It takes all of two seconds for my guest Tiffany Leigh to drop bombshells about podcasts before we chat about running quizzes and entertainment, discuss board game reviews and writing from an emotional point of view. Before rounding things off chatting about a couple of games we have been playing. And there's so much more we could have talked about. Please enjoy. Links of Notes https://mxtiffanyleigh.bio.link/ If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below. P...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Show Notes are made with AI, so that's why there is so much of them... :P Blast off into a world of anime, comics, and the challenging but exciting journey of adaptation in this exhilarating episode of "We're Not Wizards". Join hosts Richard, Luke, and guest Seppy as they share a delightful blend of nerdy banter, robust debates about favourite animes, and slices of real-life humour that is sure to engage listeners. Starting with a hilarious exchange on 'mature content,' the conversation progress...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 33 min
I'm joined by Dav Thomas to chat about his modular foldaway board game table Stowii. We recorded this show back in October, but there was a hold up on the campaign and the new launch date is the 30th. We chat about big foot and painting and most importantly, how to make it possible to have a great table without taking up a lot of space. Links of Note. The campaign page: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/the-fantasy-wood-works/stowii/Website; thefantasywoodworks.comCryptees Etsy: https://cryptees...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 1 min
So here it is. The Game of the Year special. Myself and Luke go through the list of games that have turned our heads and made us into chuckling muppets. No spoilers in the show notes. But if you want to dash ahead then here's the time stamps 08:50 Mythic Battles Ragnarok 23:50 Star Wars Rebellion 30:00 GOTY Disclaimer 33:45 Honourable Mentions including Disney Animated, Viticulture, Tapestry, Oath, Earth, Death Road All Stars, Ice, After Us, Seas of Havoc, 43:15 Special Award - 'Delivering on Al...
Jan 23, 2024•2 hr 2 min
So for this one, we're going to have a chat all about Christmas Dinner and how to make the best roast potatoes, resting your meat, and also why we aren't going to bother being organised. Then after that we get a talking and chatting about some games. Games we've been playing.. 31:00 Rumbleslam https://ttcombat.com/collections/rumbleslam 34:00 Raptor https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177639/raptor 41:30 Resident Evil Steamforged https://steamforged.com/en-gb/pages/resident-evil-1 44:00 Empires ...
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Luke is back to chat about games, ACWest, Powerlifting, and games that we've been playing in our own little board game worlds. We chat about the following.. ACWest 18:00 , GKR Heavy Hitters 19:00 , Mythic Mischief 28:00, ICE 35:00 , General Orders and Callisto 45:00 , Kinfire Chronicles 01:07:00, Resident Evil 01:33:00 , Prey Another Day 01:41:00 , We mention these in passing from 01:22:00 Core Space, Hellboy, Oathsworn, Age of Comics, Empires End, Feudum, Halls of Hegra, Tapestry, We finish of ...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 50 min
Delighted to be joined by Elizabeth Hargrave to talk about Trick or Treating, foraging, the perils of Mushroom club, and of course, UnderGrove which is their new game coming to Kickstarter. Details below. Links of Note https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alderac/undergrove-designed-by-elizabeth-hargrave-and-mark-wootton https://www.elizhargrave.com/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/111338/elizabeth-hargrave https://www.instagram.com/elizharg https://www.alderac.com/undergrove/ https:...
Nov 06, 2023•57 min
Here's just an hour of absolute nonsense for you to listen to. Me and Seppy Yoon just talking and having the best time. For some reason it sounds like I recorded this on the other side of the room. But it's not a podcast unless you have one episode with technical issues.. So there you go. Enjoy. Have fun. Links of Notes https://gamefound.com/projects/fight-in-a-box/conquest-princess-fashion-is-power?refcode=ZyHfetCamUuOD-qeoTIQ-w https://www.fightinabox.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@fightinabox h...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Delighted to be joined by Luke Laurie, designer of Dwellings of Eldervale and Andromedas Edge, I talk with him about his day job as an educator, getting into board game design and the success and size of Dwellings and his latest game he's designed with his son. Links of Notes Gamefound is still open for orders.. https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cardboard-alchemy/andromedas-edge https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358661/andromedas-edge https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/63686/luke-laur...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Joined once again by model painter, and designer, developer and person most likely to eventually get tired by my nonsense.. Sherwin Matthews is back from Steamforged Games to chat about Horizon Forbidden West, Resident EEEVEL and we touch pirates on cardbaord.. You can keep an eye on Sherwin by going to ARR ME HEARTIES!!! RESIDENT EEEEEEEVIL https://twitter.com/sherwinsagenda https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/104102/sherwin-matthews www.steamforged.com =================================...
