We're not Wizards, Tabletop and Board Games Podcast

Yes. We got Patrick Smith aka Paddy Stardust back on the show and we had the best time talking about Forbidden Desert, Thunder Road, Temp Worker Assassins, The Dark Souls Boardgame, Dungeons and Dragons and Mario. He's simply wonderful and entertaining and will be on again to talk about Dark Souls.  Links of Note https://www.tempworkerassassins.com/ http://www.gamewright.com/gamewright/index.php?section=games&page=game&show=277  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Road_(board_game)  http://dnd.wizards.com/  The cartoon that Richard had a mind blank over - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaJZpoC2_34  https://twitter.com/paddystardust - Paddy's Twitter https://twitter.com/twinhumanities - Twin Humanities Twitter http://www.twinhumanities.com/ - Twin Humanities Website   Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

This is our second chat with Peter from Inside The Box Boardgames Over the next 5 weeks, we'll be having some Quick Starts on the SubTerra campaign. The idea being to allow you to find out what's on the mind of a project creator mid campaign in short sharp episodes.  Peter is happy to answer any questions you have so feel free to direct them through our twitter account.  Otherwise, I hope this will be an interesting short series that will give an insight into what goes through a creator's mind mid campaign.  Links of Note  INSIDE THE BOX BOARDGAME JAM  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inside-the-box-game-jam-tickets-27457260405  Subterra Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/itbboardgames/sub-terra-a-cooperative-survival-horror-game-for-1/description  Sub Terra BGG Link - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204472/sub-terra/mentions/podcasts  Statecraft BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193500/statecraft-political-card-game http://itbboardgames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/itbboardgames https://twitter.com/itbboardgames https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8LGOrKbcuIqtkz7dWxnOEA https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/itbboardgames https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukboardgamesKS/    Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

Richard is delighted to be joined by Brad Talton Jnr, who runs Level 99 Games and has brought such delights  to the table such as Battlecon and Pixel Tactics. We talk about how Brad got into the hobby before dicussing more about Pixel Tactics, Battlecon and others in the Level99 Games back catalogue and chatting about Seventh Cross, which will come to Kickstarter in the Autumn. Brad also helps answer Niki's (Lost Panda's) Battlecon Questions and we talk dining room boardgame etiquette.  Richard does an awful Fight Intro soundbite as well.  We were honoured to have him as a guest and hope you enjoy the episode. Links of Note www.level99games.com Level99Games Website https://twitter.com/level99games Level99Games Twitter   Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.  

Over the next 5 weeks, we'll be having some Quick Starts on the SubTerra campaign. The idea being to allow you to find out what's on the mind of a project creator mid campaign in short sharp episodes.  Peter is happy to answer any questions you have so feel free to direct them through our twitter account.  Otherwise, I hope this will be an interesting short series that will give an insight into what goes through a creator's mind mid campaign.  Links of Note  Subterra Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/itbboardgames/sub-terra-a-cooperative-survival-horror-game-for-1/description  Sub Terra BGG Link - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204472/sub-terra/mentions/podcasts  Statecraft BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193500/statecraft-political-card-game http://itbboardgames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/itbboardgames https://twitter.com/itbboardgames https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8LGOrKbcuIqtkz7dWxnOEA https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/itbboardgames https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukboardgamesKS/    Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

OUr first recording session of 2017 is with the very wonderful Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games. We talk about what games influenced him as he was growing up and then chat about Viticulture, Euphoria and some other game about big robots and resource that you might of heard of.  He also talks about his new project Charterstone, which will not be hitting kickstarter, despite Richard's awful KS references.  Additional questions were provided by the wonderful @S0nicH Andy Lewis from Polyhedron Collider. Jamey as you can expect was a fantastic guest, very interesting and a real inspiration in the industry.  Links of note  https://twitter.com/stonemaiergames  http://stonemaiergames.com/  https://twitter.com/S0nicH    Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

Richard recorded a special show with Neil from Spartan Games just before Christmas. We spoke about how he got into the hobby, what you do with a quarter of a million soldiers, avoiding Strictly Come Dancing, and how Neil got into the hobby, as well as how does one get the rights to produce a game from a very famous videogame IP.  We had a lot of fun and a lot of nonsense was spoke.  Links of Note  http://www.spartangames.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/spartangames    Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

