Joining us is the Arti Director from Greenbrier Games, the one and only Stephen S Gibson. We speak with Stephen about how he created Grimslingers, the new Northern Territory expansion and why Red Pandas are awesome in general. There is still time to check out Grimslingers so feel free to visit the link below. We reallly appreciate his time, he was an excellent guest. Links of Note CHECK OUT THE CAMPAIGN HERE https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gbg/grimslingers-the-northern-territory DeviantArt:...
Mar 26, 2017•1 hr 14 min
We speak to Stephen Rhodes who works for Ubisoft as a writer. He wrote bits of The Witcher 3. And Homefront Evolution. He loves Bloodbowl and he used to only be allowed to play with 4 warhammer figures. He was a very interesting guest and you should be listening to this as soon as you can. If only for the rant about nothing to do with boardgames at all. We shall certainly be having him back on again. Oh AND We've Added some new stuff. You can listen to the episode of Twin Humanities Stephen was ...
Mar 22, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Gary Deveraux comes back to We're Not Wizards to talk about what happened next in his Kickstarter Campaign for Purgatory Minis, including the pain of cancellations and chasing money as well as the highs that can come through the pledge manager after the funding deadline has finished. Gary has a huge passion for his company and his project and it clearly shows and we were delighted to have him back on. Links of Note Facebook - www.Facebook.com/purgatoryminiatures Twitter - www.twitter.com/purgato...
Mar 18, 2017•1 hr 6 min
Prepare to hear the one and only Bez, as they take us on a journey of Kickstarter, singing theme tunes and the occasional internet drop which we fied as well as we could. All in all we both had and lot of fun and no cards were damaged during the recording. SO ITS ALL GOOD You can keep a track of BEZ at the following places. https://twitter.com/stuffByBez http://www.stuffbybez.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thingsbybez https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/212901/game-wherein-you-blether-scottish-wo...
Mar 12, 2017•1 hr 23 min
David writes books. David also plays boardgames. David is bad at Boggle. David likes Shriekback. DAVID ALSO DECIDED TO RUIN THE SHOW AT THE END. Don't listen this this episode. HE DOESN'T DESERVE IT. I'm not even going to tweet this out. Make sure you block this stuff and don't look at it. www.twitter.com/lasttrilobite www.davidwellington.net https://www.amazon.co.uk/Forsaken-Skies-Book-One-Silence/dp/0356507491/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488493429&sr=8-1&keywords=forsaken+skies https:/...
Mar 05, 2017•2 hr
Andy Lewis, all round genetlemen and excellent person, joins us from Polyhedron Collider, the other boardgame podcast you should listen. We talk about how the effect of changing practices in navigation routes had a follow up effect on supply chains in the first world war. OR we spoke about GAMES for ages. Andy was a pleasureto talk with and just another example of how excellent the boardgame community is in general. Links of Note http://a-games.hu/en/our_games/ave-roma-2/ - Ave Roma Check out An...
Mar 05, 2017•1 hr 24 min
Richard is joined by Matt Jarvis, the Editor of Tabletop Gaming Magazine and owner of the cutest cat in a box ever ever. We delve into Matt's gaming history before talking about what's exciting him about 2017 with the scene and what we can expect to see in the magazine in the next couple of issues. He's another fan of Eclipse, and apparently has a garage full of Orcs and Hobbits He was a fantastic guest, we were really grateful he took the time out to speak with us. As we say at the top of the s...
Feb 24, 2017•1 hr 12 min
Richard is joined by Frank West, the creator of The City of Kings. A new game scheduled to be hitting Kickstarter in the next couple of months. You may remember we spoke to Frank towards the end of last year and at that point we managed to talk about pretty much everything. Except the game. (Oops) The City of Kings is a big box game, filled to the brim with components and ideas and sounds very interesting indeed. LINKS OF NOTE Eclipse - http://www.lautapelit.fi/Eclipse Terraforming Mars - http:/...
