We're Not Wizards, Tabletop And Board Games Podcast

This Episode is magically powered by AireCon, the Analog Gaming Festival Harrogate Convention Centre  - Running from the 13 - 15 March 2020 - Tickets on Sale Now Web - https://airecon.uk  / Facebook - facebook.com/aireconukTwitter - twitter.com/aireconuk or @aireconuk  / Instagram - instagram.com/aireconuk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Richard is joined by Jonathan H Liu, Senior Editor of Geek Dad, Stay at home dad, and member of the committee for The American Tabletop Awards. We talk about him getting into the hobby, how being a stay at home dad was the best thing he did, how he approaches reviews and reviewing. We also chat about The American Tabletop Awards and who would actually be able to beat Suzanne in a cage match. Please check out the links below for both GeekDad and the TATA.  Links of Notes  https://geekdad.com/ https://twitter.com/jonathanhliu https://geekdad.com/author/jonathanhliu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyIQcQOszFaFKRmvjczE_nw https://geekdad.com/2019/09/introducing-the-american-tab

This Episode is magically powered by AireCon, the Analog Gaming Festival Harrogate Convention Centre  - Running from the 13 - 15 March 2020 - Tickets on Sale Now Web - https://airecon.uk  / Facebook - facebook.com/aireconukTwitter - twitter.com/aireconuk or @aireconuk  / Instagram - instagram.com/aireconuk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Richard is joined by all round nice guy Oliver Kinne, who took the most obvious name for a tabletop games blog, found that no one had bought the domain name, and decided to run with it and has gone on to produce a cornucopia of tabletop content.  So naturally, we don't bother speaking about any of that but talk about his fascinating story growing up in West Germany, moving to the UK, and how he got into board games.  Oliver is a genuinely lovely man to know and i hope you take the time to check out all of his marvellous contributions to the hobby.  He does more than we do! Please check out the show notes below!  Links of Notes  https://tabletopgamesblog.com/ https://twitter.co

Richard is joined by Austin and Zach from IV Studio to talk about their astronomical Kickstarter success, Moonrakers.  We talk about balancing running a successful creative agency alongside running their first kickstarter, marketing their vision and how they mix success with managing achievable stretch goals.  It's a fun chat with bad impressions. If you haven't checked out Moonrakers for the art alone then please check out the links below.  Links of Notes KS page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ivstudios/moonrakers/ Discord link: https://discord.gg/Ykdws4Z Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoonrakersGame Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonrakersgame/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoonrakersGame   ======================================================= If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogsp

Richard is joined by the clever, witty, smart and sharp talking Matt Rowe and he brought along Stephen Lockyer to talk about their Escapages series of books, a series of highly interesting puzzle books which are available online. Their next book flatpak is a puzzle book based around a catalogue and it looks stunning. We had a lot of fun chatting, though warning that some of the audio is a little bit ropey in places.  Please check out the links below.  Links of Notes  https://escapages.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/TheEscapages https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prisoner-Interactive-Escape-Book-Escapages/dp/1092824448 https://www.facebook.com/TheEscapages/ ======================================================= If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBej

Richard is joined by Debra Hoenig Parizek, who's late husband Dennis designed the Everyverse RPG ruleset. Debra has been playing RPGs for years and after her husband passed, she decided to release Everyverse to the masses for them to enjoy. It's a fascinating story, as Debra recently successfully funded the RPG on Kickstarter for its printing and now they are looking at making more people aware of it.  Please check out the links below.  Links of Notes  https://www.pardenusgaming.com/ https://www.instagram.com/everyverse.rpg/ https://www.facebook.com/EveryverseRPG/ ======================================================= If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWi

Richard is joined by Dr. Michael Heron and we miss out his start in the hobby because apparently it's boring. Then we talk about his work in accessibility and his interest in Ethics in relation to where Board Game Media is.  If you want to find out more about Michael's work then please check out the links below.  Links of Notes https://meeplelikeus.co.uk/about-us/ https://meeplelikeus.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/meeplelikeus https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/6140/meeple-us https://www.patreon.com/meeplelikeus/overview ======================================================= If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast www.patreon.com/werenotwizards

