Manaburnt

By Alex Popovic

A general geekery podcast made to accompany our blog over at manaburnt.wordpress.com

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Episode 27: LARP

ManaburntJun 19, 2021

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Episode 31: Baby Yoda

We're back with another episode that has been a long time coming!

Lilly and Alex are joined by James, as well as extra special guest Erin (@dark.elf.erin) who is probably the biggest Grogu fan we know of! We somehow manage to fill over an hour with chat about our favourite little green guy from the Mandalorian.

Nov 01, 202101:12:38

Episode 30, yay! In this one Lilly and Alex are joined by Aaron and Josh to talk about the wonderful world of 3D printing, how good it is for miniatures and how surprisingly accessible it is these days

Find Aaron @Miniskillsuk on Instagram and purchase his printings at miniskills.co.uk
Find Josh @Lichforgedmythics on Instagram and buy his mystery boxes at lichforgedmythics.etsy.com

Oct 02, 202101:24:00

Episode 29: Battlefleet Gothic

Today Lilly and Alex are joined by James again, as well as new guest Tom (@Turbidious) to talk about a different kind of Warhammer game - Battlefleet Gothic!

Find Tom's awesome ships on instagram here: instagram.com/turbidious

Aug 29, 202101:08:47

Episode 28: Narrative Miniature Painting

Today Lilly and Alex are joined by James again to talk about miniature painting, this time with special guest Neil from @paintgreatminis to talk about what he calls "narrative painting", as well as a few techniques!

Jul 25, 202101:17:10

Episode 27: LARP

Today we tackle the topic of Live Action Roleplay with a couple of experts in the field (sometimes literally in a field).

Vanessa joins us from the previous episode, as well as new guest April!

Jun 19, 202101:13:33

Episode 26: Women and Warhammer

Today we have a special episode featuring our all female wargamer and painter panel!
Featuring Lilly as always, joined by Chantel (@lass_games) and Vanessa (@vanessa_miniatures)
And Alex is here to ask questions taken from the audience about the issues women and girls face in the Warhammer community, as well as some on professional commission painting!

May 13, 202101:39:02

Episode 25: MTG in Japan and Card Selling

In this episode Lilly and Alex are joined by Reza, importer and seller of Japanese and Korean Magic: The Gathering cards. He's here to share with us his experience of the MTG community in Japan as well as a bit about being a card seller.

Check out Reza's store on Cardmarket: DragonReikaiGames

And follow on instagram: @reikaidragon

May 07, 202101:11:40

Episode 24: Gender and Geek Culture

Today Lilly and Alex are joined by new guest Jess, and returning guest from the horror episodes Michelle. In this episode we talk about gender in geek culture, mostly focusing on the experience of women and girls in geek communities, as well as representation in different media.

Apr 22, 202101:17:04

Episode 23: Miniature Painting

Today Lilly and Alex are joined by james again, as well as special guests Rob and Piotr to talk about painting Warhammer and other miniatures!

Check out Rob on Instagram: link

And check out Piotr on Instagram too: link

Find our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

Apr 14, 202101:16:58

Episode 22: Magic The Gathering

In this podcast Lilly and Alex are joined by Fergus and Martin to finally talk about the inspiration for us being called Manaburnt! Magic: The Gathering!

Find our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

Mar 29, 202101:14:52

Episode 21: Other Comics

Today we are joined by our faithful guests Diptarup and Nic to talk about comics again! BUT this time we won't be talking about superheroes of any kind!

Mar 06, 202101:17:30

Episode 20: World of Darkness

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

This time we are joined by Mike again so that he and Lilly can nerd out about Vampire the Masquerade and all the other World of Darkness games while Alex listens in confusion!

Feb 08, 202101:39:51

Episode 19: Boardgames Part 2

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

We are joined by Mike, Jaq and Nick to talk about boardgames once again! We get into how the hobby is affected by the current state of the world, and what the future may hold for physical and virtual boardgames, while mentioning a few of our favourites along the way!

Dec 24, 202001:12:32

Episode 18: Doctor Who

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

We are joined again by Mike and Ben, this time to talk about Doctor Who! Their expertise on the subject hopefully makes up for Lilly and Alex's lack of knowledge!

Oct 30, 202001:18:11

Episode 17: Videogames Part 2

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

We are joined again by James, this time to chat about videogames!

Oct 26, 202001:44:51

Episode 16: Superheroes

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

Today We are Joined By Jaq and Diptarup to talk about all things superheroes!

