Table Talks Podcast

with João Ricardo

Mixing board games and card games to unlock interesting conversations over the game table. Subscribe to be surprised with never seen before stories

  1. Age of Sigmar Coach, Customized D&D Campaign & Soul Atlas with Alexandre de Sousa | Table Talks Ep24

    9h ago

    Age of Sigmar Coach, Customized D&D Campaign & Soul Atlas with Alexandre de Sousa | Table Talks Ep24

    Alexandre de Sousa is the Coach for the Age of Sigmar National Team, creator of a unique, custom D&D campaign, and a key member of the Soul Atlas project team. He’s now helping bring the TTRPG Trials of Akash to life within the Soul Atlas World.But that’s not all! Alexandre is also launching a Kickstarter for Living Dungeon: Abandoned Keep – an innovative, modular, app-controlled terrain system that transforms your RPG sessions!In this conversation, we’ll cover topics like:𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘋&𝘋 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘙𝘗𝘎 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘔𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘙𝘗𝘎 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴Meet Alexandre de Sousa!Table Talks: https://www.instagram.com/boardgames_tabletalks/ Guest:https://www.instagram.com/wolviskas/https://perpetual3designs.com/pages/kickstarterhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/perpetual3designs/living-dungeon-abandoned-keephttps://soul-atlas.com/Mixing board games and card games to unlock interesting conversations over the game table.Subscribe to be surprised with never-before-seen stories#boardgamestabletalks #ageofsigmar #dungeonsanddragons #kickstarter #dungeonsandragons #warhammerfantasy (00:00) Introduction(04:32) Connection with Board Games(07:46) What is Age of Sigmar?(10:58) What is the role of the Coach of an Age of Sigmar team?(23:21) What’s more important: technical skill or emotional resilience?(26:09) What advice would you give aspiring competitive players in Age of Sigmar(29:45) What can you tell us about the D&D world that you’ve built?(36:09) How do you test whether something is balanced before it hits the table?(40:03) What advice would you give someone intimidated by building their own world?(42:51) What is Soul Atlas and Trials of Akash?(47:17) What core themes or questions does Soul Atlas explore that you felt were missing or underserved in fantasy worlds? (57:21) The use of AI in Soul Atlas(59:17) Inspiration for the Living Dungeon: Abandoned Keep (01:05:27) Biggest Lesson for Running a Kickstarter Campaign

    1h 10m
  2. Geek is the new Sexy, Book Influencer, One Piece Card Game, with Miguel Gonçalves | Table Talks Ep23

    12h ago

    Geek is the new Sexy, Book Influencer, One Piece Card Game, with Miguel Gonçalves | Table Talks Ep23

    Miguel Gonçalves is a Book Influencer, Board Games and Card Game lover, and he still finds time to be a Professional Nurse. Miguel likes to challenge the traditional idea of a “geek” by saying “Geek is the New Sexy!” In this conversation, we’ll cover topics like: -Why “Geek is the new Sexy” and why people should be proud of their geek -side -His journey as a Book Influencer and the trends in the Publishing Industry -What sets the One Piece Card Game apart from other TCGs -What does in take to be a Nurse in Portugal, with so many side projects Meet Miguel Gonçalves! Table Talks: https://www.instagram.com/boardgames_tabletalks/ Guest: https://www.instagram.com/capitulo_m_geekhouse/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/@capitulo_m_geekhouse Mixing board games and card games to unlock interesting conversations over the game table.Subscribe to be surprised with never-before-seen stories #boardgamestabletalks #onepiececardgame #geeklife #bookinfluencer #bookstagram #geekculture #geek #booktok #booktok #nerdculture (00:00) Introduction (03:59) Geek is the new sexy (05:29) What is a Geek and a nerd (08:19) Being geek is showing happiness and good feelings (10:33) Hobbies “for the children” (12:43) How did your internet journey started? (14:33) My reading Tastes. What makes a book recommendable? (16:27) BookTok, Bookstagram, Booktube are shaping the publishing industry? (20:31) Trends in the publishing industry (22:28) If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be? (23:40) What is your story with TCGs? (26:01) My One piece Card Game journey (28:21) One Piece Collection (45:11) Trends in TCGs (55:13) Being a Nurse and having time for so many projects (59:01) How is it like being a nurse in Portugal right now?

    1h 9m
  3. Empreendedorismo, Motivação e Disciplina, com Maria Balbina | Table Talks Ep21

    2d ago

    Empreendedorismo, Motivação e Disciplina, com Maria Balbina | Table Talks Ep21

    Maria Balbina apresenta-se como Empreendedora Digital. Nas suas redes sociais propõe provar a toda a gente que qualquer pessoa pode mudar radicalmente a sua vida, incluindo TU! Será mesmo assim tão fácil?! Este episódio propõe desafiar os mais céticos em temas como a Lei da Atração, alinhamento de energias; bem como agradar a todos os amantes do autodesenvolvimento, que acreditam que tudo o que tu desejas está ao teu alcance, se trabalhadores e tiveres a disciplina para seguir esse objetivo! Nesta conversa, iremos abordar temas como: O 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘰 𝘦𝘮 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘭? 𝘖 “𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦” 𝘥𝘰 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘰 𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘌 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘮-𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘰 𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭? Conhece a Maria Balbina! Table Talks: https://www.instagram.com/boardgames_tabletalks/ Guest: https://www.instagram.com/balbina_lifestyle/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/@Balbina_lifestyle/shorts Mixing board games and card games to unlock interesting conversations over the game table.Subscribe to be surprised with never-before-seen stories #boardgamestabletalks #leidaatração #leidaatração #autodesenvolvimento #empreendedorismo #automotivação (00:00) Intro (08:37) Qual é o segredo do Mindset para o Sucesso? (13:31) De onde surgiu a inspiração para tantos e diferentes vídeos? (20:31) Qual o papel da “proactividade e fazer acontecer” Vs “energias e alinhamento do universo”? (25:21) Como vês o empreendedorismo em Portugal? (30:42) O “dark side” do empreendedorismo (41:18) Como manter consistência quando a empolgação inicial acaba? (47:01) Dá para ser bem-sucedido sem abrir mão da saúde mental? (51:37) Existe desenvolvimento pessoal sem trabalhar a autoestima? (59:21) O que dirias à tua versão mais jovem? (01:00:42) Pequena prática de autodesenvolvimento para começar a aplicar já hoje

