Ben and Steve explore fantasy trains in the classic crayon rail game.

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On this glorious December 2nd Ben and Steve talk about Ben's formative game, Pandemic.

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Ben and Steve talk about one of Steve's formative games, History of the World.

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In this episode Ben chats to Jonny Pac about the Unconscious Mind success, Tony Boydell about Gathering of Chums and Steve about a load of random BS. Enjoy!

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In this special actual play episode Ben invites singer and artist, Samantha Britt as they say goodbye in the RPG by Button Shy, I Guess This Is It.

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In this essay Ben talks about his experience at this year's Spiel.

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This week's guest is the head of Thunderworks Games and designer of Roll Player, Keith Matejka. We talk about digital game unionisation, Wisconsin and fantasy...but which games did he choose?
Descent

War of the Ring

Brass Birmingham

Last Night on Earth

A Deck of Cards

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In this classic review, Ben rails against the drawer after drawer after drawer of useless tat that clogs up the oceans and is driving us of a cliff.

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In this final episode we speak to designer of Colostle, Nich Angell to talk about the development of the game.

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This month's classic episode is the first person to ever be hired by Google, Craig Silverstein. We talk about his love of games but also Google's impact on the world. Enjoy!

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This week's guest is designer of Belfort, Akrotiri and MIND MGMT, See-Foong Lim. We talk about Brazilian Jujitsu, the medical profession and mentoring aspiring designers...but which games did he choose?

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Ben sits down and gives you his view of The Great Split

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In this episode of the news, Ben and Steve welcome a new member to the compound and Ben speaks to Dan Hughes about the new CoraQuest expansion, George Jaros about his charity auction and Christian Kudahl about Mind Bug and his experiences at Essen. Get on it!

CoraQuest Kickstarter: https://www.coraquest.com/
Charity Auction: https://CharityAuction.bid/2022ExtraLife-GJJGames
Mind Bug: https://mindbug.me/

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In this final chapter of Colostle, Jayne finds that he has to say goodbye to the most important person in his life and realises the value of memory.

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This week's guest is owner and president of Dice Hate Me Games, Chris Kirkman. We talk about working in newspapers, the challenges of running an independent company and ending relationships...but which games did he choose?

Alien Frontiers

Car Wars

New Bedford

Fleet Dice

Arkham Horror

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In this classic episode we learn all you need to know about the legend that is, Reiner Knizia.

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On the last day of Essen '22 Ben and Steve find out what really Uli really thinks of the job Steve's done.

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The big Saturday and Ben speaks to the head honcho!

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