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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Where You Least Expect

09. September 2025 um 12:00

Tom sits at the small table. Eric's parents make friends on a cruise. Julie travels the country spreading boardgames wherever she goes. We also talk about what surprises await in those little pockets of games in places where you don't expect to find them. We delve into the mailbag for some pertinent questions, and we gather a new crop of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:50 - School Has Started, Dice Tower West, Cruise

02:40 - Eric's Parents on Alaskan Cruise

03:19 - Spiel Plans (Booth 3R315)

05:02 - Game Shelves in Unusual Spots

20:43 - Question: Playing With Bob

29:30 - Question: Storing Games While At College

34:30 - Tag Team

36:52 - Journey to Tir na nOg

41:50 - Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival

44:18 - The Four Doors

47:22 - Regicide Legacy

52:43 - Tenby

Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

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Episode 360: Yokohama Duel, Rival Cities, Twinkle Twinkle, Up or Down, Uninvited Guests at a Wedding

Von: Pickaxe
09. September 2025 um 06:01

00:00:40 Intro
00:05:30 Foot Update
00:09:30 Arkham Horror RPG – Terra Antarctic
00:14:30 Perfect Mismatch
00:19:30 Monster Pit
00:24:00 On the horizon
00:27:00 Miniature Market
00:28:00 Yokohama Duel
00:37:30 Up or Down
00:43:00 Portal Games
00:44:30 Rival Cities
00:54:30 Twinkle Twinkle
00:59:00 Game Toppers LLC
01:01:00 Uninvited Guests at a Wedding
01:08:30 Gwent
01:15:00 Outro

Yokohama Duel is a two-player strategy game set in Meiji-era Japan, where players compete as merchants navigating trade routes and foreign relations. It condenses the original Yokohama into a tighter format, emphasizing tactical movement, resource collection, and contract fulfillment. With modular setup and multiple scoring paths, it offers deep replayability in a compact package that many still trying to find the best way to victory.

Rival Cities pits two players against each other in a historical rivalry between Hamburg and Altona. Through lawsuits, trade, and political maneuvering, players vie for dominance in a tug-of-war of influence and prestige. The game can be quick playing and therefore making each decision impactful and every turn a strategic duel.

Up or Down is a fast-paced card game focused on building ascending or descending sequences, ideal for quick, engaging play. Meanwhile, Twinkle Twinkle offers a peaceful tile-laying experience where players draft transparent tiles to complete star charts and connect constellations. Both games are accessible yet clever, appealing to casual and puzzle-loving players alike.

Don’t forget to enter our contest over in the Discord channel for your chance to win a copy of Uninvited Guests at a Wedding

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Nostalgia

Von: Pickaxe
09. September 2025 um 06:00

"Well, that was your mother

And that was your father

Before you was born dude

When life was great

You are the burden of my generation

I sure do love you

But let’s get that straight"


-Paul Simon, "That Was Your Mother"


01:34 AYURIS: Nucleum (Simone Luciani & Dávid Turczi, Board&Dice, 2023)


Games Played Last Week:

04:04 -SILOS (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)

09:34 -Ayar: Children of the Sun (Mandela Fernandez-Grandon & Fabio Lopiano, Osprey Games, 2025)

17:46 -Ichor (Reiner Knizia, Bitewing Games, 2025)

24:24 -Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising (Alara Cameron, Helana Hope, and Sen-Foong Lim, Lucky Duck Games, 2023)

27:02 -Carolingi (Christoph Cantzler & Sebastian Freudenberg, Sea Cove Games, 2024)

39:17 -Giants Moving Tiny Furniture (Ian Clayman & Ken Gruhl, Exploding Kittens, 2025)

42:59 -TowerBrix (Simon Thomas, KOSMOS, 2024)


News (and why it doesn't matter):

45:36 Shackleton Base Expansion: Below. Above. Within.

47:07 Burned on Gamecrafter October 14! https://www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/burned

48:02 Container reprint, a little more minimalist this time


49:03 Topic: Nostalgia


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Two Off the Top - Ep. 2 - DoaMcoN '25 Recap

09. September 2025 um 02:33
Clef and Tim return from DoaMcoN in Kansas City where they played board games and disc golf. We share our disc golf plays of the weekend before we dive into all of the games such as Northern Pacific, Filipino Fruit Market, West Riding Revisited, Age of Industry, Kremlin, Power Grid, Come Sail Away, Marracash, Bagged & Boarded, Inca Empire and more!! Board game talks starts at 45:51 Listen to the Dads on a Map podcast! It's a great show! Join the conversation on discord at discord.gg/s8hYtWkMS3

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Episode 343: Frog Tower, Endeavor Deep Sea

09. September 2025 um 02:30

In this episode Banana, Adrian and Joe are chatting about what’s been hitting the table.

 

Adrian, has been exploring Etherstone but can’t stop talking about another game entirely.  Banana is still wondering how to make a zombie look enthusiastic in Caution Signs.  Meanwhile Joe is finding joy in creating amphibian high-rises in Frog Tower.

All this and a few laughs, so enjoy!

Sizzling Games:

Frog Tower: [37:12]

Endeavor: Deep Sea: [42:18]

Question of the Pod Recap: [54:54]

New Question of the Pod: [1:05:55]

Fired Up: [1:15:22]

New Question of the Pod: What hot new game are you excited to play and why?

 

Check out our Eventbrite page for all of our upcoming Game Days: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/board-game-bbq-32833304483

 

Has this episode left you with a thirst for more? Here are all of the games that we discussed:

 

Panda Spin: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/417323/panda-spin

Quattro Trick-Taking: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/430921/quattro-trick-taking

Etherstone: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/412086/etherstone

Res Arcana: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262712/res-arcana

Critter Ktichen: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/393429/critter-kitchen

Ransom Notes: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/349812/ransom-notes

Caution Signs: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/407805/caution-signs

Frog Tower: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/420901/kaerutawa-frog-tower

Endeavor: Deep Sea: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367966/endeavor-deep-sea

Fleet the Dice Game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/245961/fleet-the-dice-game

Three Sisters: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291845/three-sisters

White Castle: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371942/the-white-castle

Teotihuacan: City of Gods: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/229853/teotihuacan-city-of-gods

Quacks: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244521/quacks

Rebel Princess: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/381249/rebel-princess

 

SPONSORS

Our podcast is proudly sponsored by Advent Games and More Than Meeples.

 

Advent Games is an Australian online board game store based in Sydney, NSW.  http://www.adventgames.com.au/

 

More Than Meeples is an Australian retail and online game store based in Brisbane, QLD.

https://morethanmeeples.com.au/

 

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