Oct 21, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Joining me is Connie Vogelmann, designer of Apiary, the latest game to be released from Stonemaier Games. We chat about their journey from starting out in South Dakota (the best one) to taking part in Pandemic tournaments to taking to the skies and outer space and signing their first game with Stonemaier Games. Currently you can order Apiary at a discounted price from the website. Links of Notes https://stonemaiergames.com/games/apiary/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/155573/connie-v...
Oct 05, 2023•58 min
You're in for a treat. Sabrina Culyba joins me to chat all about games and education, the importance of playtesting, the development of Diatoms and then putting the marketing hat on and selling your idea. It was a really interesting conversation so please make sure you check out the kickstart link below to learn and support Diatoms. Links of Notes https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ludoliminal/diatoms?ref=bl9w24 LudoLiminal Website: https://ludoliminal.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Sep 29, 2023•59 min
No don't mind me while I chat with one of the people responsible for sooo many lost hours to Tony Hawks and Guitar Hero and now Scott Pease is here talking about Snap Ships Tactics and it's wonderful ship system based combat. We chat about the development of SST, the challenges in getting the word out on the game and why it's different to what else is out there and then in the last five minutes, Scott RUINS EVERYTHING. Links of Note https://www.snapshipstactics.com/ http://www.scottmpease.com/ h...
Sep 26, 2023•58 min
Joined once again by Eoin Costelloe and Ciara Costelloe, but not Brian. We chat about their latest escape room type puzzle game coming to Kickstarter extremely soon, as well as some general chat about pivoting your skills when the world is in lockdown, and why manufacturing has a long way to go to step out of China's shadow. It's great to catch up with them again and I hope you enjoy the episode. Links of Note. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deckingawesomegames/save-snowball https://www.fa...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 17 min
This Review was originally published on https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/03/wingspan-board-game-review-stonemaier.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://l...
Sep 05, 2023•12 min
Joined by Ignacy Trzewiczek, podmaster, games designer and marketing guru. We chat about his decision to not attend Gen Con. The Disney hype, My thoughts on Asmodee, Not crowdfunding Imperial Miners, all with a healthy sprinkling at the expense of the 'podfather of boredgames'. It goes really well up until the end. As it always does.. Links of Notes https://ignacytrzewiczek.com/ https://portalgames.pl/en/ https://boardgamegeek.com/rpgdesigner/4735/ignacy-trzewiczek ------------------------------...
Aug 26, 2023•1 hr
Joined by Nathan Thornton from Stormchaser Games to chat about party games and wallpaper and selling your work in bookshops but it not being a book. I had the best time chatting with him. Please check out all the links below. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391086/everything-ever http://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/02/that-old-wallpaper-alderac.html https://twitter.com/stormchasergame https://www.stormchasergames.com/ https://www.instagram.com/stormchasergames/ --------------------------...
Aug 19, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Joined by Skippy Brown to chat about his successful Kickstarter, developing and testing on TTS and working with satellites for a living. And not mentioning annoying brothers.. Links of Notes. https://deadalivegames.square.site/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 som...
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Joined by Scott Lowe-James to chat about playtesting and game development, herding cats and the job and trepidation of having a crowdfunding campaign succeed within the first hour of launch. Please look out for cat invasions and adorable baby noises. Thank you for listening. Links of Notes https://www.minervatabletop.co.uk/crumbs https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/minervatabletop/crumbs-the-sandwich-filler-game -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This review originally appeared on https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/04/votes-for-women-board-games-review-fort.html Find out more about Votes For Women by visiting https://www.fortcircle.com/games/ This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned. The majority of the games that we are play ar...
