We’re Not Wizards Tabletop Podcast

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're doing a great job to highlight the retail spaces in the hobby as well as create some great short form content. It was...

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/n4tadgwz/golden-demon-2025-winners-at-spiel-essen-revealed/

20:00 Airecon Telford

22:45 Strange World above the clouds / Castle Combo

25:00 Battle of Hoth

26:00 Gwent, Leaders

33:00 Apiary https://stonemaiergames.com/games/apiary/ 

44:00 Ironwood and on the Fen...

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. 

Please give us a rating or r...

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 Attack 52:00

Accent Games 01:07:00

Flesh & Blood / Middle Ages 01:08:00

The Old King's Crown 01:26:00

Kinfire Council 01:33:00

 Daybreak - Punishment Exercise 01:38:00 

Chaosmos 01:43:00

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 recommendations are wonderful things.

OUR LINKS OF NOTES (⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards⁠⁠)

⁠⁠RATE US ON SPOTIFY⁠⁠<...

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  Emberleaf

01:27:30 Comic Hunters 

01:42:00 Cursed Court

01:44:00 What We're Playing

01:45:00 Wizards Bar Fight

Close<...

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/products/sir-cumference

38:30 Dungeons and Lasers https://archon-studio.com/shop/products/dungeons-lasers 

50:00 Pokemania Event Edinburgh 

01:03:30 Finspan https://stonemaiergames.com/games/finspan/

01:20:15 Bot Wars https://tradersgalaxy.com.au/ 

01:37:00 Benji and Az join R...

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 us a rating or review on your podcast catcher of choice. 

Also, please le...

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 Worldwind Snooker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pr3IsnqxGs
18:30 The Wonderful T Word
24:00 BGG Podcast Awards
36:00 Board with Steve https://www.youtube.com/@BoardWithSteve
44:00 Liokaiser and Transformers
53:30 Halo Flashpoint https...

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/collections/were-not-wizards
13:30 Airecon Recap https://www.airecon.co.uk/
17:00 Invention https://www.eaglegames.net/Inventions-Evolution-of-Ideas-p/102420.htm
21:30 Galactic Cruise https://www.drandagames.co.uk/product-page/galactic-cruise
28:00 Carnegie - https://www...

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-extraterrestrial-intelligence Czech Games Edition
34:00 Bomb Busters https://pegasus.de/en/17712/bomb-busters-english-edition Pegasus Spiel
49:30 The Gang https://www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk/product/the-gang/?v=0b3b97fa6688 Kosmos
53:30 Ponzi Scheme https://www.brighteyegames.com/games Bright Eye Games
58:00 I'm Toll
59:30...

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 SETI
53:00 Who We might meet
01:01:00 Star Trek Ascension Big Box Chat
01:13:00 Naked Hotel Etiquette
01:20:00 Oathsworn
1:23:00 Space Gate Odyssey
01:30:00 Wyrmspan

Check out...

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/groups/TabletopJobs 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...

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/FiveGamesForDoomsday

https://fivegamesfordoomsday.com/

Our Links of Note

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 original music score): https://youtu.be/y3tcdl7-bGg?si=ucQiSA1aVlxNErPX

Our Links of Note

If you w...

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 catcher of choice. 

Also, please let someone else know about our show, as re...

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, Estate Facebook Groups, Poo Sticks. Carriage Clocks. 

14:00 Whisky and GOTY intro attempt

16:15 Honorable Mentions 

17:00 Luke -  Cat In...

So you've had the Christmas stocking of nonsense, and now you're under the tree, downstairs and look at the pile of Audio presents that we've brought you to listen to..

1:00 Airecon West - https://acwest.airecon.co.uk/

3:00 BloodStones - https://www.wallacedesigns.com.au/home/games/bloodstones/

10:00 Loke battlemats https://www.lokebattlemats.com/

13:00 Agent Avenue https://nerdlab-games.com/games/agent-avenue/

16:00 Bad Company https://www.aportagames.com/lesson/bad-company/

18:00 Duel for Middle Earth https://www.rprod.com/en/games/duel-for-middle-earth

22:00 Castle Combo https...

So because me and Luke like to talk, I had the idea of splitting the episode into two parts.

So in this first part, we chat about films and TV and some general nonsense.

2:00 First Monday in October

4:00 Intro

22:00 Mox In The Hole

23:00 Kienda

26:00 Skeleton Crew, Transformers One

33:00 Black Doves

40:00 Paddington

45:00 Kaos

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fortcircle/first-monday-in-october 

First Monday in October.

Next Episode will be all about boardgames we promise.

Duration: 00:49:21

Joined by Damian Senior from Senior Games to talk about moving from Animation to being animated in fitness, to creating your own game and successfully launching it on Kickstarter.

Please make sure to check out the links below.

www.heroesoftheshire.comhttps://www.facebook.com/Heroesoftheshire
https://www.instagram.com/heroes_of_the_shire/

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. 

