We’re Not Wizards Tabletop Podcast

Richard goes to UKGE for the first time and spends it spreading joy while demoing. Luke searches for the game of the show and ends up DNUP. They both had a really good time. Make sure to check out Bryan's app in the links below if you like your Lego Train sets.  8:00 Cold open  13:00 World Cup 23:00 UKGE 27:00 Garner Hotel Birmingham South East  34:00 More UKGE 46:00 Press Event Who? 49:00 Would H...

Seppers is back to talk about End of The line after we chat about words meaning other things, King Charles, Mother Theresa, and then chat a little bit about Dungeon Crawler Carl, Energy Empires and Threaded. And we're laughing a lot. So maybe kick back and enjoy three friends mucking about and forgetting this is about board games.    Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then please vi...

Joining us today is former guest Mark Swanson, returning like a migrating Gueest to come honk to us all about his game all about Maverick's wingman from Top Gun. Or words to that effect.  Its all about that Goose, no filler.  So please check out the campaign below, and give it a look see and check out everything else Mark will have you playing from his Odd Bird website..  you lovely bunch of Flock...

Richard is back from beyond the wall visiting the Harrowed Gate and its Gathering of Card boards and pieces.  Lots to chat about, from teaching rules very badly, to fire alarms and daring escapes plus games, lots of games.  1:00 Gluten and Milk  5:15 Lion witch and the wardrobe 6.45 Airecon - The Cairn Hotel 20:45 RKHARD 24:00 Press Event  26:15 Star Wars Unlimited  30:00 Fart in the Clocktower  3...

Mark Cooke is back to chat about Airecon 2026. Which is a big task to organise.  Almost as big as how much we had to edit out of the episode.  Links of Note https://www.airecon.co.uk/   Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below.  Please give us a rating or review on your podcast catcher of choice.  Also, please let someone else know about...

So the First Episode of Season 11 and our tenth year of recording and we're off to a cracking start to get the show taken off the air for good. We chat a lot of nonsense as per usual and then get into discussing games, the Leder split, and asking to review older games. Enjoy. 30:00 Arydia  48:00 Manipulate 01:05:00 Reviewing Older Games 01:11:00 Galactic Cruise BGA  01:16:30 Vampire Masquerade : V...

It's here. Our essential Game of the Year edition.  The list of games that made us glad that we're part of the hobby.  Not all of these games were released in 2025, but you can guarantee that in some way, shape or form, they made our year a good one.  So sit back, relax and enjoy.  08:30 Mushroom sort, Rivet Wars, Deep Rock Galactic, Fate of the Fellowship  18:45  Middle Ages, Star Wars Unlimited,...

Seppy is back from Fight In A Box to chat about his recent adventures so this leads us to Tangent, Chat, Laugh and talk about Games and AI and why Stranger Things is the new Grease.  01:00 Kaiser Cucumber 10:15 Being No.1 in Podcasts 13:00 Mainstreaming you game for sales 23:00 Simon Sinek  30:00 Ay Eye.. 41:00 Keeping the Creative Spark going. 47:00 Barkane 49:00 Naughty or Knights 51:00 Entertai...

Joined by EmGameScoring to chat all about being involved in the latest hotness of this new Instagram media stuff, which I'm not convinced will take off. However they are doing very well in the space and so I thought it was definitely worth a chat about the new BG media landscape, and why you simply can't have all the Nazgul in one space. Please give them a follow in all their relevant links, they'...

A short sharp shock of games and fun for your consideration and enjoyment. We chat about some game, oh yes we do. BEEES INNNN SPAAAAAAACE 0:00 Guards of Traitors Toll  https://greyfornow.com/collections/guards-of-traitors-toll 04:10  zero 200 hours https://greyfornow.com/collections/02-hundred-hours 09:20 Carnivales 10:00 Golden Demon Winner https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/n4tad...

Joined by the newest Gama Board Member and all round good man, Ross Thompson as we chat with him about his involvement in the SCA, some chat about crowdfunding, paints, a little Star Wars. Let's face it, we're in a restaurant catching up and eating burritos, and you just happen to be listening in. Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below...

Luke and Richard chat about painting with pens, eventually, after they can hear each other. Also games they've played, disappointment, The Old King's Crown, Middle Ages, and everything below. Intro  0:00 Brandon Haines & Editing 11:00 Painting Minis with Pens 14:00  Carnivale - TT Combat 34:00 Tabletop Scotland 38:50 Bomb Busters 41:30 Night mare productions 47:00 Quacks of Quedlinburg and Art...

Joined by David 'Mostly' Wright and Gemma 'The Terror' Harper, we chat about what to expect when you come to Tabletop Scotland this year. www.tabletopscotland.co.uk Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below.  Please give us a rating or review on your podcast catcher of choice.  Also, please let someone else know about our show, as recomme...

