Bez is back to chat about BGDevCon, which is a meet up for board game developers to chat their craft, have some fun and learn about each other. If you are interested then check out the details below, to date though, the Kickstarter link still is not available. https://www.facebook.com/events/381134992686388/ https://twitter.com/stuffByBez ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on A...
Jul 11, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Marc Davis joins us once again on his 1 year anniversary of his first appearance and if you want to hear us talk about contractors and decorators and milking animals then start from the beginning. If you want to hear a serious show about 18XX and Tiny Towns then skip ahead to the 20 minute Marc. But I know you're listening from the beginning.. you little scamp. Links of Notes https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/ https://thethoughtfulgamer.podbean.com/ https://twitter.com/marcttg https://www.youtube.c...
Jul 03, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Colin is back after a long time to talk about games and things we have been doing at DWARF and stuff. Oh, we got the rules wrong for Dinogenics btw. Got to the Table Dinogenics - Ninth Haven Games - https://www.ninthhaven.com/ Donning The Purple - Tompet Games - https://www.tompetgames.no/ Get These off the Shelf Vast - Leder Games - https://ledergames.com/ Heroes of Land, Air & Sea - https://www.gamelyngames.com/ Give Them A Kick Bellum - Van Hammock Games - https://www.kickstarter.com/proj...
Jun 28, 2019•48 min
Andy Bussey joins us to catch up all about preparations for the Glasgow Games Gathering and why you should be considering coming along LINKS of NOTES https://www.g3gamers.co.uk/index.htm https://twitter.com/glasgowG3 https://www.facebook.com/G3-Gamers-142318565887156/ https://www.instagram.com/g3gamers ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.c...
Jun 26, 2019•44 min
Bez took over the show and then asked me about my blog post and I'm sorry. Links of Notes http://www.stuffbybez.com/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/29655/stuff-bez https://www.facebook.com/thingsbybez/ ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizards/id1084198405 DROP US A REVIEW HERE.. READ OUR WRITING - h...
Jun 25, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Richard is joined by Sally Jones from The Crafting Jones to chat about creating gifts for the Board Game and Tabletop space, how she gets her ideas, where she markets and what happens when one of her family changes jobs. Please consider clicking on the links and perusing some of her fine wares. Links of Notes https://www.facebook.com/TheCraftingJones/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheCraftingJones https://thecraftingjones.com/ https://twitter.com/CraftingJones https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thecraft...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Frank West, In a Vest, Here to Guest, Frank West. He's got a game, Frank West, It's not the same, Frank West As the Bear Game Frank West. To tell a fact, Frank West, It's about a cat, Frank West, Like all the Cats, Frank West, So he's here to guest, Frank West, He's made me guess Frank West, The price for his Quest, Frank West, His Feline Quest.. Frank West. In a vest, Frank West. He's a guest. Links of Notes https://twitter.com/cityofgameshq https://www.facebook.com/CityofGamesHQ/ https://www.y...
Jun 20, 2019•57 min
Join myself and Janice Turner as we talk about food allergies and being away from home, labelling and packaging and how some restaurants get it right and some need a bit more encouragement. Oh, and we forget to do an intro and we do talk about Sensor Ghosts and the expansion to their first game Assembly and why there isn't enough Stu in podcasts and things in general. Make sure that you consider checking out their Kickstarter campaign below. Links of Notes https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wr...
Jun 16, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Richard is joined by Elizabeth Snyder, role player, D&D collector, potential vampire and office talker to chat all about Mixed Company, her social communication and discussion game which aims to cut through small talk and aid discussion between people. We chat about a manner of things and have a great time and we hope you enjoy our chat. Links of Notes https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mixed-company/mixed-company-a-conversationally-engaging-card-game https://www.facebook.com/groups/MixedC...
Jun 14, 2019•1 hr
We have a returning visitor. Fresh from the UK Games Expo, Justin from Bad Cat Games pays us another visit to chat about his fully funded Kickstarter for Gladiatores. So we chat a bit about mechanics, a bit about relaunching, a touch on competition in your field regarding similar themes and it's all good fun. Please check out all the links below. Links of Notes https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2018/09/gladiatores-blood-for-roses-kickstarter.html https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdee/gladi...
