We’re Not Wizards Tabletop Podcast

Richard is joined by Alice Bell, one of the key writers and content creators for Videogamer.com.  We thought it was about time to ask her on so she could tell us all about her D&D days, playing Shadowrun, and having to deal with the source of all evil. A tortoise with an attitude and a grudge. We talk Funemployed and Dr. Magnethands and have a chat about why we need boardgames when we have eve...

Richard is joined by Charles Turner, aka VaderVanOdin, aka Really Genuinely Great Guy to talk through time about his own special relationship with cardboard and lead and the beloved Games Workshop. We delve into sibling rivalry and Heroquest before jumping into his current passion for Talisman and we once again curse Bryan Wade for having to be that guy. We talk about games Vader would like to pla...

Some people deserve no introduction, Nick Jones deserves a ticker tape parade and a holiday named after him. His genuine enthusiasm for supporting podcasts and us smaller content creators knows no bounds, with him being responsible for most of the listening hours we've seen on We're Not Wizards.  It made complete sense to get him on the show so we could publicly thank him as well as help him under...

WARNING - Contains massive amounts of Scottishness that some listeners may find incomprehensible. Richard is joined by Kevin Young from Inspiring Games in the latest in the series of 'Work in Progress' episodes. We touch on how Kevin got into the hobby, and what inspired him to take it one step further and develop his own Card/ RPG Hybrid 'Legends Untold' Kevin was a whole lot of fun to speak with...

In a much overdue exclusive, we talk to John Harper and Greg Barr, both long term members of the Dunfermline Wargaming and Roleplaying Fellowship. Yes, this is the place where Colin and Richard first met, and where the idea for We're Not Wizards became a reality. This is the club where things just go cardboard and miniature crazy. But every year they run the event called Winter War, which aims to...

Hold on to your hats and scarves and dice as we head into autumn as Richard is joined by David, Amara and Brian from the D&D podcast, A Quest for Magic and Steele. Things start with a six handed clap, before we discuss playing T.I.M.E Stories and then the origins of the Magic and Steele podcast, the characters and of course, general nonsense and tangents just happen. We'd like to thank David,...

In another Friends of the Show episode, we are joined by Bryan Wade, who is here to teach Richard all about the wonderful game of Magic the Gathering. Who is a great guest right up until the Last Minute. Then he is a big DISAPPOINTMENT. We touch briefly on the Adventure Time version of Love Letter. Then Bryan tells us about his go-to game Sheriff of Nottingham before we discuss the confusion often...

In our latest in our Work in Progress series we are joined by Duncan Molloy, designer for Osprey Games and all round genuinely delighful man. Richard gets all misty eyed as we dive back into both their childhoods and chat Heroquest, the terror of trying to get a perfect run in Pandemic Legacy, before Duncan becomes the detective and tells us about Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective. We then hav...

In another Friends of the Show special we are joined by the very talented award winning and award nominated and videogame writing (but not singing) and all round good person Kate Gray (pronounced Bob). Kate has written for a number of well known publications and websites and we were really pleased to have her on as a guest to talk all things cardboard. We start with a clap and we carry on from the...

COLIN. Got these to the table - Dungeon Saga - Mantic Games http://www.manticgames.com/games/dungeon-saga-the-dwarf-kings-quest.html YS - http://www.ystari.com/home/games/originals/ys-en/  Ystari Games Get these off the shelf Taj Mahal - Rio Grande Games.  http://www.riograndegames.com Galaxy Defenders  - http://www.galaxy-defenders.com/index-ok.php  Ares / Gremlin Project. Give them a kick - From...

WARNING There are some audio issues in this episode that hopefully don't detract from the interview.   Richard was delighted to be joined by Matt Gilbert, the COO of Mantic Games. Mantic Games are a UK based boardgame company that have released a popular range of games including Kings of War, The Walking Dead,  Dead Zone, Dreadball, Mars Attack and Dungeon Saga primarily using Kickstarter. Togethe...

In the second of our Work in Progress Episodes we are Joined by Gary Devereaux and Aidan Lorenzo from Underestimated games. We discuss their up and coming Kickstarter Skirmish game Purgatory where they give us a run down on how it works and what to expect if you back the campaign. The Campaign will go live on October 10th. (It looks really rather interesting indeed.)  This of course wouldn't be a...

In the first of a new Series, Work In Progress looks at a new Kickstarter project and chats with its creative team. Joining us on this episode is Jim Keifer and his daughter Lucy, who will be talking about their Kickstarter for their moving tile, collaborative tabletop game "Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty's Web" We are more than aware that we have three people on this episode. We also have a special...

