It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Davey steps up to the plate and takes the first player crown once more and decides to have a bit of fun with another round of Niche Number 1's, more favourite games based on weird and unique circumstances. FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, JP & Kerley OVERVIEW In this episode you'll learn: - About the groups experiences at the first Devon Board Game Weekend hosted by Meeples Corner and The Fox & Hound Country Hot...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 25
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show In this special expansion pack episode we're joined by Matt Prowse the director of Full Board Gaming who specialise in creating gaming conventions and holidays to chat through what it's like setting up your own gaming convention GUEST PLAYER: Matt Prowse from Full Board Gaming THE PLAYERS: JP & Adrian OVERVIEW In this episode you will learn: - Who is the better wheeler and dealer - Matt playing the Emirates of Hacan or Del B...
Mar 15, 2023•59 min
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show In JP's last run of episodes as first player he gets to chat about expansion theory, not the ever increasing debate about our expansion of the universe but the other main one which is expansions to base board games. FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Tambo, Becky & Adrian OVERVIEW It's JP's last episode of his run before handing the first player token to Davey and it's time to talk about JP's reputation in buying expansions and...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 24
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Recently a few members of the group have funded a voyage into the Lacerdaverse by getting into the heavy games designed by renowned board game designer "Vital Lacerda" and in this episode we share our entry level experiences. FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian & Davey OVERVIEW After the groups last outing in "Great Hexpectations" sharing all of their board game failures, it's time to shift our attention and thoughts abou...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 23
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Another expansion pack is upon us and this time JP & Davey grab their cups of tea and sit down with Brendan McCaskell from Open Owl Studios (formally OOMM Games) to talk all about his entry into the industry, how he got started with game design and a chat about their upcoming crowdfund project Stonesaga, a stoneage survival, crafting & exploration in a persistent world. GUEST PLAYER: Brendan McCaskell from Open Owl Studi...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 5 min
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Have you ever had a gaming moment where it just didn't work, a game you were excited for but fell flat or a game you still love but others just don't like it? We open up our unique board game therapy session to talk through just that. FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Davey, Becky & Kerley OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, JP is getting more comfortable being back as first player and opens up our first ever board game therapy se...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 22
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show As Rob vacates the first player throne JP returns to familiar ground and brings us all into the dystopian future of Netrunner, an asymmetrical card game where a runner (hacker) attempts to hack a shady corporation in order to prevent them scoring their nefarious agendas. FIRST PLAYER: JP OTHER PLAYERS: Ian & Kerley OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, JP takes on the mantle of first player once again and along with Ian and Kerley...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 21
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show You thought Christmas was over but the Whose Turn players have dug into the archives across episodes 7 - 12 and produced another volume of "Can I Get A Rewind" for your listening pleasure. As always it's a load of nonsense...enjoy. THE PLAYERS: Adrian, JP, Kerley, Rob, Becky, Davey, Tambo, Chris OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode we've collated our second round of bloopers, cock-ups and absolute nonsense for those that foll...
Jan 18, 2023•13 min
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Rob steps off the iron "first player" throne and explores the world of dexterity games within the hobby and why they are just so accessible for gamers. FIRST PLAYER: Rob OTHER PLAYERS: Ian, Kris & JP OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, Rob steps down as first player in his final run to talk all about dexterity games and why they are so accessible for everyone. Also Rob runs us through the groups particular favourites. In this ep...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 20
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show IT'S CHRISTMASSSSSSSSS!!! We're so happy to bring you our first Christmas Special ever and although Christmas has been and gone, quiz-mas is here to stay. The players unite to put on a festive board game quiz so play along and see how well you do SANTA'S ELVES: JP, Kerley, Becky, Ian & Davey OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode Santa's elves are in festive spirits as they produce their first annual "Quiz-Mas" where all 5 ...
