Talking Tinkerbots - A Board Game Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Rob Daviau, Emma Larkins & Matt Leacock - Game Design & Pitching Panel Discussion Join host Gino from Tinkerbot Games as we hear from our panel of board game design experts as they share their insights and experiences about designing and pitching board games. There will be a panel discussion to begin, followed by an audience Q&A. Our panel: Rob Daviau - A 20-year industry veteran, Rob has worked on over 80 published games including Risk Legacy, Pandemic Legacy (Seasons 1, 2, and the upcoming 0), Death May Die, Mountains of Madness, Ship Shape, and Betrayal Legacy. He is the inventor of the legacy game concept and is a co-founder of Restoration Games, a company that brings old games back to life. Matt Leacock - Designer of games such as Pandemic, Pandemic Legacy, Thunderbirds, Forbidden Island and more, Matt is known for creating popular family games and cooperative games. Emma Larkins - Co-host of the Ludology podcast, Sci-Fi author and designer of games such as Heartcatchers, …and then we died, Abandon All Artichokes. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utanLoos6Nk Get Ghostel on Sale - https://tinkerbotgames.com/product/ghostel/

Bevan leads this podcast, introducing Mark and Eric from his designer play test group. We attempt the ten minute design challenge using themes and mechanics randomly generated by the excellent Boardgamizer website. Can we each come up with something playable or not? Links Boardgamizer - http://www.boardgamizer.com/ Our music provided by Black Jam Circus iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/black-jam-circus/id1191960878 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/blackjamcircus   Ghostel! - http://tinkerbotgames.com Subscribe to the tailored newsletters - http://eepurl.com/QgY2z Rate/Review us on iTunes - http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8 Titles by Jane Davies Send us your thoughts by contacting us below or tweet us. Contact Gino on twitter: @ginobrancazio (https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio) Contact Bevan on twitter: @zombevan (https://twitter.com/zombevan) Contact us: @TinkerbotGames (https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames) Email the Tinkerbots: info@tinkerbotgames.com Check out our website for reviews, designing and prototypes: http://tinkerbotgames.com/ Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8) Listen on Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/talking-tinkerbots?refid=stpr)

In this short and sweet episode Bevan is going solo! There's a quick set of updates of all that happening on the upcoming Ghostel Kickstarter campaign, and a few shout outs to a couple of industry chaps and chapettes we feel that are pretty darn awesome, plus our brand spanking new intro/outro music! Hopefully our next podcast will return to it's regularly scripted programming soon. Enjoy! 0:00 - A word from our sponsor, Rules of Play online 0:17 - Brand new Intro music from Black Jam Circus 5:14 - A few mentions of people we've been chatting to on Ghostel, game design and cool music 7:30 - Credits by Bevan and Outro Get on our podcast! Read our credits for us because Gino can't spell his own name. Record yourself saying the following and send the file to podcast@tinkerbotgames.com. Feel free to tell us your Jumanji game at the end of the recording (i.e. What game would you Jumanji into and why?) "Hi, I'm and this is the Tinkerbot Games Credits! You can get in touch with the Tinkerbots in the following ways. The website is www.tinkerbotgames.com or you can contact them directly by email at info@tinkerbotgames. You can get Gino on twitter @ginobrancazio which is G-I-N-O-B-R-A-N-C-A-Z-I-O, or for something easier to spell you can find Bevan on twitter @bluecatgames or you can find Tony representing all the tinkerbots on twitter @tinkerbotgames" --------------------------------------- Links How to play Ghostel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQk1kyqfME4 Matt Futsie Review - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1472866/fully-boo-ked TGIK Games Website - http://tgikgamesblog.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/tgik_games_cr Smarter Backer with Daniel Zayas Website - http://smarterbacker.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/smarterbacker Ghostel Review - www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_HNQGNmTMQ Black Jam Circus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/blackjamcircus Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/black-jam-circus --------------------------------------- Ghostel! - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/ghostel Our Weekly Blog - http://tinkerbotgames.com/blog/ Our Lovely Sponsors - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ Subscribe to the Monthly Summary - http://eepurl.com/QgY2z Rate/Review us on iTunes - http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8 --------------------------------------- Order board games online, support a FLGS and get Free P&P in the UK! Amazing! Rules of Play - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ --------------------------------------- Send us your thoughts by contacting us below or tweet us. Contact Gino on twitter: @ginobrancazio (https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio) Contact Bevan on twitter: @bluecatgames (https://twitter.com/bluecatgames) Contact us/Tony on twitter: @TinkerbotGames (https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames) Email the Tinkerbots: info@tinkerbotgames.com Check out our website for reviews, designing and prototypes: http://tinkerbotgames.com/ Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8) Listen on Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/talking-tinkerbots?refid=stpr)

