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House of Geek

Summary: Nikki and Ian ramble about all things nerdy in the world of TV, movies, books, video and board games plus play through a Fighting Fantasy book every show

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 Episode 28 - Star Trek, Perfect Crime and Doom | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:35:21

Welcome to the House of Geek We discuss what we’ve been up to the past few weeks, we interview Henry from Grublin Games as they prepare to launch the Kickstarter for Perfect Crime. Sadly we had a few sound issues during the interview, we hope it comes out ok. Chris pops round to review Doom and we look at a brief history of the original Star Trek series and films. Nikki also gives her first book review, reviewing The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. Find more for Perfect Crime at www.Grublin.com or on kickstarter as of 31st May 2016. Thank you for listening. Supported by: www.tabletopgaming.co.uk www.UKGMN.co.uk Follow us on twitter @HouseOfGeekShow Find us at www.HouseOfGeek.org.uk Contact us at email@houseofgeek.org.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam & Nicole Watts with addition content from Chris Medcalf Music thanks to www.bensound.com    

 House of Geek (bye bye player2cast) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:34

Player2cast is changing and will be no more. As of next episode we will be renamed House of Geek. It will still be the same Ian and Nikki spouting crap on nerdy topics but it means we can move from the board game focus and expand to include all of geek culture. Thank you for listening. Supported by: www.tabletopgaming.co.uk www.UKGMN.co.uk Follow us on twitter @HouseOfGeekShow Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam & Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.bensound.com

 Episode 27 - Celestia | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:56:11

We review the wonderful game Celestia in this episode and Ian gets all excited for the new Blood Bowl that’s coming out later this year. We announce the winners of the ‘Name Our House’ Twitter competition. Make sure you listen to the end. We whinge about all the movie remakes going on and discuss our future plans for a new show. Items discussed available here: Blood Bowl 2 on Xbox One available at http://amzn.to/1Wzvzj1 Dresden Files Book 1 free at Audible http://amzn.to/1V3LyF0 Celestia http://amzn.to/1WzvWde Thank you for listening. Supported by: www.tabletopgaming.co.uk www.UKGMN.co.uk Follow us on twitter @player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam & Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.bensound.com

 Episode 26 - Age of Sigmar | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:53:51

We are back and have moved tosunny Kendal up in the Lake District. This has put us behind however so apologiesfor the slap dash nature of this episode. In it Ian gives his initial impressionson Age of Sigmar and we tell our tales of woe whilst trying to move. Next episode will be back to our usual… high… standards. If you enjoyed the show then please review us on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Supported by www.tabletopgaming.co.uk www.UKGMN.co.uk Follow us on twitter@player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.bensound.com

 Episode 25 - Tabletop Gaming Magazine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:55:20

A slightly late show but weare out. Due to time constraints no actual game review but we do look at thelatest issue of Tabletop Gaming Magazine and also tell you how you can win acopy. We are taking a short breakdue to real life issues but we will be back before you know it. Make sure youget those reviews in to be in with a chance of winning the copy of the magazine. If you enjoyed the showplease review us on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Supported by www.tabletopgaming.co.uk www.UKGMN.co.uk Follow us on twitter@player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.bensound.com

 Episode 24 - Ticket to Ride UK | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:53:11

Here we are we are 1 year old and with the release of episode 24 we see a new feel to the show. We have re-arranged the running order and altered the way we review games. We aren’t so sure on this yet so please feedback your thoughts. We review Ticket to Ride UK edition by Days of Wonder as well as announce the winner of our I Hate Zombies competition. We have plenty of news and opinions on what we’ve been up to as usual too. If you enjoyed the show please review us on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Supported by www.tabletopgaming.co.uk www.UKGMN.co.uk Follow us on twitter @player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.bensound.com

 Episode 23 - Love, Ember & Arkham Horror | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:05:36

It’s a special Valentines edition of the show and we discuss love in nerd culture. We all love us a nerd… We review 2 games. Ember which as we record is currently on Kickstarter and Arkham Horror by Fantasy Flight Games. We also give a non-spoiler review of Deadpool. Make sure you like and retweet our I Hate Zombies competition on twitter to be in with a chance of winning the game. If you enjoyed the show please review us on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Supported by www.tabletopgaming.co.uk www.UKGMN.co.uk Follow us on twitter @player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.purple-planet.com www.bensound.com

 Episode 22 - Thief’s Market & Age of War | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:12:42

