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...
Jun 13, 2025•2 hr 2 min•Season 10Ep. 550
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 let someone else know about our...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 10Ep. 549
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 A...
May 10, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Season 10Ep. 548
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...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Season 10Ep. 547
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-eng...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Season 10Ep. 546
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 0...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Season 10Ep. 545
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 wi...
Feb 22, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 10Ep. 544
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 If you would like to support us then...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Season 10Ep. 543
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 wou...
Feb 04, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 10Ep. 542
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 recommendations are wonderful thi...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 10Ep. 541
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 Honorab...
Jan 08, 2025•2 hr 24 min•Season 10Ep. 540
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 Midd...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 9Ep. 539
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. Our Links of Note If...
Dec 16, 2024•49 min•Season 9Ep. 538
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.com https://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 catche...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 9Ep. 537
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 cho...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 9Ep. 536
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 catcher of choice. Also, pleas...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 9Ep. 535
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 o...
Sep 29, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 9Ep. 534
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 y...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 9Ep. 533
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 S...
Sep 06, 2024•11 min•Season 9Ep. 532
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 W...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 9Ep. 531
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 r...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 27 min
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 T...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 44 min
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 recommendat...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 33 min
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 'ell...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 30 min
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...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 12 min
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 someon...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 2 min
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/stoneagedistr...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 4 min
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...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 27 min
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 lik...
Mar 20, 2024•57 min
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 c...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 20 min
