5 games 4 doomsday

Which games would you choose?

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Welcome to Five Games For Doomsday - the podcast and YouTube Channel which accosts the great and the good of the boardgames industry and asks them the burning question of what games they would save, and more importantly, why?

Latest Episode

18th February 2026
In this episode Ben amd Uli talk about the problems board game publishers have with communicating to the wider cultural world. 

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Previous Releases

16th February 2026
This week's guest is designer of Spaceship Unity, Divvy Dice and Minecraft: Builders and Biomes, Ulrich Blum. We talk about being a chef, the beauty of Switzerland and being an indie creator...but which games did he choose?
13th February 2026
CEO of Ion Games, Besime Uyanik talks about their new subscription service.  https://iongamedesign.com/pages/minion
4th February 2026
In this episode Ben and Steve review the last round and loof forward to the quarter finals!
2nd February 2026
This week's guest is designer of Cloud Age and Ohanami, Christian Opperer. We discuss the difference in twins, traditional games and the limitations of A.I....but which games did he choose?

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