Feb 22, 2017•1 hr 27 min
It's our anniversary and we'll do what we want to. So that means NO INTRO MUSIC AND RICHARD SINGING THE ENDING. Richard and Colin talk games and games and more games and completely forget to talk about Scythe. Which we promise to do soon. BUT WE HAVE PLAYED LOADS...!!! Got These to the TableTzolk'in http://czechgames.com/en/tzolkin-the-mayan-calendar/ Victory or Death http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=163_164&products_id=1264 San Allies https://...
Feb 17, 2017•1 hr 8 min
This is our FINAL chat with Peter from Inside The Box Boardgames. DEMAND THAT WE GET A BEARDED MEEPLE FROM PETER.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 insi...
Feb 16, 2017•23 min
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1707132801/ore-some-a-wild-west-strategy-game-for-families-an/description Richard is joined by Sarah Kennington of One Free Elephant. Sarah is launching her first Kickstarter Game ORE-some TODAY. So us nosey parkers decided to have a chat and find out about her history with cardboard, her love of Alchemists and Mythos Tales and why you should keep an eye on Nigel when it comes to Great ones and HP Lovecraft. She was a fabulous guest and we wish her all the be...
Feb 14, 2017•1 hr 8 min
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdee/elemenz-the-dice-game-of-battling-alien-shamans Richard spoke to Justin Morgan-Davies, the driving force behind Bad Cat Games who will be bringing his dice rolling, outer space deity fighting game Elemenz to Kickstarter in February. We have a chat about Eclispe, before talking about boardgames in an educational environment before bringing the main talking point to the floor. It was throughly interesting chat and we had a lot of fun talking to him and we w...
Feb 11, 2017•1 hr 12 min
PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE SOME AUDIO ISSUES WITH THIS SHOW. Richard is joined by David Newton who has probably had more shout outs than Bryan Wade and all because of his wonderful card/ worker placement game Temp Worker Assassins. It seemed fit for us to find out where the inspiration came for the game so David takes us on a journey that involves Dominion all the way through Magic and beyond. There was an audio issue on David's side that we have done our best with and we hope it doesn't detract too ...
Feb 11, 2017•50 min
Richard is joined by Andy Benford, who after serving in the Navy on various Submarines for twenty one years, took a game idea that he developed originally in the 1970s and worked with Osprey Games to make it a reality in the form of They Come Unseen. It's a rare thing indeed that a designer takes their real world experiences and places it into their boardgame. Andy's story is fascinating from the very beginning from the original idea to the final product. He was a total delightful guest and we l...
Feb 08, 2017•1 hr 11 min
This is our fourth chat with Peter from Inside The Box Boardgames. DEMAND THAT WE GET A BEARDED MEEPLE FROM PETER.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 ins...
Feb 07, 2017•24 min
This is our third 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 ...
Jan 31, 2017•32 min
Rchard is joined by Chris Kluwe, who after carving a career in the NFL, making a name in World of Warcraft has now moved on to creating his first expandable card game. Twilight of the Gods. Chris was an absolutely excellent guest so we thought we would rush this out in time for the end of his kickstarter. We really appreciate the time he gave us, he was excellent to talk to. If you like what you've heard, please give the campaign a look. We also invented a new way to get one of your five a day. ...
Jan 26, 2017•56 min
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:...
Jan 24, 2017•1 hr 35 min
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...
Jan 24, 2017•32 min
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 do...
Jan 17, 2017•1 hr 9 min
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.kickst...
Jan 15, 2017•25 min
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 Coll...
Jan 13, 2017•1 hr 10 min
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 suppor...
Jan 08, 2017•1 hr 24 min
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 ...
Dec 21, 2016•1 hr 25 min
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 ...
Dec 18, 2016•1 hr 40 min
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...
Dec 16, 2016•1 hr 44 min
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...
Dec 13, 2016•1 hr 1 min
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 w...
Dec 12, 2016•1 hr 19 min
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...
Dec 10, 2016•1 hr 30 min
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 tal...
Dec 07, 2016•1 hr 28 min
