This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 21, 2023. This week, the office dog brings in 3 new toys, Century Spice Road makes it big, Exploding Kittens blocks, and Reiner Knizia officially prints a classic.

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• Asmodee's Office Dog announces its first three titles
• Century Spi8ce Road Big Box Edition announced
• Throw Throw Burrito expansion Block Block Burrito
• Line Dice from publisher Sunny Bird
• Carlo A Rossi's Ab in die Tonne coming as Mountain 53
• Restoration Games announces 3rd Unmatched Marvel set - Teen Spirit
• Puerto Rico 1897 Woes and Solutions
• Reiner Knizia Members Only coming back as Classic Art
• Blind Business designed by Andrew Roy, published by Devir
• We're Sinking coming from Joseph Frederick and Ludamus Games
• Nervos announced by Kentaiki and Taiki Shinzawa

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:30)

• Kuiperium
• From the Moon
• An Age Contrived
• The Quest Kids Giant Adventure
• Totem Hoarder
• Abujarras and Fisheries of Gloucester

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (25:10)

• Flamecraft and My Shelfie back in stock

 

THE HOTNESS (28:05)

1. General Orders: World War II
2. Ark Nova
3. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
4. Frosthaven
5. Darwin's Journey
6. Let's Go! To Japan
7. Distilled
8. Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
9. Earth
10. Townsfolk Tussle

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 14, 2023. This week, AEG does shrooms, The great western trail moves 6500 miles southeast, Zombicide misspells Brazil's second biggest city, and CATAN scores a goooooal.

 

TOP STORIES (2:27)

• AEG Sneak Peeks
• FunAgain to Close Webstore
• Great Western Trail New Zealand
• Diced Veggies
• Yokai Sketch
• Zombicide: Rio Z Janeiro
• Misconceptions by Rabble Games Studio
• Waffle Time
• Overboss Duel
• Free Solo Content for 3000 Scoundrels
• Catan Football Fever
• New Disney Titles from Funco
• Jasco no Longer Exclusive to Asmodee
• Obituary: Herb Levy, Founder of Gamers Alliance

 

CROWDFUNDING (15:08)

• Scholars of the South Tigris
• Red Dragon Inn 9: The Undercity
• Soda Pop Collection
• Cloud Nine
• River Wild and Ancient Realm
• Tether

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:49)

• Corey tells us about Lucky Duck and sounds terrible doing it

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 7, 2023. This week, CMoN plays some classic White Zombie…cide, Scott Almes claims the Angels Share, Osprey is under General Orders, and Awaken Realms retaliates.

 

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• CMoN announces Zombicide: White Death
• Nemesis Retaliation coming from Awaken Realms
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. the board game coming from Awaken Realms
• Art shown for Renegade's new editions of Acquire and RoboRally
• General Orders: World War II coming from Osprey
• Angel's Share teased from Spielworxx and Scott Almes
• Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze detailed by Restoration Games
• Roll and Stamp title Papillon Gardens coming from Kolossal
• Cardboard Edison Award finalists listed

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:35)

• Agueda, Color Field, and Donut Shop
• Blacksmiths of Steinnheimr
• Ascension Tactics: Inferno
• Street Fighter V Champion Edition Legend
• Alice is Missing: Silent Falls

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (16:10)

• Scott Morris part 2

 

NEW RELEASES (19:30)

• Dice Manor by Garrett Herdter and Arcane Wonders
• Blazon by David Conklin and 25th Century Games
• Joan of Arc Orleans Draw and Write by Ryan Hendrickson and Reiner Stockhausen, published by Capstone Games
• Order Overload: Cafe from Jun Sasaki and Oink Games
• Caldera Park designed by Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer, published by Pegasus Spiele
• Swindler from Matthias Cramer and Pegasus Spiele
• Findorff by Friedemann Fries and Rio Grande Games
• Crossing Oceans by Mac Gerdts and Rio Grande Games
• Star Wars: the Deckbuilding Game by Caleb Grace and Fantasy Flight Games
• Monster Inn by Roman Pelek and Pegasus Spiele
• Stack n Stuff designed by Uwe Rosenberg and Marianne Waage published by Lookout Games
• Really Loud Librarians by Ken Gruhl and Quentin Weir, published by Exploding Kittens

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 28, 2023. This week, the Akropolis is truly made of gold, all the animals escape Cartagena, Ethnos goes to the frontier of Space, and everything’s got a butt.

 

TOP STORIES (2:45)

• As d'Or Award winners announced
• Apex Legends the Board Game coming from Glass Cannon, Electronic Arts, and Respawn
• Trick or Trick Games to release new version of Gold West
• Cartagena: Escape Diaries coming from Pretzel Games and Leo Colovini
• Sea Dragons announced by Fractal Juegos
• Publisher Devir and designer Carmen García Jiménez announce Ierusalem Anno Domini
• Card game Mantis released by Exploding Kittens
• Gamewright launches children's IP card game Butts on Things
• Concordia by Mac Gerdts gets new expansion Roma/Sicilia
• New expansion coming to Reiner Knizia's deck builder, Quest for El Dorado
• Ethnos by Paolo Mori getting rethemed to Archeos Society by Space Cowboys
• Druids coming from Rio Grande Games and first time designer Federico Marcucci

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:40)

• The Search for Lost Species
• Chomp, Sail, Couture, and Mind Space
• TenTricks
• Homeworld: Fleet Command
• Stefan Feld City Collection: Vienna and Cuzco
• Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (22:15)

• Scott Morris

 

THE HOTNESS (24:15)

1. Twilight Struggle: Red Sea – Conflict in the Horn of Africa
2. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
3. Ethnos
4. Gloomhaven
5. Ark Nova
6. Frosthaven
7. Brass: Birmingham
8. HUANG
9. Archeos Society
10. Earth

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 21, 2023. This week, gaming loses its holy grail, Birmingham is finally number one, the gods of cyclades are legendary, and John Clair invades the Last Kingdom.

 

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• Holy Grail Games closes it's doors
• Brass: Birmingham reaches #1 on BGG board game rankings
• Cyclades: Legendary Edition announced from Open Sesame Games
• Restoration Games puts two Unmatched sets in the vault
• Munchkin South Park announced from TheOP and Steve Jackson Games
• Licensed title The Last Kingdom coming from John D Clair and Gamelyn Games
• Potions of Azerland teased by Grayden Baker and Warped Reality Games
• Disney Lorcana promo sets fetching high price at auction
• Coffee Rush announced by Euijin Han and Korea Boardgames Co
• Roller Coaster Rush coming to retail from Pandasaurus and Scott Almes
• Bruno Faidutti and John Kovalic working on Grail Cup for Matagot Games
• Children's title Cat and Co coming from designer Carlo A Rossi

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:55)

• Andromeda's Edge
• Witchbound
• Set a Watch: Forsaken Isles
• StoneSaga
• Tricktakers: Kings
• FORK: Fox Owl Rabbit Kale

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (18:20)

• It's a Wonderful World: Leisure and Decadence campaign expansion

 

THE HOTNESS (20:00)

1. Expeditions
2. Frostpunk: The Board Game
3.  
4. Cyclades
5. Cyclades Legendary Edition
6. Enclyclopedia
7. Dune: Imperium
8. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
9. Ark Nova
10. Forbidden Jungle
11. The Last Kingdom Board Game
12. Gloomhaven
13. Frosthaven
14. Sail
15. Brass: Birmingham

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 14, 2023. This week, gamewright welcomes Leacock to the jungle, there's a dispiration move from sentinels, and Jekykll and Hyde fight Scotland Yard.

 

TOP STORIES (1:50)

• Maestro Media hires designers
• Gears of War the Card Game
• Dungeon Scrawlers Heroes of Waterdeep
• Tricktakers
• Jekyll and Hyde vs. Scotland Yard
• Forbidden Jungle
• New Scotland Yard
• Next Station: Tokyo
• Sentinels Dispiration
• Bamboo
• New Smash Up Expansion - Excellent Movies, Dudes

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:07)

• Hollywood 1947
• Coal Baron Deluxe
• Hero Realms: Dungeons
• Zoo Vadis
• Trolls and Princesses
• Deep Shelf

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (19:34)

• Kids Chronicles DLC: The Portal

 

NEW RELEASES (21:37)

• Agricola 15th Anniversary Box
• New Puerto Rico 1897
• Keydom’s Dragons
• Twilight Struggle: Red Sea - Conflict in the Horn of Africa
• Lofoten
• Detective Rummy
• Power Plants
• Fly Home

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 7, 2023. This week, the tapestry grows larger, acquire’s acquisition from acquire accurate acquisitioner acquires accuity, the crew goes literary, and Disney goes Dixit.

