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The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel, Julie Ahern, and Eric Summerer

Tom Vasel and Eric Summerer take a look at board games, card games, and the people who design, publish, and play them. Top ten lists, Q&A, tales of horror, and more await you!

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All Episodes

01:15:06

Secret Cabal Express # 16 - Gen Con 2016 Preview, part 1

The Dice Tower ·

2016/07/26

Hey now, it's part one of our two part episode in which we preview GenCon 2016! We answer questions about the convention, and go over a huge pile of games releasing at the fair! You aren't seeing things, we decided to put the Cabal's show on our feed for convenience!

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01:31:22

TDT # 466 - Overrated Games

The Dice Tower ·

2016/07/19

In this episode, we talk about Cry Havoc, Arcane Academy, Bring Your Own Book, Oh my Goods, Tiny Epic Western, Mad Science Foundation, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Hide the Kids, and Dino Race! We hear from Mark at Origins, a tale of horror, and finally end the show with our top ten overrated games. Prepare the knives!

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01:12:51

TDT # 465 - Dice Tower Awards 2016

The Dice Tower ·

2016/07/13

We are joined by a host of contributors to present the best games of 2015! With fourteen awards, and recorded live at Dice Tower Con 2016, we congratulate the winners of most innovative game, best artwork, best family game, and more! We end the show taking questions from the audience to Eric, Tom, Sam, and Zee.

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02:08:23

TDT # 464 - Best Ancient Era Games

The Dice Tower ·

2016/07/11

NOTE: Due to some file transfer issues, this episode is a week late, AFTER Dice Tower Con. Sorry about that! In this show, we take a look at Guildhall Fantasy Trio, Burano, Ghost-Fightin’ Treasure Hunters, Fool’s Gold, Garbage Day, and Dead Last. A plethora of contributors join us, from law cases to DnD horror stories! We start a quick contest, answer a few quesions, and finally end the show with our top ten ancient era games!

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01:26:42

TDT # 463 - Live from Origins 2016

The Dice Tower ·

2016/06/22

In this show, Sam Healey and Zee Garcia join as hosts and we talk about some of the games we saw at Origins, including Tyrants of the Underdark, Captain Sonar, and more! Chaz Marler gives his impressions, we play a live version of the Match Game, and we end the show answering questions including how we would die in an RPG.

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01:33:15

TDT # 462 - Best Medieval Games

The Dice Tower ·

2016/06/14

Huzzah! In this pre-Origins 2016 episode, Eric and Tom talk about Guilds of London, Council of Four, IceCool, and Box of Rocks. We hear from a TON of our contributors, from Takenoko to Um Reifenbreite to Imperial Settlers. A harrowing tale of treachery is told, and we talk about our favorite ten medieval themed games. But we don't end there, and finish with a question of the week IN THE SAME EPISODE.

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01:22:07

TDT # 461 - Live from UKGE 2016

The Dice Tower ·

2016/06/07

In this show, recorded live at the UK Gaming Expo, Tom and Sam take a look at games they played before and during the fair, talk about our trip to London and Nottingham, and banter with a few Dice Tower contributors. We also give a preview of Skythe.

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01:34:11

TDT # 460 - Obnoxious Gamers

The Dice Tower ·

2016/05/31

In this show, we discuss Coffee Roaster, Dream Factory, My First Carcassonne, Bear Valley, Magecraft, Bad Medicine, and Dwarves, Inc. The Sweet Spot looks at tense games, Luke introduces to to some racing games, The Solo Game Corner explores Healthy Heart Hospital, and we hear the Biography of Hive. Plus, a Tale of Boardgaming Horror, letters from the mailbag, and our tips on how to deal with obnoxious gamers.

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01:51:58

TDT # 459 - Amazing card art

The Dice Tower ·

2016/05/24

In this episode, we talk about Star Trek: Frontiers, Linkee, Happy Pigs, Legends of Draxia, Tichu, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, and Ladies and Gentlemen. We are joined by special guest Jorge Garcia (Lost, Hawaii 5-0) and talk about his gaming past and treacheries. We finally hear from Greg about the Gathering, listen to Geoff stir up a ruckuss, hear a tale of Amazement, and more! Finally, we end this extra-long show with our top ten games with amazing card art.

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01:17:22

TDT # 458 - I hate this box!