Aug 09, 2023•10 min
This review first appeared in https://werenotwizards.blogspot.com/2023/03/roll-player-board-game-review.html This review is based on the retail version of the game provided to us by the designer and publisher. We were not paid for this review. We give a general overview of the gameplay and so not all of the mechanical aspects of the game may be mentioned. The majority of the games that we are play are going to take a reasonable number of sessions and playthroughs to fully understand every possib...
Aug 06, 2023•10 min
Me and Luke Prior chat about games. Well, Geoff Capes, and closing doors on old ladies. As well as https://awakenrealms.com/games/iss-vanguard/ ISS Vanguard https://www.daysofwonder.com/heat/en/ Heat https://www.arcanewonders.com/product/foundations-of-rome/ Foundations of Rome https://czechgames.com/en/home/news-23-07-27-introducing-re-wood/ RE-WOOD https://funkogames.com/games/rear-window-game/ Rear Window Funko Games https://www.hachetteboardgames.com/blogs/infos/vaalbara Vaalbara Studio H ht...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 24 min
William Burgos is based in Mexico and is one of the main founders of Draco Studios. we discuss the gaming scene in Mexico, the growth of Draco Studios and the future of the team including a card battler and party game. Links of Notes https://dracostudios.com/creature-kingdoms/ https://dracostudios.com https://lords-of-vaala.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracostudios/dragonbond-quest-a-cooperative-card-game-for-1-4-players?ref=WnWpodcast ---------------------...
Jul 31, 2023•59 min
Joined by Mark Swanson of Odd Bird Games to talk Feudum, Advertising, Fir and Fled. We chat about marketing and game design and where the name Odd Bird comes from. I had the best time. Links of Notes https://oddbirdgames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/oddbirdgames/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/27876/odd-bird-games https://www.instagram.com/oddbirdgames ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to support us t...
Jul 22, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Honestly we eventually talk about Ovation that is on Kickstarter, right after we talk about Shakespeare, Sally Field, Winnie the Pooh, The Monkees, Record Shops, Star Wars board Games. It's one tangent after another.. sorry not sorry... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lookingglassworkshop/ovation https://lookingglassworkshop.com/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to support us then please visit and in...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Ross is back again to chat about booth working, switching to Backer Kit, and running one campaign with a multiple range of flavours. You can find Ross on https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs/ https://twitter.com/almostkirk https://www.instagram.com/almostkirk And you can find the FESTIVAL on https://www.backerkit.com/c/cephalofair/gloomhaven
Jul 15, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Delighted to be joined by JonnyPac Cantin as we talk about his time in design, making expansions, making music and not making a music boardgame. I first played Coloma at Gearstones with Mike Dilisio and so this chat with Jonny was long overdue. Links of Notes https://gamefound.com/projects/finalfrontiergames/coloma-new-prospects-expansion-and-reprint#/section/rewards/reward-product-40145 https://www.jonnypac.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Jul 14, 2023•59 min
Joined by David Wright and John Harper to chat about what is happening in this years Tabletop Scotland. We chat about planning and Angel delight and Soufflé's and eventually talk about one of the best confereventions in Scotland for Tabletop and TTRPGs. Links of Notes https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below. Please give us a ...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Joined by Kevin Bertram of Fort Circle games where we chat about Doctor Who, War Games, Votes for Women and it gets a bit Bat shit in here.. Make sure you check out their new Kickstarter that we don't even talk about.. weird huh.. Links of Notes https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fortcircle/the-halls-of-montezuma www.fortcircle.com twitter.com/fortcircle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to support us then please ...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 9 min
In what could be potentially the last episode of the podcast before I go to jail, I decide to invite the Glorious Seppy Yoon on to talk about Conquest Princess - Fashion is Power, currently on GameFound. We chat about Naval Gazing, Window Gardening, Manuscripts you could have written, Apple Strudel and playing games while wearing silly top hats. We might even mention the game. Or maybe not. Such a fun chat... Links of Notes https://gamefound.com/projects/fight-in-a-box/conquest-princess-fashion-...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 16 min