 

TOP STORIES (2:25)

• Stonemaier Games announces Scythe sequel and Tapestry expansion
• Renegade Games partners with Hasbro to acquire Acquire
• Two player Quartermaster General East Front coming from Ares
• Pegasus Spiele announces Istanbul: Choose and Write
• Disney and Ravensburger announce new titles
• Publisher 25th Century Games has announced Grand Central Skyport
• Saashi and Saashi reveal stand alone expansion Get on Board: Paris and Rome
• District Noir by designers Nobutake Dogen and Nao Shimamura nominated for the As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année
• Dixit Disney coming Autumn 2023 from Libellud
• The Crew adventure book shown off at Nuremberg
• Wehrlegig Games makes 5 new game announcements
• Deep Print Games announces Triqueta from Stefan Dorra and Ralf zur Linde
• Nautilus Island coming from designers Johannes Goupy and Théo Rivière, published by Hachette
• 2p tile digging title Tanis announced from designer Phil Walker-Harding and Eagle Gryphon Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (17:25)

• All In
• Arborea
• Counter Warfare
• Fairy of Perfume

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (22:30)

• Scott Morris Special Message

 

THE HOTNESS (24:10)

1. Scythe
2. Tapestry: Fantasies & Futures
3. Frostpunk: The Board Game
4. Dune: Imperium
5. Ark Nova
6. Dwellings of Eldervale
7. Frosthaven
8. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
9. Andromeda's Edge
10. Lofoten
11. Expeditions

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 31, 2023. This week, the biggest oyster loses a Pearl, Twisted Villains grow while Azul shrinks, and Exploding Kittens make a top 10 list.

 

TOP STORIES ()

• Pearl Games Closes
• Next Move Games announces Azul Mini
• Ravensburger announces The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game
• Designers Luca Sanfilippo and Ugo Tomasello and Peekwick Dreams reveal Ynaros Fallin’
• Spiel nominee Top Ten coming to English from Exploding Kittens
• Ravensburger announces third Marvel Villainous expansion,Twisted Ambitions
• Café del Gatto by Lena Burkhardt and Julia Wagner
• Ulm designer Günter Burkhardt announces Tipperary
• Cantaloop book 3 - Against All Odds revealed by Lookout Games

 

CROWDFUNDING ()

• Wiz-War 9th Edition
• Among Cultists
• Once Upon a Line The Butterfly's Breath
• Mage Noir
• Batman: Escape From Arkham Asylum
• Marvel United: Multiverse

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE ()

• Official Frosthaven Companion App

 

NEW RELEASES ()

• Micromacro Crime City - All In by Johannes Sich, published by Pegasus Spiele
• Magna Roma: Deluxe Edition from Matteo De Nardis and Archona Games
• Rattus Big Box designed by Ase and Henrik Berg, published by Z-Man Games
• Bad Company by Kenneth Minde, Eilif Svensson and Kristian Amundsen Ostby, published by Aporta Games
• Bonfire: Trees and Creatures expansion from Stefan Feld and Pegasus Spiele
• Pan’s Island by Marc Paquien and Matagot
• Isle of Skye Big Box designed by Andreas Pelikan and Alexander Pfister, published by Lookout Games
• Mystery House: The Secret of the Pharaoh by Vincent Cornette, Perinne Kurtz, and Antonio Tinto, published by Cranio Creations
• Fuse: Countdown from Kane Klenko and Renegade Game Studios
• Atiwa by Uwe Rosenberg and Lookout Games
• Sabika by Germán P. Millán and Ludonova

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 24, 2023. This week, Portal switches to the Imperial system, 7 wonders finds a vast edifice of cardboard, more exists beyond the sun and Uwe finds some really big fish.

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• Funagain Logistics closes its doors
• Imperial Miners coming from Portal Games
• The Mind Soulmates announced by NSV
• Black Hole Buccaneers coming from Pegasus Spiele and Peter Langkjær Møller
• Roll and write title Château coming from Rolling Rhino Games
• New expansion Edifice coming to 7 Wonders
• Kingdomino spiritual successor Moon River announced by Blue Orange Games
• AllPlay reveals 4 new titles for 2023
• Beyond the Sun getting Leaders of the New Dawn expansion
• Publishers Hasbro and Funko collaborating on 25th anniversary Cranium
• Nusfjord Bix Box coming from Lookout Games
• Shadows Over Camelot designer Serge Laget passes

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:40)

• The Dice Tower 2023 Fundraiser

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (13:35)

• Oros and My Shelfie

 

HOTNESS (14:50)

1. Wingspan
2. Coal Baron
3. Sleeping Gods
4. Dune: Imperium
5. Ark Nova
6. Arborea
7. Frosthaven
8. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
9. Hollywood 1947
10. Horseless Carriage

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 17, 2023. This week, WizKids seeks the holy grail, Mad King Ludwig goes back to the drawing board, Pretzel’s Camels are up for their fourth race, and Cool Mini declares Spider-geddon on retail.

 

TOP STORIES (3:01)

• Formal Ferret and Gil Hova leaving board gaming
• Arthurian Knights from WizKids and Andrew Parks
• Terra Pyramides
• Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig
• Stampfarm
• Featherweight Fiesta
• Camel Up the Card Game
• Marvel United Spidergeddon
• MATRX GIPF

 

SPECIAL REPORT (9:22)

• D&D, WotC, OGL 2.1

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:05)

• OrcQuest War Path
• Circadians First Light Specialists Expansion
• Powerline
• Chesney

 

SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (20:14)

• Once Upon a Line
• The Dice Tower Kickstarter

 

HOTNESS (21:28)

• 10 - Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
• 9 - OrcQuest WarPath
• 8 - Wingspan
• 7 - Dune: Imperium
• 6 - Among Cultists: A Social Deduction Thriller
• 5 - Zoo Vadis
• 4 - Ark Nova
• 3 - Frosthaven
• 2 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal
• 1 - Once Upon a Line

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 10, 2023. This week, Cosmic Frogs rise up out of the Muck, Reiner Knizia expands another masterwork, Avalon Hill falls into a Yawning Portal, and I’m on a boat!

 

TOP STORIES (2:04)

• New Eden
• Chaos in Gotham City
• Cosmic Frog: Find Muck
• D&D: Yawning Portal
• Mille Fiori: Die Meisterwerke
• Noch Mal Deluxe
• Pyramido
• Goblin Vaults
• DreamQuest
• Time Capsules
• Magician's Maze

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:01)

• Circus Break
• Find the Source
• One Week Till Christmas
• Master Sweets

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (17:50)

• Once Upon a Line
• Kickstarter: January 17

 

NEW RELEASES (19:22)

• The Loop: Fur Brigade
• Precognition
• Undaunted: Stalingrad
• Woodcraft
• Dice Kingdoms of Valeria
• Siege of Valeria
• Deal with the Devil

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 3, 2023. This week, WizKids lives their very best lives, Darwin apparently apologizes for being French, Doomtown is better off in a pine box, and Rio Grande Games plays hooky.