Al...

Joined By Dan Hughes and Mike Dilisio to chat about their fully funded and operation kickstarter - I Made You a Mixtape. All about the joy of music nostalgia.

Give the campaign a look see and immerse yourself in the wonder that is Gary Kings magnificent art work.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cabbagedan/i-made-you-a-mixtape

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. 

...

S9 ep535

Seppy is back to chat about nothing to do with https://www.fightinabox.com/ but everything to do with Kaos being cancelled, Luke chats about Essen and Richard is just being a disappointment from the first 5 seconds of the show.

Essen chat starts about 55:00 minutes in.

Everything else, you're on your own..

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 c...

S9 ep534 Richard recorded this one at bath time.. So on this episode we chat about Richard getting out the house and taking a look around Tabletop Scotland, playing a few games and meeting some old friends and making new enemies. We chat about Looot, Joyride, Can't Stop and Lorcana. Luke tells us all about his time GMing The Alien RPG from Free league where much fun was had. 07:30 Tabletop Scotland 19:00 What was played 22:00 Loot from Hachette Board Games UK 30:00 Mox In The Hole 38:00 Heroes of the Shire 40:00 Joyride - Rebellion Games 49:00 Can't Stop 52:00 Alien RPG - The Free League 1:18:00...

Chatting with Ori Kagan, founder of Kagan Productions, that create crowdfunding videos for campaigns for games such as Star Realms to Skyrim.

We chat about the creative process, moving from corporate to tabletop, and how he pitches, creates and tries to remain passionate about the industry. Oh, and Ori thinks chickens are the best thing ever. Of all time..

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 c...

This review was first published on the website, which you can find on https://www.werenotwizards.co.uk/monster-hunter-world-ancient-forest-steamforged-games-review/

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 recommendations are wonderful things.

OUR LINKS OF NOTES (⁠https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards⁠)

⁠RATE US ON SPOTIFY⁠

⁠Threads⁠

⁠Apple Podcasts⁠   | ⁠Website ⁠ | ⁠Our Blog⁠ ...

Hello. I pray these show notes find you well. Today we give you a bumper show with our thoughts on the new hotness, as well as some on the blinging of games, Nightmare Productions, and we answer some audience questions as well. 

00:14:03 Airecon North West

00:20:14 Nightmare Productions & Mr.Knizia

00:30:26 Tabletop Scotland

00:31:44 Flesh & Blood, Buy The Same Token, Star Wars Woes

00:45:24 Bad Karmas - Teburu

01:01:36 Arcs - Leder Games

01:22:53 Questions from Jerry and Scott

01:37:03 What we’re doing next..

01:41:03 Goo...

Oh my days. Chock a block with Angel Delight and Tabletop Scotland goodness as we're joined by David and Gemma to chat about what to expect at the new venue for Scotland's biggest Tabletop and TTRPG convention. Plus crossing that line with Gemma...  Check out the link below for all the butterscotch information.  Be delighted my angels..  https://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 o...

As we find out about Biden deciding to drop out of the Presidential Race while we record. We chat about conspiracy theories, Moon landings, Cartman. The shocking realisation that Luke has the Comedian Shane Gillis as a doppelganger.  We then wonder how dangerous Mrs. Sunak is, why COVID isn't great but why BGA is and why Richard plays a press and hope when playing. Then we talk about the following games.  Games we played Skyteam Longshot Imperial Miners Moonrakers Barcadia Slay the Spire Balatro The Fish Tales Pinball Game Six Siege from Mythic Games. - No chance putting a link fo...

This was a struggle because Luke was very tired after getting back from UKGE, so naturally we chat about cannibalistic chocolate bars, Role playing Games, being Bob Mortimer, and mention in passing Mark Cooke, and UK Games Expo which was something that happened.    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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS OF NOTES (https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards) Apple Podcasts   |  Our Blog...

AKA The Boy who made me livid.. Not everyone is here to let you down. Unless that person is Luke Prior, who aims to let you down from the moment you start recording. Join us as we plumb the depths of light entertainment and confuse the majority of our audience with a mixture of 80s BBC comedy shows and brand new card games. We're so cutting edge that we're talking Lorcana and Star Wars Unlimited MONTHS after it came out, but we also chat about the following nonsense.  2:00 Madonna 3:45 'ello 'ello https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086659/  9:15 Les Dawson 11:30 A&E...

Joined by Bernie Lin and Brendan Kendrick to chat about the folly that is the English language, why William Brown, and launching a series of games on crowdfunding and advertising on Meta, and continuing to get the word out on your games. There is chaos on this episode from the beginning. It was very fun to record.   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadalivegames/cyber-pet-quest?ref=224q6o https://www.facebook.com/deadalivegameshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/deadalivegames/https://twitter.com/deadalivegameshttps://www.instagram.com/deadalivegameshttps://discord.gg/dGuZ7frhttps://www.tiktok.com/@deadalivegameshttps://www.deadalivegames.com/#newsletterhttps://www.youtube.com/c...