In episode 22 we are happy to have a superb guest on the show. We interview Dave Chalker the designer of the current hot kickstarter game Thief’s Market. We also later in the show discuss our opinions of kickstarter and the types of projects on there. We review Age of War by Fantasy Flight games as well as looking at the UK kickstarter project Toast. Finally we announce some exciting changes coming for the show. Thank you for listening and please do review us on itunes. Supported by Tabletop Gaming Magazine: www.Tabletopmag.co.uk UK Gaming Media Network: www.UKGMN.co.uk Follow us @player2cast Find more plus our BLOG at www.player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.purple-planet.com www.incompetech.com

 Episode 21 - Fantasy Flight & Warhammer Quest | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:07:31

Can you press deeper? That is the question in today’s show. We look at the huge catalogue of games that Fantasy Flight offers us and then review their game Warhammer Quest the Adventure Card Game. We look at Mantic’s plans to release a Walking Dead game as well as some exciting new TV shows that are due soon. We discuss our new website as well as Nikkis new blog. Find that at nerdnicole.wordpress.com. Make sure you listen right to the end for some funky Nikki dance music. If you enjoyed the show please review us on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Supported by www.OGGames.co.uk www.facebook.com/tabletopgamingmagazine www.UKGMN.co.uk Follow us on twitter @player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.purple-planet.com www.incompetech.com

 Episode 20 - The Big Year Review & Star Wars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:25:44

2016 is here. In this episode we take a look back at all the games we’ve reviewed and give our opinions on them now we have had a little more time. Which game do we still like? Which game have we felt we wasted our money on? No game review this time. Instead we discuss the line-up of games and films that we are looking forward to in 2016. Finally, we give our opinions on Star Wars The Force Awakens. This is done during the final section of the show so please if you haven’t seen the film don’t listen as we have plenty of spoilers. Please help us fund the show by using the link to Amazon on our website when you go to buy things. Once we receive enough to buy a game we will give you guys the listeners a choice of what we buy for the show. If you enjoyed the show, please review us on iTunes tell you friends about us. Thank you for listening. Supported by www.OGGames.co.uk www.facebook.com/tabletopgamingmagazine Follow us on twitter @player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.purple-planet.com

 Episode 19 - Christmas films & Lords of War | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:12:50

Its CHRISTMAS time and we have a special Christmas show. In our topic we discuss our individual favourite Christmas movies, as well as the results of our twitter poll. We review the card game Lords of War and look at the Kickstarter Rumbleslam. Finally we hope you enjoy our own personal rendition of Santa Baby….. Merry Christmas everyone. Please help us fund the show by using the link to Amazon on our website when you go to buy things. Once we receive enough to buy a game we will give you guys the listeners a choice of what we buy for the show. If you enjoyed the show please review us on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Supported by www.OGGames.co.uk www.facebook.com/tabletopgamingmagazine Follow us on twitter @player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.purple-planet.com

 Episode 18 - Happy Birthday Megadrive (& Nikki) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:10:46

It’s been 25 years since the Sega Megadrive landed upon this earth so this episode we take a look at our top 10 games on the system. We review 2 Xbox One couch co-op games Guns, Gore Cannoli and Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. We announce our next Tabletop magazine competition plus our Amazon affiliate link. Please help us fund the show by using the link to Amazon on our website when you go to buy things. Once we receive enough to buy a game we will give you guys the listeners a choice of what we buy for the show. If you enjoyed the show please review us on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Supported by www.OGGames.co.uk www.facebook.com/tabletopgamingmagazine Follow us on twitter @player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.purple-planet.com

 Episode 17 - Frostgrave Interview & Pandemic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:26:32

Today we are joined by the creator of Frostgrave, Joseph A. McCullough as we interview him and discuss all things Frostgrave and the future for the game. We look at Z-Man games Pandemic and give our thoughts on that too. In the news we discuss Games Workshops plans for specialist games and we also give our thoughts on Akira after re-watching it 15 years later. At the end of the show after the end music we have a battle report on our first game of Frostgrave. Please ignore the errors we made. If you liked this please let us know. If you enjoyed the show please review us on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Supported by www.OGGames.co.uk www.facebook.com/tabletopgamingmagazine www.GeekCultureRadio.com Follow us on twitter @player2cast Find us at www.player2cast.co.uk Contact us at contact@player2cast.co.uk Your hosts were Ian Loxam Nicole Watts Music thanks to www.purple-planet.com

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