# Episode 205: Cruise Con Redux, with a JoCo Twist

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Podcast: [All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-year-i-dream-about-gaming-conventions-6468725)
Published: 2026-05-14T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

On this episode, your hosts interview Ben Reed, who is renowned as both a progenitor of the dungeon synth AND for being one of the 23 Mike Carrs of the JoCo Cruise. Listen in as he helps us understand gaming cruises through the JoCo lens. Get on a boat with JoCo Cruises (famously not a sponsor) Episode 117 of this podcast, when we last reviewed cruise cons The Raccoon Fink Bandcamp Page, where you can listen to Ben's latest dungeon synth stylings. And if you like watching videos, you can also check out pal of the pod Travel the Board in their three part series about their time on the Dice Tower Cruise! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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