Joined by Yann Hilaire from Bored Game Ink, we chat about the creative process involving music and creating corporate videos, before we discuss his highly successful crowdfunding campaigns which have raised close to $700k. Check out the link below for more information.  Links of Note   www.boredgameink.com    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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS OF NOTES (https://linktr...

Joined by Chris Stone from Stone Age Distractions to chat about his funded Cat in a Basket game - Hissy Fit.  We chat about game designing, create a mushroom themed Deep Impact game, and why the Dog version of Hissy Fit would only need one card..  Links of Notes https://gamefound.com/en/projects/stone-age-distractions/hissyfit/products/details/35562  https://www.stoneagedistractions.com/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/52503/stone-age-distractions  https://www.facebook.com/stoneagedistractions/  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 p...

Luke and Richard chat with the internet Titan Dan Hughes about their new game about Mix Tapes, going to Airecon and playing some great games.  We chat about Far Away, Skate Summer, World wonders, Veil of Eternity.  We talk about Unfair and the Take That mechanic before discussing the woes of winning raffles, Fantasy Flight, Divinus from Lucky Duck Games and how to keep your digital game alive in the face of the future.  All great fun.  Links of Note  https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/songs-and-rhymes/the-jeely-piece-song  https://www.hovis.co.uk/mothers-pride  https://www.airecon.co.uk/  https://www.coraquest.com/  ht...

Joined by Christen Randall to chat about her experiences growing up with dyslexia, being a nerd, their process for writing and how in under two years they went from first draft to being a published author in both the US and UK with their first novel - The No-Girlfriend Rule. Links of Notes Website: https://www.bychristenrandall.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/bycrandall Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bycrandall/ TiKTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bycrandall     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 revi...

Joined by Randy O'Connor to chat about the numbers behind his last Kickstart campaign, some chat about videogames, then we chat about his car chase game - Gun It, coming to Kickstarter TODAY.  LINKS OF NOTE http://gunit.gg http://rollin.one http://www.randyo.net https://substack.com/@randyoconnor https://www.instagram.com/randyogames   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 recommendations are wond...

It takes all of two seconds for my guest Tiffany Leigh to drop bombshells about podcasts before we chat about running quizzes and entertainment, discuss board game reviews and writing from an emotional point of view. Before rounding things off chatting about a couple of games we have been playing. And there's so much more we could have talked about. Please enjoy.  Links of Notes  https://mxtiffanyleigh.bio.link/  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 s...

Show Notes are made with AI, so that's why there is so much of them... :P Blast off into a world of anime, comics, and the challenging but exciting journey of adaptation in this exhilarating episode of "We're Not Wizards". Join hosts Richard, Luke, and guest Seppy as they share a delightful blend of nerdy banter, robust debates about favourite animes, and slices of real-life humour that is sure to engage listeners. Starting with a hilarious exchange on 'mature content,' the conversation progresses to an in-depth discussion exploring the hit show "One Piece". Meander through their lively chat on...

I'm joined by Dav Thomas to chat about his modular foldaway board game table Stowii.  We recorded this show back in October, but there was a hold up on the campaign and the new launch date is the 30th.  We chat about big foot and painting and most importantly, how to make it possible to have a great table without taking up a lot of space.  Links of Note. The campaign page: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/the-fantasy-wood-works/stowii/Website; thefantasywoodworks.comCryptees Etsy: https://crypteesshop.etsy.com   ======================================================== If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the lin...

So here it is. The Game of the Year special. Myself and Luke go through the list of games that have turned our heads and made us into chuckling muppets.  No spoilers in the show notes. But if you want to dash ahead then here's the time stamps 08:50 Mythic Battles Ragnarok 23:50 Star Wars Rebellion  30:00 GOTY Disclaimer 33:45 Honourable Mentions including Disney Animated, Viticulture, Tapestry, Oath, Earth, Death Road All Stars, Ice, After Us, Seas of Havoc,  43:15 Special Award - 'Delivering on All Fronts' #10) 46:30 #9)   50:10 #8)   57:30 #7)   01:02:50 #6)   01:07:20 #5)   01:13:00 #4)   01:21:30 #3)   01:28:40 #2)   01:36:50 #1)   01:45:30 10 The Shores of Tripoli Fort Circle Games Vaalbara Studio H / HachetteBoardgamesuk 9 Halls of Hegra Tompet Games Fighters of the Pacific Capsicum...

