Five Games For Doomsday

This weeks guest is the Chief Commercial Officer of Catan Studios, Morgan Dontanville. We talk about DC Comics, working in the recording industry and why Catan is great...but which games did he choose?   Support the show here: http://patreon.com/5g4d   Age of Steam: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4098/age-steam 1830: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/421/1830-railways-robber-barons Dune: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/121/dune Catacombs: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/195137/catacombs-third-edition Power Grid: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid

To celebrate the third anniversary of the show I've cut together all of the outros. Enjoy.

I talk to NHS nurse, Peter Jones about being on the front line during the pandemic.

This is just a call for help for a project I'm working on. Cheers.

I interview the owner of  board game cafe, Ludoquist about a new funding initiative he's started. 

In this Voices from the Solitude special we talk to Dan Hughes about the kids game he designed with his daughter, Cora during lockdown- CoraQuest.

This week's guest is game designer, musician and developer, Jonny Cantin. We talk jazz, game design and imposter syndrome...but which games did he choose? Carcassonne: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne Puerto Rico: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076/puerto-rico Colosseum: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27746/colosseum First Class: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206941/first-class-all-aboard-orient-express The Quacks of Quedlinburg: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/quacks-quedlinburg

Here's a free sample of the patreon exclusive battle reports.

This week's guest is Dice Tower staffer, Mike DiLisio. We talk about living in Hollywood, the American school system and Working for the Dice Tower...but which games did he choose?   Support the show here: http://patreon.com/5g4d   Blue Moon City: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21882/blue-moon-city Five Tribes: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/157354/five-tribes Deception: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/156129/deception-murder-hong-kong Root: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root Scythe: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/169786/scythe  

In this the final part of the history of Surprised Stare Games, recorded live at Spiel Digital, we talk about the monumental changes that are happening to the company.

This week's guest is stand up comic and board game commentator, Grant Lyon. We talk American football, dying on stage and designing games...buy which games did he choose?   Telestrations: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46213/telestrations Champions of Midgard: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172287/champions-midgard Bang Dice: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143741/bang-dice-game 7 Wonders Duel: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/173346/7-wonders-duel The Quacks of Quedlinburg: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/quacks-quedlinburg

I close out this most challenging of years with few musings.

Happy Holidays! Ben and Steve sit in the Guild and enjoy a glass of moonshine and reminisce on Christmases past.

This week's guest is ex-CIA analyst and inventor of the COIN series of games Volko Ruhnke. We talk about how the COIN series has crossed over, designing games for the CIA and the gaps in our knowledge of history...but which games did he choose?   Combat Commander Pacific: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28181/combat-commander-pacific War of the Ring: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/115746/war-ring-second-edition Steel Inferno: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/289247/verdun-1916-steel-inferno Inferno Hunt for Blackbeard: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/263479/hunt-blackbeard

The release of Pandemic Legacy Season 0 marks the end of the Pandemic Legacy Series and I sit down with Matt Leacock to talk about the new game and his views on the series as a whole.

Here is the second part of the history of Surprised Stare Games recorded at Spiel Digital 2020.

This week's guest is the owner of City of Games and the designer of Isle of Cats, Frank West. We talk about obsession, computer science and how to run a publisher...but which games did he choose?   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/5g4d   Magic the Gathering: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/463/magic-gathering Werewolf: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/925/werewolf Pingo-Pingo:https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171136/pingo-pingo Blackout Hong Kong: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262215/blackout-hong-kong Eclipse: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72125/eclipse