Jon is sad.  Jon is not going to Essen.  Brian is happy.  Brian is going to Essen. Brian and Jon need to work together on their New Game from five24 Labs, Mint Cooperative.  Jon is happy about this. Brian reminds Jon he is going to Essen Jon is now sad again ============================================= Thank you for listening to our 100k download special, please check out the show notes below to find out more about Jon and Brian's new game, coming to kickstarter Links of Notes  http://mintcooperative.com/ https://five24labs.com/ https://twitter.com/jongilmour https://twitter.com/brianlewisgames ======================================================= If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE htt

Richard is joined by Dan Alexander, head of Intrepid Games and designer of Lander, a games coming to Kickstarter next year, but approaching their campaign remarkably differently from the norm.  We chat about his approach, and how to play his game as well and I hope you enjoy the episode.  Please check out the links below.  Links Of Notes.  https://www.facebook.com/Landerthegame/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264948/lander https://twitter.com/Landerthegame https://www.landerthegame.com/ https://www.landerthegame.com/play-before-you-pledge ======================================================= If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast

Oh Dear. That header is really small isn't it?  Neilan Naicker from my 15th favourite tabletop podcast Boardgame Barrage joins me to not talk about tabletop. We talk about my favourite videogame, The Last of Us, which Neilan was involved in. Then we mention tabletop for a little bit, in the form of being jealous of Paula Deming and Matthew Jude because they are awesome, and then we chat about one question. That's about it. But we had fun.  Links of Notes  https://boardgamebarrage.com/ https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebarrage/ https://www.facebook.com/aboardgamebarrage/ https://twitter.com/brdgamebarrage https://www.youtube.com/boardgamebarrage https://twitter.com/Neilan If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE

Richard is joined by Stevie Allan and Ross Glover, the designers of 1 Survives. A tale of escaping from a Horror Movie Fiend through quick and inventive card play.  We talk about the inception of 1 Survives, why the team chose a simple card game, and why Ross is now a self proclaimed expert in card stock.  Hope you enjoy the episode and please don't have nightmares.  Links of Notes  http://www.1survives.com/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267218/1-survives https://www.instagram.com/1survives/ https://www.facebook.com/onesurvives/ https://twitter.com/1survives ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/

Richard is joined by Author, Teacher and Life Coach Glen Binger to chat about his inspirations, his creative journey, and teaching in the modern age. We really enjoyed our chat and we hope you do to. Please make sure you check out the links to Glen's work below and support and share his creativity. Betterism: https://medium.com/betterism Medium profile: https://medium.com/@glenbinger Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/glenbinger Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/bingbangbooks/ Blog: https://glenbinger.blogspot.com/ Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Glen-Binger/e/B076YZLPWK/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ JOIN US - Get in touch if you are making stuff and would like to talk about it!! If you want to get in touch email us makesomethingawful@gmail.com If you want to tweet us www.twitter.com/msomethingawful Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/make-something-awful/id1465590698 Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then

My boy Aron West is in the house to talk about Catacombs Cubes, which is live on Kickstarter and moves from dexterity to building, so I don't need to worry about flicking anymore.  Its great to have him back on the show, and I hope you all give it a listen and check out the campaign in the links below.  Link of Notes  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elzra/catacombs-cubes https://elzra.com/ https://www.facebook.com/elzragames/ https://twitter.com/ElzraGames https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260694/catacombs-cubes ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast www.patreon.co

Richard is joined by Jeremy Falger to talk about the success of Untamed, what you do after a kickstarter, and their plan going forward in bringing tabletop into business.    Links of Notes  https://www.grumpyowlgames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/grumpyowlgames/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grumpyowlgames/untamed-feral-factions/posts https://twitter.com/grumpyowlgames   ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast www.patreon.com/werenotwizards  SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£  www.werenotwizards.blogspot.com - Read our Reviews https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3334 - Our BGG Gu

