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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A family friendly roll playing podcast based in the world of Dungeons and Dragons. The Dice Tower team takes you through epic stories and battles that will make you laugh.
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Dice Tower Now is your source for the biggest news from the tabletop gaming world. Each week, the DTNow team brings you breaking stories, special reports, interviews, Kickstarters, new releases, and more.
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Young heroes bound in love and kinship are forced on a quest to discover the truth behind the magic of dragons and seek those that stole it, before their world itself is destroyed by the growing power of the Dark Army.. Raised by former knights in hiding, they have grown up taking on different skills, each one unique and valuable to each other. Not only use of magic or mastery of a sword they are also tied to a great destiny. A destiny foretold in lost tomes they have yet to discover, but th ...
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This time, Eric is looking for advice from Julie and Tom about running a game night at his son's Middle School. How deep a hole has he dug for himself? Plus, a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, a question from the Listener Mailbag, and a bouquet of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 01:47 - Dice Tower Winter Spectacular 02:24 - Tom's Anniversary Cruise, …
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Tom, Julie, and Eric share some Thanksgiving recipes before launching into a discussion of how designers tackle the theme of cooking in games. We have a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror that pushes our Angry Button, and we close the show with a Thorn-heavy set of games played. 00:57 - Announcements: Dice Tower East, West, and Cruise 2026 02:22 - Than…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Trendy
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Tom, Julie, and Eric discuss some Thanksgiving plans before reacting to some recent manufacturing trends in the boardgame industry, from environmentally friendly choices, to the insistance that every game have a custom insert. Our Tale of Boardgaming Horror is a case of mistaken identity, and we close the show with some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoop…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Future Proof
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This time, Tom looks forward to the CMON Expo, while Eric and Julie talk about their plans for PAX Unplugged. We discuss best practices for publishers when they know an expansion is coming. We share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and close the show with a Spooky set of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:58 - Announcements: Dice Tower West, PAX Un…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Best and Wurst of Essen 2024
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Tom and Julie are back from Germany with stories to tell. We talk about the crowds, events, snacks, and games of Spiel before shuffling through a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror. And we close the show with some of our latest Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 01:02 - Back-to-Back WSBG and Spiel 06:10 - Crowds at Spiel 11:23 - Tom and Julie Together (Bri…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Essen Anticipation 2024
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It's our Essen Preview show for 2024! This time, we look at the various games we're most excited to check out at Spiel in Essen. And when we're done with that, we dash through our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:49 - Asking to Bring Something Back 02:16 - Tabletop Together and BGG's Preview List 03:16 - Priorities 08:58 - Where Will We Be? 12:09 …
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This time, Tom, Julie, and Eric tackle the world of print boardgame journalism by listing their favorite gaming magazines, past and present. Our new Tale of Horror only tells half of the story, and we close the show with some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 01:10 - Announcements: World Series of Boardgaming and Spiel 02:39 - What Was Our First Podca…
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Friends, this is Mike Atchley and I wanted to let you know I have released my first novel Children of the Forge which is available at https://read.goodhamproductions.com along with a matching bookmark. This book is a novelization of the first 2 seasons of our award winning audio adventure, Dice Tower Theatre presents Dawn of Dragons and features ma…
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Tom and Eric learn that they've known Julie longer than they remember. Then, we discuss the ways local game stores recoup the cost of the play space they provide. We delve into a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and we close the show with our latest Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:44 - Announcements: Dice Tower West 03:06 - Tom, Julie, and Eric's …
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In this season's finale: Dabria goes home to the Windmill to confront Dekkion. Dekkion has returned to where it all began to kill the god of death and rule a world of the undead. But he doesn't expect her friends to be with her. Una, possessed by his former apprentice, Ash de la Rosa. Skotmir the dwarven king to be. The sword masters Sophie and her…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Storm Chasers
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Tom, Julie, and Eric remember their various Gen Con adventures, as well as looking back at some recent Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 01:00 - Announcements: Dice Tower West, Dice Tower District 02:43 - Gen Con - Keeping Your Voice vs. Getting Sick 04:04 - Gen Con - Attendence and Crowds 06:34 - Gen Con - Sprawling Events 09:58 - Gen Con - Games at …
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Playin' the Classics
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Tom, Julie, and Eric start looking forward to their next convention adventures now that Gen Con is done (though, since we're recording before Gen Con, we can't discuss anything that happened there just yet). We focus on the joy of playing older games, especially with players who haven't experienced them before. We delve into the Tale of Horror vaul…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Two Steps Forward Two Steps Back
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Tom, Julie, and Eric look back at Dice Tower East, and look forward to Gen Con, including which events they'll be at, and what games they're looking forward to. And, pressed for time, they share a Rose, Thorn, or Hula Hoop that will be available at Gen Con. 00:49 - Who Is Julia Hern? 02:13 - Dice Tower East Recap - Events 10:35 - Dioce Tower East -…
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Returning from Strath, Dabria persuades the spirit of Ash De la Rosa, who is possessing her best friend's body (Una), to explain the story of Amberreach. A small ghost town holding the last shards of her own humanity in Ash's quest for power and Una's childhood. Appearing in this episode: ASH de la Rosa the Necromancer - Shannon Roby DABRIA the Dea…
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T4C - 10 - Weekend at Bernie's
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The Dice Tower continues their campaign of the Four Coins, based on D&D 5e, but in a world of Tom's own imagination.Από τον Tom Vasel
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Better Than The Original
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Tom, Julie, and Eric discuss the results of the Origins Awards, and share the nominees for The Dice Tower Awards' Game of the Year. Julie tells us about her trip to Origins (and Tom pines for ice cream), and we ponder the dos and don'ts of upgrading your boardgame pieces. Then, we finish the show with our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:17 - Gen …
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Benedict and Kharne tread into the frozen northern Shattered Lands where twilight magic that blends the chaos of the shattered fey rules the land. Haunted by visions they plow through the wind and snow to find the Ulfric the brother of the Sage who helped Benedict escape, with a final gift to save the people of Wolfling. BENEDICT - Brian Dowling KH…
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T4C - O9 - Age of Boltron
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The Dice Tower continues their campaign of the Four Coins, based on D&D 5e, but in a world of Tom's own imagination.
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - I Pick Things Up I Put Them Down
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Tom and Eric congratulate Julie on her successful move, which leads to a discussion on keeping your collection to a reasonable size (so you don't have to move as much). We run through the nominees for the Spiel des Jahres (Germany's Game of the Year awards), answer some questions from the mailbag, and share our recent Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.…
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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Places Please
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This time, Tom recounts his trip to BGG Spring, and Eric reviews the Dungeons and Dragons show in New York City. We act out a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, attempt to help answer a listener question, and close the show with our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:47 - Summer Events 05:26 - Dice Tower District 06:09 - Tom at BGG Spring 13:22 - Eric …
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