Five Games For Doomsday

Isaac joins Ben in a bar of ill repute to discuss what the pandemic has done to us as gamers.

In this special live show recorded at Spiel Digital, the founders of Surprised Stare Games chart their history as a company.

This week's guest is mover and shaker in both digital and analogue games, Grant Rodiek. We talk about growing up in Texas, the huge world of The Sims and the discipline of designing for the tabletop...but which games did he choose?   Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/5g4d   Carcasonne: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne Call of Duty: https://www.callofduty.com/modernwarfare Combat Commander: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21050/combat-commander-europe Pax Pamir 2nd Ed.: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition Star Realms: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147020/star-realms

This week's guest is writer, mentor and host Ruel Gaviola. We talk about growing up in Southern California, poker and the state of board game media...but which games did he choose?   Support the show here.   A Deck of Cards Twilight Imperium Viticulture Paperback Crokinole

This week's guest is biblical scholar, Latin teacher and evangelist for Solo Games, Elizabeth Davidson. We talk about playing alone, why Christianity was so successful and how David Hasselhoff is in real life...but which games did she choose?   A deck of cards. Lord of the Rings LCG Mage Knight Too Many Bones Aeon's End

This week's guest is the best known board game reviewer on the planet, Tom Vasel. We talk about his childhood, speaking in front of crowds and his charity work...but which games did he choose?   Le Havre Ticket to Ride Lost Cities Frosthaven Cosmic Encounter

As as response to nutty stuff on the internet I have a chat with doctor, Max Davie about the disease and our response to it.

This weeks guest is host of The Dice Tower, audio book artist and voice of board gaming, Eric Summerer. We talk about celebrity, joining the dice tower and what makes a good voice actor...but which games did he choose?  Support the show here.   Can't Stop Marvel Legendary Quacks of Quedlinburg The Crew Merchant of Venus

Dex pays a visit to the local gossip rag but what will he find out? 

Ben and Richard pop into the guild and chat about The Prestige and whether board games are art.

Now Dex Raymond, private eye, has been set on the trail he makes his way to MGM Studios to track down the mysterious Marsh. 

This is part one of a Cthulhu Confidential  actual play starring Steven Syrek as Dex Raymond and Ben Maddox as The Guide.

Ben gets Thomas Sing, designer of The Crew on the phone to have a chat about serendipity.

Ben sits down with Jerry and Gaby of The Board Game Snobs to talk the roles games play in their lives and why the 80s were the high water mark for cinema. 

This week's guest is renowned RPG writer, Jason Durall. We talk about his discovery of RPGs, the problem with Lovecraft and how important awards are...but which games did he choose?   Support the show here.   Call of Cthulhu Amber Diceless RPG King Arthur Pendragon Fisaco Azul

Ben sits down with Reiner Knizia to talk about his SdJ nominated legacy game My City.

Ben has a chat with Lorenzo Silva and Hjalmar Hach the designers of The King's Dilemma about their nomination. 

Ben sits down with the developer of Nova Luna, Lars Frauenrath to talk the game and what a prize like the SdJ would mean to a small publisher.

This week Ben visits the coach of the compound footy team Mark Besada and they talk about what makes the perfect player of board games and also why rolling around in filth is a good thing.