Five Games for Doomsday

Britannia- A 5G4D Review

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.

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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.