So for this one, we're going to have a chat all about Christmas Dinner and how to make the best roast potatoes, resting your meat, and also why we aren't going to bother being organised. Then after that we get a talking and chatting about some games.  Games we've been playing.. 31:00 Rumbleslam  https://ttcombat.com/collections/rumbleslam  34:00 Raptor https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177639/raptor  41:30 Resident Evil Steamforged https://steamforged.com/en-gb/pages/resident-evil-1  44:00 Empires End  https://www.brotherwisegames.com/empires-end  01:12:00 Question Time from Jerry 'The Bread' Baker  Games We're going to play 01:21:00 Dungeon Saga Origins https://www.manticgames.com/news/announcing-dungeon-saga-origins/  01:25:00 Dinosaur...

Luke is back to chat about games, ACWest, Powerlifting, and games that we've been playing in our own little board game worlds.  We chat about the following.. ACWest 18:00 , GKR Heavy Hitters 19:00 , Mythic Mischief 28:00, ICE 35:00 , General Orders and Callisto 45:00 , Kinfire Chronicles 01:07:00, Resident Evil 01:33:00 , Prey Another Day 01:41:00 ,  We mention these in passing from 01:22:00 Core Space, Hellboy, Oathsworn, Age of Comics, Empires End, Feudum, Halls of Hegra, Tapestry,  We finish of with a chat about Steamforged and Resident Evil 01:33:00 , where we discuss the size of their games compared to the highly restricted 5 card game Prey Another Day. 01:44:00   ========================================================= If you would like to support us t...

Delighted to be joined by Elizabeth Hargrave to talk about Trick or Treating, foraging, the perils of Mushroom club, and of course, UnderGrove which is their new game coming to Kickstarter. Details below.  Links of Note  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alderac/undergrove-designed-by-elizabeth-hargrave-and-mark-wootton  https://www.elizhargrave.com/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/111338/elizabeth-hargrave https://www.instagram.com/elizharg https://www.alderac.com/undergrove/  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/376740/undergrove   ========================================================= 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 kn...

Here's just an hour of absolute nonsense for you to listen to. Me and Seppy Yoon just talking and having the best time.  For some reason it sounds like I recorded this on the other side of the room. But it's not a podcast unless you have one episode with technical issues..  So there you go. Enjoy. Have fun.    Links of Notes  https://gamefound.com/projects/fight-in-a-box/conquest-princess-fashion-is-power?refcode=ZyHfetCamUuOD-qeoTIQ-w https://www.fightinabox.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@fightinabox https://www.facebook.com/fightinabox https://www.youtube.com/fightinabox https://www.instagram.com/fightinabox/ https://twitter.com/fightinabox   ========================================================= If you would...

Delighted to be joined by Luke Laurie, designer of Dwellings of Eldervale and Andromedas Edge, I talk with him about his day job as an educator, getting into board game design and the success and size of Dwellings and his latest game he's designed with his son. Links of Notes  Gamefound is still open for orders.. https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cardboard-alchemy/andromedas-edge  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358661/andromedas-edge https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/63686/luke-laurie https://breakinggames.com/collections/dwellings-of-eldervale/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330608/cryo ========================================================= If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below.  Please giv...

Joined once again by model painter, and designer, developer and person most likely to eventually get tired by my nonsense..  Sherwin Matthews is back from Steamforged Games to chat about Horizon Forbidden West, Resident EEEVEL and we touch pirates on cardbaord..  You can keep an eye on Sherwin by going to  ARR ME HEARTIES!!! RESIDENT EEEEEEEVIL https://twitter.com/sherwinsagenda  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/104102/sherwin-matthews  www.steamforged.com  ========================================================= 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...

Joining me is Connie Vogelmann, designer of Apiary, the latest game to be released from Stonemaier Games.  We chat about their journey from starting out in South Dakota (the best one) to taking part in Pandemic tournaments to taking to the skies and outer space and signing their first game with Stonemaier Games.  Currently you can order Apiary at a discounted price from the website.  Links of Notes  https://stonemaiergames.com/games/apiary/  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/155573/connie-vogelmann  https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3149305/apiary-designer-ama  https://bsky.app/profile/connievdc.bsky.social    ========================================================= If you would like to support us then please visit and inter...

You're in for a treat. Sabrina Culyba joins me to chat all about games and education, the importance of playtesting, the development of Diatoms and then putting the marketing hat on and selling your idea. It was a really interesting conversation so please make sure you check out the kickstart link below to learn and support Diatoms. Links of Notes https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ludoliminal/diatoms?ref=bl9w24  LudoLiminal Website: https://ludoliminal.com/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF95Ny6DmbE&t=2s  BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370210/diatoms  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ludoliminal/   ========================================================= If you would...

No don't mind me while I chat with one of the people responsible for sooo many lost hours to Tony Hawks and Guitar Hero and now Scott Pease is here talking about Snap Ships Tactics and it's wonderful ship system based combat. We chat about the development of SST, the challenges in getting the word out on the game and why it's different to what else is out there and then in the last five minutes, Scott RUINS EVERYTHING.  Links of Note  https://www.snapshipstactics.com/  http://www.scottmpease.com/  https://store.snapshipstactics.com/  Snap Ships Tactics Amazon Link   ========================================================= If you wo...

