Five Games for Doomsday

Michael Palm

Five Games for Doomsday

Show Notes

This week's guest is the designer of the Spiel des Jahres winner, Dorfromatik, Michael Palm. We talk about growing up in politics, designing award-winning games, and the pressures of retail...but which games did he choose?

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