In this episode Gino and Bevan discuss the Dos and Don'ts of board gaming etiquette! Also Bevan interviews Kara Gander about her Kickstarter campaign 'The Bespoke Geek' for geeky clothing, and we give you a Ghostel update. 0:00 - Board Gaming Etiquette 1:01 - Interview with Kara Gander of The Bespoke Geek 1:12 - Ghostel Update 1:18 - Credits by Alex Price --------------------------------------- Get on our podcast! Read our credits for us because Gino can't spell his own name. Record yourself saying the following and send the file to podcast@tinkerbotgames.com. Feel free to tell us your Jumanji game at the end of the recording (i.e. What game would you Jumanji into and why?) "Hi, I'm and this is the Tinkerbot Games Credits! You can get in touch with the Tinkerbots in the following ways. The website is www.tinkerbotgames.com or you can contact them directly by email at info@tinkerbotgames. You can get Gino on twitter @ginobrancazio which is G-I-N-O-B-R-A-N-C-A-Z-I-O, or for something easier to spell you can find Bevan on twitter @bluecatgames or you can find Tony representing all the tinkerbots on twitter @tinkerbotgames" --------------------------------------- Links The Bespoke Geek Kickstarter Campaign- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebespokegeek/the-bespoke-geek-cosplay-for-everyday Website - http://www.thebespokegeek.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/bespoke_geek --------------------------------------- Ghostel! - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/ghostel Our Weekly Blog - http://tinkerbotgames.com/blog/ Our Lovely Sponsors - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ Subscribe to the Monthly Summary - http://eepurl.com/QgY2z Rate/Review us on iTunes - http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8 --------------------------------------- Order board games online, support a FLGS and get Free P&P in the UK! Amazing! Rules of Play - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ --------------------------------------- Send us your thoughts by contacting us below or tweet us. Contact Gino on twitter: @ginobrancazio (https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio) Contact Bevan on twitter: @bluecatgames (https://twitter.com/bluecatgames) Contact us/Tony on twitter: @TinkerbotGames (https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames) Email the Tinkerbots: info@tinkerbotgames.com Check out our website for reviews, designing and prototypes: http://tinkerbotgames.com/ Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8) Listen on Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/talking-tinkerbots?refid=stpr) ---------------------------------------  