 

TOP STORIES (2:30)

• Your Best Life by WizKids
• Velonimo by 25th Century Games and Bruno Cathala
• Doomtown: Weird West Edition from Pine Box Entertainment
• New edition of 1974 classic Kingmaker announced
• In the Footsteps of Darwin coming from Sorry We Are French
• Publisher Rio Grande announces trick taking game Hooky from designer James Miller
• Seas of Strife by Rio Grande Games confirmed for 2023
• Andy Deso and Indian publisher Kheo Games announce Panchayat
• Woodcraft Roll and Write available by print and play
• Floe from Henry Audubon and Pika Games coming to Kickstarter March 28

 

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HOTNESS (11:50)

1. Lost Ruins of Arnak
2. Flamecraft
3. Cascadia
4. Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
5. Wingspan
6. Frosthaven
7. Dune: Imperium
8. Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
9. Ark Nova
10. Heat: Pedal to the Metal

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 27, 2022. This week, Capstone declares A-zero is just for one, Lookout uses boxes as big as the Skye, and a single unit Fluxx is just downright Looney.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Designers behind Darkest Dungeon form new publishing company Fabled Games
• Solo deck deconstruction game Aleph Null coming from Capstone
• Looney Labs releases solo rules for Fluxx titles
• Fantasy Flight offers The Council Keleres faction card for Twilight Inscription
• Isle of Skye Big Box coming from Lookout Games
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Milan Uprising is next title for Teburu system
• Age of Rome designers announce next title coming from Teetotum Game Studios, Restart
• The Secret of the Pharaoh expansion coming for Mystery House

SPECIAL REPORT (9:20)

• Ice Cool is released on Roblox. An interview with an 11 year old.

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:00)

• Douc in Danger
• Dungeons and Co
• Emotional Intelligence
• Pole Position

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (19:25)

• Holiday Contest and Thank Yous
• https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=713479823551533&set=a.565688314997352

 

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 20, 2022. This week, Board Game Tables says all the play belongs to us, it’s end of the Trac for Trics, Portland is the new home for Haggis, and CMoN expands into the Multiverse.

 

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• US Edition of new cooperative Lord of the Rings game announced by KOSMOS
• French boardgame news center Tric Trac closing its doors
• BoardGameTables.com renaming itself to AllPlay
• Gardeners coming from Sit Down! Games
• Deities by Mandoo Games and Gary Kim
• The Portland Game Collective to reprint trick taker Haggis
• Minerva Tabletop Games releasing Crumbs!: The Sandwich Filler Game
• Space Base Genesis expansion free to test via print and play
• Woodcraft Roll and Write available by print and play
• Dicebreaker reports on Oath expansion and Root followup
• Marvel United: Multiverse teased by CMoN

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:15)

• Cube Monster
• Gin Crafters
• Goldblivion
• Aelderman
• Axon Protocol
• Re;Act - The Arts of War

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:45)

• Once Upon a Line

 

HOTNESS (25:05)

1. Wonderland's War
2. Splendor: Duel
3. Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
4. Wayfarers of the South Tigris
5. Flamecraft
6. Ark Nova
7. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The Adventure Game
8. Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
9. Frosthaven
10. Heat: Pedal to the Metal

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 13, 2022. This week, Kosmos works on an Inside Job, there’s a sale of Mythic proportions, and we teach AI to take over the world.

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

• CMoN and Monolith aquire properties from Mythic Games
• The Inside Job from KOSMOS
• Quilts and Cats of Calico on Steam
• Iki: Akebono expansion by Koota Yamada
• Descent: Legends of the Dark part 2 teased by Fantasy Flight
• Ares releases Fighters of the Pacific to retail
• Science reports CICERO AI from Meta playing Diplomacy
• The Hunt from designers Matthias Cramer and Engin Kunter
• Fish and Katz from Heidelbar

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:05)

• Bazaars of Ubar
• Shake That City
• Empire's End
• Pest
• Numbsters
• Mycelium

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (18:35)

• PAX, Flamecraft, Empire's End, and Oros

 

NEW RELEASES (20:35)

• Dice Hunters of Therion by Amiga Spiel and Richard Garfield
• King of Monster Island by publisher IELLO and, once again, Richard Garfield
• Elder Scrolls V Skyrim the Adventure Game designed by Javier Angeriz-Caburrasi, Juan Echenique, Stefano Guerriero, and Rob Harris, published by Modiphius Entertainment
• Orichalcum by Bruno Cathala and Johannes Goupy, published by Pandasaurus
• Saboteur: The Dark Cave by Frederic Moyersoen and Amigo Spiel
• Boop by Smirk & Laughter Games and Scott Brady
• My Lil’ Everdell by Starling Games, designed by James A. and Clarissa A. Wilson
• The Wolves by Ashwin Kamath and Clarence Simpson, published by Pandasaurus
• Warp’s Edge Anomaly Expansion by Scott Almes and Renegade Games
• Wingspan Asia expansion by Stonemaier Games and Elizabeth Hargrave

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 6, 2022. This week, Corey’s slacking off in the city of Brotherly Love, the red planet meets the silver screen, I’m in charge and nobody can stop me, MPC got their greasy fingers all over your cards, and we’re Haven a good time, Gloomhaven a good time!

 

TOP STORIES (1:13)

• Terraforming Mars getting screen adaptation
• Gloomhaven RPG
• My Lil' Everdell
• Deep Dive and Defenders of the Wild
• Across America Fluxx
• Savernake Forest
• Fried chicken scented playing cards

 

CROWDFUNDING (8:18)

• Creature Comforts: Maple Valley
• Tiny Epic Crimes
• Runar

 

SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (12:09)

• Y'know, Chronicles of Crime is a pretty good game

 

HOTNESS (13:14)

• 5 - Undaunted: Stalingrad
• 4 - Heat: Pedal to the Metal
• 3 - Pax Hispanica
• 2 - Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
• 1 - My Lil' Everdell

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 29, 2022. This week, Buttonshy explores the legacy of 18 cards, a haunted mist descends over Carcassonne, and Rio Grande reaches Terminal Velocity.

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• WildTails: a Pirate Legacy from Button Shy Games
• Planepita from publisher SzpiLAB with designers Eisuke Fujinawa and Kazunori Hori
• Mists over Carcassonne coming from Z-Man Games
• Trivial Pursuit Dungeons and Dragons Ultimate Edition
• Jump Drive expansion Terminal Velocity announced
• Saigon 75 coming from Ares
• 25th Century Games has announced the card game Gasha
• Publisher Grand Gamers Guild announces Holiday Hijinks #6 The Groundhog Gambit

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:25)

• Copan: Dying City
• Werewolf the Apocalypse: Retaliation
• Ceres
• Elden Ring the Board Game
• The Last of Us: Escape the Dark
• Peanut Butter Belly TIme

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (18:30)

• Oros

 

THE HOTNESS (21:05)

1. Flamecraft
2. Elden Ring: The Board Game
3. Dune: Imperium
4. Weather Machine
5. Pest
6. Frosthaven
7. Ark Nova
8. Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
9. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
10. Undaunted: Stalingrad

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 22, 2022. This week, Star Wars builds and Shatters, CMoN describes some Stranger Things, we Tether Broccoli together with cards, and what better gift for Weird Giraffes than Tulips?

 

TOP STORIES (2:55)

• Star Wars Shatterpoint announced by Atomic Mass Games
• KennerSpiel winner Living Forest gets expansion
• Hasbro fails to crowdfund HeroScape
• CMoN details Rob Daviau cooperative title Stranger Things Upside Down
• Tether by Mark McGee and publisher How to Steam Broccoli
• World Exchangers and World Splitters by Emperor S4
• Weird Giraffe Games announces Gift of Tulips
• Lost Ruins of Arnak second expansion
• Lots of Hachette Announcements
• Qawale from Gigamic
• Vaalbara and Vivarium from Studio H
• Tribes of the Wind from La Boîte de Jeu
• Rauha from GRRRE
• Daryl Andrews wins Game Innovator of the Year at TAGIES

 

CROWDFUNDING (16:10)

• Itten Funbrick Series
• Words of a Feather
• Survival of the Fattest
• Heroes of Might and Magic III the Board Game
• On the Underground Paris/New York
• Mad King Ludwig: Renovations

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (25:10)

• Nimalia

 

NEW RELEASES (27:50)

• Spots by Alex Hague, Jon Perry, and Justin Vickers, published by CMYK
• Brazil Imperial by Portal Games and Ze Mendes
• Lacrimosa by Gerard Ascensi and Ferran Renalias, published by Devir
• Topic_ by designer Luffy and Sit Down! Games
• Circadians: Chaos Order by S J Macdonald and Zach Smith, published by Renegade Games
• Endless Winter: Paleoamericans by Stan Kordonskiy published by Fantasia Games
• Ragnarocks, designed by Gord!, published by Grey Fox
• Splendor Duel by Marc Andre and Bruno Cathala, published by Asmodee
• Village Rails by Matthew Dunstan and Osprey Games
• Bargain Basement Bathysphere by Scott Slomiany and WizKids

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 15, 2022. This week, there’s just too much Magic, ironically Embracer’s Z-Man embraces Tragedy, Libellud finds kids a real mystery, and the news is all CATAN all the time.

