The Little Metal Dog Show

A truly massive episode this time around, featuring some Epic games! First of all, from new British company Waits In Graves, Sam Lamont and Beth Hughes come along to talk about the labour of love that is Epic Death! It’s a quick to play, easy to pick up game of adventuring through a fantasy world that’s packed out with many rather familiar elements and a ton of dice rolling - well worth you checking it out - and it’s all done in about half an hour. What more could you ask for?...

A simple one-on-one this time as I’m joined by Patrick Nickell from Arizona-based publisher Crash Games. As a one-man business, he’s working hard to get good games onto tables all around the world while dealing with the day to day machinations of running his own company. With quality releases such as Rise and The Lost Dutchman already under his belt, we talk about the past, present and future of the company, including his current campaign for Paradise Fallen and the upcoming wonderfulness ...

Back again! This time around I get to chat with Eric from Japanime Games about their new release on Kickstarter, Krosmaster Arena, as well as the fun and games they’ve had with Anglicising previous releases such as Tanto Cuore and Kanzume Goddess. Also, will the potentially court controversy when they release Barbarossa later this year? Listen and discover for yourself. Following that, I have an in-depth discussion with Christopher Badell from Greater Than Games. They’ve enjoyed i...

Jonathan H. Liu’s probably best known for his GeekDad columns over on wired.com, but I don’t think anyone ever thought that launching a simple Kickstarter campaign would cause such a stir. What originally started as something of an experiment (admittedly with the overtones of seeing how many people would come in on the joke) became a rather major cause of rage in certain quarters. The Emperor’s New Clothes purported to have been developed using ROOS Technology - if you couldn’t...

Hey everyone - we’re back again with a brand new episode! This time around we talk Tabletop with Geek & Sundry Associate Producer Boyan Radakovich, as well as see what’s the deal with International Tabletop Day. Happening on March 30th 2013, folks will gather together to play the games that we all love… are you going to be part of it? Following that, Michael Mindes from Tasty Minstrel Games joins me to discuss his latest adventure into the world of Kickstarter: Dungeon Roll. Hav...

This one’s quite the epic, comprising of three interviews with designers who tell their stories in very different ways! You’ll be aware of the work of James Wallis, ‘the godfather of indie RPGs’ – with games like Baron Munchausen and Once Upon A Time under his belt, he’s built quite the reputation in the gaming industry. Now he’s back with a blast RPG called Alas Vegas; a tale of amnesia, violence and life in the desert. We talk about the game, his experience with Kickstarter and ...

The Little Metal Dog Show covers all bases this time around, looking at both mainstream and hobby games with the help of two gentlemen called Phil (well, Phil and Philip). First up, to celebrate the new edition of Monopoly which will see the removal of an old school token to be replaced by a brand new one - something that’s not been done since the introduction of the Dog in the fifties - Phil Orbanes, the world’s leading specialist on Monopoly, comes on to talk about the world’s best...

And we’re back! This time around we’re dabbling in a little fun with Time, looking both to the future and the past… First up, journalist Will Freeman joins me to discuss the state of board gaming from a wider perspective. Will is responsible for games coverage in The Observer, one of the UK’s leading broadsheet newspapers, and has begun writing reviews of the kind of games we know and love. Will this help bring gaming to the masses? What will happen in 2013? And could t...

Wowsers - I never every thought I’d get to fifty episodes of the show, but here we are! To celebrate the half century, I’m joined by people from both sides of the Atlantic to talk - what else - games! First of all, John Moller from Cartrunk Entertainment comes on the show to talk about his fantastic Unpub Conventions held over in the USA. The third annual Unpub takes place in January next year, and it’s a place where designers get to take their games and play them with like mi...

And so we come to the end of The Little Metal Dog Show’s coverage of Essen Spiel 2012! This episode covers the fourth and final day of the show with interviews with some big names in gaming as well as some new faces. From Stronghold Games’ Stephen Buonocore to Joost Das from brand new company Fablesmith, you’ll feel just like you were there. Or it’ll sound like it anyway…