Dec 25, 2022•1 hr 40 min
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show ---AUDIO DISCLAIMER--- Apologies for the audio quality not being as up to scratch on this episode, we've cleaned it up as much as possible. As Rob continues he swears he's not being first player again but still comes back for more, however he brings us a discussion into LCG's (Living Card Games), what they are and what the group enjoys. FIRST PLAYER: Rob OTHER PLAYERS: Davey, Tambo & Kerley OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, Ro...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 19
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show We've got another guest on the show and this time it's the designer of Zuuli, Chris Priscott from Unfringed. Chris joins us to chat through the genesis of Zuuli and also game design in general. GUEST PLAYER: Chris Priscott from Unfringed.co THE PLAYERS: JP & Becky OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode JP & Becky meet Chris Priscott the designer of Zuuli to talk about how his design began, whats coming up and who Chris ...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 5 min
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show As Rob warms up as first player we bring you back another round of Niche Number 1's and we've got a brand new set of obscure and thinky questions. FIRST PLAYER: Rob OTHER PLAYERS: Becky, Kerley & Adrian OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, Rob continues the torch of Niche Number 1's which we started all those episodes ago and poses a brand new set of questions to the group. In this episode you'll learn: - Rob's thoughts on GRIDCO...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 18
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Essen has been and gone but we've got to play many of the hot new releases at GRIDCON 3, a Gaming Rules run convention primarily focused on the playing of games rather than the commercial presence. We have a jam-packed expansion pack episode for you!!! FIRST PLAYER: N/A OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, JP, Davey & Kerley OVERVIEW In this week's expansion pack, the group get together to chat about their experiences at GRIDCON 3. The co...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 54 min
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show It's a new episode and a new first player with Rob stepping up to the mic to talk about his favourite publisher "Fantasy Flight Games" and to discuss why some of the group have gone through their honeymoon period with FFG FIRST PLAYER: Rob OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, JP, Chris OVERVIEW In this weeks episode, Rob takes the mic and debuts his first episode as first player to chat about his favourite publisher and why they aren't other ...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 17
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show As Becky prepares to step down from the First Player throne she's devoted an episode to one of her favourite games Battlestar Galactica / Unfathomable to chat through cylons, hybrids and frakking backstabbing gameplay FIRST PLAYER: Becky OTHER PLAYERS: Rob, Kris & Tambo (JP managed to sneak in for 5 mins) OVERVIEW In this week's episode, we discuss both Battlestar Galactica (BSG) and Unfathomable and talk about why they are ...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 16
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Some people love teaching board games, some people don't and Becky falls into the latter. In this episode we chat all about the teach, how important it is, and some of the perspectives of the teachers and the players. FIRST PLAYER: Becky OTHER PLAYERS: JP, Adrian & Ian OVERVIEW In this week's episode, we discuss the part of the game, which is some people's favourite part of gaming, and some people's nightmares; "The Teach". ...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 15
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Shhhhhh don't tell anyone but we've crawled through the archives up to Episode 6 and created our first volume of a short series of episodes called "Can I Get a Rewind" containing all of our NSFW cock-ups, mistakes and deleted bits from the show. THE PLAYERS: JP, Kerley, Rob, Becky, Davey, Adrian, Ian & Kris OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode we've collated our first round of bloopers, deleted bits and definite NSFW cock...