Joined once again by Eoin Costelloe and Ciara Costelloe, but not Brian.  We chat about their latest escape room type puzzle game coming to Kickstarter extremely soon, as well as some general chat about pivoting your skills when the world is in lockdown, and why manufacturing has a long way to go to step out of China's shadow. It's great to catch up with them again and I hope you enjoy the episode.  Links of Note. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deckingawesomegames/save-snowball https://www.facebook.com/deckingawesomegames https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRSx_oSy6Q1WR5R-i-VOXqg https://www.in...

This Review was originally published on https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/03/wingspan-board-game-review-stonemaier.html   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS OF NOTES (https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards) Apple Podcasts   |  Our Blog, Reviews, Previews and Thoughts | Our YouTube Channel Our BGG Guild | Board Game Geek Page | Website  | Facebook |Twitter | Instagram Buy Some Merch Stay Safe, Roll Sixes, Make Something Awful..

Our Links of Note

If you...

Joined by Ignacy Trzewiczek, podmaster, games designer and marketing guru. We chat about his decision to not attend Gen Con. The Disney hype, My thoughts on Asmodee, Not crowdfunding Imperial Miners, all with a healthy sprinkling at the expense of the 'podfather of boredgames'.  It goes really well up until the end. As it always does..  Links of Notes  https://ignacytrzewiczek.com/  https://portalgames.pl/en/  https://boardgamegeek.com/rpgdesigner/4735/ignacy-trzewiczek    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ...

Joined by Nathan Thornton from Stormchaser Games to chat about party games and wallpaper and selling your work in bookshops but it not being a book. I had the best time chatting with him.  Please check out all the links below.  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391086/everything-ever  http://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/02/that-old-wallpaper-alderac.html https://twitter.com/stormchasergame https://www.stormchasergames.com/  https://www.instagram.com/stormchasergames/    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 abo...

Joined by Skippy Brown to chat about his successful Kickstarter, developing and testing on TTS and working with satellites for a living. And not mentioning annoying brothers.. Links of Notes.  https://deadalivegames.square.site/    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS OF NOTES (https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards) Apple Podcasts   |  Our Blog, Reviews, Previews and Thoughts | Our YouTube Channel Our BGG Guild | Board Game Ge...

Joined by Scott Lowe-James to chat about playtesting and game development, herding cats and the job and trepidation of having a crowdfunding campaign succeed within the first hour of launch. Please look out for cat invasions and adorable baby noises.  Thank you for listening.  Links of Notes  https://www.minervatabletop.co.uk/crumbs https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/minervatabletop/crumbs-the-sandwich-filler-game  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 recomm...

This review originally appeared on https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/04/votes-for-women-board-games-review-fort.html   Find out more about Votes For Women by visiting https://www.fortcircle.com/games/   This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.    The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer...

This review first appeared in https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/03/roll-player-board-game-review.html  This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whether or not th...

Me and Luke Prior chat about games. Well, Geoff Capes, and closing doors on old ladies. As well as  https://awakenrealms.com/games/iss-vanguard/ ISS Vanguard  https://www.daysofwonder.com/heat/en/ Heat  https://www.arcanewonders.com/product/foundations-of-rome/ Foundations of Rome  https://czechgames.com/en/home/news-23-07-27-introducing-re-wood/ RE-WOOD https://funkogames.com/games/rear-window-game/ Rear Window Funko Games  https://www.hachetteboardgames.com/blogs/infos/vaalbara Vaalbara Studio H  https://breakinggames.com/products/dwellings-of-eldervale-standard-edition-element Dwellings of Eldervale   Links of Notes https://www.twitch.tv/standardtabletop  - Twitch Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9JydFZb9a3ykohy3TgU_w  YouTu...

William Burgos is based in Mexico and is one of the main founders of Draco Studios. we discuss the gaming scene in Mexico, the growth of Draco Studios and the future of the team including a card battler and party game.  Links of Notes  https://dracostudios.com/creature-kingdoms/  https://dracostudios.com  https://lords-of-vaala.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracostudios/dragonbond-quest-a-cooperative-card-game-for-1-4-players?ref=WnWpodcast ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 som...

Joined by Mark Swanson of Odd Bird Games to talk Feudum, Advertising, Fir and Fled. We chat about marketing and game design and where the name Odd Bird comes from.  I had the best time.  Links of Notes  https://oddbirdgames.com/  https://www.facebook.com/oddbirdgames/  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/27876/odd-bird-games  https://www.instagram.com/oddbirdgames   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS...

Honestly we eventually talk about Ovation that is on Kickstarter, right after we talk about Shakespeare, Sally Field, Winnie the Pooh, The Monkees, Record Shops, Star Wars board Games.  It's one tangent after another.. sorry not sorry...   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lookingglassworkshop/ovation https://lookingglassworkshop.com/index.html    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS OF NOTES (https://linktr.ee/werenot...

