
In Conversation with Jordan Sorcery
Jordan Sorcery speaks with some of the most influential games designers, writers, and artists from the history of Games Workshop, Warhammer, and the wider tabletop gaming industry.
Episodes
72 episodes
Lost Warhammer Roleplay | Graeme Davis in Conversation with Jordan Sorcery
Legendary RPG designer Graeme Davis returns to chat with me about the WFRP that never was! We explore the projects that didn't get finished, the ideas that almost made it, and the awesome stuff that almost happened.Graeme Davis was part...
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Season 1
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Episode 69
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1:09:39

Sandy Mitchell | Creating Ciaphas Cain
Sandy Mitchell has written countless classic 40k and Warhammer Fantasy stories for GW Books and the Black Library. Pen name of author Alex Stewart, Mitchell, is the force behind the brilliant Commissar Ciaphas Cain series of novels and short st...
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Season 1
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Episode 68
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58:11

Dave Taylor | White Dwarf Australia
Former White Dwarf Australian editor Dave Taylor in conversation with Jordan Sorcery.We talked about Dave's career with Games Workshop, some behind the scenes White Dwarf insights, how the international editions came to be, and Dave's m...
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Season 1
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Episode 67
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1:28:23

Bob Naismith | Space Marine Maker
Bob Naismith was one of the early Citadel sculptors who helped to define the foundations of Warhammer and 40k. From the original Space Marine design, predating Rogue Trader and the start of 40k, to the plastics created for HeroQues...
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Season 1
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Episode 66
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1:18:40

Graeme Davis | RPG Monster Master
Graeme Davis was part of the team that brought WFRP to incredible life, and his career has taken him to amazing worlds like Vampire the Masquerade, Supernatural, and Vaesen. In our conversation we explored the opportunities and per...
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Season 1
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Episode 65
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53:20

Making Monsters | Trish Carden in Conversation with Jordan Sorcery
Trish Carden joined Citadel in the 80s and became a legendary sculptor for Citadel Miniatures. Working closely with Aly Morrison, Bob Naismith, and many others Trish soon gained famed as the Monster Girl, able to creature magnificent beasts, dr...
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Season 1
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Episode 64
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1:25:11

Revolutionary Reporting | Rascal News in Conversation with Jordan Sorcery
Rowan Zeoli and Caeylin Ellis of the independent tabletop gaming news site Rascal join Jordan to chat about the founding of the site, taking games journalism seriously, and the future of gaming.Rascal News was founded a year ago by 3 ta...
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Season 1
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Episode 63
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57:19

Ralph Horsley | Warhammer, D&D, and Magic: The Gathering Artist
Fantastic fantasy artist Ralph Horsley has worked at Games Workshop and the Black Library providing incredible art for Inferno! Magazine and many Warhammer and 40k books. His career has seen him take on the biggest fantasy worlds with work on D...
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Season 1
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Episode 63
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49:29

Bolt Action | Rick Priestley, Alessio Cavatore, and Friends In Conversation with Jordan Sorcery
Bolt Action, the World War 2 miniature wargame, just received a hugely succesful 3rd edition from Warlord Games. This is the story of Bolt Action from the people who made it. From the origins of the first Bolt Action Miniatures scu...
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Season 1
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Episode 62
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2:17:25

Paul Cockburn | White Dwarf Editor & Warhammer Roleplay
In the 1980s Bryan Ansell took over Games Workshop and reshaped it into a brand new company. Paul Cockburn joined Games Workshop from TSR UK having worked on Imagine Magazine and supplements for Dungeons & Dragons.During his time at...
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Season 1
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Episode 61
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1:30:34

Mike Hutchinson | Modern Wargames Designer
Gaslands creator Mike Hutchinson is one of the best modern wargames designers having released amazing 28mm fantasy battle games like Hobgoblin, hilarious skirmish game of drunken space orcs Space Gits, and even a multi-GM roleplaying game calle...
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Season 1
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Episode 60
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1:11:36

John Thornthwaite | Games Workshop Head of Plastics
John Thorntwaite, former Head of Plastics for Games Workshop between 1985 and 1999, joins Jordan Sorcery to talk about the development of injection modelled miniatures for Warhammer and 40k.We talk about Bryan Ansell's intentions for Ga...
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Season 1
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Episode 59
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1:21:19

