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Sunday Jul 29, 2018
Sunday Jul 29, 2018
In this week's episode Ben is joined by regular contributor, Tom Mannering. Listen in as they talk about:
- Spiel des Jahres winner, Azul
- Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica
- The newly announced CMON games (Zombicide TTRPG, Wacky Races and the Munchkin Board game)
- Magic: The Gathering Arena
- Age of Sigmar: Champions
- Age of Sigmar 2nd Edition
- The newly launched Unlucky Frog Gaming stream
Also tune in for a special announcement about Mr Tom Mannering himself!
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
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Hosted by Benjamin Porter
Guest appearance by Tom Mannering
Post-Production by Charlotte Porter
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
This week's Indpendence Day features Robbie Munn of Peculiarity!
Robbie chats with Josh and Ben about his upcoming Kickstarter campaign of Summoner's Isle - due to launch in September. Listen in as they chat about cartography, norse mythology, The Ghostbusters and of course Summoner's Isle!
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
P.S Also check out the amazing artwork for the game - beautiful!
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Hosted by Ben Porter & Josh Hartley
Post-Production by Charlotte Porter
Recorded using SquadCast
Sunday Jul 22, 2018
Sunday Jul 22, 2018
In this week's Regular Show episode Ben, Josh and Charlotte discuss a whole raft of game announcements and updates including:
- Transformers Card Game
- Cthulu Death May Die
- Eclipse
- Trogdor!!
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soul Wars
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions
They also chat about their plans for their first ever Twitch Stream! (Check out their feed - www.twitch.tv/unluckyfroggaming
As well as these they also address recent Kickstarter controvarseries and the ethical and legal dilemnas surrounding campaigns such as Overturn: Rising Sands and Dr Evil's League of Evil.
We hope you enjoy listening,
The Unlucky Frog Team
Honourable Mentions:
Kevin Ogilvie
Alex Ross
Common Ground Games
Settlers
Homestar Runner
Andy Lewis
Oathsworn
Credits
Presented by Benjamin Porter, Josh Hartley & Charlotte Porter
Post Production by Charlotte Porter
Patron Outro by Ewan Bowers
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Update Kickstarter - 21/07/18
Role Quest is now 111% funded! There is still time to back it - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/herculesgamestudios/role-quest
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In this edition of our Independence Day feature Ben is joined by Alex and Phoebos of Hercules Games Studios in our first ever international conference call - Scotland, England and Greece! Alex and Phoebos chat with Ben about their current Kickstarter campaign for Role Quest, a game of role playing, guessing and improvisation currently sitting at over 80% funded with 22 days to go!
Together they also discuss the need for gateway role playing games, being a games deisgner on Kickstarter, and how to ensure that the backers have a great Kickstarter experience inlight of recent controversies!
Happy Listening,
The Unlucky Frog Team
Links
Role Quest Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/herculesgamestudios/role-quest
Hercules Games Studio - https://www.after-london.com/hercules-game-studios
Credits
Presented by Benjamin Porter
Post-production by Charlotte Porter
Recorded using SquadCast
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
This week Josh is joined by Tom Mannering and Ewan Bowers for an episode dedicated to Magic: The Gathering. Together they discuss the recent M19 pre-release event that they attended at ComiCrazy in Paisley and we introduce a new segment of the show, 'What's in the Booster Packs?!' - pretty much 'What's in the Box?!' without a box. Listen in as they explain what they would do with the cards in the packs, the mechanics and lore of the game, and share their own experience of playing Magic over the years.
Happy Listening
The Unlucky Frog Team
Wednesday Jul 11, 2018
Wednesday Jul 11, 2018
In this week's Independence Day episode Ben and Josh are joined by Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games! Not only has Steve Jackson been in the board games industry for over 40 years, he is also the creator of some little known games such as Munchkin and GURPS.
Together they chat about the changes in the tabletop gaming industry over the past 40 years, Steve's design process and the importance of theme in game design. They also talk about Steve's next Kickstarter release, The Fantasy Trip, a re-release of his 1970's RPG, the other Steve Jackson and squid rabbits!
Happy listening,
The Unlucky Frog Team
Links
Sunday Jul 08, 2018
Sunday Jul 08, 2018
In this week's Regular Show episode Josh and Ben update everyone on our plans for Patreon, give shoutouts to our newest patrons and make some Tabletop Scotland competition announcements - spend 2 hours at the Geeknson Table with The Unlucky Frog to celebrate our 1st birthday!
