This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 11, 2022. This week, Reiner Knizia continues to turtle forward, Matagot has decided to never grow up, Burgundy gets some major bling, and Pegasus mines for helium in the sky.

 

TOP STORIES (2:01)

• Skymines coming from Alexander Pfister and Victor Koblike
• Bureau of Investigation from Space Cowboys
• Orichalque from Bruno Cthala and Johannes Goupy
• Reiner Knizia Turtle Mania coming to retail
• D&D Three Dragon Ante expansion
• Sa-Rê from Francois Bachelart
• Peter Pan by Matagot
• MetroX expansion map pack 2
• Castles of Burgundy deluxe edition
• Rattus Big Box

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:31)

• Bad Karmas and Teburu
• ONUS! Traianus
• Encyclopedia
• Nightmare Cathedral
• Age of Rome
• Mercurial

 

NEW RELEASES (17:04)

• Free Radicals
• Bohnanza 25th Anniversary Edition
• First Empires
• Key to the Kingdom
• Deckscape: Dracula's Castle

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (19:57)

• Pocket Detective
• Dark Quarter Kickstarter April 12

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 4, 2022. This week, WizKids plays rock, paper, Spider-Man, Agricola is nearly old enough to drive, and ION Games covers the alphabet from Vendel to Viking.

 

TOP STORIES (3:45)

• Gamefound opens its doors for all creators
• Marvel Age of Heroes teased by WizKids
• Marvel Rock, Paper, Heroes coming from WizKids
• Agricola15 announced by Lookout Games
• Prequel to Pax Viking, Vendel to Viking, coming from ION Games
• Chip Theory Games opens a Curio store
• Stonemaier Games selling Disc Golf Discs for April Fools
• 2-player skirmish game Dungeons and Dragons Onslaught announced by WizKids
• Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies coming from WizKids
• Cholas the Sculptors coming from Mad4Fun Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:35)

• Route East by designers Jonny Hale, George Vernon-Hunt, and Petra Opelova
• Habitats, BasketBoss, and 9 Lives by BoardGameTables.com
• Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition expansions by designers Sydney Engelstein, Jacob Fryxelius, and Nick Little
• Oak by designer Wim Goossens and publisher Game Brewer
• Tidal Blades: Rise of the Unfolders from Druid City Games along with designers Tim and Ben Eisner
• Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar by Prospero Hall and Funko Studios

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:10)

• Chronicles of Netflix

 

THE HOTNESS (23:45)

1. Ark Nova by designer Mathias Wigge and Capstone Games
2. Nightmare Cathedral from designer Błażej Kubacki
3. Darkest Doom by Mario Zattini
4. Age of Rome by Vangelis Efthimiou and Antonios Yannopoulos
5. Dead Reckoning by John D. Clair and AEG
6. Dune: Imperium by designer Paul Dennen and Dire Wolf
7. Encyclopedia by designers Eric Dubus and Olivier Melison
8. Cascadia from designer Randy Flynn and Flatout Games
9. Agricola 15 by Uwe Rosenberg and Lookout Games
10. Return to Dark Tower from Restoration Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 28, 2022. This week, the good doctor Knizia upgrades from a city to an island, another obscure IP from the 80s goes tabletop, and Oink gets Overload from Order 66.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Catan Studios announces Catan: Dawn of Humankind
• My Island coming from Reiner Knizia and KOSMOS
• Rails to the North expansion coming for second edition of Great Western Trail
• New details for Star Wars Outer Rim expansion Unfinished Business
• Mortum Medieval Detective coming from Arcane Wonders
• Mobile Markets: A Smartphone Inc Game coming to retail after GenCon 2022
• Keepers announced from Van Ryder
• Northgard: Uncharted Lands coming to retail from Studio H
• Escape From New York crowdfunding from Pendragon Studios in late 2022
• My Little Pony deckbuilding game coming from Renegade
• Two new Oink Games titles announced

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:45)

• Solar 175 by designers Joseph N and Madeleine Adams, published by Cogito Ergo Meeple
• Small City by designer Alban Viard
• Monster Pit from Elzra with designers Aron West and Nick Seddon
• Motor City by Ben Pinchback and Matt Riddle
• Library Labyrinth from designers Jessica Metheringham and Mill Goble along with Dissent Games
• Island Alone by designer Radosław Ignatów
• Tamashii: Chronicle of Ascend by designers Kamil Cieśla, Łukasz Włodarczyk, and Robert Plesowicz with Awaken Realms Lite

