The Dice Tower show

The Dice Tower

Summary: 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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Podcasts:

 TDT # 547 - I'll Take One of Each! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:29:22

In this show, we just review game after game!  We talk about Untold: Adventures Await, Caper, Space Freaks, Prowler's Passage, Clank! the Mummy's Curse, Nimble, Haven, Otys, Nyctophobia, Container, End of the Rail, Songbirds, Suamurai Jack Back to the Past, Keyper, Drop It, The Mind, and Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time.  Whew!

 TDT # 546 - Cute Games | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:36:06

In this show Eric talks about Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks, Fantastiqa: Rival Realms, and The Willow Game (1988, Tor Books).  We also discuss are there TOO MANY GAMES?  Food when playing games is brought up, questions are answered, and finally we talk about our top ten "cute" games!

 TDT # 545 - Mandi! In. Space! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:26:15

In this show, we talk about London, Space Base, Dungeon Draft, Import/Export, Kepler 3042, Edge of Darkness, and Sakura.  We also discuss lending our games to others, have a visit from Eric, and more!

 TDT # 544 - Food, Glorious Food! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:24:03

In this show, we talk about Get Off My Land!, Star Wars Clue, Awkward Guests, Noria, Tiki Island, and Vampires of the Night.  We answer questions like why our voices are so slow, games as luxury items, and obnoxious players.  We hear a tale of horror, and then end the show talking about our favorite food-themed games.

 TDT # 543 - Loony Lions and Ladders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:44:22

Welcome to the Dice Tower!  In this show we talk about Ancestree, 1846 Race for the Midwest, Castell, Ladder 29, Roar: King of the Pride, and Gentes.  Eric shows up to cause trouble, and we take a look at some classic games like Biblios and Manhattan.  Finally, we end the show talking answering a few questions from listeners, such as board game apps and the "Jones" rule.

 TDT # 542 - Best Monster Games | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:37:13

In this episode, we talk about Zombie Tower 3D, Rising Sun!, Vampires & Unicorns, Clank in Space, and Biotix.  Eric talks about games to take to a church game day, Geoff talks about counterfeiting, and we invited Jeff Tidball from Atlas Games to talk about the current state of the hobby!  Finally, we end the show talking about our favorite games with monsters in them!

 TDT # 541 - Insert Generic Pun Here | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:36:11

In this episode, we talk about Empires of the Void II, Chronicles of Crime, Kerala, Santa Maria, Dinosaur Island, and Indian Summer.  Eric also jumps in for some reason, we talk about Herbalism on Kickstarter, go over a few apps, and finally end the show with a discussion on player counts in board games.

 TDT # 540 - Best of 2003 (fifteen years ago!) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:42:50

In this episode, we talk about Lords of Hellas, The Sanctuary, Shaky Manor, FEAR, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Catan VR!  Geoff joins us for some GameTek, Tom gives our convention schedule for 2018, and we answer some questions!  Finally, we end the show with our favorite games from fifteen years ago - 2003!

 TDT # 539 - Beverages, Builders and Bunnies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:26:06

In this episode, we talk about Legacy of Dragonholt, Dream On!, Heaven and Ale, Blend Coffee Lab, Tybor de Baumeister, and Bunny Kingdom.  We also answer a few questions, take a look at some older games, and more!

 TDT # 538 - Best of 2008 (ten years ago!) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:35:34

In this show, we take a look at Unlock and Exit, You Betcha, Keyper, Azul, Hardback, and Ponzi Scheme.  We also hear a tale of horror (anger?), listen to Geoff's wise words, and finish the show with our top ten games from ten years ago - 2008!

 TDT # 537 - Magic and Mayhem | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:32:59

In this episode, we take a look at Magic Maze, Bali, Smile, Brides and Bribes, Deckscape, Harry Potter expansion, and more!  We also take a look at an escape room book, a few apps, and talk about what will be hot and cold (we think!) in 2018.

 TDT # 536 - Best of 2013 (Five Years Ago) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:34:29

In this show, we talk about Stuffed Fables, Gaia Project, Majesty for the Realm, Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea, Yokohama, and Grimm Forest!  Tom also introduces our 2018 Kickstarter, starting this Thursday, we listen to a GameTek and a tale of Amazement, and answer several questions.  Finally, we follow our annual tradition of going back five years and revisiting our favorite games from 2013!

 TDT # 535 - The Next Teneration | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:02:52

In this show, we talk about our numbers 11-20 of 2017!  What games were amazing, but just missed out on the top ten!  Our last show from 2017, see you next year!

 TDT # 534 - Best of 2017 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:45:21

Joined by Suzanne, we delve into the year 2017!   First we spend some time talking about the different trends of the year, then we jump into our biggest surprise and disappointment, favorite art and components, most innovative game, strangest game, biggest brainburner, best family and party game, and more!  Finally, we end the show talking about the top ten games of 2017.

 TDT # 533 - Live Dice Tower Cruise 2 Show! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:11:58

In this show, we are joined by Mandi, Suz, Sam, Zee, and Jason for our second annual Dice Tower Cruise Live Show! (and we got the sound quality right!) We spend time talking about recently played games that we each have enjoyed, and answer some really great questions from the crowd.

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