In this episode Gino interviews Kim Brebach about his Kickstarter campaign for tactical dexterity game MONSTROUS. Take a listen if you're interested in commissioning artwork, making critical funding decisions and more lessons about running a successful campaign. --------------------------------------- Get on our podcast! Read our credits for us because Gino can't spell his own name. Record yourself saying the following and send the file to podcast@tinkerbotgames.com. Feel free to tell us your Jumanji game at the end of the recording (i.e. What game would you Jumanji into and why?) "You can get in touch with the Tinkerbots in the following ways. The website is www.tinkerbotgames.com or you can contact them directly by email at info@tinkerbotgames. You can get Gino on twitter @ginobrancazio which is G-I-N-O-B-R-A-N-C-A-Z-I-O, or for something easier to spell you can find Bevan on twitter @bluecatgames or you can find Tony representing all the tinkerbots on twitter @tinkerbotgames" --------------------------------------- Links Monstrous - http://www.monstrousgame.com Be in our game Ghostel - http://tinkerbotgames.com/get-your-face-in-ghostel --------------------------------------- Ghostel! - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/ghostel Our Weekly Blog - http://tinkerbotgames.com/blog/ Our Lovely Sponsors - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ Subscribe to the Monthly Summary - http://eepurl.com/QgY2z Rate/Review us on iTunes - http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8 --------------------------------------- Order board games online, support a FLGS and get Free P&P in the UK! Amazing! Rules of Play - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ --------------------------------------- Ah! So you've come back for even MORE Show-notes Shenanigans! This time, send a tweet to @ginobrancazio with a fruit pun based board games. Bonus points for Banana puns! --------------------------------------- Send us your thoughts by contacting us below or tweet us. Contact Gino on twitter: @ginobrancazio (https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio) Contact Bevan on twitter: @bluecatgames (https://twitter.com/bluecatgames) Contact us/Tony on twitter: @TinkerbotGames (https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames) Email the Tinkerbots: info@tinkerbotgames.com Check out our website for reviews, designing and prototypes: http://tinkerbotgames.com/ Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8) Listen on Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/talking-tinkerbots?refid=stpr) ---------------------------------------  

0:08 - We read out hate mail 2:40 - Tiger-grrs 3:30 - Bananas 7:15 - The UK Games Expo review 20:00 - XCOM competition winner! 23:20 - Tinkerbot Spanner of Approval 25:18 - John Robertson of The Dark Room interview 30:35 - Adam Porter and Rob Fisher interview (Playtest UK) 33:50 - Ignacy Trzewiczek of Portal Games interview 38:18 - Henry Jasper of Grublin Games interview 44:04 - Jane Davies interview (XCOM Winner) 46:04 - Patreon, tell us what you think 48:10 - Read our credits for us! 50: 29 - Our sponsors! Get on our podcast! Read our credits for us because Gino can't spell his own name. Record yourself saying the following and send the file to podcast@tinkerbotgames.com. Feel free to tell us your Jumanji game at the end of the recording (i.e. What game would you Jumanji into and why?) "You can get in touch with the Tinkerbots in the following ways. The website is www.tinkerbotgames.com or you can contact them directly by email at info@tinkerbotgames. You can get Gino on twitter @ginobrancazio which is G-I-N-O-B-R-A-N-C-A-Z-I-O, or for something easier to spell you can find Bevan on twitter @bluecatgames or you can find Tony representing all the tinkerbots on twitter @tinkerbotgames" --------------------------------------- Bananas Tony's Banana - https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames/status/603987533047963649 Richard Dean's Banana - https://twitter.com/RichardGDean/status/604027993795792898 Darren Hutchings' Banana - https://twitter.com/hutchings404/status/604016197626171392 Links XCOM Winner - https://twitter.com/JCtoodles/status/604687608099274752 Spanner of Approval - https://twitter.com/JCtoodles/status/605035583854022656 Spanner of Approval 2 - https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio/status/602915158638370816 UK Gaming Media Network - www.ukgmn.co.uk/ The Dark Room - www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvkjP6dqpfY Playtest UK - http://playtest.co.uk/ Board Games Insider Podcast - http://boardgamesinsider.com/ Grublin Games - http://www.grublin.com/ Games Lift It - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/132497/lift-it A la carte - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/217/la-carte Om nom nom - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147305/om-nom-nom Batman Love Letter - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/168584/love-letter-batman --------------------------------------- Ghostel! - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/ghostel Our Weekly Blog - http://tinkerbotgames.com/blog/ Our Lovely Sponsors - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ Subscribe to the Monthly Summary - http://eepurl.com/QgY2z Rate/Review us on iTunes - http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8 --------------------------------------- Order board games online, support a FLGS and get Free P&P in the UK! Amazing! Rules of Play - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ --------------------------------------- Ah! So you've come back for even MORE Show-notes Shenanigans! This time, send a tweet to @ginobrancazio with a fruit pun based board games. Bonus points for Banana puns! --------------------------------------- Send us your thoughts by contacting us below or tweet us. Contact Gino on twitter: @ginobrancazio (https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio) Contact Bevan on twitter: @bluecatgames (https://twitter.com/bluecatgames) Contact us/Tony on twitter: @TinkerbotGames (https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames) Email the Tinkerbots: info@tinkerbotgames.com Check out our website for reviews, designing and prototypes: http://tinkerbotgames.com/ Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8) Listen on Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/talking-tinkerbots?refid=stpr) ---------------------------------------  