Aug 21, 202001:25:55

Episode 15: RPG Character Death

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

Today We are Joined By Mike and James to talk about RPGs again, specifically about death! Yay!

May 31, 202001:41:43

Interview - Colossus: Harbinger

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at manaburnt.wordpress.com

This Interview special is with James Campbell-Prager, who is here to tell us all about his upcoming 5th Edition D&D module called Colossus: Harbinger

Be sure to check out the team behind the game at facebook.com/BorkenThings

Apr 27, 202059:20

Episode 14: Cosplay and Reenactment

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

Today We are Joined By Holly and Ben; the expert cosplayers, and James; the Roman reenactor to get in depth on their hobbies and some of the similarities and differences between them!

Check out Ben's work on Instagram here!
@ben_the_propsmith
@bad_puns_cosplay
@sfxben_morcumb
And on Facebook page 'The Propsmith'

Follow Holly on Social Media here!
Insta: @peachtealen
Facebook: PeachTeaLen
Twitch: PeachTeaLen

Apr 03, 202001:14:06

Episode 13: WARHAMMER

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

we've finally got around to talking about Warhammer, so settle in for a long one!

We are joined by our returning friend Nick, as well as a new voice with James! Both are big Warhammer nerds along with Lilly. And Alex provides more of an outsider perspective...

Mar 26, 202001:29:04

Episode 12: Horror Part 2

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

We return to a topic for the first time! and Surprisingly its horror!
We carry on our discussion of some of the themes from last time, mainly on zombies and vampires, almost turning this into another RPG episode near the end!
We are joined again by our friends Mike, Tasia and Michelle, as well as the extra appearance of Nick for this episode!

Mar 01, 202001:09:02

Episode 11: Star Wars

We're here to chat about Star Wars! Spolers for pretty much everything ahead!

In this episode we are joined by our faithful regulars Mike and Jaq to discuss the eventful recent year in the universe of Star Wars! There's plenty of chat about The Rise of Skywalker, and the new trilogy in general. There's some praise for the Mandalorian as well, and a quick mention of Jedi: Fallen Order!

Jan 22, 202001:29:11

Interview - The Children of Eriu

Here we are with our first podcast of 2020!

This is an exciting special interview episode where we are joined by Tyler Omichinski to talk about his work on the upcoming game: The Children of Eriu, a Celtic mythology based RPG being made as a part of the Fate of the Norns system!

Be sure to check out the Kickstarter page here: http://kck.st/2qiPLxW

And keep an eye out for the final release at: http://www.fateofthenorns.com/

Jan 09, 202001:05:15

Episode 10: Tolkien

Welcome back to the Podcast, probably the last one in 2019! Don't worry though, we made up for it by unintentionally making it almost twice as long!

In this episode we are joined by our friend, Tolkien nerd and all round awesome RPG guy - Jason Tondro! We talk about all things Tolkien, his works and the adaptations: the movies, the videogames, the music, the RPGs (I never miss a chance to bring up The One Ring) And of course most excitingly we have a lengthy discussion of our hopes and fears for the upcoming Amazon Prime Lord of the Rings series!

Nov 18, 201901:45:06

Interview - City of Solstice

Welcome to a special podcast interview with Chuck Rice about his new RPG source book City of Solstice!

Check out the Kickstarter Project here: http://kck.st/33hMSv8

And find the Quick Start Guide here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/292353/City-of-Solstice-Quickstart

Oct 23, 201959:45

Manaburnt Podcast - Episode 9: Sci-Fi

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

We are joined by our friends and frequent guests Mike and Jaq to have an impromptu chat about Science Fiction in its various forms!

The discussion goes down some unexpected paths and gets very interesting! Spoiler: it gets slightly political.

Oct 10, 201901:23:21

Manaburnt Podcast - Episode 8: Horror

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

We are joined by our friends Mike, Tasia and Michelle to chat about spooky stuff!
Both Lilly and Alex are horror noobs so our guests today are all fans and experts of the genre!

Aug 26, 201956:41

Manaburnt Podcast - Episode 7: RPGs

Welcome to another episode of the podcast to accompany our blog at https://manaburnt.wordpress.com/

Lilly and Alex are joined by Mike once again to finally discuss our favourite topic - RPGs!!
The conversation is all over the place a bit, but that's just because we have so much to talk about, keep a look out for more RPG discussions in the future!

Aug 12, 201901:14:51