 Richard is joined by Frank West, the creator of The City of Kings. A new game scheduled to be hitting Kickstarter in early 2017. Frank tells us about his self built monopoly type game he designed as a lad, we talk dating tips and hugely long sessions of Eclipse, playing Terraforming Mars and why not to email someone who triggers if they hear someone saying they are a wizard. It was great fun to have him on and we'll be keep a close eye on what happens with The City of Kings in the future.     LINKS OF NOTE Eclipse - http://www.lautapelit.fi/Eclipse Terraforming Mars  - http://strongholdgames.com/store/board-games/terraforming-mars/ Latest news and for info on the game: http://thecityofkings.com/Videos about how our mechanics work, artwork releases and general game design: https://youtube.com/c/tcokgame To discuss game mechanics and learn about our journey: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1427814/wip-city-kings/page/1   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tcokgame Twitter: https://twitter.com/tcokgame Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tcokgame/ Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

Richard is joined by Aron West, who as the Creative Director for Elzra Games can claim responsibility for bringing a huge smile to Colin's face. Which is no bad thing. In fact, you can here how much we love Catacombs here. Aron talks about Caylus, one of his favourite games before taking us all on the journey of the Catacombs Kickstarter. You'll be delighted to know that Richard shut up and let Aron talk for a change. It's fascinating to here not only what Elzra have achieved but where they are going with the franchise. We have a couple of exclusives to share on where things are going which is very exciting. Links of Note  Caylus Board Game  - http://riograndegames.com/Game/65-Caylus  Elzra Games Website - https://elzra.com/ Catacombs and Castles Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elzra/catacombs-and-castles BGG Catacombs Page - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/195137/catacombs-third-edition   Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

So Colin comes back for this last chat of the year and we talk about Mr Freeze Raspberry Meth before diving in to what we have been playing and what we are planning to play for the next show. We also give big shout outs to all the guys at DWARF and answer some questions from you lovely people.   Got these to the table Taj Mahal - Rio Grande Games.  http://www.riograndegames.com Galaxy Defenders  - http://www.galaxy-defenders.com/index-ok.php   Ares / Gremlin Project.  Get this off the Shelf Scythe http://stonemaiergames.com/games/scythe/ Give it a Kickhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/334979400/package-an-abstract-tabletop-game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/921886974/dystopian-world-expansion?ref=nav_search   Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

We said we would get him back in if he funded - we never guessed it would have been eight hours after the campaign launched. Dropping back in to chat during the whirlwind campaign with days to go is Kevin Young from Inspiring Games. Brilliant guy to talk to and we can't wait to see the finished game when it launches.  Website http://www.inspiringgames.com/legends-untold/ Twitter www.twitter.com/inspiredtribe Youtube Playthrough (Courtesy of Ricky Royal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8BcV9DE-RU Facebook www.facebook.com/inspiringgames Kickstarter -https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/505428038/legends-untold-as-deep-as-an-rpg-as-fast-as-a-card Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards    Twitter.com -     http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards    If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes.   https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -     http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards    Get us through acast -    http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures - www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB   Email us     magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

 Continuing our series of chatting to creators in the industry we speak to Peter Blenkharn, who as the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Inside the Box Boardgames is reosponsible for bringing the businesses ideas to life as well as publishing other creators content.  We talk about his start out with Broken Shield before his movement into his first successful Kickstarter Molecular, before moving into Statecraft and then what the future holds with subterra.  It wouldn't be a We're Not Wizards chat without a little sprinkling of nonsense.  It's a interesting listen and we really are grateful to Peter for his time. Links of Note Sub Terra BGG Link - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204472/sub-terra/mentions/podcasts Statecraft BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193500/statecraft-political-card-game http://itbboardgames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/itbboardgames https://twitter.com/itbboardgames https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8LGOrKbcuIqtkz7dWxnOEA https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/itbboardgames https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukboardgamesKS/  Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

