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We’re Not Wizards Tabletop Podcast
by We're Not Wizards Tabletop Podcast
Welcome to We're Not Wizards.We talk about Tabletop, Board Games, Card Games and sometimes TTRPGs and D&D.We chat about games we've been playing and what we think. We have a huge back catalogue of interviews with people from the tabletop industry. Sometimes there will be audio versions of reviews from our website. Mostly, we're just trying to have fun. make bad jokes and try to entertain. If you like anything we do, remember to give us a rating, or comment on the episode and tell other people we exist. We are many things, but We’re Not Wizards.
Episodes
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S11E570 Barkane 2 - The Vision of Edinboooorgh With Extra Pronounciashun
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fightinabox/barkane2 So you don't forget what this episode is actually about. Seppy is back to chat about Barkane 2, Mind Sweeper and then some Flintlock from Floodgate. Yup, we've finally managed to make him into a marketing person. That's an island in the…
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S11E569 - FREE PARKING at Tyneside Games Expo with Jack Pope
www.tynesidegamesexpo.co.uk Joined by Jack Pope who I know as one of the cool cats from Flick Fleet who is here to talk about the Tyneside Games Expo, which is on 17th - 18th October. It's a new venture and another exciting excuse to go somewhere with a group of people and play lots of games and...
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S11 E568 - The Presence - Sam Gullman - Purple Lantern Games
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/purplelantern/the-presence-blood-and-betrayal-reprint Joined by Sam Gullman from Purple Lantern Games to chat about horror, tension, presence puns and how to create a horror game out of card board. Spoilers for the Babadook and The Sixth Sense. Our Links of…
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S11 E567 Shurely Shome Mishtake, It's AIREGONE Laddie. Tabletaps Aff At Tabletop Scotland
Join us for this glorious episode of We're Not Wizards for the number 567, where we chat about Airecon going and then what went down at Tabletop Scotland. Playing Spokes and demoing games and then what Luke has been playing and the use of Chat GPT when designing games. Seen Canary 0:00 Airecon…
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S11 E566 - Tabletop Scotland 2026 Preview - David Wright & Gemma Harper
Delighted once again to be joined by David and Gemma from Tabletop Scotland to chat about everything that will be happening at this years event. There was the usual carnage. https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/ for all the information that you need on this most excellent of events. Our Links of Note…
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S11 E565 The Big Box Wonderous Creatures ad-Vantage
Luke and Richard are back to chat games, storage, Vantage, Wonderous Creatures and the Trials of Maya ridiculous efforts.. 0:00 Blackadder 05.10 Nephews 14:15 Wonderous Creatures 32:10 Vantage / Duel of Meloch 50:00 Box storage 1:00:00 Trials of Maya 01:05:00 New Angeles 01:25:00 Staying in…
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S11 E564 - UKGE - The Eating Chips on a Bin Episode
Richard goes to UKGE for the first time and spends it spreading joy while demoing. Luke searches for the game of the show and ends up DNUP. They both had a really good time. Make sure to check out Bryan's app in the links below if you like your Lego Train sets. 8:00 Cold open 13:00 World Cup…
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S11 E563 - Seppy Yoon May Have Reached The End of the Line.
Seppers is back to talk about End of The line after we chat about words meaning other things, King Charles, Mother Theresa, and then chat a little bit about Dungeon Crawler Carl, Energy Empires and Threaded. And we're laughing a lot. So maybe kick back and enjoy three friends mucking about and...
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S11 E562 Mark Swanson - Odd Bird Games - FLOCKERS!
Joining us today is former guest Mark Swanson, returning like a migrating Gueest to come honk to us all about his game all about Maverick's wingman from Top Gun. Or words to that effect. Its all about that Goose, no filler. So please check out the campaign below, and give it a look see and check...
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S11 E561 Airecon 2026 Report (Gluten & Dairy Free)
Richard is back from beyond the wall visiting the Harrowed Gate and its Gathering of Card boards and pieces. Lots to chat about, from teaching rules very badly, to fire alarms and daring escapes plus games, lots of games. 1:00 Gluten and Milk 5:15 Lion witch and the wardrobe 6.45 Airecon - The...
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S11 E560 He-Man, Editing, Mark Cooke from Airecon
Mark Cooke is back to chat about Airecon 2026. Which is a big task to organise. Almost as big as how much we had to edit out of the episode. Links of Note https://www.airecon.co.uk/ Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below. Please give…
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S11 E559 Arydia, Manipulate and Vampires.