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

• Hasbro stock suffers
• Tragedy Looper New Tragedies from Z-Man
• Triggs by Karin Hetling and Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag (NSV)
• Mysterium Kids announced by llibelud
• Time of Empires from Pearl Games
• Bruno Cathala's Oh My Brain coming to English from 25th Century Games
• Siliconvania coming from WizKids
• Cubosaurs coming from Catch Up Games
• Lots of CATAN news

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:55)

• Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate
• Explosion in the Laboratory
• Chicken!
• Slay the Spire
• Tabriz
• Unconscious Mind

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (20:10)

• My Shelfie

 

THE HOTNESS (22:20)

1. Dune Imperium
2. Tiletum
3. Weather Machine
4. FlameCraft
5. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
6. Ark Nova
7. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
8. Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
9. Unconscious Mind
10. Frosthaven

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 7, 2022. This week, Ravensburger wants a big family, Llama Dice and Devir go to White Castle, Exploding Kittens is a lying sack, and Legendary discovers there is no spoon.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Ravensburger is looking for the Next Big Family Game
• The White Castle by Devir and Llama Dice
• Takenoko roll and Write Takenokolor teased by Bombyx
• Telecraft by Oink Games and Geo Games
• OxEye sued by designer
• Rustling Leaves by Paolo Mori coming to English
• You Lying Sack by Exploding Kittens and Penn Jilette
• Retrograde by publisher Resonym and designers Mary Flanagan and Max Seidman
• Tiny Epic Crimes announced by Gamelyn Games
• Legendary: Matrix detailed by Upper Deck

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:25)

• Race to the Raft
• Pampero
• Cosmoctopus
• Life of the Amazonia
• The Queen's Dilemma
• Tesseract
• Mosaic: Wars and Disasters
• Cancas Finishing Touches
• Oathsworn Into the Deepwood Second Edition

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:45)

• Destinies: Witchwood

 

THE HOTNESS (26:10)

1. Tiny Epic Crimes
2. FlameCraft
3. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
4. The Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Renovations
5. ISS Vanguard
6. Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
7. King of Monster Island
8. Ark Nova
9. Slay the Spire: The Board Game
10. Unconscious Mind

 

 

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This week, Vagrants sing a song of seance, we discuss masters of IELLO cheese, the zoo craze reaches Canada, and TheOP says Hola gatito.

 

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• Vagrantsong mini-expansion Seance Scenario
• Ancient Knowledge by designer Rémi Mathieu and IELLO Games
• Hellton Palace by Jean-Baptiste Pigneur and IELLO
• Cheese Master from designers Johan Benvenuto and Alexandre Droit
• IELLO Microexpansions
• Naasii, A Coyote and Crow Game, by designer Connor Alexander
• Alhambra: The Red Palace by Dirk Henn and Queen Games
• Miller Zoo from Randolph and designer Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance
• Loteria: Hello Kitty® and Friends from TheOP
• Judge Dredd being reprinted by Rebellion Unplugged
• Monolyth from Phil Walker-Harding and CMoN
• FORK - Fox. Owl. Rabbit. Kale. A food chain trick taking game from designer Ta-Te Wu
• Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen for $100 Million

 

SPECIAL REPORT (13:15)

• Cheating in Chess
• Chess.com report on Hans Niemann

 

CROWDFUNDING (16:55)

• Rising Waters
• Roll to the Top, Pollen, and Big Top
• The Stifling Dark
• Dreadful Meadows
• Ten Plagues the Card Game
• Roll and Rails

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:10)

• Destinies: Myth and Folklore

 

NEW RELEASES (28:05)

• Carcassonne Big Box 2022 by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede and Z-Man Games
• Sidereal Confluence Bifurcation expansion by TauCeti Deichmann and WizKids
• Smash Up 10th Anniversary Box by Paul Peterson and AEG
• Solforge Fusion Booster Kit from Richard Garfield and Justin Gary, published by Stone Blade Entertainment
• Evergreen by Hjalmar Hach and Horrible Games
• Vagrantsong designed by Kyle Rowan, Justin Gibbs, and Matt Carter, published by Wyrd Miniatures
• Block and Key by David Van Drunen and Inside Up Games
• Get on Board: New York and London from Saashi and Saashi
• Ultimate Railroads from designers Helmut Ohley and Leonhard Lonny Orgler, published by Z-Man Games
• Sobek: 2 Players from Bruno Cathala and Sebastien Pauchon, published by Pandasaurus Games
• Tusk! Surviving the Ice Age from designers Sean Goodison and Mike Haught, published by Gale Force 9

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 24, 2022. This week, Asmodee proffers a glorious Welcome, AEG takes a vacation to Japan, Hachette goes from 0 to 100, and the Luzas are in the house!

 

TOP STORIES (3:00)

• Welcome by Asmodee
• Underdog Games releases HerStory by designers Nick Bentley, Emerson Matsuuchi, and Danielle Reynolds
• Lets Go to Japan by Josh Woods and AEG
• Jenga Kool Aid by TheOP
• Publisher Board&Dice announces Teotihuacan Deluxe
• Boop from Smirk and Laughter coming November 2022
• Smash Up 10th Anniversary dated for October
• Grand Gamers Guild releases print and play Artemis: First Contact
• Zero to 100 by Antonin Boccara gets English language release from Hachette
• Fir is next title after Feudum for Odd Bird Games
• Forage, by Mark Tuck, is the final game in the Grove Trilogy

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:20)

• Redwood: Into the Wild/a>
  
• One Two Many Rabbits
• Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict
• Wonderlands War: Shards of Madness
• Portents
• Patriot

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (20:50)

• Destinies: Witchwood Modules

 

THE HOTNESS (22:40)

1. Dune: Imperium
2. Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
3. Ark Nova
4. John Company: Second Edition
5. The Wolves
6. Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
7. ISS Vanguard
8. Spirit Island
9. Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate
10. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 17, 2022. This week, Terra Mystica innovates, WizKids rebuilds the Emerald City, CMoN runs to the hills, and someone in the Aegean lost their marbles during the bronze age.

 

TOP STORIES (1:55)

• Ancient game pieces discovered in the Aegean
• 2 new city titles from Stefan Feld and Queen
• More details on Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation
• Books of Time by by Filip Głowacz
• Isle of Cats Miniatures Pack announced
• Lost Lights from Julius Hsu and Board Game Circus
• Make the Difference from Oink Games
• WizKids announces Rebuilding Seattle by designer Quinn Brander
• CMoN announces Iron Maiden character packs
• Flutter by Phase Shift Games and Matthew Bahntge
• Mojito Studios bringing back Mystery of the Abbey
• Agueda: City of Umbrellas from 25th Century Games
• Update on Yu-Gi-Oh Creator Kazuki Takahashi

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:50)

• Fortify
• Daybreak
• Lunar Rush
• Leaf
• Matches
• Frozen Frontier

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (19:45)

• Destinies: Witchwood

 

NEW RELEASES (22:10)

• Basilica by Lukasz M. Pogoda and Portal Games
• Knight Fall by T. Alex Davis and Ryan Laukat, published by Red Raven Games
• Virtù by Pascal Ribrault, published by Super Meeple
• Star Trek: Super Skill Pinball published by WizKids designed by Geoff Engelstein
• Ticket to Ride - Ghost Train by Alan R. Moon, published by Days of Wonder
• Ready, Set, Bet by designer John D Clair, published by AEG
• 3000 Scoundrels by Corey Konieczka and Unexpected Games
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars by Alexandar Ortloff, published by Z-Man Games
• San Francisco by Reiner Knizia, published by Rebel Studio
• Skymines by Alexander Pfister and Viktor Kobilke, published by Pegasus Spiele

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 10, 2022. This week, Bezier does some renovations, Dead Death Dies for a third time, and Essen, essen, essen, essen, ESSEN.

