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January 08, 2020

Ep 63: A Conversation With Ben Maddox

1 hour

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