion with lots of the usual tangents. Apologies in advance because during the first half or recording one of my children woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep so we had to finish it a week later. Hope you enjoy anyway

Mooncast episode 31: Giants

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:22:42 +0000

Hello fellow Mooners and stoners. Apologies for the break in podcasts, there are reasons. Just me on this one talking about giants, how to use them and how to beat them. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 30: A Faerie story

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 14:43:51 +0000

Another narrative episode for you. Three faerie stories. Hope you enjoy. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Yeoldebattlereps Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ye-Olde-Battle-Reps-388452338336244/ Sponsored by Goblin King Games https://moonstonethegame.com/about/ Sponsored by The Games Table, 14-16 Lower Goat Lane, Norwich, NR2 1EL. https://m.facebook.com/TheGamesTableNorwich/?tsid=0.5195927646446405&source=result Intro and Outro music by Derek & Brandon Fiechter - used with permission https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjMZjGhrFq_4llVS_x2XJ_w

Mooncast episode 29: Dicing with Life battle report review

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:24:41 +0000

In this episode I get Lauren and Kriss from Dicing with Life back on Skype. This time we talk specifically about their latest battle report (the 3rd Moonstone report on the Dicing with Life channel) a 3 headed giant game of faeries vs humans and gnomes. I recommend watching the report first. He battle is great fun to watch and this was a fun recording again. The recording was over Skype again so I'm afraid the quality isn't fantastic at times but I hope you enjoying listening none the less.

Mooncast episode 28: Dicing with Life

Sun, 12 Jul 2020 15:53:56 +0000

In this episode I have a great chat with Kriss and Lauren from Dicing with Life. I'm afraid the line isn't always great and after about 25 minutes we lost connection. So there is a small break. Hope you enjoy it anyway.

Mooncast episode 27: Talking Rags to Riches

Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:49:55 +0000

Here's another troupe box focus. last of the current range of commonwealth humans, the Rags to Riches box. I didn't feel like doing another by myself, so jack downloaded skype and joined me for this one. It was much nicer doing a recording with someone else. We try and focus on the troupe box in question but obviously go on a lot of tangents. Hope you enjoy. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Yeoldebattlereps Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ye-Olde-Battle-Reps-388452338336244/ Sponsored by Goblin King Games https://moonstonethegame.com/about/ Sponsored by The Games Table, 86 Magdalen Street, Norwich. https://m.facebook.com/TheGamesTableNorwich/?tsid=0.5195927646446405&source=result Intro and Outro music by Derek & Brandon Fiechter - used with permission https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjMZjGhrFq_4llVS_x2XJ_w

Mooncast episode 26: Bonus lockdown narrative: three interesting things

Thu, 28 May 2020 19:04:49 +0000

In this bonus lore I found an unusual instruction manual, an odd poem and a very weird story. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 25: Lockdown 2, talking Tumbledown Street

Wed, 13 May 2020 14:53:35 +0000

Time for my second troupe box focus during coronavirus lockdown. This time I'm talking about the second human box containing Fritz, Quack and Agatha. I talk about tactics, combos and counters. Hope you enjoy. PS. apologies for the interruption towards the end.

Mooncast episode 24: Bonus lockdown short story. The Curse of the Receding Hairline

Thu, 07 May 2020 11:01:14 +0000

How did he become what he is today?

Mooncast episode 23: Lockdown 1, talking the Barony

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:15:17 +0000

I've decided to do some short solo recordings during the coronavirus lockdown focusing on individual troupe boxes. In this first one I'm going to tall about The Barony box with Baron Von Fancyhat, Eric and Flintlock. I'll tall through tactics and combos with other characters in the range. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 22: Leshavult with Joe Parsons

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:38:42 +0000

It's been a while since my last recording do hopefully this epic chat with Joe will make up for it. On the topic of Leshavult wr discuss models, background, tactics, combos and troupes. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 21: Favourites and a big ramble

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:51:58 +0000

In this episode me and Jack discuss our favourite, models, abilities, weapons etc. in Moonstone. We also share some community favourites. WARNING: we only discuss this topic for about the first 25 minutes then we basically ramble on about how amazing Moonstone is. Still worth it I reckon. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 20: Fauns

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:07:23 +0000

Me and Jack huddle round the microphone in an effort to get a decent quality recording whilst discussing the fauns. We talk through each card, how they play and some of the synergies available to them. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 19: Gnomes and competitive play

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:12:17 +0000

I'm this episode I get Tom on the phone again. This time we talk gnomes and how they are fairing in competitive play. Apologies for some of the poor sound quality, skype doesn't make for a great recording unfortunately. Hope you can still listen and enjoy.

