Gabe Barrett invades the podcast to talk about The Board Game Design Lab, designing and publishing games, his latest game The Final Flicktier and a huge number of topics surrounding Kickstarter. We were really honoured to have him on as a guest and I hope you enjoy our very fun episode with him. Make sure you check out the campaign when it launches later this month. LINKS OF NOTES http://www.boardgamedesignlab.com/the-final-flicktier-landing/ http://www.boardgamedesignlab.com/ https://twitter.co...
Oct 09, 2018•1 hr 32 min
Richard is joined by K from The very awesome Salt Report. We have a chat about the days of the Dreamcast before we get onto some big chat about cosplaying, which is totally fascinating and well worth listening to. K is a fantastic guest, someone I glad I know and I hope you have as much fun listening as we did recording the show. Please check out her facebook page as her cosplay is excellent, and make sure you listen to The Salt Report as its brilliant and highly recommended. LINKS OF NOTES http...
Oct 06, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Richard is joined by Jeremy Falger of Jade Owl Studios to chat a bit about his future kickstarter, working creating games for businesses and why Pandemic Legacy has a better story than Harry Potter. Oh, and we invent a new game on the spot. Which belongs to us. Jeremy is a really interesting guest working in the indutry from a slightly different angle from others and his chat is very interesting. I hope you enjoy it as we had a lot of fun chatting. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.jadeowlstudios.com/ ...
Oct 02, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Richard is joined by Jamie Noble Frier from the Noble Artist to talk all about Hero Master: An Epic Game of Epic Fails - The Board Game and why is isn't GRIM DARK. We also talk about his love for Neoprene and fear of roller coasters and why we don't like Martyn Poole. Plus an insight into how Richard researches his guests. STILL TIME TO BACK THE KICKSTARTER BELOW. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.facebook.com/groups/HeroMastergame/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thenobleartist/hero-master-an-epi...
Sep 30, 2018•42 min
Richard is joined by Robbie Munn in a short episode to chat all about Summoner's Isle, his kickstarter project that is beautiful to look at and beautifully inexpensive. It's a relatively short chat, but Robbie will be coming back on again to give us the fuller story about his cardboard journey. THERE ARE SLIGHT AUDIO ISSUES. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/215197030/summoners-isle-board-game?ref=project_link https://www.facebook.com/summonersIsle/ http://www.peculiarity.co.uk...
Sep 28, 2018•39 min
Richard is joined by Marc Specter of the Grand Gamers Guild and we pick his brains about procrastinating, Endeavour Age of Sail, GMing, Running Events, creating Kickstartes and his latest project, The Artemis Project.. LINKS OF NOTES https://grandgamersguild.com/ https://www.facebook.com/grandgamersguild/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/33845/grand-gamers-guild https://twitter.com/grndgmrsgld https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHgTq_fLmVc6thx1ekJycg https://www.kickstarter.com/projec...
Sep 27, 2018•1 hr 19 min
Richard is joined by Jon Bryant Jon Bryant is bringing Full Contact Dice to the Table in the form of Masters Of Gettown. Which includes Acrylic and fighting and you know what? Jon is an absolute delight to chat with. I could have spoken with him for hours. Please listen and follow Earth to Games and support them. LINKS OF NOTES http://earthtogames.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/Earth_To_Games https://www.facebook.com/MastersofGettown http://www.madforminiatures.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...
Sep 26, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Richard spoke to Erin Dean about her Kickstarter Campaign for her interview based publication book 'For the Love of Boardgames' and no one warned her what she was getting into before she came on the show. But we chatted Books and Karaoke and Museums and we had a great time. Still plenty of time left on the kickstarter and it sounds like a cracking and ESSENTIAL READ. LINKS OF NOTES http://boardgamemuseum.org/ https://kck.st/2xDV3UD ==================================== If you like what you have h...
Sep 18, 2018•50 min
So When Richard (43) and Dan Hughes (42) get together there is big talk going on about so many subjects you can't even keep up with us so strap in and sit back and enjoy this one because this it's just the best and I'm so happy I got to speak to Dan on the show. He's awesome, check out his content and like and subscribe everything he does please. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTl7ZQ4SLkchZr6NblRd7ig http://www.dicetower.com/contributors/dan-hughes https://twitter.com/dghughes28...
Sep 18, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Richard is joined by Emma May of Emmerse Studios to talk about Quirk! and much much more. We learn about Emma's career, her journey with Life Coaching and Kickstarter and the Battle of Quirk! and then kind of what is next for her and the company. Ron Howard : She Didn't. It's such a great chat and Emma will definitely be coming back on the show just to chat really. Please listen and enjoy and share everywhere. Thanks LINKS OF NOTES https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quirk-Hilarious-Family-Card-Game/dp/B07...
