Ep 63: A Conversation With Ben Maddox

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 Like the podcast? Want to watch it being recorded, live? Consider supporting it on Patreon.