They also discuss their first play through of the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soul Wars and Josh updates us on his current Pathfinder campaign!
Happy listening,
The Unlucky Frog Team
Links
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soul Wars Unboxing
Wednesday Jul 04, 2018
Wednesday Jul 04, 2018
In this week's Independence Day Episode Ben and Josh are joined by Matt Machell of Realms Publishing to discuss RPGs, including his most recent endeavour The Queen's Men (think Elizabethan spies through the lens of Gareth Marenghi's Dark Place!). They also discuss 60's pulp TV drama, historical fiction, and the shifting attitude in the social conscious towards RPGs and board games in general.
Happy Listening.
The Unlucky Frog Team
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Links
Honourable Mentions
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Psstt! This episode contains spoilers. You have been warned...
In this week's episode Josh and Charlotte, minus Ben who has succumb to his hayfever, chat with Dave Wright, the Convention Overlord of Tabletop Scotland. Together they chat about how things are progressing, and to make some announcements - inlcuding some announcements involving our goodselves! Dave also gets very excited about GenCon 2018 too.
Listen in to find out more about what's in store for Tabletop Scotland in September including events, RPGs, tournaments, demo zone, playtest zone and much more!
Happy Listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Links:
Tabletop Scotland : http://tabletopscotland.co.uk/
Tabletop Scotland Facebook Group Chat: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopScotlandChat/
Honourable Mentions:
Iain McAllister - The Giant Brain
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
In this week's Independence Day episode Ben and Josh are joined by Mark Mackinnon of Dream Big Games - and gosh golly, do they lower they tone?! As well as discussing Wreck and Ruin, they also discuss Can you Guess Poo? and other toilet related subjects. This is also the first episode where Charlotte has had to slam the censor button (thanks Josh!).
Mark also shares his experience of dissecting his earlier Wreck and Ruin campaign and how this led to his recent successfully funded campaign. They also chat stretch goals, teaming up with Award Winning Miniatures Painter, Michael Mordor, demoing at UK Games Expo and calling out internet trolls.
Also, they pose the question of our generation; 100 hundred duck sized horses, or 1 horse sized duck?! What would you choose?
We hope you enjoy listening, and are not too disgusted!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Links
Wreck and Ruin Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1358316989/wreck-and-ruin-post-apocalyptic-vehicle-miniature
Sunday Jun 24, 2018
Sunday Jun 24, 2018
In this week's episode, Ben and Josh wax lyrical about tabletop role-playing games. Ben reflects on the D&D one-shot he played as part of Scot's stag, whilst Josh catches us up on the latest goings-on from his Pathfinder campaign. Ben also bemoans the loss he suffered during his last game of Age of Sigmar 1st Edition.
Happy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Wednesday Jun 20, 2018
Wednesday Jun 20, 2018
Due to a slight technical hitch our regular Independence Day episode has been delayed. In the meantime listen in to our thoughts on Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions by Playfusion, which Ben and Charlotte were lucky enough to demo at UK Games Expo.
We hope you enjoy,
The Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday Jun 17, 2018
Sunday Jun 17, 2018
This week Ben and Charlotte take the reigns of the Regular Show. Together they discuss their week in Tabletop including playing Arkham Horror LCG: Paths To Carcosa, Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire and Zombie Doctor, and catching up with Tristan and Francesca of Hall or Nothing Productions whilst on a whistlestop tour of Manchester. They also discuss recent announcements from CMON and Monolith about how they will be utilising Kickstarter in the future, as well as the Unlucky Frog's plans for using Twitch for live streaming and how it can be used to benefit the Tabletop Gaming Community.
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Links:
Episode 36: Lifeform (Mark Chaplin & Tristan Hall)
Honourable Mentions:
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
In this week's Independence Day episode Ben is joined by Luke Gbedemah of Muster App, an app that is designed to be the Steam of Tabletop. Luke explains the need for Muster as a means of bringing together tabletop gamers in terms of locality and shared interest. Together they also discuss he game design process, interpretation of other people's intellectual property, and borrowing concepts and ideas from existing pieces of work.