Sep 14, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Emma Larkins is on the show to chat about Videogames, creating boardgames through romance, advising people on designing games and writing books and being part of a creative community and they are really really interesting to talk to. I hope you enjoy the show and thank you for listening. LINKS OF NOTES http://www.emmalarkins.com/ https://twitter.com/emmalarkins =================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subs...
Sep 12, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Richard is joined by Chandler Copenhaver, Director of Business Development for Crowdox. Does Richard let Chandler chat about Crowdox? What do you think? However we have some very interesting discusions about crowdfunding in general and it's relation to the tabletop hobby and it's evolution. We talk about how Chandler got involved in the Kickstarter world and where he is going with his own game design. Very grateful of Chandler for hi time and we hope you get a chance to listen. LINKS OF NOTES ht...
Sep 10, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Richard is joined by Florent Coupeau who is the CEO of Nuts! Publishing, a wargaming publishing company that also specialises in localisation of games into French. We chat about how Florent got into the hobby, working on games translations and localisations and what we can expect in the future from the company. It was a really interesting chat and I hope you enjoy it. LINKS OF NOTES https://twitter.com/nutspublishing http://www.nutspublishing.com/eshop/pre-order/this-war-without-an-enemy-en http...
Sep 08, 2018•57 min
Richard is joined by Juraj Bilic from Adreama Games to to talk aboout his launch of his second edition of his highly successful 2013 game Machina Arcana. We chat about the changing face of Kickstarter, the design process for the original Machina Arcana what changes Juraj has made and Richard does his best to butcher pronouncing Juraj's name. But its a fun chat and we hope you enjoy it. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/456615294/1667610645?ref=558693&token=cef60288 facebook...
Sep 03, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Richard is joined by the very joyous and wonderful Nigel Kennington from One Free Elephant to chat Microbrew, making games, getting the rulebooks right and launching a game in the middle of a Con. Please please please - check out microbrew as it sounds AMAZING. LINKS OF NOTES www.onefreeelephant.co.uk www.facebook.com/onefreeelephant www.twitter.com/onefreeelephant If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/...
Aug 30, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Ed Jowett is back on from Shades of Vengence to chat about Era The Chosen and Kickstarter and being awesome and funding really quickly and changes to Kickstarter. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.facebook.com/groups/erathechosen/about/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-the-chosen-a-horror-rpg-defend-our-dimension-0?ref=5t929l https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEiOpTk8IwuolqNVdBDik2A Shades of Vengeance Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shadesofvengeance/ http://www.shadesofven...
Aug 24, 2018•54 min
Richard is joined by Eoin Costelloe from Decking Awesome Games to have a chat about their up and coming kickstarter - Dice Summoners. We have a chat about how Eoin got into the hobby, getting into designing your own game and the challenge of promoting your game, building up an audience and getting ready to launch. LINKS OF NOTES http://dag.irish https://twitter.com/Deckingg https://www.instagram.com/deckingawesomegames/ https://www.facebook.com/deckingawesomegames https://boardgamegeek.com/board...
Aug 19, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Richard is joined by John Harper and Duncan Cowan, or Vendor Relations and Operations of the First Tabletop Event in Perth Scotland coming to you on the 1st and 2nd of September and sounds like a whole load of fun. Make sure you check out the links below and book a ticket if you can. Links of Notes http://tabletopscotland.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/events/121789148498302/ https://www.perthcity.co.uk/event/tabletop-scotland-2018/ https://twitter.com/tabletopscot =============================...
Aug 10, 2018•49 min
Richard is joined by Nils the Red, from The Nerd Therapy Podcast and they talk a bit of DnD, dealing with daughters boyfriends, the remake of Buffy and much more. Please follow Nils on twitter, and make sure you check out The Nerd Therapy podcast which is a huge amount of fun and you can find in the links below. LINKS OF NOTES https://twitter.com/heavymetaljesus http://nerdtherapy.xyz/ https://twitter.com/nerdtherapypod https://www.facebook.com/NerdTherapyPodcast ================================...
Aug 01, 2018•52 min
Richard is joined by John Brieger developer and designer and currently one of the creative minds behind Rurik - Dawn of Kiev. We have a chat about John's start in Retail Space design, before his moves into games design, spending time in London where he met Bez before moving back to the US and becoming involved in the development of Rurik. We talk about his future, including Doggo Delvers, his mini RPG about dogs. If you want to keep up with what John is getting involved in, then make sure you ch...
