Tabletop Games Blog Radio
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Tabletop Games Blog Radio is a new internet radio station that’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, featuring:
- board game news from the Brainwaves team,
- interviews of board game artists in the Let me illustrate series,
- interviews with people from the board game industry from the Producing Fun and We’re Not Wizards series,
- board game chat and some interviews from Tabletop Inquisition,
- as well as board game reviews and thought pieces from Tabletop Games Blog.
Tabletop Games Blog Radio is always open to including programmes from other people in the hobby, so if you are interested in taking part, please get in touch.
Schedule
*All times in UK time
Wednesday
| midnight - 5 am | All things tabletop games |
| 5 am - 7 am |  We're Not Wizards - Interviewing Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi(Find out more)We talk about the development of Imperium, working together on Voidfall, and David then leaves for dinner. |
| 7 am - 8 am |  Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 8 am - 10 am |  Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more)Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 10 am - 11 am | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 11 am - 12 noon |  Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more)The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 12 noon - 1 pm | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 1 pm - 2 pm | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 2 pm - 3 pm | Brainwaves Special - The Tabletop Mentoship Programme(Find out more) Iain recently participated in the Tabletop Mentorship programme as a mentor to Adam Richards. Adam writes reviews and opinion pieces on his own site Punchboard Reviews. He joins Iain to talk about the programme along with the progamme creators Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall. We dive in the history of the programme, how it's changed since inception, and what the future holds. |
| 3 pm - 4 pm |  Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more)It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 4 pm - 5 pm | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 5 pm - 6 pm | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 6 pm - 7 pm | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 7 pm - 9 pm |  Tabletop Inquisition - 60 minutes or less(Find out more)After looking at games you can play in 30 minutes or less, Antoinette and Oliver each present 12 games that play in 60 minutes or less. The categories are the same as last time and we'd love you to play along by commenting: co-op games, dice games, word games, dexterity games, card games, area control games, tile games, deduction / hidden information games, resource management games, party games, strategy games, most unusual games. |
| 9 pm - 10 pm | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 10 pm - 11 pm | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 11 pm - midnight | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
Thursday
| midnight - 5 am | All things tabletop games |
| 5 am - 6 am | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 6 am - 7 am | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 7 am - 9 am | Tabletop Inquisition - 60 minutes or less(Find out more) After looking at games you can play in 30 minutes or less, Antoinette and Oliver each present 12 games that play in 60 minutes or less. The categories are the same as last time and we'd love you to play along by commenting: co-op games, dice games, word games, dexterity games, card games, area control games, tile games, deduction / hidden information games, resource management games, party games, strategy games, most unusual games. |
| 9 am - 10 am | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 10 am - 11 am | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 11 am - 12 noon | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 12 noon - 2 pm | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 2 pm - 3 pm | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 3 pm - 5 pm | We're Not Wizards - Interviewing Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi(Find out more) We talk about the development of Imperium, working together on Voidfall, and David then leaves for dinner. |
| 5 pm - 6 pm | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 6 pm - 7 pm | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 7 pm - 8 pm | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 8 pm - 9 pm | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 9 pm - 10 pm | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 10 pm - 11 pm | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 11 pm - midnight | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
Friday
| midnight - 5 am | All things tabletop games |
| 5 am - 7 am | We're Not Wizards - Interviewing Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi(Find out more) We talk about the development of Imperium, working together on Voidfall, and David then leaves for dinner. |
| 7 am - 8 am | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 8 am - 10 am | Tabletop Inquisition - 60 minutes or less(Find out more) After looking at games you can play in 30 minutes or less, Antoinette and Oliver each present 12 games that play in 60 minutes or less. The categories are the same as last time and we'd love you to play along by commenting: co-op games, dice games, word games, dexterity games, card games, area control games, tile games, deduction / hidden information games, resource management games, party games, strategy games, most unusual games. |
| 10 am - 11 am | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 11 am - 12 noon | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 12 noon - 1 pm | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 1 pm - 2 pm | Brainwaves Special - The Tabletop Mentoship Programme(Find out more) Iain recently participated in the Tabletop Mentorship programme as a mentor to Adam Richards. Adam writes reviews and opinion pieces on his own site Punchboard Reviews. He joins Iain to talk about the programme along with the progamme creators Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall. We dive in the history of the programme, how it's changed since inception, and what the future holds. |