We've spoken to those in the middle of Kickstarters, or prelaunch so we thought it was time to look at a post match analysis of what happens once the dust settles. Excuse the first of many football based puns. So it made sense to bring in Mark Pearson from The London Boardgame Company to tell us all about what happened after the campaign is closed and funded as well as some of his thoughts on the creative process itself. He talks about how he got into the hobby with Ticket to Ride, before moving on to chat about how he made his own idea a reality. It's a really interesting listen if you are interested in the industry at all with regards to kickstarters Links of Note http://www.londonboardgames.com/londonboardgames https://twitter.com/MHP_LonBoardCo   https://www.facebook.com/LondonBoardGamesCo    Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

Sometimes it just seems right to get someone on the podcast. No they don't have to be known in the industry, or be internet famous, or have something to casually promote. They just bring some good old fashioned conversation to the table and a lot of laughs as well. This was the case with Niki, who after listening to the now infamous trilogy of  Jeremy Greer, Bryan Wade and Charles Turner asked if she could be on and talk about her boardgaming.  The episode you hear is only about 40% of what we talked about before we decided to actually record the show, which maybe explains the giggling at the beginning but not the rest of the nonsense that ensues. We spoke about a fair number of games, all of which are mentioned in some shape or form below. Niki was a delight to have on the show. Niki on Twitter www.twitter.com/lostpanda X-Wing Miniatures https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/x-wing/ Carcassonne - http://www.zmangames.com/carcassonne-universe.html Olympic Cards and Comics - http://www.olympiccardsandcomics.com www.twitter.com/Gabi_OCC Dungeonquest - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/dungeonquest-revised-edition/ Drakon - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/drakon/ Battlecon  - http://www.level99games.com/catalog/battlecon-line/2-battlecon-devastation.html Tokaido -  http://passportgamestudios.com/game/tokaido/ Wizwar - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/wiz-war/   Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

Richard is joined by Tracey from Chaos Cards, an online retailer that has seen a massive boom in business over the last couple of years due to the popularity of boardgaming, RPGing and Cards. But we want to find out more about Tracey's involvement in the hobby, her LARPing, White Wolfing, Shadowrunning, Call of Cthulhuhuhthuhtulu, and her obsession with getting hold of Arkham Horror.... We then talk about Chaos Cards itself, including the Drawer of Treasure and the opening of their bricks and mortar shop/cafe that Tracey will be the manager of.  And we add some special messages, just for Tony, the Owner.  Tracey was a great guest and we hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did.   Links of note Chaos Cards Website https://www.chaoscards.co.uk/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ChaosCards/ Twitter Page https://twitter.com/Chaos_Cards Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4T57SsilGN-dJ4QYp2wAw Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.

Richard is joined by Alice Bell, one of the key writers and content creators for Videogamer.com.  We thought it was about time to ask her on so she could tell us all about her D&D days, playing Shadowrun, and having to deal with the source of all evil. A tortoise with an attitude and a grudge. We talk Funemployed and Dr. Magnethands and have a chat about why we need boardgames when we have everything Videogames can offer. We really appreciated Alice's time and we hope you enjoy the episode.  Links of Note Videogamer www.videogamer.com Alice's Twitter www.twitter.com/babygotbell  Funemployed  http://urbanislandgames.com/funemployed/ Dungeons and Dragons http://dnd.wizards.com/ Shadowrun http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/ Dr Magnethands http://lookrobot.co.uk/doctor-magnethands/ Legends Untold Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/505428038/legends-untold-as-deep-as-an-rpg-as-fast-as-a-card Mined Out - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/315276384/mined-out-the-pocket-sized-game-of-gem-collecting?ref=user_menu Doug Doug Goose Caboose  - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jgilmour/doug-doug-goose-caboose-a-pocket-sized-ice-breaker Please check out www.videobrains.co.uk And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQoI-pDNpo because it's brilliant.   Like what you hear? Then please support us. Facebook -     http://www.facebook.com/werenotwizards Twitter.com -  http://www.twitter.com/werenotwizards     If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405    Get us on Stitcher -    http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/were-not-wizards   Get us through acast - http://www.acast.com/werenotwizards Check out our pictures -www.instagram.com/werenotwizards   Music is owned entirely by We're Not Wizards and thanks to DouglasVB Email us    magic@werenotwizards.com     Remember, we are many things but We're Not Wizards.