We’re Not Wizards Tabletop Podcast

How you do write show notes for one of the most prolific writers in the board game industry? What do you do if you miss?  What we have here is a delightfully interesting discussion with Matt Thrower who has graced the pages of Shut Up and Sit Down, wrote the Haynes Manual on Board Gaming, and had a part to play in Owen Duffy's THE BOARDGAME BOOK.  So we chat about his story, his attitude to review...

Richard is joined by Matthew Dunstan, prolific Board Game Designer and man of Science. We chat about Chocolate Factory, his approach to designing games and what he has planned for the future. And it's all very very interesting. Please check out Matthew's work in the links below.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/69007/matthew-dunstan https://twitter.com/wisegoldfish http...

John Harper is a lovely, wonderful, kind, warm and generous. He definitely isn't typing these show notes, however he did donate generously to our Kickstarter Campaign. So me and John are joined by Simon Harper and Duncan Cowan to talk about what we can expect from Tabletop Scotland 2019. We recorded this in Duncan's house, so the audio quality isn't as crisp as normally expected but the laughter a...

PLEASE GIVE THIS ONE A LISTEN OR YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON A CRACKER OF A SHOW This is a wonderful joyous white chocolate and cranberry cookie episode in which Michael Grayer generously donated to our Kickstarter campaign and as part of that he asked to come on and have a chin wag and chat about him and meet ups and why they are so much fun. We chat about cheating in bridge, how to click your fingers...

Richard is joined by Andy Bussey and Andy Paul to chat about the Glasgow Games Group and their upcoming event The Glasgow Games Gathering, taking place at the end of June. We chat about running the group, and organising their first event and what that entails and what people can expect when they come along. Be sure to check out all of the links in the show notes for further information and if you...

Richard is joined by Jani Kontkanen to chat about board games and Finland, why Richard doesn't like Terraforming Mars, playing through your collection and translated games.  Please be warned for the frankly stereotype Scottish joke that Jani tells in the episode and if you want to complain, then please follow the links below.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://mitapelataan.wordpress.com/ https://www.faceboo...

Richard is joined by the lovable Bearded Rogue Tony Miller. Now that Fire in The Library in out of control and out in the wild, we reflect on lessons learned and how this will change his approach in future, as well as having a grand old chat about breaking into boardgames.  Tony is awesome, please check out everything this darling is involved in. LINKS OF NOTES  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame...

Board Game Barrage, Board Game Barrage,  It's a podcast that you can't disparage,  They all fight like brothers,  But you can't have one without the.. other.. Try, Try, Try, to separate them,  There's no collusion, They give themselves little coloured tanks. So there's no confusion... Mark, Neilan and Kalen,  Mark, Neilan and Kalen,  Watch them take a walk so they can calm em.. Just don't tell the...

Richard is joined by Dylan McCusker to chat about Crumbs, an area control, bread based, wheat filled, animal fighting, wonder of a game. So we take some time to chat about Dylan's past in games and then chat about the campaign and those ANIMAL MEEPLES.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tidbitgames/crumbs-0 https://www.facebook.com/tidbitgamesllc/ https://www.instagram.com/tidbi...

Richard is joined by Justin Blaske, who is here to talk about his latest Kickstarter, Area 1851 Express. Justin is no stranger to Kickstarter success, after launching his range of Mint Tin games, including the highly successful Mint Works and Mint Delivery. We chat about dealing with that and we also ask important questions like, 'Shouldn't your company be called the 24th May Lab games instead?' ...

Richard is joined by Joe Hopkins who is currently working with The Grand Gamers Guild on his Kickstarter campaign for his up and coming project, Endangered.  So naturally we spend a bunch of time talking about the fact Joe is actually a Magician, how he got into the hobby and finally chat about his project. Joe is an absolute delight to have on the show and we hope you get a change to check out hi...

Richard is joined by Ian O'Toole to talk about Art and Design in relation to boardgames, we also talk about his design process and we laugh far too much and at some point Ian remembers he has instagram. And we are both tired but it is a lot of fun. We hope you enjoy the episode while Richard tries to ask intelligent questions but as we know, everyone has their limits.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://www....

Richard is joined by Iain and Jamie from The Giant Brain to help them celebrate their first year of the podcast and chat about creating things for the internet.  If you haven't checked them out before it it something that you should definitely do and they provide up to date news in a very entertaining fashion.  Links below to get some of that cerebral action.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://giantbrain.co...