The Dice Tower ·

2016/05/17

In this episode, we are taking a look at Isle of Skye, Stratos, Exodus Expansion, Magic duel deck, Stratos, and more! We hear about a pig race, the history of Carcassonne, GameTek, and how to deal with horrible boxes. And a pile of questions and answers!

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01:28:39

TDT # 457 - Creepy Crawlies

The Dice Tower ·

2016/05/10

In this show, we talk about Alan’s Adventureland, Shadow over Westminster, Histrio, The Palaces of Carrara, Ravenous River, and Dice City. We also hear about an annoying gamer, Friday, bashing Monopoly, and a report on Tabletop Day at the F2Z headquarters. Finally, we end the show with our top ten Creepy Crawlies games - games that feature bugs, spiders, worms, and more!

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01:19:36

TDT # 456 - Publish my Game!

The Dice Tower ·

2016/05/03

In this show, we talk about Dungeon!, FreshFish, T’Zolkin: Tribes and Prophecies, Bastian, Spheres of Influence, DilluviaProject, and Greedy Greedy Goblins. Tom talks about thesights and sounds of the Gathering of Friends, Eric goes through agamut of emotions with a bunch of Tales, and we hear from a greatnumber of great contributors! Finally, we end the showtalking about how to pitch your game to apublisher.

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01:22:17

TDT # 455 - Games that teach MATH

The Dice Tower ·

2016/04/26

In this episode, we talkabout Rockwell, Animal on Board, Meeple War,Prime Time, Medici, and Eric gives us a Pandemic Legacy Update. We also answer questions about local game stores, Dicemasters, legacy games, and more! Finally, we end the show with our top ten games for teaching math!

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01:25:11

TDT # 454 - Retheming Games

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2016/04/19

In this show, we talk about Avalanche on Yeti Mountain, Mad Libs: The Game, Tigris and Euphrates, Conquest Stratego, Apotheca, Time Stories: Prophecy of Dragons, Thunder and Lightning. We also hear from a variety of contributors, incluing Game Tech, History of Board Games, and more! After a few tales, we finish up the show with thoughts on the retheming of games.

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01:21:09

TDT # 453 - Political Games

The Dice Tower ·

2016/04/12

In this show we talk about Mombasa, Smash Up Expansions, Scoundrel Society, Flip City: Reuse, Loot n Run, and Firefly Fluxx. We also answer questions about gaming outside, "min-maxing" and more! Finally, we end the show with our top ten politically themed games.

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01:16:52

TDT # 452 - Power Creep

The Dice Tower ·

2016/04/05

In this show, we talk about Thunderbirds, Pied Piper, Northern Pacific, Millenium Blades, Knit-Wit, Monstrous, and Pecunia non olet. We have a pile of contributions, including both old and new! We end the show talking about power creep, and how it affects games.

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01:20:10

TDT # 451 - Long Games

The Dice Tower ·

2016/03/29

In this show, we talk about World’s Fair 1893, Epic Roll, Escape the Room, Valeria: Card Kingdoms, Latice, and Mission to Mars 2049. We also answer questions about sleeving cards, contacting companies, falling asleep, and more! Finally, we end the show with our favorite ten long games - games that are 3 hours or more!

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01:22:01

TDT # 450 - Live from GAMA 2016

The Dice Tower ·

2016/03/22

In this show, we delve live into the GAMA trade show, talking from there with Chaz Marler, Suzanne Sheldon, Jason Levine and more! We are also joined by our regular contributors to make a real hodge podge of an episode, talking about both new and old games. Finally, we end the show talking about going back in time to stop a game from being made!

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01:27:07

TDT # 449 - Reprints

The Dice Tower ·

2016/03/15

In this show, we discuss Crown and Kingdom, Concordia: Salsa, Carson City: Deluxe, Paradox, Steampunk Rally, Circus Flohcati and Odin’s Ravens. We also answer a pile of questions and realize just how far behind we are! Finally, we end the show talking about the best reprints or board games.

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57:28

TDT # 448 - The Time Machine

The Dice Tower ·

2016/03/08

Do you like Eric? Well, this is the episode for you! Here, we talk about Food Chain Magnate, Dino Twist, Worm Up!, and Jivecat Voodoo Lounge. Brian talks about Pick Picknic, we have another history tale, more psychology, hear several tales, and end the show talking about what we would do if we found a time machine!

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