This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 15, 2023. This week, friendly skeletons rise out of deep water, maracaibo is full of pirates, Twonky is a transformer, Orleans hosts plague at the cathedral, and Dire Wolf has an uprising.

TOP STORIES (1:40)

• Deep Water Games rebrands as Friendly Skeleton
• Webbed Sphere's new Mayfair acquires Mr B. Games
• Pirates of Maracaibo from Alexander Pfister
• Boonlake: Artifacts expansion from dlp Games
• Stand alone sequel title Dune: Imperium - Uprising coming from Dire Wolf
• Horrified Greek Monsters announced by Ravensburger
• Renegade Games bringing out Tranbsformers Roborally and GI Joe Axis and Allies
• Sea Salt and Paper - Extra Salt expansion
• The Cathedral of Orléans announced by dlp
• Orléans: the Plague expansion
• Colosseum and Colosseum: Ave Titus coming from Fantasia Games
• Humanity from Bombyx and designer Yoann Levet
• Evenfall announced by dlp

CROWDFUNDING (17:10)

• License to Grill
• War of the Three Sanchos
• Zombie Chickens Prepare for the Bok-Bok-Alypse
• Chatuchak
• Call of Duty: the Board Game

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:50)

• GenCon wrap up

THE HOTNESS (27:10)

1. Mistwind
2. Ark Nova
3. Great Western Trail: New Zealand
4. Horrified: Greek Monsters
5. Nucleum
6. Pirates of Maracaibo
7. Sky Team
8. Ascendancy
9. Disney Lorcana
10. Dune: Imperium – Uprising

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 8, 2023. This week, hashtag Linecana, colossal boxes for colossal cats, we’re above board about Above Board, and mah wife!

TOP STORIES

• Linecana
• GenCon Card Theft
• Above Board
• Colossal Cat in the Box

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 1, 2023. This week, Chinatown becomes a water park, why would anyone camp on bear mountain, we Unexpectedly overflow with Scoundrels, and a GenCon Summer is truly Spectacular.

TOP STORIES (1:30)

• Many Summer Spectacular Announcements
• War of the Ring expansion Kings of Middle Earth
• Helvetiq is releasing On the Road by Gabriele Bubola and Leo Colovini
• Repos announces Waterfall Park, a retheming of Chinatown
• Unrest coming from Pandasaurus
• Double Thieves from publisher Melobodo
• SweaterBear Games announces Bear Mountain Camping Adventure
• ThinkFun publishing Goats Day Out and Meet Mahjong
• Art Society by Mighty Boards and Mitch Wallace
• New Pathfinder board game Elemental Stones from Paizo
• Critical Role Season 3 adapted to a card game by Manny Vega
• 3000 Scoundrels Double or Nothing Expansion
• Libellud announces Dixit MNK expansion with Polish museum art
• Paper Dungeons Side Quest Expansion

CROWDFUNDING (24:40)

• Ding Dong
• Cyclades Legendary Edition
• Baron von Zom’s Dice of the Undead
• Wizards and Co

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:05)

• Lucky Duck at GenCon

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 25, 2023. This week, duels are romantik, we open the floodgates to name everything ever, Skybound is doubly invincible, and monkey poo smells like bananas.

TOP STORIES (2:05)

• Enoch Fryxelius reveals solo only expansion to Terraforming Mars
• Dorfromantik: the Duel
• Corvids from DVC Games
• Funforge announces cooperative tower defense title Runemasters
• Keymaster Games creating new version of Harvest
• Draw and Race title Turbo Kidz coming from Scorpion Masque
• EmperorS4 announcves Walking in Burano Roll and Write
• Realtime game Firefighters on Duty from designers of Project Elite
• Monkey See Monkey Poo
• Family title Expedition into the Word Kingdom from Asmodee
• Green Team Wins designer announces Everything Ever
• Two titles based on Invincible announced at Comicon
• Belgian Beers Race Dice coming from BYR Games
• Risk Strike released by Hasbro

CROWDFUNDING (19:15)

• Shards of Infinity Saga Collection
• Shadows of Brimstone Lost Tombs and The Hell Train
• Planet Unknown Supermoon
• Crisis 1914
• Serengeti Sanctuary
• Stonespine Architects

SPONSOR UPDATE (29:00)

• Flamecraft GenCon promo card

THE HOTNESS (30:40)

• Heat: Pedal to the Metal
• Challengers!
• Dune: Imperium
• The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
• Ark Nova
• The Witcher: Old World
• Expeditions
• Dorfromantik: The Board Game
• My Gold Mine
• Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 18, 2023. This week, children's games involve teeth and butts, Nature is the end to Evolution, in the 25th century we all ride sheep, and award shows are a challenge.