We hope you enjoy listening,
The Unlucky Frog Team
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Muster App - https://www.musterapp.co.uk/
Sunday Jun 10, 2018
Sunday Jun 10, 2018
In this week's episode Ben, Josh and Charlotte discuss appropriate Yeti care and their post UK Games Expo cool down/melt down which has included copius amounts of gaming. Josh also shares his experience of setting up his very first twitter account, and the gang reminisce about Haba Hotel. They also discuss recent news by Fantasy Flight Games about Android: Netrunner, speculation about upcoming games from Wizards of the Coast, and Ben gets excited about the announcement of Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soul Wars.
We hope you enjoy!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
Ben and Josh are joined once again by Iain McAllister of The Giant Brain for the continuation of our UK Games Expo round up!
We hope enjoy listening,
The Unlucky Frog Team
Mentions
Boardgame Console by Wizama
Arkham Horror: Paths to Carcosa and Forgetton Age by Fantasy Flight Games
Pathfinder Playtest by Paizo
Holding On: Troubled Life of Billy Kerr by Hub Games
Village Attacks by Grimlord
VoteMe by Redwell Games
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
In this week's edition of Independence Day Ben is joined by Matt Coward of the University of York. Matt chats with Ben about his current piece of sociological research into the tabletop gaming community, discussing the wider issues of inclusivity and diversity. They also discuss grave robbing, cliche'd themes and games that explore death.
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Ben and Josh are joined by Iain McAllister of The Giant Brain for their UK Games Expo wrap up episode, part 1! Together they cover Thursday's Press Preview, Friday's Shadespire: Grand Clash, the JollyBoat comedy duo and the plethora of games that they demo'ed, listed below!
We hope you enjoy listening.
The Unlucky Frog Team
Mentions:
Sins RPG by First Falling Leaf
Ruthless by Alley Cat Games & Roland's Revenge
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions by Playfusion
The Gig by Brain Crack Games
Gladiatores by Bad Cat Games
Towers of The Sun published by Quality Beasts
Doomsday Bots by Digisprite
Dare to Dream by Turtle Dream Games
Fallout: Wasteland Warfare by Modiphius Games
Ice Cool by Brain Games
Villagers by Sinister Fish Games
Ominones Hieroglyphs by Yay Games
Legends Untold and Lord of The Hoard by Inspiring Games
Hero Master by The Noble Artist
Shadows of Esteren by Studio Agate
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Wednesday May 30, 2018
In this week's Independence Day episode Ben is joined by Tom Pike of Themeborne Games to discuss his upcoming Kickstarter campaign for Escape The Dark Castle Expansion Packs, which is due to go live on Friday 1st of June! Listen in to hear about Tom's own gaming history and what brought him to this point. Together they also the need for gateway games, how to manage critical reviews, and how to create expansions that bring new mechanics and elements to a game whilst remaining true to the original game.
For more information on Escape The Dark Castle and its expansions, check out www.themeborne.com
Ben's review of Escape The Dark Castle will be available on our blog from Wednesday 30th of May.
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday May 27, 2018
Sunday May 27, 2018
*This episode contains spoilers for Hunger Games and Game of Thrones*
This week Ben, Josh & Charlotte chat about their upcoming trip to UK Games Expo! Following on from our preview blog post we discuss what we are looking forward to seeing most at the event. We also discuss Games Workshops' announcement for Warhammer Adventures and the divisive nature of the books.
This week's episode also contains a shoutout to our newest Patron, Tom Mannering, and we explain some of the updates we have made to our patreon goals!
We hope you enjoy listening
The Unlucky Frog Team
Wednesday May 23, 2018
Wednesday May 23, 2018
In this week's Independence Day Episode Ben and Josh are joined by local lad, Owen Duffy, games writer for Tabletop Magazine, The Guardian and Ars Technica. Together they discuss Owen's day to day gaming, plans for UK Games Expo and upcoming board game annual/ guide, The Board Game Book, which is due to hit Kickstarter on Tuesday 5th of June!
Shownotes
The Board Game Book is a gorgeous hardback book by top gaming authors looking at more than 100 of the year's best games, from family and casual games to strategy epics. Its Kickstarter campaign launches on June 5th, and you can get a copy plus a free PDF, and have your name listed in the acknowledgement pages, for a pledge of £20.