Mooncast episode 18: Playing Goblins, with Joe Parsons

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:48:08 +0000

This was one of my favourite episodes to record. I managed to finally get Joe on the phone to discuss his favourite faction, the sneaky goblins. If you want to get good with Goblins then Joe is the guy to listen to. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 17: Playing a campaign

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:10:30 +0000

In this episode I've got Jack and Ryan talking about our first campaign game. You can find the game on Ye Olde Battle Reps. We discuss playing a campaign game, first impressions and talk through the event and agenda cards which are unique to the campaign. This was a spur of the moment recording so apologies for the slight lack of organisation! Also apologies for the background noise. Big thanks to Ryan who edited the recording to even up the sound levels and added some faint backing music.

Mooncast episode 16: Book 1 errata

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:25:17 +0000

In this episode Jack and I discuss the errata to some of the original book 1 characters. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 15: Terrain

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 14:08:10 +0000

Just me on this episode. I'm talking about terrain in the game this time. Including what terrain you can place on the board, what it does and a quick bit about some of the characters who can interact with terrain. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 14: Discussing power troupes.

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:06:38 +0000

In this episode Jack and I discuss some specific character combinations which can prove powerful. They include the Goblin list which won the Moonstone Grand Tournament and the Faerie list which won the Ye Olde Battle Reps summer tournament. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 13: Discussing Blood Magic and Outlanders with Tom

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:04:19 +0000

Tom and I met in a pub (in the car park to be precise) to discuss the two new troupe boxes that are being released. These are Blood Magic for Faeries and The Outlanders for gnomes. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 12: Melee

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:21:56 +0000

Me and Jack gather round the microphone again for this episode. We discuss melee and look through the different signature moves of the current range. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 11: A bit of a ramble

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 20:48:38 +0000

Just me talking to you in this one. It's a bit of an update about where things are at the moment both with Moonstone in general and what Jack and I are up to. Hope you enjoy

Mooncast episode 10: Bluffing and arcane

Fri, 31 May 2019 10:10:37 +0000

In this episode Jack and I have a good discussion about the arcane mechanic of the game. we start by talking about bluffing, when to bluff, when never to bluff etc and then just talk generally about the arcane. Hope you enjoy

Mooncast episode 9: Goblins vs Humans battle report review with Tom Greenway

Tue, 14 May 2019 23:00:03 +0000

In this episode Tom and I talk about a playtest battle we've just had. I used a mixed human and giant list using lots of new characters and Kaufman for the first time. Tom used goblins including many new characters too plus the classic Shabaroon / Fireaspitter combo. oh and a troll with a cannon. I advise watching the battle report on Ye Olde Battle Reps before listening to the podcast. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 8: Russell Hunt chat

Thu, 02 May 2019 21:30:03 +0000

In this episode I have a great guest come on an chat about playing Moonstone. It was great fun just talking about our experience of the game in an informal manner. Russell helps to organise Gotham to Somaria 3 times a year and will be available to play moonstone there. I hope you enjoy listening.

Mooncast episode 7: Leshavult continued

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:32:48 +0000

Just me talking to you this time about the last few Leshavult characters which Tok and I didn't get round to discussing last time. Hope you enjoy listening.

Mooncast episode 6: Introducing Leshavult

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:15:14 +0000

In this episode I get Tom back on the phone to discuss the brand new faction the Leshuvult. This is an exciting new faction coming to kickstarter on the 27th March 2019. It was great fun discussing tactics again and generally having a bit of a laugh.

Mooncast episode 5: Playing gnomes

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:30:47 +0000

I'm joined by Jack again on this episode. We talk about our experience of playing gnomes. Including some of our mistakes and successes. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 4: The Narrative

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 06:19:30 +0000

In this episode Richi and I discuss the narrative of the Moonstone world, favourite characters and we talk Leshuvult. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 3: Playing Faeries

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 14:15:02 +0000

In this episode I've got Tom on the phone to talk about playing Faeries. it was a great episode to record and really fun to discuss tactics. We do go off topic fairly often and ramble a bit but I hope you enjoy it. Apologies for any bits that are a bit crackly or cut out occasionally, we both have terrible internet connections

Mooncast episode 2: Factions

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:21:29 +0000

In this podcast Jack and I casually discuss the four current factions. we forget to get the cards out and were feeling lazy so apologies if we missed something. Hope you enjoy.

Mooncast episode 1: Introduction

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:04:15 +0000

The first episode of Mooncast for you. This one is to introduce myself and what will be on the podcast in future. As well as my general feelings and musing about Moonstone. Hope you enjoy.