 

SPECIAL REPORT: ESSEN (1:41)

 

TOP STORIES (5:14)

• Renegade Games expands licensing with Hasbro
• GIC: Britain's first game industry conference
• Persona 5 Royal card game by Matsuuchi
• Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Renovations
• Cluedo murder mystery boxes
• Cthulhu: Death May Die season 3 - Fear of the Unknown

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:59)

• Factions of Sol
• Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game
• Rise and Fall
• Elevenses: The Guilty Party
• Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin
• Age of Comics

 

SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (18:22)

• Lucky Duck Games picks up Cosmoctopus for release

 

THE HOTNESS (20:4)

• 11 - Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
• 10 - Flamecraft
• 9 - Lacrimosa
• 8 - Woodcraft
• 7 - Horizons of Spirit Island
• 6 - Ark Nova
• 5 - John Company 2E
• 4 - ISS Vanguard
• 3 - Revive
• 2 - Starship Captains
• 1 - Wingspan: Asia

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 3, 2022. This week, the hottest news is from 2004, pigs gobble fruit quickity pickity, Phalanx runs out of river names, and we agree - an arcane manor of dice is essential.

 

TOP STORIES (2:30)

• Deep Water Games becomes independant of parent company OxEye Media
• CMoN to be excludsive distributor for Lucky Duck Games in Asia
• HeroScape: Age of Annihilation crowdfunding on Hasbro Pulse
• Reiner Knizia's Yellow and Yangtze rebranded by Phalanx as Huang
• Dice Manor is newest Dice Tower Essential title from Arcane Wonder
• Railway Boom coming from OKAZU Brand and designer Hisashi Hiyashi
• More details on Isle of Cats followup, Race to the Raft
• Artipia Games and designer Gustaf Sundström announce Ceres
• Itten Funbrick series of pocket games detailed
• Quickity Pickity is newest title from from Oink Games
• Grease Monkey Garage by designer Fedor Sosnin getting published copy
• Flowar coming from Llama Dice and publisher Primigenio

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:15)

• USC Reach
• Atlas Lost: Rise of the New Sovereigns
• Naturopolis
• Pueblo
• Age of Inventors
• Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:45)

• Andromeda's Edge

 

THE HOTNESS (24:50)

1. Starship Captains from CGE and designer Peter B. Hoffgaard
2. FlameCraft by Manny Vega and Lucky Duck
3. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
4. Yellow and Yangtze by Reiner Knizia
5. Deal with the Devil from designer Matúš Kotry and CGE
6. Village Rails from Osprey Games, designed by Matthew Dunstan and Brett J. Gilbert
7. Terraforming Mars the Dice Game from Stronghold Games
8. Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge
9. ISS Vanguard by Awaken Realms
10. Everdell: The Complete Collection

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 26, 2022. This week, the news is full of chips and guac, a new Pandemic game there is, we forage with our pretty new gauntlet, and Knizia brings on the Claritin.

 

TOP STORIES (2:30)

• IELLO purchased by French company Media Participations
• Z-Man announces Star Wars The Clone Wars, a Pandemic System title
• More details emerge on The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
• Rose Gauntlet announces Wild Gardens by Isaac Vega
• WizKids announces Marvel: Age of Heroes
• Publisher Sylex bringing second edition of Yinzi Ming
• Reiner Knizia's new title is Pollen
• 20Strong is a new solo adventure dice game from Chip Theory
• Atlas Games announces 2 expansions for Godforge
• Arborea coming from Alley Cat Games and designer Dani Garcia
• 12 Rivers is the new title from Romain Caterdjian and BGNations
• Trampoline Park by Hassan Hekmat getting an English release
• Hachette is bringing the French word game Ole Guacamole to English
• Breaking News: Details emerge on Terraforming Mars the Dice Game

 

CROWDFUNDING (15:15)

• Merchants Cove: Master Craft
• Weavlings in the Wild
• Forsaken
• The Fox Experiment
• Sagrada Artisans
• Cholas

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:50)

• Tidal Blades: Banner Festival how to play

 

THE HOTNESS (27:30)

1. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood from Shadowborne Games
2. Tiletum by Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini, published by Board & Dice
3. Flamecraft designed by Manny Vega, from Cardboard Alchemy and Lucky Duck Games
4. Lacrimosa by Devir
5. Dune: War for Arrakis from CMoN designed by Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello
6. Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge and Capstone Games
7. Twilight Inscription from Fantasy Flight Games
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars by Z-Man Games and Alexandar Ortloff
9. ISS Vanguard by Awaken Realms
10. Beer & Bread by Pegasus Spiele and designer Scott Almes

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2022. This week, video game conversions are romantik, Ares Games is both Rich and Good, and Catan is nominated right alongside sand.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Catan nominated to National Toy Hall of Fame
• Tails on Fire by HeidelBÄR
• Deep Print Games announces Beer and Bread
• Dorfromantik coming from Pegasus Spiele
• Steamforged Games announces Elden Ring board game
• Hab & Gut creturning as The Rich and the Good
• Wonderful World Board Game bringing Touch It
• Steve Jackson Games announces 2 Christmas titles
• Disney: Space Mountain coming from Ravensburger
• Publisher Pegasus Spiele announces Monster Inn

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:15)

• Prehistories Evolutions and Space Explorers Age of Ambition
• Fugitive 2nd Edition and Run
• Dune: War for Arrakis
• Weimar: The Fight for Democracy
• Philosophy
• KeyForge Winds of Exchange
• Dawn of Ulos
• Winchester Mystery House Centennial Edition

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:10)

• Flamecraft how to play

 

NEW RELEASES (24:35)

• Twilight Inscription by James Kniffen, published by Fantasy Flight Games
• Star Trek Ascendancy Breen Confederacy and Dominion War designed by Andrew Haught and Phil Yates, published by Gale Force 9
• Little Flower Shop the Dice Game by Dr Finns Games, designed by Steve Finn
• Parks: Wildlife by Henry Audubon and Mattox Shuler, published by Keymaster Games
• The Spill by designer Andy Kim, published by Smirk and Dagger
• Antematter by Bardshark Games
• Dulce by Stronghold Games, designed by Julio E. Nazario
• Studies in Sorcery by Chris Glein, published by Weird Giraffe Games
• Red Cathedral: Contractors by Isra C. and Shei S., published by Devir

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2022. This week, after 10 years, we are smitten with Stonemaier, Just One publisher learns some Fun Facts, Matagot uses St Patrick to banish snakes, and we relive the Winter of 2016.

 

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• Meeple Design official authorized accessory partner with City of Kings
• Stonemaier celebrates 10th anniversary with new coop 2p title Smitten
• Repos follows up Just One and So Clover with Fun Facts
• Devir and designers Maria Blasco Arnandis and Enrique Blasco announce Winter
• Saint Patrick coming from Matagot
• alea announces Council of Shadows by Martin Kallenborn and Jochen Scherer
• Lubee Edition with designers Mareva Beauchamps and Florian Sirieix announce Time Collectors
• Cryptozoic announces Rotten Tomatoes: The Card Game
• IELLO announces followup to King of Tokyo, King of New York - King of Monster Island
• Horrible Guild bringing out Similo Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Air Mail coming from Ludonova and designer Toni Lopez

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:00)

• Sea of Legends: Vengeance of the Empires
• Legacy of Yu
• Trailblazers
• Robomon
• Full Sun
• Diamond Dig

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (18:55)

• Flamecraft and Tidal Blades: Banner Festival coming to Essen

 

HOTNESS (21:15)

1. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
2. Legacy of Yu
3. Astra
4. Meltscape
5. War of the Ring: The Card Game
6. Flamecraft
7. The Fox Experiment
8. Pueblo
9. Ark Nova
10. Forsaken

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 5, 2022. This week, Ravensburger hopes to have a mouse problem, Trick or Treat’s remain Tasty, Rio Grande Plunders a new Dominion, and Eagle-Gryphon discovers Toole use to be Vital for Inventions.