Find out more at:
https://twitter.com/BoardGameBook
https://facebook.com/TheBoardGameBook …
We hope you enjoy listening,
The Unlucky Frog Gaming
Sunday May 20, 2018
Sunday May 20, 2018
In this week's episode Ben is joined by guest host Josh...wait...what?! That's right Josh has returned from his hiatus just in time or UK Games Expo!
In this week's episode Ben & Josh discuss the games they have been playing including Gloomhaven, and Magic: The Gathering expansion, Dominaria. They also chat about recent announcements for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Asmodee's intended sale and the Award Season in the run up to wards UK Games Expo, Origins Awards and Spiele Des Jahres.
This week's episode see the return of our 'What's In the Box?!' section, although in this instance it is 'What's In The Tube?!'
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Wednesday May 16, 2018
Wednesday May 16, 2018
In this week's episode we are joined by Erin Dean, videographer and author. Together Erin & Ben discuss her upcoming book, for The Love of Board Games, a collection of interviews with board game designers including:
-Matt Leacock
-Jonathon Gilmour
-Wolfgang Kramer
-Richard Garfield
-Phil Walker-Harding
They also discuss instances of being star struck including an awkward encounter with Rodney Smith of Watch It Played in a bathroom at AireCon 2018!
Happy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday May 13, 2018
Sunday May 13, 2018
In this week's episode, Ben is joined again by Scot Milne. Together they discuss what games they have been playing over the past week or so including Scot's recent Pathfinder campaign, Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire and Arkham Horror. They also discuss the reemergence of claims about the authenticity of Jakub Rozalsk artwork for Scythe and the fine line between plagiarism and homage, and discuss the online tabletop gaming community.
Link to reddit claim regarding Jakub Rozalski's artwork
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Lucky Frog Team
honourable mentions: Daryl Jones Glasgow Shadespire Group
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
In this week's episode Ben is joined by Frank West creator of City of Kings. Together they discuss Frank's first introduction to tabletop gaming, his desire to create an experience similiar to a MMORPG in a tabletop format, and his current kickstarter campaigns City of Kings: Anicent Allies and Vedoran Gardens.
Frank will also be attending UK Games Expo, and GenCon so be sure to look out for him there!
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday May 06, 2018
Sunday May 06, 2018
In this week's episode Ben is joined by guest co-host Duncan Cowan of Tabletop Scotland. Together they disucss recent gaming exploits inlcuding Secret Hitler, Battlestar Galatica, Escape the Dark Castle & Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. They also discuss the somewhat duplicitive practices of Space Goat Productions, and share tips on how to teach games to new players, or indeed, people with no prior experience of gaming.
We hope you enjoy!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Wednesday May 02, 2018
Wednesday May 02, 2018
In this week's Independence Day episode Ben is joined by Darryl Jones of Splattered Ink Games to discuss his current project that has been a long time in the making! Dobbers: The Quest for the Key is a game for all the family, but that doesn't mean it can't challenge the veteran gamers amongst us. Darryl also shares his own history of tabletop gaming, passing that passion down to the next generation, and his visions for the Dobbers universe!
Dobbers: The Quest for the Key Kickstarter is now live - Check it out here!
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
This week Ben is joined by guest co-host Mark Mckinnon, of Wreck and Ruin fame! Together they chat about:
- Mark's recent Kickstarter campaign, and his plans to come back bigger and badder,
- Mark's introduction to Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire,
- the growing trend of creator's backing out of Kickstarter campaigns
- Annoying gaming habits - are they your problem or the other persons?
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Wednesday Apr 25, 2018
Wednesday Apr 25, 2018
In this Independence Day episode Ben is joined by the gang at Bermooda's End Games. Together Ben, April, Lauren, Daryk & Michael talk about their own gaming experience, legal wrangles of running your own business, and of course, their upcoming Kickstarter Launch, Are you Going to Eat That? Listen in to find out more!
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
This week Ben is joined by co-host Tom Mannering for the weekly round up, and upcoming events. Together they discuss the need for entry level gaming, International Tabletop Day, Arkham Horror LCG, as well as Tom's first foray into Lords of Waterdeep!
We hope you enjoy listening,
The Unlucky Frog Team
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Whilst at Conpulsion 2018 Ben caught up with Richard Denning of Medusa Games. Together they talk about the convention scene, the ins and outs of organising UK Games Expo, and his upcoming release Magnificent Flying Machines which Ben, Josh and Charlotte had the chance to play at Glasgow Games Fest.
