GMS Magazine Podcast - RPGs, Board Games reviews, interviews, advice. Mostly Asian and Indie games.

By Paco Garcia Jaen

Welcome back friends to the last episode of the G*M*S Magazine Podcast.

Every since the podcast started, and that’s over three years ago now, I’ve

We’ve had dozens of interviews with amazing people and amazing games. Some

Now things have to change. Unfortunately I don’t have time to look after the

So the podcast goes away, but not the podcasting channel. In fact, that is

From now on, the Podbean account we have, since it’s a lot bigger and has

What does that mean? It means you’re going to get more episodes of more shows

We’re going to have as many Rooms as G*M*S Magazine Mansions can host.

In one iTunes or RSS feed, you’ll get all those shows. If they are of no

This means there’s space for more rooms and if you want to have your own room

So there you go.

The last episode and the last farewell, but not the last goodbye!

The thing about Kickstarter and board/role playing games that I like the most if

Stack & Attack is one of those!

In this game, from Egra Games, you become a Neanderthal who has to appease

And since everyone else is also trying to appease the gods, what better way

Although it has a superbly cute artwork, getting an idea like this off the

I interviewed Jeremy Burnham, the designer behind the game, and asked him a

Hope you enjoy the interview!

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you

Codinca is an abstract game in which players compete with each other moving and

Although that’s the gist of the game, that’s not all there is to it. Some

This game is now in Kickstarter, even though it was launched at Spiel last

To find out why they’ve gone to Kickstarter and what plans the two creators

I found out that, as well as creating a cool looking game, they’re actually

One of the pledge levels in this campaign can see you the owner of some

Indeed a lesson some games that go to Kickstarter could mimic to hep other

Hope you enjoy the interview!

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you

In this episode we have a few reviews, since I’ve been rather busy playing

Painting

Plato is a French magazine that’s been going on for quite some

Queen Games won last years’ Spiel des Jhares game with Escape, a cooperative dice game in which the players take the

Dr Mike Reddy takes a look at his…err…. childhood, and remembers what Pit is

And lastly, Kara tells us how, as the chief board game buyer for Leisure

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you

It is quite interesting to see how some people’s names get into the minds of

This is the case with the guest being interviewed in the podcast for this

His portfolio of games is impressive to say the least. He’s worked on Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon

Things are not as simple, though!

In his latest game, Sangoku, he’s teamed up with Game Salute to bring his latest

Sangoku is a game of epic battle with roots in a game with

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you

Second podcast of the day and second Kickstarter project, this time a

I had the pleasure to catch up with Pete Cakebread, which I was really

With Airship Pirates and Clockword and Chivalry as an introduction card,

During my research, it became clear that Pirates & Dragons is more than “Jonny Depp meets Gary

So you better listen to them!

There are few things more exhilarating than discovering an interesting game

This is what happened to me with Septikon. Hobby World approached me a few weeks ago to

Hobby World is a Russian company. Currently Russia is deploying very

I decided to reach a compromise. I would advertise Septikon in the website, feature them in the podcast and

Much to my relief, they not only agreed, but supported my decision fully.

It is helped by the fact that Septikon is a terrific game that’s enjoyed a great deal of

Once again, friends, we’re recording and this time, after Vickey has had the chance to

You might think by now that you’ve heard every update about the convention

Vickey had, for the first time, her own products to sell in GenCon and the

But also we discuss what’s about GenCon that is so infectious and

Why aren’t there any other conventions that transmit the feeling of

I keep saying (and probably will for a long while) that Role Playing

Sorry, but it’s true.

There are no long-term campaigns, no creativity and very little lateral

But of course there’s a lot to Marketing and that’s why I decided to have

A long chat with a lot of information.

Oh, and a new installment of Reading to Rob too. This time an extract from

I am not particularly good at Science Fiction. In fact I am pretty terrible

Butt people like Gobion Rowlands have a talent for it, which is just as well

Having said that, I didn’t know about him until Angus Abranson from Chronicle

And who am I to argue with him?

No one.

Exactly.

So here’s the interview.