Jun 12, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Kai Herbertz is an author and games designer who kindly supported us through our Kickstarter at the beginning of the year. He joins us today to talk about a manner of things. His writing process, how he got into designing games and why the German dubbed version of Star Wars and Die Hard is much much better than the original films. Please check out the link to his latest campaign, Albedo Yggdrasil, which is an expansion to his successful first game. Kai was a delight to have on the show, and we c...
Jun 07, 2019•1 hr 19 min
Richard is joined by Henry So, boardgamer, solo games player and most importantly Kickstarter backer. Henry gives us a look on Kickstarter from a backers perspective, especially what campaigns attract him, what makes him watch preview videos and what you should consider adding as a creator to your campaign in order to help them with their Backer decisions. Also. The answer is Blood Rage, and you'll need to listen to find out the question. Links of Notes https://twitter.com/inxi =================...
Jun 04, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Richard is joined by the absolutely awesome Holly Nielsen who is a Board Game Historian, writer for the Guardian on Video Games and is all round excellent person to chat with. I totally enjoyed this chat and I hope you do to. Links of Notes https://twitter.com/nielsen_holly ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscribe and Review us on APPLE PODCASTS. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-wizard...
May 31, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Richard is joined once again by Cass Suwinski of Tomb Guardians to chat about the success of his last campaign, and their new project which will be about modular dungeon tiles. Please check out the links below and I hope you enjoy the episode. LINKS OF NOTES www.tombguardians.com https://www.facebook.com/tombguardians/ https://www.instagram.com/tombguardians/ ================================================================== If you like what you have heard, please take some time to Rate, Subscri...
May 30, 2019•50 min
MAKE SOMETHING AWFUL #1 In something a bit different and after that tweet, I am delighted to be joined by self published author Merrick Tull-Johnson, who is currently studying Journalism in college and in the process of writing his latest book after publishing his detective noir novel Soiled Grounds. This isn't connected to board games or tabletop in any way, it's just a chat about how someone approaches what they create, and the challenges they face and also Merrick shares what works for him an...
May 27, 2019•43 min
Mark Stockton-Pitt is a Mathematics teacher who has used his talent in design to bring us the marvel that was Newspeak in conjunction with Inside the Box Boardgames. Now he sets to delight us with his insider trading, stocks and shares trading game of Forks. We chat about his journey so far, the effect of potential tariffs and why cheesy jokes at the end of an episode are never a good idea. Forks is good fun and you should check out the link to the campaign in the show notes below. LINKS OF NOTE...
May 18, 2019•52 min
MAKE SOMETHING AWFUL #1 In something a bit different and after that tweet, I am delighted to be joined by self published author Merrick Tull-Johnson, who is currently studying Journalism in college and in the process of writing his latest book after publishing his detective noir novel Soiled Grounds. This isn't connected to board games or tabletop in any way, it's just a chat about how someone approaches what they create, and the challenges they face and also Merrick shares what works for him an...
May 17, 2019•43 min
Liz Davidson runs the wonderful and successful Beyond Solitaire which is all about playing tabletop games on your ownsome. And while one is the loneliest number, Liz is here to tell us why it can be the funnest way to play certain games that you aren't getting to the table. So we chat Latin, and play throughs and reviews and what games do Solo well and why Mike DiLisio is not as much of a disappointment as Liz is at the end of the show.. Just a disgrace really. Check out the links below if you d...
May 16, 2019•1 hr 8 min
David Rodriguez steps on stage to chat about getting creative and acting and singing and then quite literally getting his bad ass princess get up on with Charmed and Dangerous, and interesting and stunning looking project he and the team are successfully running on Kickstarter. You'll find out about our favourite musicals and why I've got a bit of a Messiah complex. Please check out the links to follow along with the campaign and consider backing. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.kickstarter.com/proje...
May 15, 2019•46 min
Richard is joined by Cassie Elle, co-founder of the Indie Game Report and currently working with Dan Letiman of Letiman Games on their latest Kickstarter Matryoshka. We talk with Cassie about making things for people to look at, the joys of star trek, toffee bacon, interrupted ambulance rides and why you should by backing this beautiful looking set collection game if you like a bit of Russian Dolls in your life. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/letimangames/matryoshka-a-set-co...
May 12, 2019•59 min
James Lang joins us to talk about Vorpal Board, a way to play board games with your friends when you are in different places to each other so that you can still play games together even though you might be in different locations and you can still get on with that legacy game so no excuses and James is giving me a sound board if it funds so you better all back this game because I want my sound board please. And we talk about James as well. But the Sound Board is really important here.. LINKS of N...
