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Dice Jesters

Dice Jesters with Julie and Dave

A friendly and welcoming board game podcast, sharing stories and good cheer! Featuring deep-dive discussions of games through 10x10 challenges, ranking episodes, and more. Hosted by Julie, a gamer new to the hobby, and Dave, a more seasoned gamer - with regular appearances from Lupin, our cat. https://linktr.ee/dicejesters

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00:42:37

S3E10: Discovering Bora Bora by Stefan Feld – A 10x10...

Dice Jesters ·

2025/06/10

Join us for this week's 10x10 Challenge Spotlight as we explore Bora Bora by Stefan Feld!After 10 intense and competitive plays, we’ve tested strategies, clashed over sacred spaces, and fought for dominance with our huts—and now we’re ready to talk about it. In this episode, we reflect on our journey with Bora Bora: from first impressions to how our gameplay evolved, and how it compares to other Feld designs we've grown to love.Will this be a keep-it-to-play or trade-it-away? Listen to find

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00:48:48

S3E9: Building Underwater Cities – 10x10 Challenge...

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2025/06/03

Join us this week for our 10x10 Challenge Spotlight on Underwater Cities! Over the course of 10 plays, our perspectives shifted, strategies emerged, and engine-building revelations surfaced. We break down how the game evolved for us, what tactics proved most effective, and whether Underwater Cities still holds water after repeated plays.In our 10x10 Challenge Spotlight episodes, we share our initial impressions of the game on the table and that first play experience. Then, after 10 plays, we dive

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00:45:18

S3E8: Diving into Aquasphere – 10x10 Challenge Spotlight

Dice Jesters ·

2025/05/27

In this Dice Jesters 10x10 Challenge Spotlight, we plunge into the depths of Aquasphere, the underwater eurogame from Dave’s favorite designer, Stefan Feld. After 10 plays, what have we uncovered beneath the surface? Is the blend of programming, area control, and adorable octopods a hidden gem—or just murky waters?In our 10x10 Challenge Spotlight episodes, we share our initial impressions of the game on the table and that first play experience. Then, after 10 plays, we dive into a deeper discussion

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00:23:31

S3E7: Why We Don't Rate Board Games

Dice Jesters ·

2025/05/20

Join us this week as we discuss our decision to move away from numerical ratings for board games and why. Meanwhile, Julie updates us on the wild world of bird parenting—including the ongoing saga of Phillip, her adopted crow son—and we check in on our 10x10 challenge. How are things going so far? ---✉️ Send us your questions! thedicejesters@gmail.com💖 Support us: patreon.com/c/DiceJesters🎲 Follow us on Instagram: @DiceJesters🃏 Join the jester journey: bio.site/DiceJesters---👑 Queen's Court

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00:44:30

S3E6: Cooper Island (10x10 Challenge)

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2025/05/13

Join us for our journey into the 3rd game on our S3 board game 10x10 challenge - Cooper Island designed by Andreas "ode." Odendahl. In our 10x10 challenge episodes, we capture our thoughts at three different stages of our experience exploring the game: our very first impressions as the components are on the table in front of us before we play for the first time, initial thoughts after one play/learning the game, and then a final discussion of our overall experience playing the game 10

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00:19:08

S3E5: First Rat & Other Adventures

Dice Jesters ·

2025/05/06

Join us this week for some lighthearted banter and a discussion about a game we tried recently - First Rat. Meanwhile, we are continuing to work on our S3 10x10 challenge episodes and can't wait to share those with you as we complete them! ---Email us your questions for future Q&A episodes at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thedicejesters@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @DiceJesters---Dice Jesters Patreon Queen's Court Members: Fritz Paull---Intro/outro music:Gates Of Glory by Alexander

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00:34:01

S3E4: Boonlake (10x10 Challenge)

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2025/04/29

Join us for our journey into the 2nd game on our S3 10x10 challenge - Boonlake designed by Alexander Pfister. In our 10x10 challenge episodes, we capture our thoughts at three different stages of our experience exploring the game: our very first impressions as the components are on the table in front of us before we play for the first time, initial thoughts after one play/learning the game, and then a final discussion of our overall experience playing the game 10 times together

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00:26:10

S3E3: An Evening with BearwynPlaysGames

Dice Jesters ·

2025/04/22

Join us this week as we host Mike from BearwynPlaysGames for some banter and good cheer about his journey in the board gaming hobby and what games we've been playing lately. Be sure to check out Mike's Instagram page at @BearwynPlaysGames!Email us your questions for future Q&A episodes at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thedicejesters@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @DiceJestersDice Jesters Patreon Queen's Court Members: Fritz PaullIntro/outro music:Gates Of Glory by Alexander Nakarada

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00:17:56

S3E2: The Missing Expedition (Lost Ruins of Arnak...