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Keymaster Games lawsuit
• Spiel des Jahres winners announced
• GAMA Horizons Foundation Applications due July 31
• Exploding Kittens to do childrens games under Kitten Games
• English edition of Splito coming from 25th Century Games
• Eila and Something Shiny coming from North Star Games
• Nature, final game in Evolution series, from North Star Games
• Karma Games announces Clans of Caledonia expansion and flip & write title Penninsula
• Horror on the Orient Express board game announced by Chaosium
• Mutton Bustin’ by publisher 25th Century Games
• Savage Bowl Trick Taking Games from Ninja Star Games and Burekeke Games
• Making Board Games - The CGE Documentary docuseries on YouTube

CROWDFUNDING (17:10)

• Tanares Adventures
• Nestlings
• Ovation
• RPG Quest-a-Day desk calendar
• Hamlet by the Lake
• Mordred

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:40)

• Sunjutsu haiku series

NEW RELEASES (29:10)

• Rome in a Day by Evgeny Petrov and Alley Cat Games
• Oltree: Undead and Alive expansion by Antoine Bauza and John Grumph, published by Studio H
• Clever 4Ever by Wolfgang Warsch and Stronghold Games
• Marvel DAGGER by Dane Beltrami, published by Fantasy Flight Games
• Skoventyr by Morten Monrad Pedersen and inPatience
• Guns or Treasure by Bryce Brown and Castillo Games
• Dubious by Dave Neale and Arcane Wonders
• Happy Bee by Maxime Rambourg and Theo Riviere, published by Helvetiq

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 11, 2023. This week, Cephalofair finally does something about 40 pound games, the fertile crescent may be returning, Everdell goes from superfluous tree to superfluous lighthouse, and say aah for doctor rat.

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Everdell Farshore coming from Tabletop Tycoon
• Doctor Rat from Challengers! Designer Johannes Krenner and Blue Orange Games
• Schmidt Spiele is bringing us to Kuhfstein
• Mandoo Games announces The Vale of Eternity
• Jokkmokk coming from WizKids
• Tigris and Euphrates might have a mysterious reprint at Essen
• Rummy title Romi Rami coming from Randolph and Hachette
• Japanese card game Nana coming to West as Trio from Cocktail Games
• Explorers of Navoria from designer/illustrator Meng Chunlin and Dranda Games
• Reiner Knizia title Sunrise Lane coming from Horrible Guild
• Exploding Kittens releasing new party game

CROWDFUNDING (15:20)

• Phantom Epoch
• Eldfall Chronicles: Northern Wind
• Burning Banners: Rage of the Witch Queen
• Mystery of the Abbey
• Gloomhaven: Grand Festival
• Coloma New Prospects

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:00)

• Flamecraft available on Lucky Duck web store

THE HOTNESS (27:55)

1. Expeditions
2. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
3. Dune: Imperium
4. Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020
5. The Witcher: Old World
6. 頼りない魔法使い (Unreliable Wizard)
7. The White Castle
8. Gloomholdin'
9. Everdell Farshore
10. Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 4, 2023. This week, all hail Essy the Ocicat, that which was lost was found, Arcane opens a world of wonders, and Board and Dice goes on a side quest.

TOP STORIES (2:30)

• Essen Spiel gets a mascot
• Origins 2023 attendance numbers released
• The One Ring card for Magic the Gathering has been found
• CMoN announces Mordred
• CDSK Trivia game coming from Hachette and Randolph
• Mech A Dream from Blue Orange Games
• World Wonders by Zé Mendes releasing at GenCon from Arcane Wonders
• Unlocked Kids titles based on Secret of Kell movies
• Sidequest Escape Room Games based on Nemesis and 7th Sea coming from Board & Dice
• Skoventyr published by InPatience and Asmodee
• Mixlore announces Bridgerton - The High Society Game
• Avatar - Crossroads of Destiny announced by Funko and Prospero Hall
• Hund by Klaus Geis and BoardM Factory
• Noobs in Space coming from Challengers! designers Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawitscheck

CROWDFUNDING (19:50)

• Firefly 10th Anniversary Edition
• Faeries and Magical Creatures
• Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
• Crossbows and Catapults
• The Glade
• Shipwrights of the North Sea Redux

SPONSOR UPDATE (30:05)

• Nestlings from Tangerine Games

THE HOTNESS (32:10)

1. World Wonders
2. Mystery of the Abbey
3. Dune: Imperium
4. Earth
5. Ark Nova
6. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
7. The Witcher: Old World
8. Cyclades: Legendary Edition
9. Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020
10. Barcelona

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 27, 2023. This week, wonder-ful designers play with punk, old webs spotlight the Mayfair, Road To Infamy Games cuts the cheese, and Cool Mini is a rather silly place.