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• Disney announces new Disney TCG Lorcana
• Trick or Treat Games bringing back old TMG classics
• Asmodee brings Tokaido Deluxe into US retail
• Rio Grande announces new Dominion expansion, Plunder
• FUSE stand-alone expansion Countdown coming from Renegade
• Mac Gerdts announces Crossing Oceans, spiritual successor to Transatlantic
• Inventions: Evolution of Ideas coming from Vital Lacerda, Ian O'Toole and Eagle-Gryphon
• Mindclash Games bringing lighter title Astra direct to retail
• Underdogs from 1 More Time Games retitled Challengers and being published by Z-Man
• Catch Up Games has announced After Us by Florian Sirieix
• Pictures XMas expansion coming from PD-Verlag
• All Roads coming from designer Markus Kettunen and Lautapelit.fi
• Deep Print Games announces Match of the Century from designer Paolo Mori
• Good Game Studio publishing Korean title Vegetable Stock from Zong-Hua Yang

 

CROWDFUNDING (15:55)

• Doomensions
• Ivion Season 2: Winters Bite
• The Comic Book Bubble
• Powerline
• Small Kingdoms: Oak Campaign
• Nanolith

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:20)

• Episode 800 contest and Flamecraft pre-orders

 

NEW RELEASES (26:55)

• Wormholes by Peter McPherson, published by AEG
• Zombicide: Gear Up designed by Jordy Adan and Marco Portugal, published by CMoN
• Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done - Divine Influence expansion by Seth Jaffee and Renegade Games
• FYFE designed by Kosch, published by Pegasus Spiele
• Animotion by Bruno Faidutti and Nathalie Grandperrin, published by Pegasus Spiele
• Disney Big Thunder Mountain Railroad by Prospero Hall, published by Funko Games
• My Little Pony: Adventures in Equestria Deck-Building Game published by Renegade Games
• Dominion: Seaside 2nd Edition by Donald X Vaccarino, published by Rio Grande
• Skull Canyon Ski Fest by Jason Klinke, published by Pandasaurus
• Cat in the Box Deluxe Edition by Muneyuki Yokouchi, published by Bezier Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 29, 2022. This week, EBay buys a second hand company, Friedemann Friese fluffs his feathers, Feuerland declares the Age of Aquarius, and we hit episode 800!

 

TOP STORIES (2:55)

• EBay to aquire TCGPlayer for $295M
• Tilt 5 AR board game system getting CATAN
• Daybreak by Matt Leacock to be published by CMYK
• Come Together announced by Chillfox Games and designers Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Åsmund Svensson, and Eilif Svensson
• Fancy Feathers and Findorff coming from Friedemann Friese
• Ark Nova: Aquarius details emerge
• Ancient Wonders expansion for Origins: First Builders announced
• New dlp title Rise from designers Remo Conzadori and Marco Pranzo
• Twilight Struggle: Red Sea – Conflict in the Horn of Africa coming late this year
• Repos Games announces Harry Potter: Stupefy! by Ludovic Maublanc
• Marvel Villainous Venom expansion coming
• New LotR coop dice game from Michael Rieneck and KOSMOS

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:35)

• Guns or Treasure
• Abducktion: A Weirdly Strategic Game of Duck Kidnapping
• Tiny Robot Love Doctors
• Barbaric
• Bako: Dig and Write
• Red Dragon Battle for Greyport: Chaos in Copperforge

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:30)

• Episode 800 contest

 

THE HOTNESS (23:55)

1. Ready Set Bet
2. Spirit Island
3. Dune: Imperium
4. Obsession
5. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
6. Woodcraft
7. Trudvang Legends
8. Sea of Legends
9. Ark Nova
10. Ark Nova: Aquarius
11. Revive

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 22, 2022. This week, Asmodee’s sugar daddy gets into jewelry, Magic the Gathering will EXTERMINATE, the Wingspan designer experiments with foxes, and it's my birthday.

 

TOP STORIES (1:25)

• Embracer group acquires Middle Earth Enterprises
• Asmodee forms new studio Office Dog
• Frank West elected president of GAMA
• Mind Mgmt nominated for a Harvey Award
• Dr Who coming to MTG
• Noli announced by River Horse Games
• Birthday Burglary announced by Grand Gamers Guild
• Five Nights at Freddys: Nights of Frights coming from Funko Games
• Pandasaurus announces The Fox Experiment by designers Elizabeth Hargrave and Jeff Fraser
• Roll and write KunterPunkt coming from Frechverlag
• Waffle Time from AEG shown at GenCon
• Renegade Game Studios reveals new expansion for the Power Rangers Deck Building Game

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:50)

• Five Three Five
• Davy Jones Locker: The Kraken Wakes
• Aquarium and Eat Thy Neighbor
• Dungeons of Doria
• Little Flower Shop Duel

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (15:25)

• Corey and Barry play It's A Wonderful Kingdom

 

NEW RELEASES (18:05)

• Arrakis Dawn of the Fremen by Gale Force Nine and designers Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Peter Olotka, Greg Olotka, and Jack Reda
• Streets by Sinister Fish Games and designer/artist Haakon Gaarder
• Dice Theme Park by Adrian Adamescu and Daryl Andrews, published by Alley Cat Games
• Cryptid Cafe by Chip Cole and published by 25th Century Games
• Don’t LLAMA Dice, by Reiner Knizia, published by AMIGO
• Museum Suspects by Phil-Walker Harding and published by Blue Orange Games
• Neoville by Phil Walker-Harding and Blue Orange Games
• Brazil: Imperial, by Ze Mendes and published by Portal Games
• Star Wars: Villainous - Power of the Dark Side by the design team of Prospero Hall, published by Ravensburger

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 15, 2022. This week, GenCon runs by the numbers, Bezzerwizzer Bezzerwizzer Bezzerwizzer, and Fantasy Flight brings a dagger to a lightsaber fight.

 

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• GenCon had over 50,000 attendees
• Bezzerwizzer from Asmodee
• Ark Nova expansion named on German TV
• Marvel DAGGER and Star Wars Deck Building
• Devir announces Lacrimosa
• American Psycho from Renegade Games
• Dice Manor and Leylines by Arcane Wonders
• MojoMania for Marvel Champions

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:53)

• Paleo Vet
• Dodos Riding Dinos
• Utopia
• Dead Reckoning: Letters of Marque
• Foundations of Rome
• Atma Season 2

 

SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (18:20)

• FlameCraft wins Best of GenCon, It's a Wonderful Kingdom nominated for Best 2-Player

 

THE HOTNESS (19:52)

• 10: Akropolis
• 9: Spirit Island
• 8: Foundations of Rome
• 7: Cat in the Box: Deluxe
• 6: Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
• 5: Turing Machine
• 4: Dead Reckoning
• 3: Twilight Inscription
• 2: Ark Nova
• 1: Tiletum

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 8, 2022. This week, Avalon Hill heroically changes the Scape of gaming, Burnt Island endeavors to go deep, Uwe Rosenberg travels the land of apples and honey, and John Clair dreams of an End to the Empire.

 

TOP STORIES (2:54)

• Avalon Hill announces return of Heroscape
• War of the Ring: The Card Game
• The Wolves from Pandasaurus
• Endeavor Deep Sea
• WordCraft from Artipia
• Applejack by Uwe Rosenberg
• Starry Night Sky from Emma Larkins and Buffalo Games
• Legendary Encounters: The Matrix
• La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War
• Swindler from Pegasus Speile
• Loose Caboose by Gamewright
• Reiner Knizia's Zoo Vadis
• Empires End by John D Clair
• Aegean Sea by Carl Chudyk
• Ark Nova Map Pack 1

 

CROWDFUNDING (15:10)

• Weird Little Elf
• Western Legends: Mountain Range
• Star Realms: Rise of Empire
• Moonrakers: Binding Ties
• Return to Dark Tower: Covenant

 

SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (24:12)

• Lucky Duck Games announces Destinies expansion: Witchwood

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 1, 2022. This week, everyone gets a pinball for christmas, Kolossal is Almost Innocent, we Flatout compare Cities to Salads, and I’m in Colorado!