1:50 - A transcript of our interview with John Coveyou for a deaf follower (Thanks Terrance) 3:00 - Banana Banana Banana 6:20 - Gino is betrayed by Bevan and Tony 7:15 - Tips and advice for the UK Games Expo 14:45 - Gnolems! - Bevan's game in the Redesign Competition 17:30 - THE COMPETITION! WIN XCOM! 26:00 - Our video review of Waggle Dance for Ed Baraf 29:18 - Terralith Dice by Henry Jasper (Grublin Games) 32:00 - Twitter Bingo by Go Halves on Games --------------------------------------- Links! WIN XCOM AT THE UK GAMES EXPO - http://tinkerbotgames.com/expo XCOM: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163602/xcom-board-game Transcript of our interview with John Coveyou - http://tinkerbotgames.com/tt-ep-16-transcript UK Games Expo! - https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/ Video Review of Waggle Dance - https://youtu.be/H7SGVr2olfY Terralith Dice - http://kck.st/1Af8R0I Twitter Bing - https://twitter.com/search?q=twitterbingo&src=typd --------------------------------------- Ghostel! - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/ghostel Our Weekly Blog - http://tinkerbotgames.com/blog/ Our Lovely Sponsors - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ Subscribe to the Monthly Summary - http://eepurl.com/QgY2z Rate/Review us on iTunes - http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8 --------------------------------------- Order board games online, support a FLGS and get Free P&P in the UK! Amazing! Rules of Play - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ --------------------------------------- Ah! So you've come back for more Show-notes Shenanigans! This time, send a tweet to @ginobrancazio with a photo of your funniest banana and we'll mention you on the next episode. --------------------------------------- Our Free Micro Game - Tinker Tactics! Main Page - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/tinkertactics/ On Reddit - http://redd.it/2ojk2s --------------------------------------- Send us your thoughts by contacting us below or tweet us. Contact Gino on twitter: @ginobrancazio (https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio) Contact Bevan on twitter: @bluecatgames (https://twitter.com/bluecatgames) Contact us/Tony on twitter: @TinkerbotGames (https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames) Email the Tinkerbots: info@tinkerbotgames.com Check out our website for reviews, designing and prototypes: http://tinkerbotgames.com/ Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8) Listen on Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/talking-tinkerbots?refid=stpr) ---------------------------------------  

The tinkerbots interview featured guest John Coveyou. John is a successful board game designer and kickstarter campaign runner! He shares with us some excellent insights into running a crowdfunding campaign as well as design tips so if you’re one day hoping to have your game on a shelf in your friendly local gaming shop, keep listening! Including discussions on: - Science themed games - Using long words - Funding really quickly - Building buzz in preparation for launch - Gambling with the funding goal - Crafting a tailored pitch - Picking reviewers For a full transcript of this episode, click here. --------------------------------------- Links! Ion: The Compound Building Game - http://kck.st/1NT7DhM Our review of Ion - http://tinkerbotgames.com/ion-review John's other games - http://gotgeniusgames.com/ John on twitter - @JohnCoveyou --------------------------------------- Ghostel! - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/ghostel Our Weekly Blog - http://tinkerbotgames.com/blog/ Our Lovely Sponsors - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ Subscribe to the Monthly Summary - http://eepurl.com/QgY2z Rate/Review us on iTunes - http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8 --------------------------------------- Order board games online, support a FLGS and get Free P&P in the UK! Amazing! Rules of Play - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ --------------------------------------- Does anyone actually read this far down in the show notes? Let us know. Tweet @ginobrancazio with the message "Banana banana banana" and we'll mention you on the next episode. --------------------------------------- Our Free Micro Game - Tinker Tactics! Main Page - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/tinkertactics/ On Reddit - http://redd.it/2ojk2s --------------------------------------- Send us your thoughts by contacting us below or tweet us. Contact Gino on twitter: @ginobrancazio (https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio) Contact Bevan on twitter: @bluecatgames (https://twitter.com/bluecatgames) Contact us/Tony on twitter: @TinkerbotGames (https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames) Email the Tinkerbots: info@tinkerbotgames.com Check out our website for reviews, designing and prototypes: http://tinkerbotgames.com/ Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8) Listen on Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/talking-tinkerbots?refid=stpr) ---------------------------------------  