Ross is back again to chat about booth working, switching to Backer Kit, and running one campaign with a multiple range of flavours.  You can find Ross on https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs/  https://twitter.com/almostkirk  https://www.instagram.com/almostkirk  And you can find the FESTIVAL on  https://www.backerkit.com/c/cephalofair/gloomhaven

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...

Delighted to be joined by JonnyPac Cantin as we talk about his time in design, making expansions, making music and not making a music boardgame. I first played Coloma at Gearstones with Mike Dilisio and so this chat with Jonny was long overdue.  Links of Notes  https://gamefound.com/projects/finalfrontiergames/coloma-new-prospects-expansion-and-reprint#/section/rewards/reward-product-40145   https://www.jonnypac.com/    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 recommendations are won...

Joined by David Wright and John Harper  to chat about what is happening in this years Tabletop Scotland.  We chat about planning and Angel delight and Soufflé's and eventually talk about one of the best confereventions in Scotland for Tabletop and TTRPGs.  Links of Notes  https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS OF NOTES (https://linktr.ee/wereno...

Joined by Kevin Bertram of Fort Circle games where we chat about Doctor Who, War Games, Votes for Women and it gets a bit Bat shit in here.. Make sure you check out their new Kickstarter that we don't even talk about.. weird huh..  Links of Notes  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fortcircle/the-halls-of-montezuma www.fortcircle.com twitter.com/fortcircle   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 recom...

In what could be potentially the last episode of the podcast before I go to jail, I decide to invite the Glorious Seppy Yoon on to talk about Conquest Princess - Fashion is Power, currently on GameFound. We chat about Naval Gazing, Window Gardening, Manuscripts you could have written, Apple Strudel and playing games while wearing silly top hats. We might even mention the game. Or maybe not. Such a fun chat...  Links of Notes  https://gamefound.com/projects/fight-in-a-box/conquest-princess-fashion-is-power?refcode=ZyHfetCamUuOD-qeoTIQ-w https://www.fightinabox.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@fightinabox https://www.facebook.com/fightinabox https://www.youtube.co...

Delighted to be joined by Tory Brown to talk about real life activism, designing a board game about a crucial point in history for Women's rights and why we might need to talk about Kevin.. It's a really interesting discussion and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Links of Notes  https://twitter.com/torylynn  http://votesforwomen.com Votes for Women has been nominated for a Charles Roberts Award for excellence in Wargaming you can vote here. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2i_JSxGK6zQ-5-K_08iy55nHhETO8NIidkR0zJAsSsAl9ag/viewform ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If yo...

Joined by Millie Lavelle to chat about running RPGs, chasing podcasters at UKGE and what makes for a good gaming session.  So this was a fun one to do, as I don't talk to many people on the RPG side of the hobby, but fear not, we do get our board game chat in there too.    Links of Notes  https://drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=Millie+Lavelle&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=  https://instagram.com/milliethegm/  http://twitch.tv/GarblagGames  - Tuesday Streams!  https://twitter.com/MillietheGM    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to support us then please visit and interact w...

Hello,  Join myself and Benji Corless as we chat about all things marketing in the tabletop space and scene including. - Do Space Marines wear Hiking Socks? - Double Coding your XL Sheets  - Framing your dad for Arson  - Not Being Main stream Please check out all the links to Osprey Below because they do make some fun stuff. https://ospreypublishing.com/us/osprey-games/ https://twitter.com/OspreyGames https://www.youtube.com/@OspreygamesUk https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page/39BBE594-2FC3-4E13-BAAC-D46F94E67064 https://www.facebook.com/OspreyGames/     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to suppo...

Me and Frank have a catch up about Kickstarter and evergreen games and videogames and lying about owning a cat.  Links of Notes  https://twitter.com/cityofgameshq https://www.facebook.com/CityofGamesHQ/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0bqwb3KMx60K119mmj5VQA http://thecityofkings.com/ http://thecityofgames.com/#blog-wrap   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS OF NOTES (https://linktr.ee/we...

Ben is back and opinionated and swearing and oh my days... 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 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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LINKS OF NOTES (https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards) Apple Podcasts   |  Our Blog, Reviews, Previews and Thoughts...

Joined by Jillian Ross, one of the newer members of the Brotherwise team. We chat about the fashion industry, working at Capstone Games and then talk about expectations between publishers and reviewers. And we don't talk about the email..   Links of Notes https://www.brotherwisegames.com/  https://twitter.com/bwisegames  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/23664/brotherwise-games  https://www.facebook.com/BrotherwiseGames/  https://www.youtube.com/c/brotherwisegames  https://www.instagram.com/brotherwisegames    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.  A...