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:35)

• The Dark Quarter

 

NEW RELEASES (25:10)

• Siege of Runedar by Reiner Knizia, published by Asmodee
• Blaze by the HeidelBÄR Games Team, published by HeidelBÄR Games
• Happy City by Airu Sato and Toshiki Sato, published by Gamewright
• Rulebenders by Tom Vandeweyer, published by Game Brewer
• Dungeon Drop: Wizards and Spells by Scott R. Smith, published by Phase Shift Games
• Museum: Pictura by Eric Dubus and Olivier Melison, published by Holy Grail Games
• Wise Guys by Phil Yates and Gale Force 9

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 21, 2022. This week, Flat River gets fatter, Portals appear in Brazil, Smirkin’ Boopin’ Cats fall off the bed, and GAMA LAMA BOBAMA.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• AEG announces Shake That City
• Empire's End coming from John D Clair and Brotherwise Games
• Planet Unknown from Adam's Apple Games coming to retial
• Hybrid deck builder SolForge Fusion coming from Justin Gary and Richard Garfield
• Tile placement game Akropolis announced by Hachette
• Flat River Group acquires distributor Luma and Synapses Games
• Smirk and Dagger releasing abstract game Boop
• Portal Games to co-publish Brazil: Imperial by Zé Mendes
• Ahoy is next asymmetrical title from Leder Games
• Marvel: Remix is WizKid's next IP version for Fantasy Realms
• Grand Gamers Guild selling Ukraian Ambassador promo card to help support refugees
• Stonewall: Uprising, a historical treatment of the gay rights movement in America, coming from Taylor Shuss

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:35)

• Alice in Wordland: Curiouser and Curiouser from DrawLab Entertainment
• Illiterati from designers Gary Alaka, Rob Chew, and Jon Kang
• Rumors and Legends by designer Reuben Brunson and BIGABOT Games
• Small Samurai Empires: Rise of Tokugawa by Milan Tasevski and Archona Games
• Hamlet from designer David Chircop and publisher Mighty Board
• Tiwanaku by designer Olivier Grégoire and Sit Down Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:50)

• Sherlock: Case Connection gameplay from GAMA

 

NEW RELEASES (22:50)

• The Smoky Valley by Claude Sirois, published by Spielworxx
• Marvel Champions: Sinister Motives from Fantasy Flight Games
• Marvel Legendary: Doctor Strange & The Shadows of Nightmare from Upper Deck Entertainment
• Iki from designer Koota Yamada and publisher Sorry We Are French
• Caper: Europe from Keymaster Games and designer Unai Rubio
• Ginkgopolis: The Experts 3rd edition from Pearl Games and designer Xavier Georges
• Dune: CHOAM and Richese Expansion from Gale Force 9
• Glory Islands by Arve D. Fühler, published by Rio Grande Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 14, 2022. This week, Wild Leviathan moon crabs channel spirits of Pandemics past, Ravensburger turns to the dark side, sinister streets and villagers head to the moon, and AEG Smashes it with Disney.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Moon Crab Games forms from ex- ZMan and FFG designers, announces Leviathan Wilds
• Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side announced from Ravensburger
• Renegade publishing Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done by Seth Jaffee
• Sinister Games announces Moon
• BoardGameTables.com is publishing Habitats from Cwali
• Funko announces Rear Window game
• 3 upcoming Expansions to Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition detailed
• Sheddin/Climbing card game 535 being brought to US by Portland Game Collective
• Disney Smash Up announced by AEG
• Village Rails coming from designers Brett J. Gilbert and Matthew Dunstan
• Designer Chip Cole, 25th Century Games, and Squatchy Games bringing Cryptid Cafe to retail

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:45)

• Tang Garden: Seasons by designers Francesco Testini and Pierluca Zizzi
• Behext from Smirk and Dagger
• Ahau Rulers of Yucatan from Oláh Tamás
• Pilgrim from designer Nick Case and A-Muse-Ment Games
• Twin Palms from designer Kristi B and publisher Bink Ink
• The Lost Code by designer Leo Colovini
• Way Too Many Cats by Carla Kopp and Weird Giraffe Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (22:10)