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• North Star Games rebrands
• WizKids announces Super Skill Pinball Holiday Special
• Dice Hunters of Therion coming from Richard Garfield
• Munchkin Turtle Carnage coming from Steve Jackson Games
• Marvel Legendary expansions 29, 30, and 31 detailed
• HeroQuest Frozen Horror expansion on Hasbro Pulse
• Magic the Gathering UnFinity announced
• Cranio Creations My Shelfe from Phil Walker-Harding and Matthew Dunstan
• Dulce coming from Stronghold Games and Julio E. Nazario
• Almost Innocent from Kolossal Games and designer Philippe Attali
• Fantasy Flight announces last physical expansion for Journeys in Middle Earth
• Flatout Games making Point City
• Galileo Project will be sequel to Ganymede from Hachette
• Hachette making party game Oh Really
• Smash Up 10th Anniversary Edition coming from AEG
• Insecta: Ladies of Entomology coming from Mont Tàber

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:15)

• Taverns and Dragons
• Copperdale
• Euthia: Fierce Powers
• Isle of Trains: All Aboard
• Shu's Tactics

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (20:20)

• New hires at Lucky Duck

 

NEW RELEASES (22:25)

• Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Odyssey Campaign by Fantasy Flight Games
• So, You've Been Eaten by Scott Almes and Ludicreations
• It’s a Wonderful Kingdom by Frédéric Guérard, published by Lucky Duck
• Viticulture World: Cooperative Expansion designed by Mihir Shah and Francesco Testini, published by Stonemaier Games
• Ice Hoppers by Oussama Khelifati, published by Blue Orange Games
• EXIT: The Lord Of The Rings - Shadows Over Middle-Earth by Inka and Markus Brand, published by Thames Kosmos

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 25, 2022. This week, it's summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime, and it’s just spectacular. Plus more Spirits on the Horizon, and Dice Tower Awards.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Dice Tower Awards
• The Great Split by Horrible Guild
• Tesseract from Smirk & Laughter
• Hickory Dickory from Plaid Hat
• Deal With the Devil by CGE
• Prophets of Doom and Reavers of Midgard Expansion from Grey Fox
• Dune Imperium: Immortality from Dire Wolf
• Peter Pan from Matagot
• 3000 Scoundrels by Unexpected Games
• Meadow Adventure Book, Chronicles of Avel Expansion, and Avel deckbuilding card Game from Rebel Studios
• Caldera Park and Spaceship Unity from Pegasus Spiele
• Space Craft from Granna
• Raising Robots by Nauvoo Games
• Enola Holmes: Finder of Lost Souls from Gale Force 9
• Mosaic: Wars and Disasters Expansion by Forbidden Games
• Horizons of Spirit Island from Greater Than Games
• Planet B by Hans im Glück

 

CROWDFUNDING (19:15)

• Splintered Lands
• Snap Ship Tactics
• Burncycle New Recruits
• Aquamarine
• Moon
• Halves

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (27:25)

• Chronicles of Time

 

LIGHTNING ROUND NEWS (30:05)

• Arcane Wonders Logo Change
• CoraQuest: Keep on Questing Expansion
• Stranger Things Upside Down from Rob Daviau and CMoN
• Basilica reprint from Portal Games
• Ascending Empire: Zenith Edition from WizKids
• Undaunted: Battle of Britain by Osprey Games
• Pocket Sized Foriferous by Pencil First Games
• Race to the Raft from Frank West and City of Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 18, 2022. This week, Cool Mini takes the war to Mount Dune, Hasbro spells Mastermind, Disney’s villains makes us cry, WizKids goes through some Super Damage Control, and Spiel Spiel Spiely Spiel.

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

• Spiel des Jahres winners announced
• PHD acquires British distributor Bliss
• CMoN nnounces Dune: War for Arrakis
• The Boys themed Zombicide packs available from CMoN
• Wordle the Party Game coming from Hasbro Pulse
• Blind Box game Disney Kingdomania coming from Funko
• Disney Villains card game by Leo Colovini and Ravensburger
• Parks: Wildlife expansion coming from Keymaster
• AEOLOS coming from Arve D. Fühler amd Guido Eckhof
• Discordia from from Bernd Eisenstein and publisher Irongames
• Asmodee making 3 games based on Netflix shows Ozark, Squid Game, and Stranger Things
• Marvel: Damage Control from Amari Akil and WizKids
• La Boca being reimagined as Recto Verso from Tiki Editions and Super Meeple
• Animal Espionage from Twin City Games and designer Joe Hout

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:40)

• Stardust Coffee
• Grand Carnival: On the Road
• Neko Boss
• One Hundred Torii: Diverging Paths and Hanafuda Deck
• Amun Re

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (22:05)

• Corey dominates at Banner Festival

 

THE HOTNESS (24:50)

1. Ahoy
2. Isle of Trains: All Aboard
3. Spirit Island
4. My Father's Work
5. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
6. Moon
7. Beyond the Sun
8. Ark Nova
9. Puerto Rico 1897
10. Revive

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 11, 2022. This week, the cat is both in and out of the box, Days of Wonder is going off the rails on a Ghost Train, Uwe reframes Nova Luna, and all hail the Cosmoctopus.

 

TOP STORIES (2:30)

• Kazuki Takahashi passes, creator of Yu Gi Oh
• Ticket to Ride: Ghost Train
• Sanssouci
• Sabika
• Framework by Uwe Rosenberg
• Mistwind by Daryl Andrews
• 1001 Islands from Asmodee
• Cosmoctopus
• Cat in the Box Deluxe Edition

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:33)

• Cheese Factory
• Flick Fleet: Xeno Wars
• Dice Throne: Santa vs Krampus
• Company of Heroes 2E
• Summit: Sanity + Big Box

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (17:35)

• Lucky Duck to publish Turtle Splash

 

NEW RELEASES (19:31)

• Bullet Star
• Streets
• Messina 1347
• Smash Up: Disney
• Yak
• Feed the Kraken

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 4, 2022. This week, KeyForge travels to a Ghost Galaxy through some Strange Stars, Dire Wolf’s Catacombs get decidedly noisier, Wingspan has the opposite of Empty Nest, and Days of Wonder gives it the Heat.

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

• Capstone+ subscription service detailed
• 2022 Cardboard Edison Award winners announced
• Fantasy Flight sells KeyForge IP to Ghost Galaxy
• Dire Wolf announces Clank! Catacombs
• Twisty Tracks coming from Rio Grande and Jeffrey D. Allers
• Stonemaier Games announces Wingspan: Asia and the Nesting Box storage solution
• Reflecto coming from Mandoo Games and Roberto Fraga
• Euthia: Torment of Resurrection from DIEA Games being co-published by Steamforged
• Hand management racing game Heat: Pedal to the Metal coming from Days of Wonder
• Ravensburger re-theming Puerto Rico to Puerto Rico: 1897
• Wolfgang Warsch's fourth clever game, Clever 4Ever revealed

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:05)

• Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City from CMoN, designed by Andrea Chiarvesio, Eric M. Lang, Alexio Schneeberger, and Francesco Rugerfred Sedda
• Bretwalda by designer Leo Soloviey and PHALANX Games
• Compounded: Peer Reviewed and Lab Notes from Greater Than Games and Darrell Louder
• Amygdala by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling, published by Game Brewer
• Helsinki by designers Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen
• Beyond Humanity: Astrominers by designer Pawel 'Bloski' Suski and Three Headed Monster
• Joey Games from Phil and Meredith Walker-Harding
• Clash of Galliformes by Kim Åberg and Kim Jansson
• Globetrotting by Jeff Chin and Andrew Nerger

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:40)

• Flamecraft up for pre-order

 

THE HOTNESS (25:55)

1. Spirit Island from Greater than Games
2. Company of Heroes
3. Blood on the Clocktower by Steven Medway and The Pandemonium Institute
4. Rush Out! from Thomas Dupont and publisher Sit Down!
5. Bretwalda from PHALANX Games
6. Stars of Akarios by Out of My Mind Games
7. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood by Shadowborne Games
8. Heat: Pedal to the Metal from Days of Wonder
9. Ark Nova from Capstone Games and Mathias Wigge
10. Clank! Catacombs from Dire Wolf and designer Paul Dennen

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 27, 2022. This week, Arcane Wonders celebrates the period between furnaces, Matagot has a futuristic renaissance, Ludonaute peers into the future of cards, and RAGE!