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2025/04/15

Join us this week as we take an even deeper dive into the world of Arnak by discussing The Missing Expedition expansion, as well as a more extensive final thoughts about the game after 14 combined plays with both expansions (10 with Expedition Leaders & 4 Missing Expedition). Note: we did not play with the cooperative campaign included in the expansion, just the new leaders and research tracks. Email us your questions for future Q&A episodes

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00:42:26

S3E1: Lost Ruins of Arnak (10x10 Challenge)

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2025/04/08

We are back!! And very excited to share our third 10x10 challenge journey where we will deep-dive into some games with a new season of Dice Jesters, which will have an exploration/discovery theme. We kick off this 10x10 challenge with one we have been excited to play - Lost Ruins of Arnak!In this episode, we discuss our first impressions as the components are on the table in front of us, initial thoughts after one play/learning the game, and then a final discussion of our overall experience playing

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00:24:00

S2E20: Lupin's Episode

Dice Jesters ·

2025/04/01

We are currently working on wrapping up our first game of our Season 3 10x10 challenge, which we are quite excited about! In the meantime, we thought we would get out some lighthearted fun for you to enjoy. In this episode, Julie shares a heartwarming tale of her newfound friendship with a goose - despite her bird aversion revealed in the Wingspan episode. Then, we bring our own Q&A dissecting Lupin's personality as a gamer. While we do tie (most of) everything back into games, this is

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00:42:25

S2E19: Board Game Questions & Answers

Dice Jesters ·

2025/03/11

Join us this week as we answer some questions kindly submitted to us! We had so much fun recording this episode and answering these questions, and we hope you enjoy it too! If you'd like to submit questions for us to answer on future episodes, please email us at thedicejesters@gmail.com. 1. Question from Michael @bearwynplaysgamesDo you think that how much you like a game (or dislike a game) is because you play them so quickly so many times? 00:02:382. Question from Jamey @jameystegmaierOf all

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00:19:03

S2E18: What's Coming Next + Beer & Bread

Dice Jesters ·

2025/03/04

Join us this week as we discuss our upcoming season of Dice Jesters, which we will begin in April! This will be centered around a brand-new 10x10 challenge of board games. We also discuss the game Beer & Bread, designed by Scott Almes and one that we've really enjoyed playing in between seasons. We want to thank everyone who joined us for season two of Dice Jesters. It has truly been a fun journey sharing our experience with these ten games. We are THRILLED for what season three has in

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00:23:07

S2E17: Bonfire & Nucleum (Board Game Retreat)

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2025/02/25

Join us this week as we discuss our recent outing to a board game retreat hosted by some local friends, where we had the chance to play the games Bonfire (by Stefan Feld) and Nucleum (by Simone Luciani and Dávid Turczi). We also discuss learning/teaching new games, and our appreciation for the two-player count! We look forward to our next 10x10 challenge adventure for Season 3 starting very soon, and we hope you join us for that as well! Bonfire: 00:06:14Nucleum: 00:12:59Email us your

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00:36:18

S2E16: Ranking Our S2 10x10 Challenge Games

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2025/02/18

Join us this week as we rank the games we played in this season's 10x10 challenge, and reminisce on some of the wonderful memories we created along the way on this adventure!Which games will we crown as our favorites from this list?-Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth-Five Tribes-Notre Dame-Bruges-The Castles of Burgundy-Orléans-Agricola-Le Havre-Wingspan-ViticultureWe look forward to our next 10x10 challenge adventure for Season 3, and we hope you join us for that as well! Until then, we

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00:37:04

S2E15: Viticulture (10x10 Challenge)

Dice Jesters ·

2025/02/11

Join us as we take a deep-dive look at Viticulture, the worker-placement vineyard management game by Stonemaier Games. This is a game Dave greatly enjoyed early on in the hobby, but the question is: will it hold up after all this time?We played this game as part of our 10x10 challenge (playing 10 games at least 10 times), and this episode includes discussions about first impression on table, thoughts after one play, and then our overall experience playing the game 10 times. Introduction/first

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00:44:26

S2E14: Wingspan (10x10 Challenge)

Dice Jesters ·

2025/02/04

Join us as we take a deep-dive look at Wingspan, the popular bird-themed tableau-building game by Elizabeth Hargrave. Julie reveals many aspects of her past that involve interesting stories, and highly-specific opinions, surrounding birds. Can you guess Dave's and her favorite bird species? We played this game as part of our 10x10 challenge (playing 10 games at least 10 times), and this episode includes discussions about first impression on table, thoughts after one play, and then our overall

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00:33:42

S2E13: Board Game Replays, Discoveries, and Future...

Dice Jesters ·

2025/01/28

Join us for our monthly "Replays, Discoveries, and Future Fun" discussion of board games outside our 10x10 challenge we've been playing - What games have we returned to, what new-to-Julie/us games have we tried, and what are some games we are hoping to explore together in the future?In this month's episode, we revisit Azul, a game from our S1 10x10 challenge that was an instant favorite of ours (and the first game we played together getting into this hobby). But do we still enjoy

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00:40:18

S2E12: Le Havre (10x10 Challenge)

Dice Jesters ·

2025/01/21

Join us as we take a deep-dive look at Le Havre, the nautical-themed economic worker placement board game by Uwe Rosenberg. We played this game as part of our 10x10 challenge (playing 10 games at least 10 times), and this episode includes discussions about first impression on table, thoughts after one play, and then our overall experience playing the game 10 times.Introduction/first impression on table: 00:00:09 Initial thoughts after one play: 00:09:15 Discussing our experience over 10 plays:

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00:40:35

S2E11: Agricola (10x10 Challenge)

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2025/01/14

Join us as we take a deep-dive look at Agricola, the classic worker placement farming board game by Uwe Rosenberg. We played this game as part of our 10x10 challenge (playing 10 games at least 10 times), and this episode includes discussions about first impression on table, thoughts after one play, and then our overall experience playing the game 10 times.Introduction/first impression on table: 00:00:09 Initial thoughts after one play: 00:07:20 Discussing our experience over 10 plays:

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