The Tabletop Gaming Podcast

We talk to Kat from the Whisper collective about Dissident Whispers, an RPG adventure collection created in just under 12 days with proceeds from the sale going to the National Bail Fund Network. Get the collections from one of the places below:DriveThruRPG (PDF): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/317424/Dissident-WhispersItch.io (PDF): https://tuesdayknightgames.itch.io/dissident-whispersMelsonian Arts Council (Print, UK):https://www.melsonia.com/dissident-whispers-226-p.aspAbout the Podcast:Visit us online: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/ Pick up a copy of the magazine here: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues/tabletop-gamingOr subscribe: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Subscriptions/tabletop-gaming Our music is Cloud Meetings by Body In The Thames: https://bodyinthethames.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-meetings

Richard takes us through the world of RPGs, discusses ‘the theatre of the mind’, OSR, D&D and we discuss the joys of GMing. We also get Richard’s top five RPGs that aren’t D&D.Visit us online: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/ Pick up a copy of the magazine here: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues/tabletop-gamingOr subscribe: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Subscriptions/tabletop-gaming Our music is Cloud Meetings by Body In The Thames: https://bodyinthethames.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-meetings

We talk to Ross ‘Wossy’ Gilbert about trading card games, ‘the meta’ and get his top five card games that aren’t The Pokemon Trading Card GameVisit us online: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/ Pick up a copy of the magazine here: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues/tabletop-gamingOr subscribe: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Subscriptions/tabletop-gaming Our music is Cloud Meetings by Body In The Thames: https://bodyinthethames.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-meetings

Robin and Pete take us through some of the struggles of wargaming and miniatures painting, as well as giving us a top five games for those of us who don’t have time to play Warhammer.Visit us online: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/ Pick up a copy of the magazine here: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues/tabletop-gamingOr subscribe: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Subscriptions/tabletop-gaming Our music is Cloud Meetings by Body In The Thames: https://bodyinthethames.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-meetings

We chat to Ivan Brett about folk games (and even play a few of them). We get Ivan’s top five folk games to play over Zoom and discuss what’s important about ‘play’.Visit us online: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/ Pick up a copy of the magazine here: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues/tabletop-gamingOr subscribe: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Subscriptions/tabletop-gaming Our music is Cloud Meetings by Body In The Thames: https://bodyinthethames.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-meetings

Alex Sonechkina takes us through her favourite big messy games and we discuss what draws us to games that just have too many rules and too much stuff (and why we love them)Visit us online: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/ Pick up a copy of the magazine here: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues/tabletop-gamingOr subscribe: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Subscriptions/tabletop-gaming Our music is Cloud Meetings by Body In The Thames: https://bodyinthethames.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-meetings

We talk to Ellie Dix about creating board gaming families, teaching games and get her top five family board games. We give you tips to get your family playing Terraforming Mars twice a week.Visit us online: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/ Pick up a copy of the magazine here: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues/tabletop-gamingOr subscribe: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Subscriptions/tabletop-gaming Our music is Cloud Meetings by Body In The Thames: https://bodyinthethames.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-meetings

If youre hankering for a quest issue 40 of Tabletop Gaming is for you Like a slightly over excited tutorial NPC were offering you so many ways to slake your wanderlustIn the first instance thats the cover story We talk to Isaac Childres aboutFrosthavenand ask whether it was the equivalent of the tricky second album Isaac takes us on a tour of the frosty far reaches of the game and asks us to work together to build hope in this desolate place He also hinted at a few of the classes that might currently be under wraps but not in a spoilery way To find out what we found you youll need to pick up the magDungeon Degenerates Hand of Doomis a neonpunk world from the mind of Sean Aaberg Aside from the obviously incredibly vivid art the game offers us a chance to talk about whether games should be read at their mechanics alone or whether they should be read as fiction Oh and if youre a subscriber your special subs cover offers a lurid look into that worldBut thats not all with a Minecraft game hitting our shelves we

and were back Live on stage at this years Tabletop Gaming Live convention in London Matt Jarvis Dan Jolin Alex Sonechkina Sara Elsam and Richard JansenParkes discuss what theyve been playing recently what theyre looking forward to for the rest of 2019 erotic dice overlooked gems and moreIntroOutro music Discover by chasergaming

Tabletop Gaming editor Matt Jarvis is joined by James Wallis and Dan Jolin to see out 2018 with their selection of the games that stood out over the last 12 months and what theyre looking forward to in 2019Introoutro music by chasergaming

Tabletop Gaming editor Matt Jarvis is joined by Owen Duffy Richard JansenParkes and Alex Sonechkina to run through some of the best games that had them coming back to the table time after time this yearIntrooutro music by chasergaming

Matt Jarvis James Wallis and Owen Duffy quickly run through what theyve been playing at this years Essen Spiel in Germany and what they hope to play during the rest of the game fair Plus we indulge in quirky dice designs the joy of woodenblocks and the deluge of rollandwrite Tetrisalikes

Matt Jarvis James Wallis Richard JansenParkes and Owen Duffy chat onstage at this years Tabletop Gaming Live convention about KeyForge Holding On Dice Hospital Forbidden Sky and more Plus discussion of dungeons and sometimes dragons dinner trays of terrorists and other nonsense

On the last day of this years UK Games Expo we once again gather to discuss our favourite picks from the show floor This time writer Alex Sonechkina and designer Holly Gramazio let us know whats been interesting them as well as discussing the experience of actually exhibiting at a convention

Tabletop Gaming editor Matt Jarvis is joined by writers and reviewers Dan Jolin Owen Duffy and Sam Illingworth to chat about whats taken their fancy at this years UK Games Expo Including discussion of Wildlands Holding On The Troubled Life of Billy Kerr Fog of Love 1066 Tears to Many Mothers DomiNations and more

Tabletop Gaming editor Matt Jarvis is joined by game design expert and font of Spiel des Jahres knowledge James Wallis as well as resident RPG master Richard JansenParkes to discuss what theyve seen around the show floor of this years UK Games Expo so far plus some other stuff

Where can you go to play games How can you make new likeminded friends at a local gettogether Jonny Crawford speaks to founders and members of gaming clubs about becoming part of the community welcoming newcomers and overcoming stereotypes Meanwhile Sushi Go creator Phil WalkerHarding talks about the use of games to educate This is the fourth and final part of the History of Tabletop Gaming miniseries

In the penultimate entry in our fourpart look at the history of gaming host Jonny Crawford speaks to former Games Workshop designer and River Horse founder Alessio Cavatore as well as Ghostbusters The Board Game II head designer Vincent Pritchard about why miniatures have a massive appeal and their transition from wargames to board games

As our fourpart look at the history of gaming continues Jonny Crawford is joined by Sushi Go creator Phil WalkerHarding to consider how traditional playing cards evolved into the modern card games we enjoy today

In the first episode of our fourpart series Jonny Crawford begins our journey through the history of gaming with an indepth look at one of the oldest games in existence chess