May 11, 2019•54 min
How you do write show notes for one of the most prolific writers in the board game industry? What do you do if you miss? What we have here is a delightfully interesting discussion with Matt Thrower who has graced the pages of Shut Up and Sit Down, wrote the Haynes Manual on Board Gaming, and had a part to play in Owen Duffy's THE BOARDGAME BOOK. So we chat about his story, his attitude to reviews and what he would like to be working on in the future. And maybe Richard might just get away with no...
May 09, 2019•58 min
Richard is joined by Matthew Dunstan, prolific Board Game Designer and man of Science. We chat about Chocolate Factory, his approach to designing games and what he has planned for the future. And it's all very very interesting. Please check out Matthew's work in the links below. LINKS OF NOTES https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/69007/matthew-dunstan https://twitter.com/wisegoldfish https://twitter.com/the_design_100 ================================================================== If y...
May 08, 2019•57 min
John Harper is a lovely, wonderful, kind, warm and generous. He definitely isn't typing these show notes, however he did donate generously to our Kickstarter Campaign. So me and John are joined by Simon Harper and Duncan Cowan to talk about what we can expect from Tabletop Scotland 2019. We recorded this in Duncan's house, so the audio quality isn't as crisp as normally expected but the laughter and the prompts from Dave's script are, so sit back and enjoy and learn what you can expect to enjoy ...
May 03, 2019•1 hr 13 min
PLEASE GIVE THIS ONE A LISTEN OR YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON A CRACKER OF A SHOW This is a wonderful joyous white chocolate and cranberry cookie episode in which Michael Grayer generously donated to our Kickstarter campaign and as part of that he asked to come on and have a chin wag and chat about him and meet ups and why they are so much fun. We chat about cheating in bridge, how to click your fingers, and the fun that can be had with strangers and cardboard. Michael is an utter joy to chat with so ...
May 01, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Richard is joined by Andy Bussey and Andy Paul to chat about the Glasgow Games Group and their upcoming event The Glasgow Games Gathering, taking place at the end of June. We chat about running the group, and organising their first event and what that entails and what people can expect when they come along. Be sure to check out all of the links in the show notes for further information and if you are in the area, certainly considering checking them out. Looks like it will be a bit of fun for tho...
Apr 24, 2019•41 min
Richard is joined by Jani Kontkanen to chat about board games and Finland, why Richard doesn't like Terraforming Mars, playing through your collection and translated games. Please be warned for the frankly stereotype Scottish joke that Jani tells in the episode and if you want to complain, then please follow the links below. LINKS OF NOTES https://mitapelataan.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/mitapelata/ https://www.instagram.com/mitapelataan/ https://twitter.com/mitapelataan https://www....
Apr 22, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Richard is joined by the lovable Bearded Rogue Tony Miller. Now that Fire in The Library in out of control and out in the wild, we reflect on lessons learned and how this will change his approach in future, as well as having a grand old chat about breaking into boardgames. Tony is awesome, please check out everything this darling is involved in. LINKS OF NOTES https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/105348/tony-miller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZHQgSXxJ8EFCrjN_0aRE-g https://twitter.c...
Apr 12, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Board Game Barrage, Board Game Barrage, It's a podcast that you can't disparage, They all fight like brothers, But you can't have one without the.. other.. Try, Try, Try, to separate them, There's no collusion, They give themselves little coloured tanks. So there's no confusion... Mark, Neilan and Kalen, Mark, Neilan and Kalen, Watch them take a walk so they can calm em.. Just don't tell them the other.. Pronouncation of their podcast actually is probably more correct than the way they insist on...
Apr 09, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Richard is joined by Dylan McCusker to chat about Crumbs, an area control, bread based, wheat filled, animal fighting, wonder of a game. So we take some time to chat about Dylan's past in games and then chat about the campaign and those ANIMAL MEEPLES. LINKS OF NOTES https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tidbitgames/crumbs-0 https://www.facebook.com/tidbitgamesllc/ https://www.instagram.com/tidbit.games/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_f0eq8bQyYuZXQxQ8c0VFQ https://www.tidbitgames.com/new-page...
Apr 05, 2019•58 min