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• Play Punk Studio founded by Antoine Bauza and Thomas Provoost
• Mayfair Games returns as Webbed Sphere
• Diana Jones Awards finalists announced
• Monty Python expansion for Zombicide coming from CMoN
• Forest Shuffle from Lookout Games
• Sushi Go - Spin Some for Dim Sum
• Gloomhaven digital is coming to consoles in September
• Exploding Kittens rethemes Dobble/Spot It as Anarchy Pancake
• Archeologic from Ludonaute and Yoann Levet
• Doggerland from Laurent Guilbert and Jérôme Daniel Snowrchoff
• Knarr from Bombyx and designer Thomas Dupont
• Fromager coming from Road To Infamy Games with designers Matthew O'Malley and Ben Rosset
• KTBG revisiting Wasabi

CROWDFUNDING (16:05)

• Loam
• Castellans of Valeria
• Adventure Party
• Groo the Board Game
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. the Board Game
• Witchcraft

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:45)

• Scott Morris monologues

THE HOTNESS (26:25)

1. Archeos Society
2. Dune: Imperium
3. Mystery of the Abbey
4. Scarface 1920
5. Ark Nova
6. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
7. The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
8. The Witcher: Old World
9. Pyramido
10. Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 20, 2023. This week, some call PWH a Space Cowboy, it’s spelled M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y, trick or treaters get DWARVEN GOLD, and Spain has one Paella to rule them all. And in the darkness bind them.

TOP STORIES (2:45)

• Spanish game store Gremio de Dragones offering $2M and a Paella for the One Ring MtG card
• Spellbook coming from Phil Walker Harding and Space Cowboys
• Quartermaster Direct bringing Last Resort by Oliver Brooks
• Alpaca from Christian Giove and Gate on Games
• Treasure of the Dwarves by Bruno Faidutti and Trick or Treat Studios
• Pythagoras Games announces Gods of Rome and Lata
• Ravensburger update on fixes coming to Puerto Rico 1897
• Monopoly Scrabble. Yes, Monopoly Scrabble.
• Clue Conspiracy

CROWDFUNDING (13:10)

• Conquest Priness: Fashion is Power
• Sanssouci
• Kartini From Light to Darkness and Third Crusade
• Tiny Epic Boxes
• Stroganov Turukhan
• Monsters of Loch Lomond

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:30)

• Frosthaven Companion App

NEW RELEASES (25:30)

• Taelmoor by Eli Delventhal, Willem Delventhal and Zac Delventhal, self published by Delve Brothers
• Archaeos Society by Paolo Mori, published by Asmodee
• Hair of the Dog by Alexander Jerabek and Cherry Picked Games
• Seas of Strife by Mark Major and Rio Grande
• GAP by Rico Besteher and Frank Noack, published by Arcane Wonders
• Tiny Epic Vikings by Scott Almes and Gamelyn Games
• Books of Time by Filip Glowacz, published by Board and Dice
• Dorfromantik by Michael Palm and Lukas Zach, published by Pegasus Spiele
• Vaalbara by Olivier Cipiere and Studio H
• Stranger Things: Upside Down by Rob Daviau and Cool Mini or Not
• Inside Job by Tanner Simmons, published by Thames and Kosmos
• My City: Roll and Build by Reiner Knizia, published by Thames and Kosmos
• Tribes of the Wind by Joachim Thôme and Hachette

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 13, 2023. This week, Hasbro is a true Renegade, Ravensburger gets the Upper Hand, Mantic reanimates vermicelli, and the Kaedama team smurfily smurfs the smurfing smurf.

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Upper Deck suing designer Ryan Miller and publisher Ravensburger over Lorcana
• Renegade publishing Heroscape
• Maestro Media to work on a cooperative Smurfs Game in 2024 with team Kaedama
• Beacon Patrol by designer/illustrator Torben Ratzlaff and publisher Pandasaurus Games
• Terraria Boad Game coming from publisher Paper Fort Games
• Finish Line from Queen Games
• Queen Games re-implementing DungeonQuest for Dragonquest: Fantasy Dice Game
• Lacuna by Mark Gerrits and CMYK
• Comet coming from Peter Prinz and Funtails
• Coney by Giampaolo Razzino and Little Rocket Games
• String Railway by Hisashi Hayashi coming to crowdfunding
• Worms Board Game coming from Team 17 and Mantic Games
• Lands of the Mesozoic coming from Ander Guinea and Worthington Publishing

CROWDFUNDING (18:45)

• Asteroid Dice
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice - Apocalypse
• The Last Spell
• AEG Expansion Extravaganza
• French Quarter
• Roll on the Range

SPONSOR UPDATE (29:00)

• Into the Godsgrave

THE HOTNESS (30:50)

1. Dune: Imperium
2. Sanssouci
3. Ark Nova
4. Gloomhaven: Second Edition
5. Earth
6. Ark Nova
7. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
8. Galactic Cruise
9. Beast
10. Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
11. The Witcher: Old World

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