Five Games for Doomsday quickly established itself as one of the premier board game podcasts. In it, Ben Maddox interviews people from all parts of the board game world with incisive questions, illuminating who they are as people. I sat down with Ben to talk a bit about his work with the podcast and a lot about board game reviewing. What is the role of the reviewer? What are our approaches to analyzing a game? What does objectivity mean, anyway?
Find more about Ben here: https://fivegamesfordoomsday.com/
2:08 - Ben's history with podcasting
6:00 - Five Games For Doomsday
11:57 - The role of the reviewer
16:15 - Reviewing structure
23:48 - Objectivity
30:23 - Civilization games and value
35:26 - Game reviewers we like
38:43 - Why negative reviews are necessary
49:03 - Ben's approach to writing a review
55:47 - Concluding thoughts
Music: Sailing The Solar Wind by Abstraction
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Ep 78: 18xx Revisited
Ep 77: A Conversation With Sean Chappell About Hivernation
Ep 76: Conventions in the Time of COVID -- With Kimberly Revia
Ep 75: Adventure
Ep 74: Top 100 Games of All Time 2020 Edition (part 3)
Ep 73: Top 100 Games of All Time 2020 Edition (part 2)
Ep 72: Top 100 Games of All Time 2020 Edition (Part 1)
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Ep 71: Best Games of 2019
Ep 70: A Conversation With Sean McDonald About Making IP Games
Ep 69: PAX East 2020
Ep 68: A Conversation With Bruno Faidutti
Ep 67: A Conversation With Patrick Rauland About Game Creation
Ep 66: Q&A, Masterpiece Games, and Fundraising Week
Ep 65: A Conversation With Ken Franklin
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Ep 64: A Conversation With Gil Hova
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