Five Games For Doomsday

In this week's episode Ben speaks to multi Spiel des Jahres winner and designer of Village, Raja of the Ganges and the Exit series of games, Inka Brand. They talk about how to remain motivated when the world ignores you, how she met her design partner and what it's like to win the most prestigious award in gaming...but which games did she choose?

Ben sits in the cabin and mulls over the transience of power in the civilization game Sands of Time.

Ben sits in the cabin and thinks wistfully about the Island that used to be called Britannia...before the Triffids took over.

This week's guest is the the graphic designer and illustrator for A Study in Emerald, Nemo's War and Lisboa among many others, Ian O'Toole. We discuss his formative years, how he stumbled into the board game world and why Glory to Rome is better than anything else...but which games did he choose?

Ben goes out into the pastures to feed the animals and while he's there he opines on Brothers by Ankama Games.

Ben sits in the kitchen of the cabin and faces the reality of what's beyond the walls by reviewing Edge of Humanity.

This week Ben speaks to designer of An Infamous Traffic, John Company and Root,Cole Wehrle. We discuss war games, getting a PhD and being a full time game producer, but which games did he choose?

Ben wipes off the coal dust from his hands and examines the Victorian joys of Brass: Birmingham.

Ben thinks big when he reviews The Colonists from Lookout Games. 

This week Ben interviews designer of Yogi and Wibble, Bez Sharihari. They discuss her youth in Iran, the nature of identity and what games are for. But which games did she choose?

There is no better place than the kitchen of the cabin to ruminate on the building of a new city and Founders of Gloomhaven offers a springboard for such arid examination. 

Ben sits in the cabin with a bath tub gin and a dried up, rolled up stinging nettle and discusses the comic delights of Last Will. 

This week I speak to the daddy of war gaming Mark Herman! We discuss what a war game actually is, working at the pentagon and Edward Snowden. But which games did he choose?

Do you like opinions? Well have I got opinions for you?On Renegade!

Ben sits in the cabin and reviews the two player trick-taker Fox in the Forest.

In this episode Ben talks to prominent physician Max Davie. They discuss cutting up dead bodies, how much time your children should REALLY spend in front of the T.V. and what a well respected doctor is doing in the murky world of board game media...but which games did he choose?

Ben sits at the kitchen table and plays with the pretty pieces that make up Azul.

Ben sits in the cabin and ruminates over the exercise in telepathy that is The Mind.

This week Ben talks to the legend that is Reiner Knizia. They discuss the the importance of mathematics, how to be prolific and why he doesn't play other people's games, but which games did he choose? 

After his brief expedition to the post-brexit hellscape of the formerly "just fine" Britain, Ben talks about his experiences at the UK Games Expo.