Richard is joined by Chris Anderson to discuss the Board Game Work Shop Design Contest. We talk about his design journey and what persuaded him to run his own contest which has some very questionable choices over their latest judge..  Check out the links below and if you want to enter, then click on the links below. LINKS OF NOTES  Contest https://theboardgameworkshop.com/design-contest-2019/   Po...

Richard is joined by Dave Killingsworth from SolarFlare Games to chat about Robotech Crisis Point, Robotech in general, robots with Tech, Tech type Robots and why Edo Baraf has let us all down by cutting his hair.  Click on the links below to check out the pre-order, and get involved get some cards, get some robotech. LINKS OF NOTES  https://bravefrontier.pledgemanager.com/projects/robotech-crisis...

THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED THROUGH SKYPE SO WE APOLOGISE FOR THE QUALITY OF SOME OF THE GUESTS.. WE DON'T APOLOGISE FOR THE CRACKING COLLECTION OF MINIS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT.. Richard is joined, nay, practically swamped by the team from Tomb Guardians Miniatures. So we have  * Cass Suwinski: Owner of Tomb Guardians* Bobby Jackson: sculptor* Patrick Keith: sculptor* Jason Weibe: sculptor And s...

Richard is joined by Ben Maddox to talk about Acting and Games reviews and interview styles and it's warm and wonderful, like a huge duvet except the duvet is being fought over and someone is going to end up snoring. But somehow it works out in the end.  Make sure you check out everything Ben does and consider supporting him because he brings something different to board game media.  LINKS OF NOTE...

Emma is back on to continue our conversation about getting your game into retail, and we try to answer some questions we got on the twitters about board games in business and Richard tries to sound clever and simply doesn't. Enjoy.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quirk-Hilarious-Family-Card-Game/dp/B0759TJKST https://www.quirkthegame.com/ https://www.facebook.com/EmmerseStudios/ https://...

Richard is joined by Daniel Newman to chat all about game designing, moving from making small to big games, working with Pandasaurus and then why you really should be checking your house for hidden cameras when you are doing jigsaw puzzles.  Make sure you follow Daniel on Twitter and check out all his puzzle related content..  and his games.  LINKS of NOTES  https://www.facebook.com/pandasaurusgam...

Richard is joined once again by Caezar Al-Jassar to chat about Chocolate Factory, the growth of the company and why Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone. boyyyyeeee.. LINKS of NOTES  https://www.alleycatgames.com/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alleycatgames/chocolate-factory-for-1-4-chocolatiers https://twitter.com/alleycatgames https://www.facebook.com/alleycatgamesUK/ +++++++++++...

Richard is joined by Joey Schouten, the Head of Development at Inkwell Games and the Deliverer of Stroopwafels.  We talk about the Genre of Roll and Write, their journey into the industry and why he loves chucking dice and taking names so much.  Joey was a delight to talk to and I hope you enjoy the episode. And Joey will be back on in the future to talk about his book of Roll and Writes.    LINKS...

Richard is joined by Wes Woodbury to chat about his Kickstarter Campaign for Legends of Novus. We chat about Wes and how he got into games and designing. You'll hear about what Richard thinks of the game after playing a preview copy as well.  Have a look at the campaign below and check it out.  Links of Notes  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fundamentalgames/legends-of-novus-a-tabletop-fantas...

Richard is joined by Elaine, Robyn and Sam from Digisprite to talk about their successful Kickstarter for Doomsday Bots, how they got together as a games design company and the plans Digisprite has for their next game, Adventure Mart. And 37 second games pitches..   LINKS OF NOTES  http://digisprite.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/digispritedev https://www.patreon.com/digisprite https://www.kickstarter...

James Naylor joins us to chat about Filming and Kickstarter and Plastic Buildings and being compared to Monopoly and we have the best time.  Make sure you check out all of the links and follow James on Twitter for goodness sake. LINKS OF NOTES  https://twitter.com/naylorjames https://naylorgames.com/ https://magnategame.com/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you like what you...

Ann Jones is a class act who runs Cards or Die which is a business that brings board games to your events and so we talk about Teaching and Shakespeare and Scaring people in a Pub and Blancmanche and School Dinners and I don't care because we had too much fun.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://twitter.com/CardsOrDie https://www.cardsordie.com/ https://ko-fi.com/cardsordie ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...