BBBB600. SPECIAL 600th episode! How do we decide to do the things we do?
Channel: Stuff by Bez
Date: 13/04/2022

Why have I been doing this show? Why do I make games?

Why does Ross Atkin make robots? Why did we go to Now Play This?

Why does Ben Parkinson work in Kampala? Why try to set up conventions?

Why does Adam Best do charity work? How did Adam decide to enlarge games?

Why does Bruce H. Voge talk on podcasts and host gameshows and perform?

Why does Amabel Holland make games? How did Amabel decide to self-publish?

Let's examine our motivations. How we guide ourselves and our direction in life. 


Schedule (UK times):
10am - Ross Atkin
12 - Ben Parkinson
1 - Joseph Kelly
2 - Adam Best 
3 - Bruce H. Voge
4 - Amabel Holland

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Ross Atkin is a product designer and researcher based in London. He has a long standing interest in the accessibility of the public realm and works on both research and design projects in this area for highway authorities, charities and manufacturers of streetscape products. He also makes and sells hackable robotic kits under 'The Crafty Robot' brand. He was part of the team of designers and engineers who built one off pieces of assistive technology on BBC2's 'The Big Life Fix'.

thecraftyrobot.net         
https://rossatkin.com/wp/   


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An avid gamer in their youth, Ben spent time working on a cruise ship, experiencing the global wealth disparity. After a few years helping an optician's marketing department, Ben set up a charity to support disadvantaged people in Birmingham. Soon after, Ben realised that setting up something in Africa would allow for more impact. 

The Chrysalis Centre is currently crowdfunding to help raise funds for a village boardgame convention. An annual boardgame convention, which brings in 200 attendees from around the area.

https://www.chrysalisschool.org/            
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uganda-village-boardgame-convention-2022            
justgiving.com/cyen           
chrysalisuganda.wordpress.com           
facebook.com/chrysaliscentre       
socentafrica@gmail.com                


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Joseph Kelly is a Zenobia finalist with MOLLY HOUSE, ELL deck design winner with DWINDELL. Excellent wordsmith when it comes to wordgames. 


https://twitter.com/yungylek


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Adam Best is a lifelong gamer, introvert, and mental health and community advocate. Adam loves super accessible party games as well as heavy thematic narrative games like Nemesis or Battlestar Galactica.

Herefordshire Boardgamers is 6 years old and has raised £14 000, half of that during the pandemic. Focused on providing free, inclusive social activities including a lending library of 320 games and 50 jigsaws. The current focus is a charity event running May 13-15th. 


https://www.facebook.com/groups/Herefordgamers/       
https://herefordshireboardgamers.co.uk/       
https://www.instagram.com/herefordbgamers/              
https://twitter.com/HerefordBgamers       

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Bruce H. Voge is the Moderator, Editor and Producer of the Party Gamecast featuring the Party Game Cast (a podcast about party games and games you take to parties), a recurring guest on the On Board Games podcast, and the host of The Just Barely Sports Podcast with the Minor League Geek.  Bruce works as a DJ, MC, Trivia Host and all around entertainer. 

https://www.thepartygamecast.com/         
https://twitter.com/brucecothinks             
https://justbarelysports.libsyn.com                       

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Amabel Holland is the in-house designer for, and co-owner of, Hollandspiele. She is probably best known for Table Battles, This Guilty Land, Irish Gauge, and Agricola, Master of Britain. Amabel Holland focuses on strange little wargames after making one on a lark. 

Amabel isn't based in Holland, nor in Germany, despite what the company name may lead you to believe.

https://hollandspiele.com/       
https://twitter.com/AmabelHolland      



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Bez is your regular host, streaming every day at 10am UK (ish). Bez is also a designer, illustrator, and game-lover.


https://twitter.com/stuffByBez     
https://twitter.com/ell_deck    
http://www.stuffbybez.com/       
https://www.twitch.tv/stuffbybez/       
https://www.youtube.com/stuffbybez       
https://www.instagram.com/stuffbybez/                 
https://www.facebook.com/thingsbybez/             
www.stuffbybez.bigcartel.com/          
http://stuffbybez.com/discord