• Dark Quarter Kickstarter coming April 14

 

THE HOTNESS (23:40)

1. Hamlet by designer David Chircop and Mighty Boards
2. Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge and Feuerland Spiele
3. Borderlands from designers Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, and Peter Olotka
4. Long Shot: The Dice Game from Chris Handy and Perplext Games
5. Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen from Gale Force 9
6. Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side from Ravensburger
7. Batman: Everybody Lies from Portal Games
8. Dune: Imperium from Dire Wolf and designer Paul Dennen
9. Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition by Stronghold Games
10. Cascadia from designer Randy Flynn

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 7, 2022. This week, Por-tal woos Thor-gal, the gods over San Francisco are also sleeping, and Capstone likes big box and they cannot lie.

 

TOP STORIES (1:35)

• GTS becomes exclusive distributor for Stonemaier
• Portal Games bringing Thorgal to Gamefound in May 2022
• New details on Betrayal House on the Hill 3rd edition
• Terra Mystica Big Box coming from Capstone
• Endangered: Monarch Butterflies
• Sequel for The LOOP announced from Pandasaurus
• Dying Light board game teased
• Parks and Rec Party game coming from Funko
• Dune Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen
• Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies
• New “Rising” game - Fire Nation Rising
• Teburu computerized board game system gets Sword & Sorcery

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:07)

• Trinity of Reign
• Waterline
• Crabs in a Bucket
• Starship Interstellar
• Circuitry
• Lobotomy 2: Manhunt

 

SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (18:31)

• Lucky Duck Games makes a showing at Dice Tower West

 

NEW RELEASES (20:26)

• Mystic Vale: Essential Edition
• Rest in Peace
• Pictures: Orange Expansion
• Set a Watch: Swords of the Coin Expansion
• Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall
• Agricola: Consul Dirigens Expansion

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 28, 2022. This week, a box of games gets the hatchet, Herr Doktor Knizia hangs 10, the house up on that hill is once again betrayed, and Carcassonne is lost in the fog.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Hachette Livre acquires La Boîte de Jeu
• Cardboard Edison award finalists announced
• Longboard coming by Reiner Knizia and publisher 25th Century Games
• 3rd edition of Betrayal at House on the Hill teased by Avalon Hill
• Lord of the Rings EXIT game has release date
• Multiple Disney titles coming
• New cooperative Carcassonne stand-alone expansion announced
• Wizard of Oz Adventure Book game coming from Ravensburger
• Gamewright releasing Scratch and Play, a series of solitaire game sheets

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:05)

• Hand to Hand Wombat by designers Matthew Inman and Elan Lee
• Deep Rock Galactic designer Ole Steiness and MOOD Publishing
• Iron Forest from Brain Games and designer team Brian Gomez
• Tindaya by designer Lolo González
• 51st State Ultimate Edition by Ignacy Trzewiczek and Portal Games
• Earth from designer Maxime Tardif and Inside Up Games
• Kingdoms Forlorn from Marcin Welnicki and Into the Unknown Publishing

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (19:20)

• Chronicles of Crime Millenium Series

 

NEW RELEASES (21:40)

• Voices in my Head by Corey Konieczka and Unexpected Games
• Welcome to the Moon by Alexis Allard and Benoit Turpin, published by Blue Cocker Games
• Port Royal Big Box by Alexander Pfister and Pegasus Spiele
• Star Wars: Jabba's Palace – A Love Letter Game by Justin Kemppainen and Z-Man Games
• Full Throttle by Friedemann Friese and Rio Grande Games
• A Game of Thrones: B’twixt from Fantasy Flight Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 21, 2022. This week, Kickstarter chain blocks blockchain, Ravensburger plans to put its money where its mouth is, and board games finally help us learn to tie our shoes.

