UNLUCKY FROG GAMING

This week Ben, Josh and Tom chat about their week in games!

Topics featured:

• Board Game Crate  (02:31)

• Jaipur

Happy Listening!

The Unlucky Frog Team

This week Josh and Ben wax lyrical about Games Workshop announcements and the recent Tabletop Scotland 2019 Ticket Launch Event!

Topics Cover:

• Games Workshop Announcements including Kill Team and Age of Sigmar releases (02:20)

Happy Listening!

The Unlucky Frog Team

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Links

Tabletop Scotland: https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

PARKS Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keymastergames/parks-the-board-game

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Credits

Presented by Ben Porter and Josh Hartley

Post Production by Charlotte Porter

This week Ben and Charlotte are joined by Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson of Fabled Lands to discuss their most recent choose your own adventure game - "Can you Brexit". They also discuss the complexities of writing choose your own adventure books, the impact that technolody has had on this style of book, and how to cope when your idea of fantasy becomes reality!

Happy Listening, 

The Unlucky Frog Team

Links:

Spark Furnace:wwww.sparkfurnace.com

Fabled Lands: http://fabledlands.blogspot.com/

In this week's episode Ben is joined by our new RPG correspondant Tom Mannering. It also features our new intro and outro by FourFox - we love it!

Topics covered in this week's episode include:

• The games we've played:

• Koi by Smirk and Laughter Games

Shout outs:

Darren and the team at Avant Garde

Abi Forrest

Lucky Sparrow Games Cafe

FourFox

Links: 

Unlucky Frog Logo Launch Episode: 

https://unluckyfrog.podbean.com/e/episode-107-the-golden-froggies-game-of-the-year-unlucky-frog-live/

Credits:

Presented by Ben Porter and Tom Mannering

Post Production by Ben Porter and Charlotte Porter

Artwork by Charlotte Porter 

Music by FourFox

This week Ben, Josh and Charlotte are joined by a bar full of guests in our first ever episode recorded infront of a live audience!

Join us as we kick off the event with our logo and intro rebranding, looking back over 2018 and our plans for 2019!

Feat:

Kenny of The Dice Roll Cafe (01:52)

FourFox (06:40)

Tom Mannering, our new RPG Correspondant (14:34)

David Wright of Tabletop Scotland (17:52)

We round the night off with our Game of The Year Awards Show - The Golden Froggies. We run through our favourite games, and some that we were let down by (26:39)

Award Categories

Best Expansion

Best Miniatures Game

Best Artwork 

The Golden Frog - Our Game of The Year 2018

What do you think of our winners? Do you agree? We'd love to know!

Happy Listening!

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Credits: 

Presented by Ben Porter, Josh Hartley & Charlotte Porter

Guest Appearances by Kenny Li, FourFox, David Wright & Tom Mannering

Recorded in front of a live audience at Avant Garde, Glasgow

Episode 106: A Mischief of Goblins (featuring Mark Cooke of AireCon)

Featured Topics: 

Christian T Peterson designer of Twilight Imperium stepping down from Fantasy Flight Games (04:46)

Warhammer Age of Sigmar Goblins (06:49)

Wingspan by Stonemeier Games and preordering games (11:04)

Gaming at Christmas (17:08)

•      Cheating at Pictionary

AireCon 2019 (8th- 10th March) (29:16)

•      Asmodee Demoing

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Honourable Mentions:

Rodney Smith

Dame Judi Dench

Kevin Hartley

Kim Joy 

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Links: 

Website: www.airecon.uk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aireconuk/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aireconuk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/aireconuk

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Credits:

Presented by Ben Porter and Josh Hartley

Guest Appearance by Mark Cooke

Post Production by Charlotte Porter

Theme Music by FourFox

Welcome to our Christmas Secret Santa special!

This week Ben, Josh and Charlotte are joined by Iona Craig, Tom Mannering, Duncan Cowan of Tabletop Scotland and of course, Lanky Santa (Callum Flint) for their annual gift exchange! Listen in to see what Festive Shenanigans befall them!

Enjoy! 

The Unlucky Frog Team

Credits

Presented by Ben Porter, Josh Hartley and Charlotte Porter

Guest Appearance by Iona Craig, Tom Mannering, Duncan Cowan and Callum Flint

Post Production by Charlotte Porter

Artwork by Charlotte Porter

Recorded using SquadCast.FM

This week Charlotte & Ben are joined by Eric Rayl of Zoom Out Media to discuss this current project, The Game Designer Movie, a project that he is working on with Scott Alden of Board Game Geek! Together they chat about the rationale for the documentary the ups and down of Board Game Design and the global convention scene (we're not jealous at all!). 

Happy listening, 

Unlucky Frog Gaming

Links

Website: http://thegamedesignersmovie.com/

Credits

Presented by Charlotte Porter and Ben Porter

Guest Appearance by Eric Rayl

Post Production by Charlotte Porter

Recorded Using SquadCast.FM

This week Ben and Josh are joined by David Wright of Tabletop Scotland! They kick things off with their thoughts and feelings of the inaugural event before making some exciting announcements about Tabletop Scotland 2019 including:

• Tabletop Scotland 2019 Media Partner

Happy Listening!

The Unlucky Frog Team

Honourable Mentions

Tabletop Crafter

Meeple Like Us

Stuff By Bez

Haba Games

Asmodee

Coiledspring

James Naylor

Ross, More Games Please

Links

Tabletop: https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TabletopScotland/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabletopScot

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopscot/

This week Ben and Charlotte are joined by a very special guest, Shazz Savarnejad of Settlers, Hamilton! Together the discuss what it takes to run a brick and mortar tabletop gaming store.

Topics featured:

• 1066: Tears For Many Mothers by Hall Or Nothing Productions (01:13 & 6:02)

•  Kids in Tabletop Gaming (19:40)

Happy Listening!

The Unlucky Frog Team

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Links:

Settlers Facebook: https://twitter.com/SettlersShop

Settlers Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/SettlersHamilton/

Warhammer 40K Orks Megatrakk Scrapjet Advert: https://youtu.be/-9_rqvdJplo

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Credits:

Presented by Ben and Charlotte Porter

Guest Appearance by Shazz Savarnejad and Beatrice the Pug

Post Production by Charlotte Porter

Episode Artwork by Charlotte Porter