In my continuing quest to make myself sound as stupid as possible, I am joined by the highly intelligent, articulate and dapper gentleman, Dr Sam Illingworth. We discuss the use of tabletop games in order to spark scientific discussion. Environmental policies in relation to the continuing changing political climate and the responsibility of boardgame designers in relation to sustainability.  We chat a little about Carbon City Zero, coming to Kickstarter on the 9th September. Which is all about running your own city and pushing it towards being as Carbon Free as possible.  Please check out the links below.  Links of Notes  www.samillingworth.com https://twitter.com/samillingworth Link to the Manchester Game Studies Network: https://www.manchestergamestudies.org/ Manchester Game Studies Network on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MGSNwork Link to recent scientific paper using Catan to discuss global warming: https://jcom.sissa.it/archive/18/04/JCOM_1804_2019_A04 =====================================================

Richard is joined by Michael and Andrew (but no James) from Stone Bones Games to talk about their first Kickstarter, TALK, YOU FIEND! which is a game about using ridiculous things to make people talk.   Special Shout Out to James Stone, who couldn't be on the show, and another shout out to the gardener who decided by MOWING REALLY LOUDLY, they had to be on the show.  Check out the link to the kickstarter in the show notes below.  Links of Notes  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stonebonesgames/talk-you-fiend www.instagram.com/andyswains www.twitter.com/andyswains www.twitter.com/stonebonesgames stonebonesgames.com   ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpC

This was edited really quickly so apologies for any potential roughness.  Delighted to be joined by Gavan Brown of Roxley Game Laboratory, and my new personal Hero, Manny Trembley, as we talk about their hit it out of the park Kickstarter, "Dice Throne Adventures & Season 1 Re-Rolled"  There is still time to check out the campaign which you can find by clicking the links below.  Links of Notes  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dicethrone/dice-throne-adventures-and-season-one-rerolled https://dicethrone.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/ https://roxley.com/about-us/ https://www.facebook.com/roxleygames/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/21765/roxley https://twitter.com/roxleygames   ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspo

Richard is joined by Dan Ackerman, Senior Managing Editor of the technology website CNET.com, to chat about his upcoming Kickstarter, Techlandia, a tale of PR, technology and the greater mythic gods. We chat about his past, how he came up with the idea for the game and why you should consider backing the game.  Links of Notes  https://danackerman.com/techlandia https://danackerman.com/ https://www.cnet.com/profiles/dan_ackerman/  https://twitter.com/danackerman   ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast www.patreon.com/werenotwizards  SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£  www.werenotwi

Richard is joined by Chris Whitpan, host of the YouTube talk show Game All Nite, which is his fun video chat show, where he chats with some of the biggest names in tabletop. We chat about his professional life involved in restaurants and his love of being the host, and how that fermented into an idea of Game All Nite.  It's a fun chat, and Chris is a great guest and I hope you enjoy our chat.. Links of Notes  https://www.gameallniteshow.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMnS4X53t-3tUe0rFDDgfKg https://www.facebook.com/gameallniteshow/ https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/3134 https://twitter.com/chriswhitpan ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE

Richard and Owen chat about the weather, and progress on The Board Game Book (which is a really good read) and where you go from there really. We find out what the plans are for the future and we never really mentioned Boris Johnson once.  Links of Notes  https://twitter.com/owen_duffy https://twitter.com/boardgamebook https://www.facebook.com/TheBoardGameBook https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebook/ https://www.boardgame-book.com/ ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast www.patreon.com/werenotwizards  SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£  www.werenotwizards.blogspot.com - Read our Re

Richard is joineed by Dan Letzring and Nicholas Yu, the partners in crime behind Adventure Tactics, a stunning looking tactical games inspired by Final Fantasy and looking sweet. And I like the look of it a LOT.. Links of Notes  http://www.tinyurl.com/adventuretactics  https://twitter.com/yutingxiang  http://zucchinipeoplegames.com/  https://www.letimangames.com/  https://www.letimangames.com/adventure-tactics.html  https://www.facebook.com/LetimanGames/  https://twitter.com/letimangames  https://www.instagram.com/letimangames/  ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    DROP US A REVIEW HERE..  READ OUR WRITING - https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com  WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ  YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast www.