Just me and Keith Matejka chilling out,  chatting about the current struggles of the Dairy Farming industry.  And we chat about Music, Videogames, starting a company. A bit about Roll Player. We had fun.  If you are interested in finding out more, then please visit the links below.  https://www.thunderworksgames.com/ https://twitter.com/thunderworksgam  https://www.facebook.com/thunderworksgames    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 recomm...

Oh my days. How to incur the wrath of Benji from Osprey Games. I am joined by the delights that are Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson and we talk about Undaunted  : Battle of Britain and General Orders, Sudden Orders, Under Orders, and I pretty much call it everything except the correct name. Absolutely wonderful people.  Links of Notes  https://ospreypublishing.com/uk/search/?q=undaunted  https://www.bluepantherllc.com/products/land-and-freedom  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/90410/trevor-benjamin  https://twitter.com/trevormbenjamin  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/67071/david-thompson-i  https://twitter.com/djackthompson    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to support us then please visit and intera...

So a Special one, where Sam Turner from the wonderful Staying In Podcast and Sherwin Matthews from Steamforged Games get together to delve a little bit more into Sherwin's history as a designer, where we talk about designing for IPs, painting, cutting the grass, fan boy moments and we quite literally put together a game about running a coffee shop. All while having the best time. Links of Notes.  Staying In is a brilliant listen, so please check it out below.  https://twitter.com/stayinginpod  https://www.instagram.com/stayinginpod  https://www.stayinginpodcast.com/  You can keep an eye on Sherw...

https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/02/zaberias-board-game-review.html This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whether or not this game is something that y...

Joined by Richard Lawton, who is currently very successfully Kickstarting his game Crown of Ash, and as a Graphic Designer, their approach to both their game design and campaign has been slightly different from the norm. We talk about his field of expertise before diving into his game. It's a very interesting listen indeed.  Links of Notes  https://punchboard.co.uk/crown-of-ash-preview/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/960219374927245/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cardnoir/crown-of-ash https://www.crownofash.com/     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below.  Please give us a rating or re...

Joined buy the ever wonderful Isaac Vega to chat about the formation of Rose Gauntlet Entertainment, setting up and marketing a new venture with one of your best friends and then launching Wild Gardens on Backerkit. I had the best time because I'm a huge fan of Isaac's work. I make no apologies.  Links of Notes  https://www.backerkit.com/c/rose-gauntlet-entertainment/wild-gardens  https://www.rosegauntlet.com/ https://twitter.com/RoseGauntlet  https://www.instagram.com/rosegauntlet/    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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...

https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/03/pocket-paragons-card-game-review-solis.html  This review is based on the media preview version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whether or not this game is something th...

Myself and my youngest Jake have been playing a lot of Marvel Snap and so we thought we would chat about it for a little bit.  The decks we have are what we have available as at the time of recording and so we may have set up that might be different from your own.  # (1) The Hood# (1) Ant Man# (1) Sunspot# (2) Okoye# (2) Scorpion# (3) Morph# (3) Wolfsbane# (4) Shang-Chi# (4) Ka-Zar# (5) Magik# (6) She-Hulk# (6) The Infinaut#eyJDYXJkcyI6W3siQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiT2tveWUifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6Ik1vcnBoIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJLYVphciJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiTWFnaWsifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlNoZUh1bGsifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IkFudE1hbiJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiSW5maW5hdXQifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6Ikhvb2QifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlNoYW5nQ2hpIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJXb2xmc2Jh...

Ronnie Renton is no miniature in the world of wargaming. (see what I did there) As the owner of Mantic Games, him and his team have continued to bring gamers a range of exciting and different tabletop skirmish games, and he joins me to chat about the return of Dungeon Saga in the form of Dungeon Saga Origins.  We chat about Mantic, his day to day running of the business, selecting the right talent, a bit about Armada, and we even mention my local game store, Accent Gaming.    https://www.manticgames.com/news/dungeon-saga-origins-design-mechanics-and-differences-interviews-and-more/  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manticgames/dung...

Joined by the delightful Justin De Witt to chat about hot drink thermodynamics, starting up your own game company, the attraction of Kickstarter and selling an evergreen title.  I hope you enjoy the show.  LINKS of NOTE https://firesidegames.com/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/9624/fireside-games https://www.facebook.com/FiresideGames  https://www.instagram.com/fireside_games  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR LI...

https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/02/that-old-wallpaper-alderac.html  This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whether or not this game is something that yo...

https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/02/hey-i-was-wondering-if-i-could-borrow.html  This is an opinion piece designed to promote discussion around a particular topic and is not intended to highlight the practices of any particular company or individual. Enjoy, get angry or think about it. Entirely up to you.   If you would like to support more written pieces on the blog then please consider backing us on Patreon. www.patreon.com/werenotwizards

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...