So the First Episode of Season 11 and our tenth year of recording and we're off to a cracking start to get the show taken off the air for good. We chat a lot of nonsense as per usual and then get into discussing games, the Leder split, and asking to review older games. Enjoy. 30:00 Arydia 48:00...
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S10 E558 - We're Not Wizards Game Of The Year Episode
It's here. Our essential Game of the Year edition. The list of games that made us glad that we're part of the hobby. Not all of these games were released in 2025, but you can guarantee that in some way, shape or form, they made our year a good one. So sit back, relax and enjoy. 08:30 Mushroom…
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S10 EP557 - Seppy Yoon - Fight In a Box - Stranger Things Got Chills, They're Multiplying..
Seppy is back from Fight In A Box to chat about his recent adventures so this leads us to Tangent, Chat, Laugh and talk about Games and AI and why Stranger Things is the new Grease. 01:00 Kaiser Cucumber 10:15 Being No.1 in Podcasts 13:00 Mainstreaming you game for sales 23:00 Simon Sinek 30:00…
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S10 Ep556 Board Game NuMedia, Crowded Nazguls, Cardboard Retreats and EmGameScoring
Joined by EmGameScoring to chat all about being involved in the latest hotness of this new Instagram media stuff, which I'm not convinced will take off. However they are doing very well in the space and so I thought it was definitely worth a chat about the new BG media landscape, and why you…
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S10 Ep555 - The Quick October Round Up With Guards and Bees in Space and AC West
A short sharp shock of games and fun for your consideration and enjoyment. We chat about some game, oh yes we do. BEEES INNNN SPAAAAAAACE 0:00 Guards of Traitors Toll https://greyfornow.com/collections/guards-of-traitors-toll 04:10 zero 200 hours…
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S10 EP 554 Ross Thompson - Nobles, Crowdfunding and the Best of Times..
Joined by the newest Gama Board Member and all round good man, Ross Thompson as we chat with him about his involvement in the SCA, some chat about crowdfunding, paints, a little Star Wars. Let's face it, we're in a restaurant catching up and eating burritos, and you just happen to be listening…
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S10 Ep553 Dear August. Painting Pens in the Middle Ages
Luke and Richard chat about painting with pens, eventually, after they can hear each other. Also games they've played, disappointment, The Old King's Crown, Middle Ages, and everything below. Intro 0:00 Brandon Haines & Editing 11:00 Painting Minis with Pens 14:00 Carnivale - TT Combat 34:00...
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S10 Episode 552 - Tabletop Scotland Preview Episode
Joined by David 'Mostly' Wright and Gemma 'The Terror' Harper, we chat about what to expect when you come to Tabletop Scotland this year. www.tabletopscotland.co.uk Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below. Please give us a rating or...
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S10 Ep551 - Confusing Emberleaf Explanation Nolan Appreciation Episode
So this month is a bit about some films and a lot of chat about some games we've been playing including a terrible explanation of how Emberleaf from Frank West plays. 00:45 Cold Intro 05:00 Roald Dahl 09:30 Odyssey 24:00 Scarface 1920 Redzen Games 38:00 Trial Learning Games 40:00 Walking Dead…
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S10 EP550 - UKGE - The Big Robot Battle Report
Luke is back from UKGE and regales his tails of mice and cheese. We chat about Bot Wars, Fin Span, Ofrenda. Plus some other usual nonsense. 07:00 UKGE 13:00 Greedy Scalpers 20:15 Cheese Thief https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294175/cheese-thief 31:00 Fate of the Fellowship...
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S10 Ep 549 - Red Mug Games Interview
Daniel Carter-Hope and Paul Williams join Richard to chat about making films, filming films, why the film industry has changed and why you should be spending time playing Haunted Heist. A spooky RPG about committing crime from beyond the veil. LINKS of NOTE https://www.redmug.games/ Our Links of...
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S10 EP 548 - Don’t Mention The T Word
A rather bursting episode where in times of spring an old man's attention turns to cutting the grass, thinking about worms, playing Worms and enjoying Worms. Plus the inevitable trying to learn games to play games to garner thoughts about games.01:00 Front Garden Sitters 04:00 Intro 06:00…
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S10 Ep 547 - Andy Lewis - Polyhedron Collider
Joined by the delight that is Andy Lewis from Pickled Pepper Columbus aka Pokeybumwnk Collender aka Pneumatic Celeriac aka Polyhedron Collider We chat Airecon and Galactic Cruise and Accents and Games and Reviews and stuff. Things. I don't know. 01:30 Intro and accents 05:00 The Kingdom of Fife...
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S10 Ep 546 - Airecon and Back Again - Harrogate, Gluten and Games..
