The Grasscast

On this episode, we talk to our guest Jon Donais, software developer and X-wing miniature game enthusiast.

We talk about working in Detroit as a Canadian, synesthesia, Crystal's Pony Tale, the book 'The Power', Planetary Annihilation, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars Galaxy, X-Wing miniatures, the social ethics of gaming, games for health, and we go down a hole of random philosophical topics until our heads explode!

On this episode, we talk to our guest Kimberly Patenaude, our funny French-Canadian friend and X-phile, better known amongst her D&D friends as 'that smart-ass rogue'.

We talk about Wonderboy, Cat Cafe, League of Legends, game testing for Activision in Ireland, D&D, Terraria, Viticulture drinking games, Skyrim, Myst, and Zombies Run.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Doug Sartori, Founder of the Windsor Hackforge, panelist of Rose City Politics and Dark Souls guru.

We talk about City Connection, childhood experiences with Candyland, abstract games, Onitama, 1754 (the game), the book 'On Numbers and Games', zero-player games, bad experiences with Cards Against Humanity, Smallworld, 4x games, Seven Wonders, what to look for in a gaming group, At the Mountains of Madness, the role of gameplay in politics, Tammany Hall, simulation games, France 1940 (the game), Starfleet Battles/ Command, VR Tetris and Dark Souls.

On this episode, we talk about Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the concept of flow and the 9 states.

We also try out some conversational games, including Walrus, Would You Rather? (using http://either.io/)

On this episode, we talk to our guest Jeff Szusz, software developer, RPG enthusiast, and almost co-host of the Grasscast!

We talk the about the validity of paper scissors rock as a game, Sorry!, Dungeon Crawl Classics, 'Powered By The Apocalypse' games, Shadowrun, a brief history of RPGs, the role of a GM in RPGs and the concept of ethical standards in RPGs.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Chris Walker, co-host of the Windsor Language Exchange and overall gaming enthusiast.

We talk about Payday, fighting fantasy novels, Magic: The Gathering, Heckmeck, Esperanto, and Monopoly rage quits

On this episode, we talk to Bevan Bezaire, our amazing audio engineer who makes this podcast possible!

We talk about fatherhood, early childhood memories of Combat Cars and Sewer Shark, City Skyline, baseball, getting old, the gamification of fitness, music, art and Skyrim

On this episode, we talk to our guest Gabriel Watson, virtual tanker and real life min-maxer.

We talk about the definition of a gamer, the Spartacus board game, the world of World of Tanks, early childhood memories of the MSX gaming console, and we learn about 'The Brazilian Way'

On this episode, we talk to Jimmy Truong, software developer and entrepreneur.

We discuss startup culture and experiences, Duck Duck Goose strategies, Lets Plays, MOBAs and the joy of pwning n00bs

On this episode, we talk to our guest Brett Hayes, friend of the show and software developer (you may also recognize his voice on the introduction of each episode!).

We talk about OpenEmu (https://openemu.org/), first experiences with Halo, and the wild world of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and SEO.