Joined by Pearl and Amar to chat about Cake of Doom, a fabulous gluten fill alien extravaganza designed to fill you plates with fun and dread.  We chat about the origin of the game, marketing and lots of lovely spreadsheets.  Links of Notes  Website, Kickstarter pre-launch, Twitter, Instagram, linktree inc. links to try the game online ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 recommendations are wonderful things. OUR L...

https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/01/wayfarers-of-southern-tigris-first.html This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whether or not this game is something that y...

https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/03/alice-is-missing-is-rpg-introverts-have.html   You can find out more about the game by going to https://renegadegamestudios.com/alice-is-missing-pre-order/ You can find out more about the most recent expansion to Alice is Missing on https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/huntersbooks/alice-is-missing-silent-falls  If you would like to support more written pieces on the blog then please consider backing us on Patreon. www.patreon.com/werenotwizards

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 podcas...

https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/01/solforge-fusion-review-stone-blade.html This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whether or not this game is something that y...

https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/01/mosaic-forbidden-games-board-game-review.html   This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whether or not this game is something that yo...

Jamey Stegmaier joins us on our seventh anniversary to talk about Expeditions, Singing, Tap Dancing, The Doubt surrounding Frank West's Cat ownership. Why Isaac Childres is like George Lucas. And why he's comfortable with the sales and information cycle in relation to boardgames.    LINKS OF NOTES  https://stonemaiergames.com/games/expeditions/  https://www.facebook.com/StonemaierGames  https://www.youtube.com/c/JameyStegmaier    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 recomm...

Joined by Mark Cooke and occasionally his very good robot impression. We apologise for the occasional break in audio quality in this episode. Maybe they are listening. We hope at least you are listening.  We chat about COVID and Cons, ticket expectations, We mention Dan Hughes, Ben Maddox and Luke Prior and also who would win in a fight between Watch It Played, BGG, Rahdo and The Dice Tower.   LINKS OF NOTES  https://airecon.uk/  https://www.facebook.com/aireconuk/  https://twitter.com/aireconuk    If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below.  Please gi...

Joined once again by the quite lovely Richard Keene to chat about his new Kickstarter Deep Shelf. We also talk about his design practice changes in the face of a pandemic. Marketing a new game, dealing with previewer copies and his next projects.  Keep an eye on what they are up to by visiting the links below.  https://www.ninthhaven.com/  https://twitter.com/NinthHavenGames  https://www.facebook.com/Dinogenics/  https://ninth-haven-games-webshop.myshopify.com/  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deepshelf/deep-shelf-relaunch  https://www.facebook.com/NinthHavenGames/    If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links bel...

You can read the original review by visiting  https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/01/for-glory-card-game-review-spielcraft.html  This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whe...

You can read the original review by visiting  https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/01/cult-of-deep-board-game-review-first.html  This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whe...

I'm joined by the Editor of Tabletop Gaming Magazine, CJ Eggett.  We get into the serious subjects of Board Game Media and why they need to be stopped. Why you should be blaming Ben Maddox for everything. What we both think of paid previews. And more importantly, pitching your writing ideas in a winning way that will guarantee both popularity and fame. And I impersonate Ant and Dec. And we talk about exciting games that are exciting. I'm excited.    Links of Note  https://twitter.com/CjEggett  https://cjeggett.co.uk/  https://twitter.com/TabletopMag  https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/  OUR LINKS OF...

You can read the original review by visiting  https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/01/on-underground-review-ludicreations.html This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of wh...

You can read the original review by visiting  https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/01/mind-mgmt-board-game-review-first.html  This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned.   The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possibility that they offer. We hope this write up gives you an idea of whe...

Joined by the wonderful Ross Thompson, who recently moved from Steamforged Games to Cephalofair Games to become their Crowdfunding and Marketing Manager and taking on the might of Marketing such a well respected publisher.  We chat about his career in the industry, from running a convention to creating communities and helping other to find their own place at the table. Ross of course completely destroys this wonderful build up in the last two minutes of the podcast..  You can find him at the following places https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs/  https://twitter.com/almostkirk  https://www.instagram.com/almostkirk  We ta...

You can read the original review on  https://www.werenotwizards.co.uk/wp/2022/11/hiroba-board-game-review-funny-fox-hachette-games-distribution/

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 recommendations are wonderful things.

OUR LINKS OF NOTES (⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards⁠⁠) 

⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠   | ⁠⁠Website ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Our Blog⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Our YouTube Channel⁠⁠

⁠⁠Our BGG Guild⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Board Game Geek Page⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠| ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

Stay Safe, Roll Sixes, Make Something Awful. Stay Spicy. 

You can read the original review by visiting  https://www.werenotwizards.co.uk/wp/2022/12/galileo-board-game-review-sorry-we-are-french/

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 recommendations are wonderful things.

OUR LINKS OF NOTES (⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards⁠⁠) 

⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠   | ⁠⁠Website ⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Our Blog⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Our YouTube Channel⁠⁠

⁠⁠Our BGG Guild⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Board Game Geek Page⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠| ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

Stay Safe, Roll Sixes, Make Something Awful. Stay Spicy.