On this week's Independence Day Ben and Josh are joined by Jamie Frew to talk about his future release, The Old Hellfire Club - a game of drinking, of daring and of rubber ducks!

Together they chat about secret societies, the games and designers that have influenced Jamie, his experience of UK Games Expo and his plans for Kickstarter including how you can find yourself in the game.

Also, as a special treat for the Unlucky Frog listeners Jamie also makes an announcement about a Print and Play demo!

Happy Listening,

The Unlucky Frog Team

Links

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldHellfire

Boardgame Geek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/250593/old-hellfire-club/files

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Hosted by: Ben Porter & Josh Hartley

Guest Appearance: Jamie Frew

Post-Production by: Charlotte Porter

In this week's episode Ben is joined by regular contributor, Tom Mannering. Listen in as they talk about:

• Spiel des Jahres winner, Azul

Also tune in for a special announcement about Mr Tom Mannering himself!

We hope you enjoy listening!

The Unlucky Frog Team

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Hosted by Benjamin Porter

Guest appearance by Tom Mannering

Post-Production by Charlotte Porter

This week's Indpendence Day features Robbie Munn of Peculiarity!

Robbie chats with Josh and Ben about his upcoming Kickstarter campaign of Summoner's Isle - due to launch in September. Listen in as they chat about cartography, norse mythology, The Ghostbusters and of course Summoner's Isle!

The Unlucky Frog Team

P.S Also check out the amazing artwork for the game - beautiful!

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Hosted by Ben Porter & Josh Hartley

Post-Production by Charlotte Porter

Recorded using SquadCast

This week's Indpendence Day features Robbie Munn of Peculiarity!

Robbie chats with Josh and Ben about his upcoming Kickstarter campaign of Summoner's Isle - due to launch in September. Listen in as they chat about cartography, norse mythology, The Ghostbusters and of course Summoner's Isle!

We hope you enjoy listening!

The Unlucky Frog Team

P.S Also check out the amazing artwork for the game - beautiful!

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Hosted by Ben Porter & Josh Hartley

Post-Production by Charlotte Porter

Recorded using SquadCast

In this week's Regular Show episode Ben, Josh and Charlotte discuss a whole raft of game announcements and updates including:

• Transformers Card Game

They also chat about their plans for their first ever Twitch Stream! (Check out their feed - www.twitch.tv/unluckyfroggaming

As well as these they also address recent Kickstarter controvarseries and the ethical and legal dilemnas surrounding campaigns such as Overturn: Rising Sands and Dr Evil's League of Evil.

We hope you enjoy listening,

The Unlucky Frog Team

Honourable Mentions:

Kevin Ogilvie

Alex Ross

Common Ground Games

Settlers 

Homestar Runner

Andy Lewis

Oathsworn

Credits

Presented by Benjamin Porter, Josh Hartley & Charlotte Porter

Post Production by Charlotte Porter

Patron Outro by Ewan Bowers

Update Kickstarter - 21/07/18

Role Quest is now 111% funded! There is still time to back it - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/herculesgamestudios/role-quest

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In this edition of our Independence Day feature Ben is joined by Alex and Phoebos of Hercules Games Studios in our first ever international conference call - Scotland, England and Greece! Alex and Phoebos chat with Ben about their current Kickstarter campaign for Role Quest, a game of role playing, guessing and improvisation currently sitting at over 80% funded with 22 days to go!

Together they also discuss the need for gateway role playing games, being a games deisgner on Kickstarter, and how to ensure that the backers have a great Kickstarter experience inlight of recent controversies!

Happy Listening,

The Unlucky Frog Team

Links

Role Quest Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/herculesgamestudios/role-quest

Hercules Games Studio - https://www.after-london.com/hercules-game-studios

Credits

Presented by Benjamin Porter

Post-production by Charlotte Porter

Recorded using SquadCast

This week Josh is joined by Tom Mannering and Ewan Bowers for an episode dedicated to Magic: The Gathering. Together they discuss the recent M19 pre-release event that they attended at ComiCrazy in Paisley and we introduce a new segment of the show, 'What's in the Booster Packs?!' - pretty much 'What's in the Box?!' without a box. Listen in as they explain what they would do with the cards in the packs, the mechanics and lore of the game, and share their own experience of playing Magic over the years. 

Happy Listening

The Unlucky Frog Team

This week Josh is joined by Tom Mannering and Ewan Bowers for an episode dedicated to Magic: The Gathering. Together they discuss the recent M19 pre-release event that they attended at ComiCrazy in Paisley and we introduce a new segment of the show, 'What's in the Booster Packs?!' - pretty much 'What's in the Box?!' without a box. Listen in as they explain what they would do with the cards in the packs, the mechanics and lore of the game, and share their own experience of playing Magic over the years. 

Happy Listening

The Unlucky Frog Team

In this week's Independence Day episode Ben and Josh are joined by Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games! Not only has Steve Jackson been in the board games industry for over 40 years, he is also the creator of some little known games such as Munchkin and GURPS. 

Together they chat about the changes in the tabletop gaming industry over the past 40 years, Steve's design process and the importance of theme in game design. They also talk about Steve's next Kickstarter release, The Fantasy Trip, a re-release of his 1970's RPG, the other Steve Jackson and squid rabbits!

Happy listening,

The Unlucky Frog Team

Links

Steve Jackson Games

Fantasy Trip - The Fantasy Trip.com

2019 World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin

In this week's Regular Show episode Josh and Ben update everyone on our plans for Patreon, give shoutouts to our newest patrons and make some Tabletop Scotland competition announcements - spend 2 hours at the Geeknson Table with The Unlucky Frog to celebrate our 1st birthday! 

They also discuss their first play through of the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soul Wars and Josh updates us on his current Pathfinder campaign!

Happy listening,

The Unlucky Frog Team

Links

Unlucky Frog Competition

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soul Wars Unboxing