Do you remember the film Michael Caine starred with Kevin Spacey in the 70s? Or how about how long the gluten free aisle is in Tesco? If Pandemic did advent Calendars, what would happen? This, plus many other important topics are discussed between Richard and Sam Turner from The Staying In Podcast. We also talk about some boardgames, how Sam recently got involved in his six sided habit and much mo...

Richard is joined by Eduardo Baraf, boardgame designer and creator of delights such as Heroes and Tricks and Lift Off - Get Me Off This Planet. We were absolutely delighted to have him on the show. We talk about games Eduardo has been enjoying, such as Potion Explosion and mention Scythe, before talking about his latest Kickstarter Campaign - Herbaceous, a flavourful card game all about collecting...

For our next Friends of the Show Episode, we are joined by Jeremy Greer. Jeremy runs his own podcast Don't Give Up Skeleton, which is based on the stories of fans of the Dark Souls series of games, as well as co-hosting the Dark Insight Podcast, which is a videogame related podcast. Jeremy is new to the boardgaming hobby, so we talk a few games he should consider picking up as a new player includi...

For our next Friends of the Show Episode, we are joined by fabulous Gary Butterfield who is one half of the Duckfeed.tv network. Along with his co-host Kole Ross, he hosts a number of  successful podcasts including the Dark Souls focused Bonfiresidechat, The Retrogame look-back  Watch out for Fireballs and the hilarious Abject Suffering. We really appreciate the time Gary gave us and he was great...

In our latest Friends of the Show edition, we reach across the pond and have a chat with Jon Gilmour which unearths one of the funniest and interesting stories we've heard about getting into the hobby. We were really pleased he took the time out to talk to us and it's certainly worth a listen.   Jon, along with Isaac Vega were responsible for the creation of Dead of Winter, a personal favourite of...

In a first of a series we have the rather wonderful Paddy Stardust on to Co-Host with Richard while Colin is off causing all sorts of mayhem.  Really grateful for his time and he had plenty to talk about. For those who aren't aware, Paddy is the one of the hosts of the fantastic Twin Humanities podcast. Along with CJ, they spend their time talking about things related to Dark Souls and on the othe...

Colin and Richard Bombard you with wooden disks and sneak around old London town in the search of something which will make this all go away. Got to the Table Letters from Whitechapel - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/letters-from-whitechapel/ Catacombs - https://elzra.com/catacombs Get them off the shelf YS - http://www.ystari.com/home/games/originals/ys-en/ Dungeon Saga  - http://...

In the first of a series of special episodes we speak to Geoffrey Greer, owner of Past Go Games.  We talk about his successful Kickstarter campaign with his Solitaire card game Sans Allies.   We also find out more about his influences and his design process, and Richard makes potentially the worst analogy about Kickstarter ever.    We really appreciate the time Geoffrey gave to make this episode p...

Join us for some more discussions about coleslaw and it's various uses in your day to day life.    This time we Got These to The Table   Pixel Tactics http://www.lvl99games.com/games/pixeltactics/ HeavySteam - http://www.greenbriergames.com/main/index.php/project/heavy-steam/ We are getting these off the shelf Letters from Whitechapel - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/letters-from-w...

Colin and Richard once again filling your ears with their own brand of entertainment and take on the challenge laid down by Behind the Barricade.   Shout Outs  MassmoviecideUK  Behind The Barricade Staying In Lapsed Gamer Radio Twin Humanities Rusty Quill Gaming Dark Insight   Got These to The Table Forge War - Cephalofair Games  http://www.cephalofair.com/forge-war Pax Porfiriana - Sierra Madre G...

Colin and Richard throw out their third and now not the last episode.  For those interested here are what we talked about..   Shout Outs BoardGraemes MassmoviecideUK Twin Humanities Gamefinity BehindtheBarricade FilmsandSwearing TokuPodcast   Got these to the Table Ashes - Rise of the Phoenixborne http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/ashes YS - Rio Grande http://riograndegames.com/Game/216-Ys Gettin...

This Episode is the Mother of all Episodes because its Richard's Mum's Birthday as well as Mother's Day this coming weekend.    This weeks shout outs are to Massmoviecide UK Godisageek Twin Humanities Dark Insight DadBrosshow We've been playing  Mysterium - http://en.libellud.com/games/mysterium Pokemon  - http://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/xy-breakpoint/explore-and-watch/   Getting off the She...