We're Not Wizards, Tabletop And Board Games Podcast

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/   Podcast https://theboardgameworkshop.com/   Blog https://bluecubeboardgames.com/   Twitter Twitter.com/thebgworkshop Twitter.com/BlueCubeBGs   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast Board Game Geek - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/35093/

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-point/participate/ https://twitter.com/bravefrontier https://www.facebook.com/solarflaregames https://www.youtube.com/c/SolarflaregamesLLC https://www.instagram.com/solarflaregames/ http://solarflaregames.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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast

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 so we talk about the current campaign for Queen of the Damned: Velrath's Vampires, being involved in miniature creation, the tools of the trade and generally it's a very interesting chat. We are going to arrange for all of the team to come back in the next couple of months for individual episodes as their individual back stories and experience in the hobby is worth a return visit. Check out the links in the show notes and check out the campaign as well.  LINKS OF NOTES https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tombguardians/queen-of-the-damned-velraths-vampires https://www.tombguardians.com/   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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 NOTES  https://www.patreon.com/5g4d https://fivegamesfordoomsday.com/ https://twitter.com/5games4doomsday https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/five-games-for-doomsday/id1347283065 https://www.facebook.com/fivegamesfordoomsday/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTablet

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://twitter.com/emmersestudios https://www.emmersestudios.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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast Board Game Geek - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/35093/were-not-wizards Website - www.werenotwizards.com Blog https://werenotwizards.blo

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/pandasaurusgames/ https://www.pandasaurusgames.com/ https://twitter.com/dnlnwmn/status/1103385382601875456  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast Board Game Geek - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/35093/were-not-wizards Website - www.werenotwizards.c

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/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast Board Game Geek - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/35093/were-not-wizards Website - www.werenotwizards.com Blog https://werenotwizar

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 of NOTES https://twitter.com/ajoeyvengeant https://twitter.com/InkwellGames https://joey-schouten.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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards Board Game Geek - https://www.b

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-fantasy-adventure-boar https://twitter.com/WesleyWoodbury +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards Board Game Geek - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/35093/were-not-wiz

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.com/projects/digisprite/doomsday-bots     +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards Board Game Geek - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/35093/were-not-wizards Webs

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 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards Board Game Geek - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/35093/were-not-wizards Website - www.werenotwizards.com Blog https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/werenotwiza

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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards Board Game Geek - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/35093/were-not-wizards Website - www.werenotwizards.com Blog https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com Faceboo

Richard is joined by former Guest Gary Deveraux from Underestimated Games and Mark Brown from Paranoid Miniatures to talk about their dual launched Kickstarter for Mythos Brotherhood and Purgatory (The Coop Edition)  It's great to speak to Gary again and find out what he's been up. And brilliant to meet Mark THERE are SLIGHT AUDIO QUALITY ISSUES.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/254891487/mythos-brotherhood-expansion?ref=discovery_category_newest https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1306503490/purgatory-the-co-operative-edition?ref=discovery_category_newest https://www.paranoid-miniatures.com/ Facebook - www.Facebook.com/purgatoryminiatures Twitter  - www.twitter.com/purgatoryminis Website  - www.purgatory-miniatures.co.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STA

Ed is back, back again, Yes he's back, tell a friend.  And he is here to talk about Era The Consortium, the 5th Anniversary Edition, but this time with miniatures.. LINKS OF NOTES   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-the-consortium-miniatures-and-5th-anniversary  https://www.shadesofvengeance.com/ https://www.facebook.com/shadesofvengeance/ https://twitter.com/shades_of_venge https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/29488/shades-vengeance https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/8156/Shades-of-Vengeance   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizar

Richard is joined by Sara Perry who is the Editor in Chief of A Seat At The Table, an online publication striving to amplify the voices of women, people of color, LGBTQ+, and disabled gamers in tabletop gaming.  We talk to Sara about her starting out studying board game design, games she played and how the course was run and why it sounds so brilliant.  We then talk about A Seat at the Table, it's aims and what content you can expect, and why you should check it out when it is released.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://twitter.com/saraperry96 https://www.asattmagazine.com/ https://twitter.com/ASATT_Magazine +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizards

ITS EPISODE 250.. Thank you for everyone who supported us so far.  Mike DiLisio is here from Solo Mode Games and Sporadically Board joins us in FULL SONG to talk about things including solo modes in games, creating your own content, and asking for review copies of games.  He's the best. Make sure you check out his videos through the Dice Tower, and the frankly brilliant podcast he does with Dan Hughes on Sporadically Board LINKS OF NOTES https://boardgamegeek.com/blogger/7996/mike-dilisio https://twitter.com/michaeldilisio http://sporadicallyboard.libsyn.com/ http://sporadicallyboard.libsyn.com https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepodcast/51847/sporadically-board-mike-and-dan https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/sporadically-board-with-mike-and-dan/id1435773903?mt=2 https://twitter.com/sporadicboard 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 abou

Richard is joined by Adam Sadiq from Diacritical Games to talk about his Kickstarter campaign for That's a Wrap and so we chat about his journey so far, which is a lot of fun. Make sure you check out the campaign below, and it's doing well so far on kickstarter and still has plenty of time to go.  LINKS OF NOTES  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diacriticalgames/thats-a-wrap-the-game-of-filmmaking-frenzy https://twitter.com/diacriticalgame https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/40903/diacritical-games +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards Board Game Geek - 

Jerry Hawthorne joins the show to chat about Mice and Mystics, Stuffed Fables and his latest creation, Comanauts. We chat about how he got into the hobby, playing with your kids and telling stories and he is a fantastic guest. I really hope you enjoy the show as much as we did recording it.  LINKS OF NOTES https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/23005/jerry-hawthorne https://twitter.com/mice_guy https://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/comanauts https://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/mice-and-mystics https://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/tail-feathers   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.

Richard is joined by Lake Leafty, owner operator of Getting Geeky With Gamer Leaf, who is currently raising funds for his podcast on Kickstarter.  So we chat about his show, his history and what it's like to be one of the hardest working podcasts in the business.  Please check out the links below for more information about Lake's fantastic show.  LINKS OF NOTES https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamerleaf/getting-geeky-with-gamer-leaf-podcast-season-3 https://twitter.com/gamerleafgo http://www.gamerleafgo.com/ https://www.facebook.com/GamerLeafCLP/ https://gettinggeekywithgamerleaf.podbean.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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTa

Richard is joined by Elizabeth Hargrave to talk about Wingspan, how she got into the hobby, being involved in designing one of the most talked about games of 2019 and that difficult second album.. AND THOSE EGGS.. LOOK AT THOSE EGGS.. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.facebook.com/groups/wingspanboardgame/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan https://stonemaiergames.com/games/wingspan/ https://twitter.com/elizhargrave https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/111338/elizabeth-hargrave ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.. DON'T GIVE US 10 STARS WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!! https://open.spotify.com/show/7ooBejoLBsIHoP7IpCtnYZ YOUTUBE - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/c/WereNotWizardsTabletopPodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW WITH $£ www.patreon.com/werenotwizards Board Game Geek - https://www.