The Grasscast

Welcome to the show!Meet your hosts, Shawn Daichendt and Kwab Fordjour, as they discuss the inspiration for the show, future episode plans, and, of course, games!

Our first real episode!We talk to our guest, Aman Turdaliev, a friend and avid board-gamer, about Ready Player One, Risk Legacy, and much more!Plus, we play our first game of Paper Scissors Rock!

On this episode, we talk to our guest Sarah Morris, producer of Rose City Politics and wearer of many hats! We talk about what our show is all about (we still don't know), we question the whole idea of doing the show, and we get meta about how to make podcasts

On this episode, Shawn and Kwab talk about:Disney's Emoji Blitz, and the addictive quality of modern-day match 3 gamesGod of War, and its take on Norse mythology (Note: the book referenced in this discussion was Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman)The World Cup, and the reasons for the widespread popularity of football (soccer)Alternate/ Augmented Reality Games (ARGs) (eg. Pokemon GO, Ingress)

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Mike Percy, our musically-talented friend, Risk collector and Ikariam trading expert.We talk about Bart Vs The World, Red Dead Redemption 2, Ikariam, e-feds, Minecraft, early childhood memories of Risk, Walking Dead: Risk, bad memories of Need for Speed: Underground, good memories of Goldeneye, meta-gaming, growing up in the 90s, Command and Conquer and childhood antics

On this episode, we review the year 2020, and talk about our pandemic experiences.We also talk about the KFConsole, Cyberpunk 2077, Animal Crossing, Among Us, Next-Gen Consoles and TikTok.

In this episode we are reviewing the Cristopher Nolan time travel movie Tenet.This episode features Kwab, Aman Turdaliev, our past guest, and Kayven Beemer our hopefully future guest.The guys dissect pretty much everything wrong with the movie, and Aman explains the bootstrap paradox which is a really cool concept, and great fun to listen to how it completely melts Kwab’s brain.They also talk about other Cristopher Nolan flicks, and how they stack against it.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Kayven Beemer, unofficial head of the Board Game Group, and possibly Spiderman?We talk about his great-grandfather's gaming experiences, playing Cyberpunk 2077 on an old XBOX, the efficacy of timers in board games, ranking board game websites, origins of the Board Game Group, Avalon and Game of Thrones.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Evan Barnes, our friend and game developer at a local company called Red Piston.We talk about his early game development inspirations, teaching User Experience (UX) design to college students, early memories of Sonic the Hedgehog, DIY Magic The Gathering decks, Arduino programming, using games in parenting, HALO LAN parties, the benefits of campaigns/ tutorials in games, forecasting the future of gaming and voice-controlled games.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Sherri Wheeler, a software and game developer who, among other things, owns and operates Silver Key Games. We talk about Commander Keen, The Long Dark, Subnautica, Mice and Mystics, Duke Nukem level design high school projects, Children of Morta, Outward, Pandemic Legacy, Half-Life, developing Roboid.com, easy/ hardcore game modes, and introducing games to kids.