**Please note that there is a lot of background noise in this episode as it was recorded live at Conpulsion**
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
Monday Apr 16, 2018
Monday Apr 16, 2018
In the first ever Hot Of The Press feature of the Unlucky Frog Gaming Podcast, Ben is joined by Calvin Wong of the Ding and Dent Podcast and BoardGamePrices.com. Together they discuss the ongoing Boarders Tabletop Cafe Kickstarter scandal which is now potentially the largest case of defraudment in Kickstarter Boardgame history.
As both a journalist and patron of the cafe, Calvin shares with us his account of the ongoing situation and the impact it is having on the Tabletop gaming community in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia.
We hope you enjoy listening.
The Unlucky Frog Team
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Links referred to in this episode
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyboards/petrichor/posts/2146480
http://www.dinganddentcast.com/
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
A collection of short interviews with exhibitors from Conpulsion 2018. Includes:
- David of the Dawn Duellists
- Calum, former event organiser
- Keith McLeman of Cardboard and Coffee
- Matt Coward, Tabletop Researcher
We hope you enjoy listening!
Thanks for listening,
The Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Ben and Charlotte are joined by guest co-host Iona Craig, and together they share their experience of Conpulsion 2018.
Listen in as they discuss their thoughts and recommendations for Conpulsion 2019. They also discuss some of the things they were involved in and the people they caught up with including:
- Richard Denning of Medusa Games and UKGE
- Keith McLeman of Cardboard and Coffee, and his game Nuts and Bots
- Dawn Duellists, a historical european martials arts
- Dave Wright of Tabletop Scotland
We hope you enjoy listening!
Thanks
The Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
This week Ben is joined by guest co-host Craig. Together they discuss their recent Warhammer: Age of Sigmar Firestorm campaign, and announcements in relation to the Idoneth Deepkin. They also discuss in detail price creep on Kickstarter with reference to Beneath, Street Fighter: The Miniatures Game, and God Tear.
We hope you enjoy listening!
The Unlucky Frog Team
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Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
In today's Independence Day Episode Ben is chatting with Mark Cooke of AireCon, and very briefly by his co-host Charlotte! Mark talks about his own gaming history, the ups and downs of convention planning, and their plans for AireCon 2019 and beyond!
We hope you enjoy listening!
Thanks
Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday Apr 08, 2018
Sunday Apr 08, 2018
In this week's episode Ben and Charlotte discuss their recent experience of Mystic Vale & Arkham Horror. They also chat about their plans for the Unlucky Frog Patreon, why they have decided to part with Fog of Love, and upcoming events that they will be attending over the upcoming weeks!
Link to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UnluckyFrog
We hope you enjoy listening!
Thanks
The Unlucky Frog Team
Wednesday Apr 04, 2018
Wednesday Apr 04, 2018
This week Ben is joined by Mark Chaplin and Tristan Hall to discuss the current Kickstarter, Lifeform - which funded in 8 hours! Together they talk about their individual game design histories, their experience of Kickstarter and how they came to partner up as designer/publisher in this instance!
There is still time to back the kickstarter here.
Thanks for listening
The Unlucky Frog Team
Sunday Apr 01, 2018
Sunday Apr 01, 2018
Ben is joined once again by guest co-host Charlotte for another exciting installment of the The Unlucky Frog Gaming Podcast. In this episode Ben and Charlotte discuss her recent visit to the Edinburgh Playtest Group, finally playing Arkham Horror: The Card Game, and Ben's recent Warhammer Age of Sigmar narrative battle.
They also pose the question how competitive is too competitive in gaming? Are you a competitive gamer? Do you only care about winning?
Please send your answers on a stamp addressed envelope...or, you know, let us know on Twitter and Facebook
We hope you enjoy listening,
The Unlucky Frog Team
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
In this week's Independence Day episode featuring freelance artist Ralph Horsley! Ralph talks about his freelancing work with a whole range of clients including Wizards of the Coast, Games Workshop, Upper Deck, EA, Paizo, Fantasy Flight Games and Green Ronin! Together we also discuss how to get he got into fantasy art in the first instance.
We hope you enjoy listening
Josh, Ben & Charlotte