In episode 15 of Talking Tinkerbots: 0:24 - Finding Tony 1:02 - Follow-up: Luck in board games 5:08 - Why tweets are 140 characters 14:48 - Exciting news! 21:35 - Tabletop Day 25:10 - More things speeled wrong 26:25 - Steve! 29:35 - The Tabletop Day Interviews --------------------------------------- Ghostel! - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/ghostel Our Weekly Blog - http://tinkerbotgames.com/blog/ Our Lovely Sponsors - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ Subscribe to the Monthly Summary - http://eepurl.com/QgY2z Rate/Review us on iTunes - http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8 --------------------------------------- Order board games online, support a FLGS and get Free P&P in the UK! Amazing! Rules of Play - http://rulesofplay.co.uk/ --------------------------------------- Blogs we like Board Know More - http://www.boardknowmore.com/2015/04/tabletop-day-2015.html Mithril Wisdom - http://www.mithrilwisdom.com/ --------------------------------------- Our Free Micro Game - Tinker Tactics! Main Page - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/tinkertactics/ On Reddit - http://redd.it/2ojk2s --------------------------------------- Send us your thoughts by contacting us below or tweet us. Contact Gino on twitter: @ginobrancazio (https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio) Contact Bevan on twitter: @bluecatgames (https://twitter.com/bluecatgames) Contact us/Tony on twitter: @TinkerbotGames (https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames) Email the Tinkerbots: info@tinkerbotgames.com Check out our website for reviews, designing and prototypes: http://tinkerbotgames.com/ Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8) Listen on Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/talking-tinkerbots?refid=stpr) ---------------------------------------  

In episode 14 of Talking Tinkerbots: 1.00 - The best method ever for picking a topic 2:08 - Luck in Board Games 23:45 - Ghostel! --------------------------------------- Ghostel! - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/ghostel Our Weekly Blog - http://tinkerbotgames.com/blog/ Subscribe to the Monthly Summary - http://eepurl.com/QgY2z Rate/Review us on iTunes - http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8 --------------------------------------- Games we mentioned Lords of Waterdeep - http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/110327/lords-waterdeep Camel Up - http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153938/camel Eclipse - http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72125/eclipse --------------------------------------- Our Free Micro Game - Tinker Tactics! Main Page - http://tinkerbotgames.com/portfolio/tinkertactics/ On Reddit - http://redd.it/2ojk2s --------------------------------------- Send us your thoughts by contacting us below or tweet us. Contact Gino on twitter: @ginobrancazio (https://twitter.com/ginobrancazio) Contact Bevan on twitter: @bluecatgames (https://twitter.com/bluecatgames) Contact us/Tony on twitter: @TinkerbotGames (https://twitter.com/TinkerbotGames) Email the Tinkerbots: info@tinkerbotgames.com Check out our website for reviews, designing and prototypes: http://tinkerbotgames.com/ Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (http://tinyurl.com/qag9sp8) Listen on Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/talking-tinkerbots?refid=stpr) ---------------------------------------