| 2 pm - 3 pm | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 3 pm - 5 pm | Tabletop Inquisition - 60 minutes or less(Find out more) After looking at games you can play in 30 minutes or less, Antoinette and Oliver each present 12 games that play in 60 minutes or less. The categories are the same as last time and we'd love you to play along by commenting: co-op games, dice games, word games, dexterity games, card games, area control games, tile games, deduction / hidden information games, resource management games, party games, strategy games, most unusual games. |
| 5 pm - 6 pm | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 6 pm - 8 pm | We're Not Wizards - Interviewing Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi(Find out more) We talk about the development of Imperium, working together on Voidfall, and David then leaves for dinner. |
| 8 pm - 9 pm | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 9 pm - 11 pm | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 11 pm - midnight | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
Saturday
| midnight - 5 am | All things tabletop games |
| 5 am - 7 am | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 7 am - 8 am | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 8 am - 9 am | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 9 am - 10 am | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 10 am - 12 noon | Tabletop Inquisition - 60 minutes or less(Find out more) After looking at games you can play in 30 minutes or less, Antoinette and Oliver each present 12 games that play in 60 minutes or less. The categories are the same as last time and we'd love you to play along by commenting: co-op games, dice games, word games, dexterity games, card games, area control games, tile games, deduction / hidden information games, resource management games, party games, strategy games, most unusual games. |
| 12 noon - 1 pm | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 1 pm - 2 pm | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 2 pm - 4 pm | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 4 pm - 5 pm | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 5 pm - 6 pm | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 6 pm - 8 pm | Tabletop Inquisition - 60 minutes or less(Find out more) After looking at games you can play in 30 minutes or less, Antoinette and Oliver each present 12 games that play in 60 minutes or less. The categories are the same as last time and we'd love you to play along by commenting: co-op games, dice games, word games, dexterity games, card games, area control games, tile games, deduction / hidden information games, resource management games, party games, strategy games, most unusual games. |
| 8 pm - 9 pm | Brainwaves Special - The Tabletop Mentoship Programme(Find out more) Iain recently participated in the Tabletop Mentorship programme as a mentor to Adam Richards. Adam writes reviews and opinion pieces on his own site Punchboard Reviews. He joins Iain to talk about the programme along with the progamme creators Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall. We dive in the history of the programme, how it's changed since inception, and what the future holds. |
| 9 pm - 11 pm | We're Not Wizards - Interviewing Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi(Find out more) We talk about the development of Imperium, working together on Voidfall, and David then leaves for dinner. |
| 11 pm - midnight | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
Sunday
| midnight - 5 am | All things tabletop games |
| 5 am - 6 am | Brainwaves Special - The Tabletop Mentoship Programme(Find out more) Iain recently participated in the Tabletop Mentorship programme as a mentor to Adam Richards. Adam writes reviews and opinion pieces on his own site Punchboard Reviews. He joins Iain to talk about the programme along with the progamme creators Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall. We dive in the history of the programme, how it's changed since inception, and what the future holds. |
| 6 am - 7 am | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 7 am - 9 am | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 9 am - 11 am | We're Not Wizards - Interviewing Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi(Find out more) We talk about the development of Imperium, working together on Voidfall, and David then leaves for dinner. |
| 11 am - 12 noon | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 12 noon - 1 pm | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 1 pm - 2 pm | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 2 pm - 4 pm | We're Not Wizards - Interviewing Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi(Find out more) We talk about the development of Imperium, working together on Voidfall, and David then leaves for dinner. |
| 4 pm - 5 pm | Brainwaves Special - The Tabletop Mentoship Programme(Find out more) Iain recently participated in the Tabletop Mentorship programme as a mentor to Adam Richards. Adam writes reviews and opinion pieces on his own site Punchboard Reviews. He joins Iain to talk about the programme along with the progamme creators Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall. We dive in the history of the programme, how it's changed since inception, and what the future holds. |
| 5 pm - 7 pm | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 7 pm - 8 pm | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 8 pm - 9 pm | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 9 pm - 11 pm | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 11 pm - midnight | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
Monday
| midnight - 5 am | All things tabletop games |