Juan Diaz | Warhammer Sculptor
Juan Diaz is a much loved miniature sculptor who worked at Games Workshop for 16 years producing countless amazing minis for Citadel and Forge World. Amongst his many classic sculpts are the first daemon prince Be’Lakor and the infamous Daemone...
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Season 1
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Episode 58
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1:40:47

Warhammer Unmade | Rick Priestley in Conversation with Jordan Sorcery
There have been many Games Workshop games that just didn’t make it past the development stage - from Necromunda on a corrupted Eldar Craft World, to a Dr Who time travelling board game, to the fall of the Empire and the corruption of the Warham...
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Season 1
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Episode 57
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1:48:53

Iconic Warhammer Artist | Paul Bonner in Conversation with Jordan Sorcery
Legendary Warhammer and 40k artist Paul Bonner joins Jordan Sorcery to talk about his time at Games workshop. They discuss Paul's iconic Orks and Goblins, his incredible work for early Warhammer, and the way that Games Workshop operated in the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 56
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54:50

Games Workshop's Forgotten Founder | John Peake in Conversation with Jordan Sorcery
John Peake co-founded Games Workshop in 1975 with his school- and flat-mates Steve Jackson and Sir Ian Livingstone. Together they would sell John’s handmade wooden games, publish Owl & Weasel fanzine, and battle to keep the company afloat i...
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Season 1
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Episode 55
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55:38

Ronnie Renton | Games Workshop Director & Mantic Founder
Ronnie Renton, founder of Mantic Games, talks about his career starting with his time as a managing director at Games Workshop.We explore some of the key business decisions behind Games Workshop's phenomenal growth in the 90s, how the c...
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Season 1
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Episode 54
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1:09:54

Mike Franchina | Trench Crusade Creator & Artist
Trench Crusade is a brand new skirmish wargame set in an alternate and hellish world war where demons walk the earth. Based on the world and art of Mike Franchina the game is currently going great guns on Kickstarter where it has already secure...
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Season 1
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Episode 53
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51:18

Mat Hart | Warmachine Creative Director
Mat Hart, co-founder and creative director at Steamforged Games, joins Jordan Sorcery to talk about the tabletop business, a career in video and table games, and planning the future of Warmachine and the Iron Kingdoms.Over the past deca...
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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1:07:48

Peter Darvill-Evans | Games Workshop Interview
Author and former Games Workshop board member Peter Darvill-Evans in conversation with Jordan Sorcery.Games Workshop and White Dwarf have a long history dating back to days before Warhammer Fantasy even existed. Under the tenure of co-f...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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1:09:18

Graham Bottley | Advanced Fighting Fantasy Designer
Advanced Fighting Fantasy Publisher Graham Bottley in conversation with Jordan Sorcery.Fighting Fantasy gamebooks have had an incredible legacy - ever since that we found that Warlock at Firetop Mountain we’ve gone back into the dungeon...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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1:15:20

Josh Reynolds | Warhammer Author
Former Warhammer author Josh Reynolds joins Jordan Sorcery to talk about working with the Black Library, how the End Times really went down, and the challenges & opportunities of writing fiction for settings like Warhammer Fantasy, Warhamme...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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1:27:06

Paul Hicks | Miniature Sculptor
Paul Hicks is a veteran miniatures sculptor with a wealth of experience in the act and art of sculpting. Having produced many historical and fantasy miniatures over the years, after first working in Games Workshop retail, we talk about the busi...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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1:01:44

Ryan Miller | Warhammer Card Games
Ryan Miller helped to establish Games Workshop’s brief tenure as a CCG and TCG card game company by founding Sabretooth Games in the early 2000s. Responsible for the Warhammer card game WarCry, and a 40k card game called Horus Here...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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1:02:56

Peachy | Warhammer Hobby Hero
Chris Peach, AKA Peachy, is one of the most recognisable faces in Warhammer - a seasoned army painter, Warhammer TV presenter, and all round lovely bloke!We talk about Peachy’s career at Games Workshop - getting started in retail and bu...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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2:02:47