Richard and Luke regale their tales of Airecon, including cropdusting, meeting good friends and playing games for hours.. 02:30 Chef Dogs 06.45 Living in a world of Gluten 20:00 The Cairn Hotel https://strathmorehotels-thecairn.com/ 26:00 Galactic Cruise...
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S10 EP545 - The Naked Hotel Etiquette Pre-Airecon Episode
Richard and Luke get together one last time before the trip to Airecon, discussing what they hope to be playing in Harrogate next week. The chat a bit about Star Trek Ascendency, Asterix, Poo Bags, and Space Gate Odyssey and Wyrmspan. And we swear a bit. 10:00 Dog Poo Warmth 13:00 Birthdays and...
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S10 EP544 - The One Where Ross Comes Back To Chat
Ross Thompson is back and here to chat about all things marketing and keeping it fresh, up to date and relevant. Its always a delight to have him guest on the show and I hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did chatting https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-thompson-52a0b844...
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S10 Ep 543 Ben Maddox - Shouting At Clouds in the BlueSky
Two oldish men spot a cloud in the BlueSky. One of them starts shouting at it and the other, well, they join in. Joined By Ben 'Bluey' Maddox to chat about I dunno, things. Stuff. Writing a book. Social media, again. How games coverage has changed. Probably just trying to get into a fight really....
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S10 Ep542 - Seppy & Kaiser Cucumber’s 3-Night Heist: Card Game & RPG
Seppy is back again to talk about their latest Kickstarter, which is like herding cats to the vets, but on the way we talk about a few other things including accents and the perils of keeping farm animals indoors. Make sure you check out the campaign WHICH IS LIVE TODAY....
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S10 Episode 541 - Mark Cooke, Airecon X and not editing
https://www.airecon.co.uk/ Delighted to be joined by Mark Cooke to chat about everything Harrogate and having the best kind of cardboard time. If you want to find out everything Airecon related then please visit the links in the show notes. Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then...
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S10 Ep 540 - Game Of The Year Show - 2025
So here it is, our Game of the Year special to open SEASON TEN, where we talk about games that have wowed us this year. We have some honourable mentions, games we're looking forward to playing, and a special award to a company that has delivered on its quality of game this year. Notes will be...
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S9 Ep 539 Christmas Stuffing Part Two: Board Games
So you've had the Christmas stocking of nonsense, and now you're under the tree, downstairs and look at the pile of Audio presents that we've brought you to listen to.. 1:00 Airecon West - https://acwest.airecon.co.uk/ 3:00 BloodStones - https://www.wallacedesigns.com.au/home/games/bloodstones/...
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S9 Ep538 - Christmas Stuffing Part One: Films
So because me and Luke like to talk, I had the idea of splitting the episode into two parts. So in this first part, we chat about films and TV and some general nonsense. 2:00 First Monday in October 4:00 Intro 22:00 Mox In The Hole 23:00 Kienda 26:00 Skeleton Crew, Transformers One 33:00 Black...
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S9 Ep 537 - Damian Senior - Senior Games - Heroes of the Shire
Joined by Damian Senior from Senior Games to talk about moving from Animation to being animated in fitness, to creating your own game and successfully launching it on Kickstarter. Please make sure to check out the links below. www.heroesoftheshire.comhttps://www.facebook.com/Heroesoftheshire...
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S9 Ep536 I Made You a Mixtape - Danny, Micky, Gary, Ricky and Luke
Joined By Dan Hughes and Mike Dilisio to chat about their fully funded and operation kickstarter - I Made You a Mixtape. All about the joy of music nostalgia. Give the campaign a look see and immerse yourself in the wonder that is Gary Kings magnificent art work....
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S9 ep535 Seppy, Luke & Richard and the RelentlEssen quest for a proper Ending.
S9 ep535 Seppy is back to chat about nothing to do with https://www.fightinabox.com/ but everything to do with Kaos being cancelled, Luke chats about Essen and Richard is just being a disappointment from the first 5 seconds of the show. Essen chat starts about 55:00 minutes in. Everything else,...
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S9 Ep534 - Tabletop Scotland - Looot - Joyride - Alien RPG
S9 ep534 Richard recorded this one at bath time.. So on this episode we chat about Richard getting out the house and taking a look around Tabletop Scotland, playing a few games and meeting some old friends and making new enemies. We chat about Looot, Joyride, Can't Stop and Lorcana. Luke tells us...
