Geek Of All Trades Podcast

Hark! What's this I spy on the horizon? Why it's this month's episode of Geek Of All Trades of course! This month we are taking a look at the local miniature gaming scene, briefly discussing whats being played and who we think would enjoy playing it!  We also discuss the Latest Warhammer 40k edition and what new marvels the latest hotness in wargaming on the scene has to bring So pull up a chair, pour yourself a glass of that favorite beverage you do so love and listen to us chat as you do that work/play/relaxing

E-Sports! What a strange new world of digital gaming we live in! We sit down with local fighting gaming guru "Hotshot" to discuss how he got into the E-sports scene as well as his adventures in gaining national colours and traveling overseas. Whilst we have is ear, we chat to him about the new Tekken game as well! Give us a listen if you wish to uncover all the secrets of the E-sports scene!

Well hey hey, it's May!   And with May comes the wondrous event known as Free comic book day!   Join us as we sit down with local comic book store owners Steve and Lee from Central City comics and we discuss what exactly a free comic book day entails, as well as the additional ties to the SPCA charity they have made to ensure that this year, not all heroes wear capes!

This month the Geek of All Trades crew find ourselves chatting to Ryan Young, a local gamer running one of the leagues for the zany sports based fantasy ballgame known as Blood Bowl! If you've ever been interested in playing Blood Bowl, or just figuring out what it's all about, take a listen and have it's secrets revealed to you through the dulcet tones of our interview. If you have any questions about the game, or where to find the clubs we mentioned, drop us a mail at Info@Geekofalltrades.co.za and we will happily point you in the right direction!

The month of March is upon us and once again got our good friend Chris Dean in our third chair! Have you ever wanted to start a new hobby but don't know where to start? Perhaps you've heard of something peripherally and just haven't had the time to investigate? Well we here at Geek Of All Trades are big fans of new hobbies and trying something new, so we've selected two hobbies to give you the low down and help you check out today! With the advent of the new Ryzen processors, we would be remiss in not chatting about the hobby of PC modding and if that isn't your thing, we also cover the basic gist of the more physical outside adventures involved in Live Action Rolplaying (or LARPing) Tune in to start a new hobby today! Got any questions or Feedback? Or perhaps you just want to tell us about a cool hobby we should cover? Email us at Info@geekofalltrades.co.za or post a message on the Nexus forums!   Handy Links: Tales of Teana Mead Legends Thrills Noir - WW2 Airsoft Roleplaying

Welcome to February! This month, we decided to sit down with two of the fine minds behind the engine that is the Nexus. We chat about their new venue space as well as community gaming in general. If you’re interested in making full use of this new space, or just wondering what they have to offer give us a listen.  

Welcome to 2017 everyone! Hopefully the december periods loot was kind to you and the seasons holidays relaxing This year, to start us off, we've gotten hold of Andrew Stephens to chat to us about the latest hotness in Starwars CCGs, Star wars: Destiny! If you are a fan of the Star Wars universe, you out it to yourself to grab a quick listen to find out if this is the new CCG for you!

It's the end of the year already!   We’re once again gazing into the future, but first we check out and see exactly how well we did last year and who exactly gets to wear the mystical swami hat of grand fortune telling! As always for our predictions episode we are joined by Les "The man with a plan" Allen and Master comedian Vittorio Leonardi from GeekXP    Got any predictions of your own for 2017? We'd love to hear them! leave them in the comments below and if it comes true we just might mention you on the show next year! Other then that, stay awesome and Enjoy the show!

Join us as we chat about Geeky assortments available to watch on TV!   With Neil Stacy and Chris Dean as guests in the third chair.

This month is World of Warcraft month here at Geek of All trades!   We're joined by Patrick Glynn as we discuss the new expansion, Legion, and World of Warcraft in general, with speculation on storyline arcs as well as some of the prime expansion features   Go ahead, give us a listen!

Friends, listeners, roleplayers.... My good people!   Lend us your ears   As this month we have returning guest Carla Harris on to chat about the amazing work she is doing with Bacon Battalion as well as roleplaying tips in general   Also, this episode is our unofficial time travel episode... here's looking at you future and past us!

It's voting day here in SA, so why not grab our new podcast to listen to as you stand in the voting lines!   This month we revisit our boardgame obsessions with the help of Luke Paruman from Gameruman!   We discuss surviving a doomed moon base in Dark Moon, Building a civilisation in Through the ages and lastly perfecting a vintage of wine with Viticulture.   Give us a listen! 

Join us as we give a bit of feedback on what we got done at ICON 2016.   This is just the first half of this months episode! The rest will come later in the form a panel on Podcasting we did at ICON!   Stay Tuned!    

Hey all, This months episode is up! Join us as we chat with the Owner of Sera Blue publishing, Kelan Gerriety, as we discuss publishing in South Africa If you've ever wanted to learn the ins and outs of publishing, this is the episode to catch!

In this episode Douw sits down with Ryan Young and Dylan Kruger to chat about battling robots and how one should expect heading into the Robowars tournament at Geekfest 2016.

Even with Gregg on the trail of our "fans" in Malaysia we managed to grab Chris to once more chat geek with us. This time we're on the topic of the Heroes of Arturi Cluster cooperative campaign for the X-Wing TMG. What do we think of the system and our adventures battling the Empire? Take a listen to find out!

We find ourselves in March and this month we've brought you our chat with Guy Sclanders over at Bacon Battalion so that we can chat about all things game master related when it comes to roleplaying games.   From our thoughts on how you should go about a campaign, to focusing on individual players needs in a party, there are tips and tricks abound to help you up your roleplaying game   We also touch on his custom roleplaying setting of Braxia, giving you a quick glance into its shores!

February is upon us!  We are 1/12th of the way into the year already and this month we are joined by Local Author Abi Godsell.  We discuss the trials and tribulations of her local authorship journey as well as her current works, as well as all other things book related.   As a special bonus, Abi even wrote us our first ever amazing piece of radio drama, which she reads for us!   Sit down, get comfy and learn all about our Literary Loquations!

What a hot of a new year!  Welcome to 2016, to start it off for you we've chatted with Jonathan Hau-Yoon about the exciting and developing field that is game development in South Africa!   You may know Jono and the studio he works for by the game "Broforce" on steam!   Jump right in and listen how he got where he is today as we discuss the local game development scene

It's our Birthday Episode!We're back with gazing into the future, but first we check out and see exactly how well we did last year and who exactly gets to wear the mystical hat of grand fortune telling!As always for our predictions episode we are joined by Les Allen from GeekXP fame and this time he brought his comrade in arms, Vittorio LeonardiEnjoy the show!