So this month is a bit about some films and a lot of chat about some games we've been playing including a terrible explanation of how Emberleaf from Frank West plays. 00:45 Cold Intro 05:00 Roald Dahl 09:30  Odyssey  24:00 Scarface 1920 Redzen Games 38:00 Trial Learning Games  40:00 Walking Dead  41:00 Bomb Busters  45:00 George pwning the noobs 48:00 Forrest Shuffle  52:00 Power Grid 57:20  Ember...

Luke is back from UKGE and regales his tails of mice and cheese. We chat about Bot Wars, Fin Span, Ofrenda. Plus some other usual nonsense. 07:00 UKGE  13:00 Greedy Scalpers 20:15  Cheese Thief https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294175/cheese-thief   31:00 Fate of the Fellowship https://www.zmangames.com/game/the-lord-of-the-rings-fate-of-the-fellowship/ 37:00 Rumbleslam https://ttcombat.com/prod...

Daniel Carter-Hope and Paul Williams join Richard to chat about making films, filming films, why the film industry has changed and why you should be spending time playing Haunted Heist. A spooky RPG about committing crime from beyond the veil. LINKS of NOTE https://www.redmug.games/ Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below.  Please give...

A rather bursting episode where in times of spring an old man's attention turns to cutting the grass, thinking about worms, playing Worms and enjoying Worms. Plus the inevitable trying to learn games to play games to garner thoughts about games.01:00 Front Garden Sitters 04:00 Intro 06:00 Community Lawnmower 13:30 Chas and Dave Snooker Loopy https://youtu.be/h0UVXBkqA4 15:30 Jimmy White's Worldwin...

Joined by the delight that is Andy Lewis from Pickled Pepper Columbus aka Pokeybumwnk Collender aka Pneumatic Celeriac aka Polyhedron Collider We chat Airecon and Galactic Cruise and Accents and Games and Reviews and stuff. Things. I don't know. 01:30 Intro and accents 05:00 The Kingdom of Fife 09:15 Steam Trains https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/ 12:15 Sir Meeple Stickers https://sirmeeple.com/col...

Richard and Luke regale their tales of Airecon, including cropdusting, meeting good friends and playing games for hours.. 02:30 Chef Dogs 06.45 Living in a world of Gluten 20:00 The Cairn Hotel https://strathmorehotels-thecairn.com/ 26:00 Galactic Cruise https://www.drandagames.co.uk/product-page/galactic-cruise Dranda Games 28:00 SETI https://www.czechgames.com/games/seti-search-for-extraterrestr...

Richard and Luke get together one last time before the trip to Airecon, discussing what they hope to be playing in Harrogate next week. The chat a bit about Star Trek Ascendency, Asterix, Poo Bags, and Space Gate Odyssey and Wyrmspan. And we swear a bit. 10:00 Dog Poo Warmth 13:00 Birthdays and Asterix 30:00 Altered and TCGs 32:00 Pokemon GO revisited 37:00 What we're bringing to Airecon 49:00 SET...

Ross Thompson is back and here to chat about all things marketing and keeping it fresh, up to date and relevant. Its always a delight to have him guest on the show and I hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did chatting https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-thompson-52a0b844 https://www.instagram.com/almostkirk/?hl=en https://bsky.app/profile/itsrossthompson.bsky.social https://www.facebook.com/gro...

Two oldish men spot a cloud in the BlueSky. One of them starts shouting at it and the other, well, they join in. Joined By Ben 'Bluey' Maddox to chat about I dunno, things. Stuff. Writing a book. Social media, again. How games coverage has changed. Probably just trying to get into a fight really. Links of Note https://open.spotify.com/show/5oTgNtjJrsnElvyXwsf63N https://www.youtube.com/c/FiveGames...

Seppy is back again to talk about their latest Kickstarter, which is like herding cats to the vets, but on the way we talk about a few other things including accents and the perils of keeping farm animals indoors. Make sure you check out the campaign WHICH IS LIVE TODAY. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fightinabox/kaiser-cucumbers-3-night-heist-card-game-and-rpg Here's the video (it's got an...

https://www.airecon.co.uk/ Delighted to be joined by Mark Cooke to chat about everything Harrogate and having the best kind of cardboard time. If you want to find out everything Airecon related then please visit the links in the show notes. Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below.  Please give us a rating or review on your podcast catch...

So here it is, our Game of the Year special to open SEASON TEN, where we talk about games that have wowed us this year. We have some honourable mentions, games we're looking forward to playing, and a special award to a company that has delivered on its quality of game this year. Notes will be updated later in the month with the game titles, but for now, here's the show notes. 01:00 Being fifty, Es...