Oct 12, 2022•22 min
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Becky returns for another deep dive discussion all about games which stand the test of time and keep us coming back for more, and why that's the case. FIRST PLAYER: Becky OTHER PLAYERS: Kerley, JP & Ian OVERVIEW This week's episode is all about games which stand the test of time. Whether they already have, or in our opinion, are still going to be going strong in 10 years. We talk about some of our favourites that fit this ca...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 14
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Becky takes to the mic as our new "First Player" to chat about playing games together on the same team (well sometimes). FIRST PLAYER: Becky OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian, Tambo & Rob OVERVIEW Becky steals the first player token from Davey to start her run of episodes and focusing on co-operative gaming and it's various forms. In this episode you'll learn: - Becky nearly walking away from Spirit Island but having a redeeming game wh...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 13
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Davey returns all alive and well to complete his run of episodes as "First Player" to talk about one of his favourite genres in boardgaming "Dungeon Crawlers". FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: Rob & Chris (New Player) OVERVIEW Davey is joined by Rob and a new player to the podcast Chris (no not Kris with the K but Chris with the C), to chat through their experiences with dungeon crawler co-op games and why they love them s...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 12
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Our expansion packs return with Adam Richards from Punchboard talking all about his love for the hobby, the importance of written media in board gaming and his passion behind why he set-up his website Punchboard. GUEST PLAYER: Adam Richards from Punchboard THE PLAYERS: JP OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode JP flies solo and meets Adam Richards from Punchboard to talk about his love for playing, writing and reviewing games i...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Wait a minute where's Davey!!!! JP stands in as Davey is feeling under the weather to continue this episode with the exciting return of Niche Number 1's. Yes they're back for another round. FIRST PLAYER: Davey (well JP's covering) OTHER PLAYERS: Adrian & Kerley OVERVIEW Niche Number 1's are back and we're here to talk through another round of obscure categories and what games we link to those categories, these include favour...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 11
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Our first player Davey returns and we're going in heavy, well it's difficult to not when you've devoted an episode around one of our favourite publishers "Mindclash Games". FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Kerley OVERVIEW In this episode our new "First Player" Davey takes us around the world in complex, heavy cardboard that is Mindclash Games. In this episode you'll learn: - How Beckys recent purchase of Spirit Island...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 10
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show It's Episode 9 and there is a new first player in town!!! Davey takes the token and dedicates an episode all about the conversion of video games into tabletop board games. Are they generally good, bad or ugly, lets find out. FIRST PLAYER: Davey OTHER PLAYERS: JP & Tambo OVERVIEW In this episode our new "First Player" Davey takes control of the show to talk all about the development of video games into board games. The bleep ...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 9
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Adrian completes his run of episodes before being usurped by Davey. This episode focuses on Wingspan published by Stonemaier Games, but also comes with a warning to not eat those Wingspan eggs. They are not "Mini Eggs". FIRST PLAYER: Adrian OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & Tambo OVERVIEW In this episode "First Player" Adrian is joined by players Becky & also our new player to the show "Tambo" to talk about Wingspan published by St...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 8
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show We know, we know!!! This week should be Episode 8 however we've had to juggle the schedule a little bit to get another timely expansion pack episode out. This week we are focusing on the fantastic charity event "The 24 Hour Board Game Marathon" where we interview the lead organiser "Dan Apsey" GUEST PLAYER: Dan Apsey from the 24 Hour Board Game Marathon THE PLAYERS: JP & Kerley OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode JP &...
Jul 13, 2022•54 min
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show We're really cranking out some expansion packs lately and we have another belter for you. In this episode we interview Jackson Pope and Paul Wilcox from Eurydice Games the designers, publishers and manufacturers of FlickFleet. GUEST PLAYER: Jackson Pope & Paul Willcox from Eurydice Games THE PLAYERS: Davey & Ian OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode we get our very first games designer, publisher and manufacturer all r...
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 4 min
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Adrian now focuses on the hobby within the hobby that is all about the board game bling. Whether it's aesthetic upgrades, functional upgrades or storage our players chat through their experiences in today's show. FIRST PLAYER: Adrian OTHER PLAYERS: Becky & Kerley OVERVIEW In this episode "First Player" Adrian is joined by players Becky & Kerley, to talk all things "Boardjazzle" or boardgame bling. We discuss how we've ch...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 7
It's your turn...to click here to send us your comments on the show Our players have released another "Expansion Pack" episode where we sit down with Paul Grogan from Gaming Rules to talk about his channel, experiences as a gamer and much more. GUEST PLAYER: Paul Grogan from Gaming Rules THE PLAYERS: JP & Adrian OVERVIEW In this Expansion Pack episode JP & Adrian sit down with our first-ever guest on the show. We couldn't think of a better guest to start us off with than the excellent Pa...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 19 min