| 5 am - 6 am | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 6 am - 7 am | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 7 am - 8 am | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 8 am - 9 am | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 9 am - 10 am | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 10 am - 11 am | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 11 am - 12 noon | Let me illustrate - Interviewing board game artists(Find out more) |
| 12 noon - 1 pm | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 1 pm - 3 pm | Tabletop Inquisition - 60 minutes or less(Find out more) After looking at games you can play in 30 minutes or less, Antoinette and Oliver each present 12 games that play in 60 minutes or less. The categories are the same as last time and we'd love you to play along by commenting: co-op games, dice games, word games, dexterity games, card games, area control games, tile games, deduction / hidden information games, resource management games, party games, strategy games, most unusual games. |
| 3 pm - 4 pm | Brainwaves Special - The Tabletop Mentoship Programme(Find out more) Iain recently participated in the Tabletop Mentorship programme as a mentor to Adam Richards. Adam writes reviews and opinion pieces on his own site Punchboard Reviews. He joins Iain to talk about the programme along with the progamme creators Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall. We dive in the history of the programme, how it's changed since inception, and what the future holds. |
| 4 pm - 6 pm | We're Not Wizards - Interviewing Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi(Find out more) We talk about the development of Imperium, working together on Voidfall, and David then leaves for dinner. |
| 6 pm - 7 pm | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 7 pm - 9 pm | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 9 pm - 10 pm | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 10 pm - midnight | Tabletop Inquisition - 60 minutes or less(Find out more) After looking at games you can play in 30 minutes or less, Antoinette and Oliver each present 12 games that play in 60 minutes or less. The categories are the same as last time and we'd love you to play along by commenting: co-op games, dice games, word games, dexterity games, card games, area control games, tile games, deduction / hidden information games, resource management games, party games, strategy games, most unusual games. |
Tuesday
| midnight - 5 am | All things tabletop games |
| 5 am - 6 am | Brainwaves Special - The Tabletop Mentoship Programme(Find out more) Iain recently participated in the Tabletop Mentorship programme as a mentor to Adam Richards. Adam writes reviews and opinion pieces on his own site Punchboard Reviews. He joins Iain to talk about the programme along with the progamme creators Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall. We dive in the history of the programme, how it's changed since inception, and what the future holds. |
| 6 am - 7 am | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 7 am - 9 am | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 9 am - 10 am | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 10 am - 12 noon | Tabletop Inquisition - 60 minutes or less(Find out more) After looking at games you can play in 30 minutes or less, Antoinette and Oliver each present 12 games that play in 60 minutes or less. The categories are the same as last time and we'd love you to play along by commenting: co-op games, dice games, word games, dexterity games, card games, area control games, tile games, deduction / hidden information games, resource management games, party games, strategy games, most unusual games. |
| 12 noon - 1 pm | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |
| 1 pm - 2 pm | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 2 pm - 4 pm | We're Not Wizards - Interviewing Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi(Find out more) We talk about the development of Imperium, working together on Voidfall, and David then leaves for dinner. |
| 4 pm - 5 pm | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 5 pm - 7 pm | Producing Fun - Interviewing Duncan Cowan, Convention Director(Find out more) Duncan Cowan is a convention director of Tabletop Scotland - a mid-size UK tabletop game convention that launched to a hugely successful debut in 2018, garnering more than 1000 unique attendees. In this episode we talk about creating a convention designed to reach out to new audiences, how to best use space to craft the ultimate convention experience, the impacts of Brexit and Covid and what practical things the game community can do to support conventions in a difficult time. |
| 7 pm - 8 pm | Brainwaves Board Game News - G7 Games(Find out more) The Brainwaves team have exclusive boardgame coverage of the G7 summit in Cornwall to share with you! Listen to our exclusive interviews with some of the world leaders before settling down with a nice ice cream to absorb the latest in tabletop gaming news. |
| 8 pm - 9 pm | Brainwaves Special - The Tabletop Mentoship Programme(Find out more) Iain recently participated in the Tabletop Mentorship programme as a mentor to Adam Richards. Adam writes reviews and opinion pieces on his own site Punchboard Reviews. He joins Iain to talk about the programme along with the progamme creators Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall. We dive in the history of the programme, how it's changed since inception, and what the future holds. |
| 9 pm - 10 pm | Finding Games - Interviewing Behrooz 'Bez' Shahriari(Find out more) It's Episode 24 of the Finding Games podcast, where we talk to people who work in and around the tabletop games industry and find out how they got there. In this episode, Sophie talks with Bez, who is a tabletop game designer, developer, consultant, artist, self-publisher, streamer, and reviewer. Bez currently streams daily at 10am UK-time covering everything from interviews to discussions, chats, and play-alongs. |
| 10 pm - 11 pm | Board Game Reviews(Find out more) |
| 11 pm - midnight | Topic Discussions(Find out more) |