In episode 93 the third chair is filled by Stephen Buonocore. Stephen is the co-owner of Stronghold Games, which was formed only 2 years ago, but has already made a big impact in the hobby game industry by publishing great reprints (such as “Survive!” and “Outpost”) as well as great new game designs (such as “Panic Station” and “Core Worlds”).

Fantasy Flight has recently re-release A Game of Thrones, the board game in a new 2nd edition. Is it better than the original? What has changed?

But first, with Stephen on the show we just had to ask, what are the Perils of Publishing? How does a game go from idea to a pretty box on a store shelf.





All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: