Roll over, Erasmus. We travel back to Elizabethan England for an in-depth look at Noblemen, a game about managing country estates and attending masquerade balls. The goal? Impress the Queen.

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10 D10 for 10th Episode We have achieved double digits in our number of podcasts!!! I know it doesn’t seem like much being only #10, but hey, when you set […]

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In episode 40, the gangs all here and they dig into the beautifully meaty 3x euro game, Archipelago and give you a walkthrough and review. Then Tony cracks open his RSS reader to feed the news to your ears. Then the founders spotlight one of their favorite game designers, Vlaada Chvátil and argue about the meaning of Cinematic RPG Campaigns.

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Just watched the Dice Tower Video on the 10 games not to play with angry people and it got us thinking, what games get under our skin especially when we […]

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In this episode, we take a look at Galaxy Trucker, Legends of Andor, Beer & Vikings, Wiz-War, and more! We start a new contest, answer a pile of questions, and end the show talking about our top ten political board games.

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Built to last. We celebrate the show's 7th anniversary with blocks of marble and tiki huts. We review of Palaces of Carrara and Hawaii, two games about building that offer challenge and strategy from a set of seemingly simple choices.

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In this VERY SERIOUS podcastery from renowned “Men of letters” Paul and Quinns, we answer the questions that some people, somewhere, might want answered. Are board games cool? When is it about American-style boardgames? We also wonder if there’s a The Matrix board game but there isn’t.

On the way we  discuss all sorts of hot releases, including Relic, Talisman, Netrunner, Labyrinth, Last Night on Earth and even PERUDO! Because reasons.

Relic, Android: Netrunner, Love Letter

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In Episode 9, we talk about worker placement games. Next to card games, these have become some of my favorite games to play. They provide the strategy that I enjoy […]

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In this episode of the Dice Tower, we return to normalcy. Well, mostly - Geoff joins us to talk about white noise, Brian returns with Cult of the Old, and we have a new contributor - Tish - who discusses gaming on a budget. We discuss Al Rashid, Lord of the Rings Dice Building Game and more - and talk a bit about Tabletop Gaming Day. News, a Tale of Horror, and Musings On all come before our question of the week - "Have you ever thrown a game away, and why?"

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Episode 42

– Welcome – News – None really! Deck building suggestions from Caleb – Content:

– How to store cards?

– Review of an awesome storage solution from Dan at Boardgame Geek:

http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/152772/uk-based-card-storage-game-components

– What is your favourite quest and why?

– The Hobbit: On the Doorstep Quest 1 card analysis

– Sign off

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In episode 39, the founders welcome a new member to the gang, Steve! The guys kick back and dig into the new Fantasy Flight fantasy co-op, Legends of Andor. Tony mispronounces all of the gaming news as the crew chimes in. Then we head to the coffee shop for some games best played in the aforementioned setting. Lastly Brian talks about his experiences playing RPGs with new gamers.

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In this short segment, Marty and I discuss our opinions on whether or not social deductions games like Resistance, Resistance: Avalon, Ultimate Werewolf are good games or not. This discussion […]

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It's a new page for the Dice Tower in this mega-episode. In this show, Eric is joined by a host of contributors, including some voices not heard from in a while. He talks about several recent games, answers a pile of questions, and ends the show with the top ten worker placement games.

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Urban cardboard jungles. We review three games, each with their own take on urban planning: from the futuristic treehouses of Ginkgopolis to the crowded streets of Suburbia to the far flung shore of France and the walls of Saint Malo.

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In Episode 8, Marty and I invited to the show the founder and leader of The Queen City Gaming Club, Alex. We had always planned to bring Alex on the […]

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