    1h 7m
  4. Cosmaker, Cosplay Competitions, and Magic: The Gathering Collecting, with Sparkle | Table Talks Ep20

    6d ago

    Cosmaker, Cosplay Competitions, and Magic: The Gathering Collecting, with Sparkle | Table Talks Ep20

    Sparkle is a cosmaker and costume designer, as well as a competitive cosplayer. In this video, she shares some of her secrets to creating outstanding costumes and gives an inside look at what really happens behind the scenes of cosplay competitions. Sparkle is also the daughter of a major Magic: The Gathering collector. She grew up surrounded by Magic and rare collectibles, some of which are revealed for the very first time in this episode. Meet Sparkle! Table Talks: https://www.instagram.com/boardgames_tabletalks/ Guest: https://www.instagram.com/pretty.little.sparkle/ Mixing board games and card games to unlock interesting conversations over the game table.Subscribe to be surprised with never-before-seen stories #boardgamestabletalks #cosplay #cosplayer #cosplaygirl #magicthegatheringcommunity #vintagemagic (00:00) Introduction (02:52) Difference between Cosmaker and Costume Designer (05:32) What pulled you into this world of Cosplay? (08:02) What is the true cosplay? Crafted vs bought cosplay (13:00) What happens in Cosplay competitions? (20:36) How is cosplay evolving as a form of art? (25:50) Are there techniques you use that beginners often overlook? (32:25) If you had an Unlimited budget, what would you do? (39:09) Most challenging costume you’ve done so far? (42:43) Are you a Magic Player? What is your connection to Magic The Gathering? (46:32) The Art of Magic The Gathering (48:33) My Magic The Gathering dad is a cool daddy!! (54:51) My Magic vintage stuff (01:13:52) Spending or Investing in Magic?

    1h 16m
  5. Geek Lifestyle, Drawing Inspiration from Fear, Makeup & Cosplay, with Bia Curica | Table Talks Ep19

    Jun 10

    Geek Lifestyle, Drawing Inspiration from Fear, Makeup & Cosplay, with Bia Curica | Table Talks Ep19

    Bia Curica is a Makeup and Cosplay artist. In this episode, Bia shares the secrets, struggles, and inspiration behind her transformations We will cover topics like: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 - 𝘎𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘝𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘳𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘶𝘱? Meet Bia Curica! Table Talks: https://www.instagram.com/boardgames_tabletalks/ Guest: https://www.instagram.com/bia_curica/ Mixing board games and card games to unlock interesting conversations over the game table.Subscribe to be surprised with never-before-seen stories #boardgamestabletalks #cosplay #cosplayer #cosplaygirl #halloweencosplay #cosplaymakeup #makeup #halloweenmakeup (00:00) Introduction (06:42) What is a Geek Lifestyle? Geek Vs Nerd (12:43) Where do these characters come from? (15:01) What is Makeup Artistry? (18:09) Was there a specific character or moment that sparked your passion? (20:25) How do you choose characters? (25:43) The importance of specific brands and products (29:10) What advice would you give someone who wants to start? (30:26) The type of crazy searches I do online for research (35:35) Most Challenging character so far? (44:44) What do people misunderstand most about cosplay makeup? (47:44) How has cosplay makeup evolved for you over time? (52:24) How has being part of the cosplay community impacted your life? (57:42) The real goal of a cosplayer (01:01:17) How do you feel about the increasing popularity of cosplay? (01:06:36) What would you Cosplay if you had an unlimited budget?

    1h 11m
  6. How AI is Transforming Product Management, with Kseniia Lebedeva | Table Talks Ep17

    Jun 1

    How AI is Transforming Product Management, with Kseniia Lebedeva | Table Talks Ep17

    Artificial Intelligence is changing the way product managers work, from strategy to execution. In this video, together with Ksenia Lebedeva, a Senior Product Manager, we’ll explore how AI tools are reshaping product management and what it means for the future of the role. What you’ll learn in this video: ✅ How AI helps with data-driven decision making ✅ Automating research, analysis, and reporting ✅ Enhancing customer insights and personalization ✅ The evolving role of product managers in the AI era Whether you’re a product manager, aspiring PM, or just curious about AI in business, this video will give you practical insights into how technology is redefining the field. Meet Kseniia Lebedeva! Table Talks: https://www.instagram.com/boardgames_tabletalks/ Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksenialebedeva/ https://www.instagram.com/ksenia.designs.health/ Mixing board games and card games to unlock interesting conversations over the game table.Subscribe to be surprised with never-before-seen stories #boardgamestabletalks #AI #ProductManagement #ArtificialIntelligence #TechTrends #futureofwork (00:00) Introduction (04:15) What is Product Management and the "Hamburger" analogy (08:51) How can AI help Product Managers? (15:08) Most reliable AI tool (21:24) Areas outside expertise. Validade CHatGPT outtputs (34:07) What skill do you think PMs need to develop? (37:56) How do you see AI reshaping the role of a PM?

    43 min

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