This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 31, 2023. This week, we experience the marvel of magic, Richard Garfield explores his monstrous origins, Iello flips for the circus, and Asmodee gives the generations a good smack.

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

  • Magic the Gathering and Marvel team up
  • CMoN announces The Dead Keep
  • Skybound’s Garima Sharma elected to GAMA Board of Directors
  • Toko Island wins Children’s Game of the Year in Spain
  • King of Tokyo: Origins
  • Flip Circus coming from IELLO
  • #Inconversible: Magnificent Yomi from Underdog Games
  • Dutch InterCity by Rio Grande Games
  • Renegade to reprint Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal
  • Generational trivia game Gensmak from Asmodee
  • Machines to the Sky by The Moongrel
  • Jakarta Traffic by designer Simon Schmieder

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (14:50)

  • Scott Morris responds

 

CROWDFUNDING (17:30)

 

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 24, 2023. This week, Avalon Hill finds the spirit of Christmas, Elzra hits the battlefields, University does the time warp again, Devir Rocks Hard with a runaway, and Cora yells SPOON!

 

TOP STORIES (2:50)

  • Annabelle and the Sorcerer’s Spoon, A Children’s book in the Coraquest World
  • Betrayal at House on the Hill getting a Yuletide expansion
  • Dexterity title Battlefields from Elzra
  • Wizards of the Coast to consolidate Magic: The Gathering boosters
  • Magic the Gathering - Fallout Set
  • Magical Athlete Reprint coming from CMYK
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show Boardgame from University Games
  • RoboRally Master Builder Expansion
  • Funko releasing 6 I.P. based childrens games
  • Rock Hard: 1977 from Jackie Fox
  • Photo Tour: North America by Timashov Publishing
  • 2 Player title Lost Lights from Daniel Board Game Circus
  • Barton in Bloom by Dan Bate
  • Cosca: Take Over the Mafia

 

CROWDFUNDING (22:00)

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (33:30)

  • The luck-duck, run-amok, dice-chuck con

 

THE HOTNESS (35:55)

  1. Dune: Imperium – Uprising
  2. Obsession
  3. Ark Nova
  4. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
  5. Voidfall
  6. Molly House
  7. Nucleum
  8. Sky Team
  9. Zoo Vadis
  10. The White Castle

 

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 17, 2023. This week, top prizes go to the unknown planet, 7 Wonders earns a medal, Tom Lehmann admits winter is coming, and an epic designer makes fishy preserves.

 

TOP STORIES (1:55)

  • Essen Spiel reports numbers as biggest ever
  • Planet Unknown wins Deutscher Spiele Preis
  • Dune: Imperium Uprising invitational tournament
  • Winter Court by Tom Lehmann
  • 7 Wonders: Architects Medals expansion
  • Koinobori by designer David Bernal and Perro Loko Games
  • Salton Sea from designer David Bernal, published by Devir
  • Evil Corp by designer Jérémy Ducret and La Boîte de Jeu
  • Alpenglow by designer Sean Wittmeyer and Waterworks Games
  • Epochs: Course of Culture coming from publisher ICE Makes
  • Coral successor Islet from 2Tomatoes Games and designer Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance
  • Conservas by Scott Almes and Salt and Pepper Games
  • Manifest Destiny by designers Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim
  • Cryptid Cafe: Chefs Apprentice from Devon Mettlin and Squatchy Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:25)

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:10)

  • The Lucky Duck booth at Essen

 

THE HOTNESS (26:30)

  1. Moon
  2. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
  3. Dune: Imperium – Uprising
  4. Kutná Hora: The City of Silver
  5. Voidfall
  6. Evacuation
  7. Nucleum
  8. Ancient Knowledge
  9. The White Castle
  10. Space Marine: The Board Game

 

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 10, 2023. This week, Camilla and Corey barely get home from Germany, Barry helps slap together an episode, and this is what a podcast sounds like at 3am.

 

TOP STORIES (1:50)

  • Spiel uses AI in ads and Backerkit bans AI from projects
  • And Mattel announces Pictionary vs AI
  • Undaunted 2200 Callisto from Osprey Games
  • Aqua by Dan and Tristan Halstad with Sidekick Games
  • Kronologic from Yoann Levet and Fabien Gridel and Supermeeple
  • New edition of Medici from Steamforged Games
  • Renegade to bring Mandoo’s Vale of Eternity to North America
  • Portal Games co-publishing AI: Space Puzzle

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (10:25)

  • Go Lucky Duck

 

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 7:39am EDT

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 3, 2023. This week, Capstone gets more Cranial, the pyramids sparkle in silver and gold, Wingspan fans rebel, and there’s just a bit less cool stuff in the world.

 

TOP STORIES (3:19)

  • CoolStuff Inc to phase out board games and RPGs
  • Rebel Moon RPG sues Netflix
  • Arcane Wonders Contest
  • Capstone Games to print Cranio Creations titles
  • Flat River Group to release Lunar Rush
  • Mayfair increases their catalog…kind of
  • Wingspan Fan Art Pack
  • Mayan Curse
  • DetoNations
  • Portals by CrowD
  • The Big Five & Obelisk
  • Illuminatus
  • Sneferu
  • Silver and Gold Pyramids
  • Sixto

 

CROWDFUNDING (23:26)

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (34:13)

  • Visit Lucky Duck at Essen!

 

THE HOTNESS (35:22)

  • 10: Ark Nova
  • 9: Hegemony
  • 8: Kutna Hora
  • 7: Expeditions
  • 6: Yokohama
  • 5: SpellBook
  • 4: The White Castle
  • 3: Voidfall
  • 2: Deep Rock Galactic
  • 1: Heat: Pedal to the Metal

 

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

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