 

TOP STORIES (1:29)

• Kickstarter is backing off of blockchain
• Ravensburger plans on crowdfunding a few games through Gamefound
• Investors trying to split WotC from Hasbro
• San Francisco by Reiner Knizia
• Eyelet by Amabel Holland
• The Border by Keisling and Staupe
• Lucky Duck - Sherlock Case Connection
• StoneSaga from Out of My Mind Games
• Route East from LostVenture Games
• Gloomhaven digital getting Jaws of the Lion DLC
• Sidereal Confluence: Bifurcation
• Goofy Movie Game

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:06)

• Jiangnan: Life of Gentry
• Astro Knights
• Seas of Havoc
• Evolution New World
• Trekking Through History
• Floating Floors

 

SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (20:11)

• Tranquility on a tranquil cruise, Small Islands on a small island

 

THE HOTNESS (21:43)

• Earth
• Ark Nova
• Ostia
• Kingdoms Forlorn
• Voices in my Head
• Tindaya
• Dune: Imperium
• Tiny Epic Dungeons
• Lost Ruins of Arnak
• Terraforming Mars

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 14, 2022. This week, Gamefound finds a German sugar daddy, the courts decide matters of Life and Life, and Holy Munchkin Batman!

 

TOP STORIES (1:59)

• Ravensburger buys into Gamefound
• Game of Life lawsuit
• Hamlet coming March 8 to KS from Mighty Boards
• Yosemite from WizKids
• Moonbases and Mars expansions for Maglev Metro
• Rest in Peace
• Munchkin Batman!
• Marvel Champions: Nova

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:30)

• Jungleball by designer Biagi Calicchia and Orto Games
• Ostia by designer Totsuca Chuo and Japanese publisher Uchibacoya
• Chang'an by Deer Park, with designers Carlo Camarotto and Nestore Mangone
• Wreckland Run y Renegade Games and designer Scott Almes
• Rolling Heights by John D Clair and AEG
• UnFair CHKO Expansion from Joel Finch and Good Games Publishing

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (18:20)

• Sherlock: Case Connection

 

NEW RELEASES (20:04)

• Paris L’Etoile from Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, published by Game Brewer
• Stroganov by Andreas Steding, published by Game Brewer
• Hippocrates by Alan Orban, published by Game Brewer
• Journeys in Middle Earth: Spreading War by Nathan I. Hajek and Grace Holdinghaus, published by Fantasy Flight
• Shinkansen: Zero Kei by Llama Dice, published by Ludonova
• Tales from the Loop the Board Game by Rickard Antroia and Martin Takaichi, published by Free League Publishing

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 7, 2022. This week, Stonemaier goes rogue for liberty, the lightest of games gets the most extravagant of editions, and Queen’s new project is falling down, falling down, falling down.

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

• Snowbright Studios hires T Caires
• Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest announced by Stonemaier Games
• Old London Bridge coming from Queen Games
• Exploding Kittens crowdfunding Hand-to-Hand-Wombat
• Revive coming from Aporta Games with designers Helge Meissner, Eilif Svensson, Anna Wermlund and Kristian Amundsen Østby
• Gale Force 9 announces Tusk!
• Space Station: Phoenix coming from Rio Grande Games
• Legendary: The Spy Who Loved Me expansion coming in February
• Wavelength digital app coming from CMYK
• Tsuro Luxury Edition coming from Calliope
• Gale Force 9 and Paizo team up for three new games in 2022
• Dominion: Seaside getting second edition from Rio Grande

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:45)

• Sync or Swim from Lucas Divya Hedgren, published by Bezier Games
• Thunder Road Vendetta from Restoration Games
• Hike! from designers Blaž Hribar and Nika Mlinarič
• Skate Summer by Pandasaurus and designer Randy Reiman
• La Granja Deluxe Master Set from Board&Dice with Andreas “ode” Odendahl and Michael Keller
• Purple Haze from PHALAX and designer Bernard Grzybowski

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:05)

• What a Wonderful World

 

NEW RELEASES (25:25)

• Now or Never from Red Raven Games and artist/designer Ryan Laukat
• Three Sisters, by Ben Pinchback, Matt Riddle, and Motor City Gameworks
• BoonLake by Capstone Games and designer Alexander Pfister
• Maracaibo: Uprising by Capstone Games and designer Alexander Pfister
• Squaring Circleville by Spielworxx and designer Matt Wolfe
• Bequest by WizKids Games and designer Marek Tupy

 

 

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