Jul 25, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Richard is joined by Maggibot aka Marguerite Cottrell aka person that is lot of fun to chat with. We talk about temperature, Race for the Galaxy, teaching games, getting stuck in elevators, snack mummies, why Kickstarter could be better. We also chat a bit on retail and there is a lot of giggling. Pretty much.. We had a blast and I hope you enjoy the episode. Remember to check out all of the links for Maggibots content below. LINKS OF NOTES https://twitter.com/MaggiBot https://www.instagram.com/...
Jul 06, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Richard is joined by Marc Davis from The Thoughtful Gamer and we sit down and have a chat about Marc's history but we go into debating as an hobby and then how you can do a criticism on boardgames. We cover a few topics in this episode and Marc was really interesting to speak with. We hope to have him on the show again. Please make sure you check out all of the media magic he is putting out there by clicking on the links below. LINKS OF NOTES https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/ https://thethoughtful...
Jul 03, 2018•1 hr 23 min
Richard speaks to the all round important person that is Simon Ayres who is such a delight to have on the show. We chat kickstarters and buying games and reviews and what Simon likes about content and it's a lot of fun and he has absolutely nothing to promote so we just have fun. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.. LINKS OF NOTES https://twitter.com/siayres_bg ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, ...
Jun 27, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Richard is joined by Owen Duffy, one of the creators behind the boardgame book, which is currently on kickstarter. We have a chat about reviews, Owen's journey in the hobby including writing for the Guardian and Tabletop Gaming Mag. Owen is a really interesting person to speak to and we hope you enjoy the episode. Still time to back the Boardgame Book, so make sure you check out the links below. LINKS OF NOTES https://twitter.com/boardgamebook https://www.facebook.com/TheBoardGameBook https://ww...
Jun 23, 2018•52 min
Richard is joined by Mark Talyor to talk about his Kickstarter Campaign Last One In, his zombie card game. So we spend time talking about Yu Gi Oh and Magic the Gathering before gettiing the undead involved. Please check out Mark's campaign by checking out the links below. LINKS OF NOTES www.instagram.com/lastonein_game https://twitter.com/LastOneIngame https://www.facebook.com/LastOneIngame https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/301519842/last-one-in-a-zombie-themed-card-game ====================...
Jun 16, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Richard is joined by Janice Turner of Wren Games to chat about their very successful Kickstarter Assembly. So we chat about how her and Stu got started in the hobby, making your first game, dealing with childcare at the UKGE and how you deal with stretch goals when you weren't expecting to be so successful. It's a fun chat and Janice is a brilliant guest and I hope you enjoy it. Remember to check out Assembly in the links below. LINKS OF NOTES https://wrengames.wordpress.com/ https://www.faceboo...
Jun 09, 2018•52 min
Richard speaks to Joseph Norris from Adversity Games about Nightlancer and lets Joseph eventually explain everything about how his game works. After he tells us how much a decent amount of figures are in warhammer, and playing his dad at Heroquest. We're very sorry about this. Like really really sorry. Sorry Joseph. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/619659500/nightlancer-the-cyberpunk-board-game?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=nightlancer https://twitter.com/adversit...
Jun 09, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Richard is joined by none other than Patrick Kelly from Blue Peg, Pink Peg and we talk about his career, mental health, acting, accents, bad accents, what is a braw bricht moonlicht the nicht? And we really don't talk about cardboard, because both of us talk a lot about cardboard already and Patrick really is a fascinating chap. Please make sure you check out the links in the show notes below and simply because their show is a must listen.. Thank you. LINKS OF NOTES https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ h...
Jun 07, 2018•1 hr 16 min
PADDY. Paddy from Twin Humanities joins us again to chat about some games including Codenames, Magic Maze, Rock Paper Wizard, Sub Terra and the Hellboy Kickstarter game. ANd he's my favourite thing. LINKS OF NOTES https://twitter.com/paddystardust - Paddy's Twitter https://twitter.com/twinhumanities - Twin Humanities Twitter http://www.twinhumanities.com/ - Twin Humanities Website https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClVl4AVChner1m6Vp0SFqAw CHECK OUT THE ONE BRO. ====================================...
Jun 01, 2018•1 hr 45 min
Richard is joined by Joseph Z Chen from Metafactory Games and creator of the suddenly successful Fantastic Factories, so we spend 50 minutes chatting about how he got into the hobby, then realise we actually should talk about the game and then kind of talk about it I guess but it ends up all ok in end. I think. Joesph was really interesting to chat with and I hope you enjoy the episode. LINKS OF NOTES https://twitter.com/fanfactories https://www.facebook.com/fantasticfactories/ https://www.kicks...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 8 min