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S9 Ep533 Ori Kagan - Kagan Productions
Chatting with Ori Kagan, founder of Kagan Productions, that create crowdfunding videos for campaigns for games such as Star Realms to Skyrim. We chat about the creative process, moving from corporate to tabletop, and how he pitches, creates and tries to remain passionate about the industry. Oh…
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S9 EP532 Monster Hunter World - Board Game Audio Review
This review was first published on the website, which you can find on https://www.werenotwizards.co.uk/monster-hunter-world-ancient-forest-steamforged-games-review/ Our Links of Note If you would like to support us then please visit and interact with the links below. Please give us a rating or...
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S9 Ep 531 - Bad Arcs, Bad Karmas, Blinging and Buttered Crumpets
Hello. I pray these show notes find you well. Today we give you a bumper show with our thoughts on the new hotness, as well as some on the blinging of games, Nightmare Productions, and we answer some audience questions as well. 00:14:03 Airecon North West 00:20:14 Nightmare Productions &…
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S9 Ep 530 Tabletop Scotland 2024 with David Wright and Gemma Harper.
Oh my days. Chock a block with Angel Delight and Tabletop Scotland goodness as we're joined by David and Gemma to chat about what to expect at the new venue for Scotland's biggest Tabletop and TTRPG convention. Plus crossing that line with Gemma... Check out the link below for all the…
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S9 E529 The Biden Drop Out Shane Gillis Look Alike Eating Food at The Other Place Episode
As we find out about Biden deciding to drop out of the Presidential Race while we record. We chat about conspiracy theories, Moon landings, Cartman. The shocking realisation that Luke has the Comedian Shane Gillis as a doppelganger. We then wonder how dangerous Mrs. Sunak is, why COVID isn't…
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S 10 E528 My Feet Hurt - Hugs Please - UKGE Special
This was a struggle because Luke was very tired after getting back from UKGE, so naturally we chat about cannibalistic chocolate bars, Role playing Games, being Bob Mortimer, and mention in passing Mark Cooke, and UK Games Expo which was something that happened. Our Links of Note If you would…
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TeeCeeGees - May The Force Of Disney Compel You
AKA The Boy who made me livid.. Not everyone is here to let you down. Unless that person is Luke Prior, who aims to let you down from the moment you start recording. Join us as we plumb the depths of light entertainment and confuse the majority of our audience with a mixture of 80s BBC comedy…
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Bernie & Brendan - Dead Alive Games - Cyber Pet Quest
Joined by Bernie Lin and Brendan Kendrick to chat about the folly that is the English language, why William Brown, and launching a series of games on crowdfunding and advertising on Meta, and continuing to get the word out on your games. There is chaos on this episode from the beginning. It was...
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Yann Hilaire - Bored Game Ink - Fractal: Beyond The Void
Joined by Yann Hilaire from Bored Game Ink, we chat about the creative process involving music and creating corporate videos, before we discuss his highly successful crowdfunding campaigns which have raised close to $700k. Check out the link below for more information. Links of Note...
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Chris Stone - Hissy Fit - Stone Age Distractions
Joined by Chris Stone from Stone Age Distractions to chat about his funded Cat in a Basket game - Hissy Fit. We chat about game designing, create a mushroom themed Deep Impact game, and why the Dog version of Hissy Fit would only need one card.. Links of Notes...
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Dan Hughes Mixed Tapes, Airecon & Take That
Luke and Richard chat with the internet Titan Dan Hughes about their new game about Mix Tapes, going to Airecon and playing some great games. We chat about Far Away, Skate Summer, World wonders, Veil of Eternity. We talk about Unfair and the Take That mechanic before discussing the woes of…
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Christen Randall - The No-Girlfriend Rule
Joined by Christen Randall to chat about her experiences growing up with dyslexia, being a nerd, their process for writing and how in under two years they went from first draft to being a published author in both the US and UK with their first novel - The No-Girlfriend Rule. Links of Notes…
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Randy O’Connor - RandyOGames - Numbers & Gun It!
Joined by Randy O'Connor to chat about the numbers behind his last Kickstart campaign, some chat about videogames, then we chat about his car chase game - Gun It, coming to Kickstarter TODAY. LINKS OF NOTE http://gunit.gg http://rollin.one http://www.randyo.net https://substack.com/@randyoconnor...
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Welcome to We're Not Wizards.We talk about Tabletop, Board Games, Card Games and sometimes TTRPGs and D&D.We chat about games we've been playing and what we think. We have a huge back catalogue of interviews with people from the tabletop industry. Sometimes there will be audio versions of reviews from our website. Mostly, we're just trying to have fun. make bad jokes and try to entertain. If you like anything we do, remember to give us a rating, or comment on the episode and tell other people we exist. We are many things, but We’re Not Wizards.
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