Ancient Robot Games
Ancient Robot Games is an independent board game shop/café on Leith Walk in bonnie Edinburgh.
On the Ancient Robot Podcast, hosts Dougal Freir (Owner, Ancient Robot Games) and Robert Gelb (board game designer) talk trends, design, and development of all things tabletop!
Each episode features guests from the industry sharing their insights into the world of game development and the ever-growing community of game designers in Scotland.
Tune in for your bi-monthly dose of board game nerdisms!
Ancient Robot Games - https://ancientrobotgames.co.uk
Midnight Trading Co - https://midnighttradingco.com
Podcast Producer Ryan Scott - https://www.ryanscottfilm.com/
Making or want to make tabletop games in Edinburgh? A new community and coworking space opens May 2025 in Edinburgh! https://ancientrobotworkshop.co.uk
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2025
Powerful Women are Loose in the Library with Mill Valentine | Episode 11
Dougal and Gelb are joined by the wonderful Mill Valentine! Co-Owner of Dissent Games, and founder of the Paradice Board Game Convention and the Facebook group Dundee Boardgamers.
Dissent has a new ga…
Dissent has a new ga…
00:39:58 |
Wed 10 Sep 2025
The Man of Many Hats (and Many Games) with Andy Law | Episode 10
Dougal and Gelb are joined with special guest Andy Law, sharing his decades worth of experience working with some of the biggest names in tabletop gaming - including Critical Role and Warhammer. In A…
00:41:10 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
All Hail the Rat King! with Dylan Balfour | Episode 9
Dougal and Gelb are joined by Dylan Balfour, creator of the upcoming game Rat King. Dylan has been developing this game for the last year while also holding down a full time job AND working on his PH…
00:35:17 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
'Distilled' and 'Luthier': Big Games with Big Impressions with Dave Beck | Episode 8
Dougal and Gelb are joined by the owner of Paverson Games (Distilled, and Luthier), Dave Beck. Dave discusses his love for big games that have a big table presence, and his journey from video game de…
00:37:01 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
The Old Kings Crown: Animation to Board Games with Pablo Clark and Andrew Mckelvey | Episode 7
Dougal and Gelb sit down with the creators of The Old Kings Crown, a highly anticipated new release from Eerie Idol Games - an Edinburgh-local board game company.
The guys discuss Andrew and Pablo's j…
The guys discuss Andrew and Pablo's j…
00:34:26 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Communist Vacuum Leaders and more at UK Games Expo | Episode 6
Dougal and Gelb sit down to review their weekend at one of the biggest tabletop conventions in the UK, the UK Games Expo. Gelb was there showing off some new games including 'Hot Shot Pickleball' and…
00:42:13 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
A Non-Slodgy Cake with Iain McAllister | Episode 5
Dougal and Gelb chat with Iain McAllister of Giant Brain, a board game and tabletop review site, to discuss his career in game journalism and his thoughts on what can make a truly unique and standout…
00:39:06 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Psychology of TTRPGs with Joe Murphy | Episode 4
Dougal and Gelb sit down with early career psychologist, Joe Murphy, to discuss his paper on the coming and goings of players in group roleplaying games and the overall effect that social gaming can …
00:57:07 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Reskinning Games, Yay or Nay? | Episode 3
Dougal and Gelb sit down to discuss the change in game design for older audiences and go in depth on reskinning and reimplementation of popular games (Gelb doesn't need anymore Star Trek Monopoly's!)…
00:53:20 |
Wed 21 May 2025
"Deep Regrets" and Deeper Chaos with Judson Cowan | Episode 2
Dougal and Gelb sit down with "Deep Regrets" designer, Judson Cowan, to discuss his process as a solo game designer and his change from a corporate background to being a completely self-employed game…
00:53:23 |
Wed 07 May 2025
Elegant Design, Bubble Pipes, and Cute Animals | Episode 1
In this episode of the Ancient Robot Games podcast, Dougal and Gelb dicuss what brought them into the world of tabletop gaming and some of the quirks and culture around the board game community of Ja…
00:55:48 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Welcome to the Ancient Robot Games Podcast!
Ancient Robot Games is an independent board game shop/café on Leith Walk in bonnie Edinburgh.
On the Ancient Robot Podcast, hosts Dougal Freir (Owner, Ancient Robot Games) and Robert Gelb (board game …
On the Ancient Robot Podcast, hosts Dougal Freir (Owner, Ancient Robot Games) and Robert Gelb (board game …
00:01:00 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
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