 

TOP STORIES (3:20)

• Magic Mountain won Kinderspiel
• GAMA releases numbers for origins 2022
• Railroad Madness from Holy Grail Games
• Furnace Interbellum from Arcane Wonders
• Marvel Champions LCG: Cyclops
• Galactic Renaissance from Matagot
• Thiefdom from Karma Games
• Precognition from Ludonaute

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:50)

• First in Flight
• Tsuro Luxury Edition
• Skyrise
• Septima
• Bot Factory

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (17:51)

• Lucky Duck co-Publishes Tidal Blades: Banner Festival with Druid City Games

 

NEW RELEASES (19:37)

• Dungeons Dice and Danger
• Make It Happen
• World Z League
• Hibachi
• Next Station: London
• Crescent Moon
• Gutenberg
• Outer Rim: Unfinished Business

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 20, 2022. This week, crowdfunding gets some backup, Orléans draws some famous names, Merchants Cove gets craftier, and this city goes all-in for Crime.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• BackerKit announces intention to start crowdfunding platform
• Funko Inc purchases Mondo from Alamo Drafthouse
• Tabletop Tycoon enters publishing partnership with Rock Manor Games
• Joan of Arc: Orléans Roll Draw and Write announced by dlp
• TheOP announces Harry Potter: Mischief in Diagon Alley
• Big Box edition of Village coming from Eggertspiele
• Merchants Cove getting MasterCraft expansion
• Animalia: Preventing Extinction released by Quined Games
• Planted from Phil Walker-Harding comes to Target stores
• MicroMacro Crime City gets third title - All In

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:40)

• Court from B5 Productions
• Aeon's End Past and Future by Sydney Engelstein, Nick Little, and Kevin Riley
• Fluffy Frontier from Björn Ekenberg and ION Game Design
• Heroes and Wizards by Jof Croxford and Jof Games
• Umbrella Academy from Mantic Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (20:55)

• What a Wonderful Kingdom

 

THE HOTNESS (23:40)

1. Village by Markus and Inka Brand
2. Carnegie by Xavier Georges and Quined Games
3. Spirit Island from Greater than Games
4. The Clash of Galliformes from Todys Games
5. Metropolys by Sébastien Pauchon
6. Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge and Capstone Games
7. Bretwalda by PHALANX Games
8. Septima by Mindclash Games
9. Village: Big Box by Markus and Inka Brand from Eggertspiele
10. Skyrise from Roxley Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 13, 2022. This week, CMoN flips some zombies, Vienna and Cuzco are tossed into the point salad, and little Asmodee’s parents make a Savvy move.

 

TOP STORIES (3:05)

• Saudi national fund invests $1B in Asmodee parent company
• Devir and Schmidt Spiel enter publication agreement
• Flip and write Zombicide: Gear Up coming from CMoN
• Cancelled Kickstarter Rift Knights being redone as Knight Fall by Red Raven Games
• Targi Bonus Box coming from KOSMOS
• New version of Hive Mind by Richard Garfield coming from Calliope
• Gloomhaven fan expansion Crimson Scales to be printed non-profit
• UNO Star Wars announced by Mattel
• Floodgate Games releasing cooperative sand timer title Kites
• Red Cathedral: Contractors detailed and dated by Devir
• New expansion to Disney's Sorcerers Arena - Thrills and Chills
• Stefan Feld City Collection games 5 and 6 announced by Queen Games
• Racing game Gemini Gauntlet coming from Lynnvander Studios

 

CROWDFUNDING (15:15)

• Bananya by Japanime Games and designer Chelsea Schwartz
• Hacktivity from Stéphane Vachon and publisher Acolyte Cooperative Board Games
• Keydoms Dragons from designer Richard Breese and R&D Games
• The Gig by designers Jamie Gray, Dann May, Robb Smigielski, and Lewis Shaw
• Unmatched Storage System from Restoration Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (22:10)

• Destinies wins UK Games Expo Award

 

THE HOTNESS (24:20)

1. Wonderland’s War, from Druid City Games and designers Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, and Ian Moss
2. Arcs by Cole Wehle and Leder Games
3. Carnegie by Carson City designer Xavier Georges and Quined Games
4. Space Station Phoenix by Gabriel Cohn
5. Star Wars: Outer Rim Unfinished Business
6. Castles of Burgundy by Ravensburger and Stefan Feld
7. My Father’s Work by T. C. Petty III
8. Terra Nova by Capstone Games
9. Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge and Capstone Games
10. War of the Ring: The Card Game from Ares Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 6, 2022. This week, we explore gran sendero del oeste, more details emerge on teeny tiny terra, the newest patchwork play is you know stacks and stuff, and the next thingavellir for nidavellir is idavellir.

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• FunForge Kickstarter troubles
• Great Western Trail Argentina detailed by Eggertspiele
• Terra Nova detailed by Capstone Games
• Atiwa by Uwe Rosenberg announced by Lookout Games
• Splendor Duel shown by Space Cowboys
• ReMEmber coming from Pegasus Spiele
• Tidal Blades: Banner Festival announced by Druid City Games
• Second expansion to Nidavellir, Idavoll, announced
• Patchwork Express variant Stack'N Stuff announced by Lookout Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:15)

• Kabuto Sumo and so much more by LBoardGameTables.com
• Union Stockyards from Designer Duane Wulf and Solid Rock Games
• Runescape Kingdoms: Shadow of Elvarg from Steamforged Games
• Arcs by designer Cole Wehrle and Leder Games
• Castles of Burgundy Special Edition by Awaken Realms and Ravensburger designed by Stefan Feld
• Bark Avenue by designers Mackenzie and Jonathan Jungck with TerreDice Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (20:25)

• Destinies Community Editor Contest and Origins

 

NEW RELEASES (23:05)

• Eco: Coral Reef by Izik Nevo and Unique Board Games
• Ouch! By Romain Caterdjian and Théo Rivière, published by Devir
• Mystic Paths by Brian Leet and Kevin Worden, published by R&R Games
• eXplorers by Phil Walker-Harding and Ravensburger
• Batman: Everybody Lies by Weronika Spyra and Ignacy Trzewiczek, published by Portal Games
• Guild of Merchant Explorers by Matthew Dunstan and Brett J Gilberts, published by AEG
• Mortum - Medieval Detective by Sergey Minevich and Arcane Wonders
• Creature Comforts by Roberta Taylor and Kids Table Board Games
• Space Base - The Mysteries of Terra Proxima by John D. Clair and AEG
• Cartaventura: Lhasa and Cartaventura: Vinland by Thomas Dupont and Arnaud Ladagnous, published by KOSMOS
• Air, Land, & Sea: Spies, Lies, & Supplies by Jon Perry and Arcane Wonders
• Prehistories by Alexandre Emerit and Benoit Turpin, published by 25th Century Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 30, 2022. This week, CGE boldly goes, Cathala and Maublanc hit the target, Viva tres Guano, and Germany “plays” after another trip around the sun.

 

TOP STORIES (3:00)

• Spiel des Jahres nominees announced
• Terra Nova teased from Capstone Games
• CGE announces Starship Captains
• Pencil First Games to crowdfund a hanafuda deck with One Hundred Toriis expansion
• Roll and write Kyudo coming from Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc
• Twilight Inscription is open for pre-orders from Fantasy Flight
• Fire and Stone: Siege of Vienna announced by Capstone Games
• Lucha Wars coming from Backspindle Games
• Guano Guano Guano! by Kate Bertram and Fort Circle Games
• The Great British Baking Show Game announced by Ravensburger

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:10)

• Pirates Dragon Treasure by Luke Plikaitis and Caleb Bieranowski
• The Flood from Elijah and Natalie Morar with publisher Bedouin Games
• The Artemis Project: Satellites and Commanders from Grand Gamer’s Guild and designer Daniel Rocchi
• Resist designed by Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersley, and David Thompson with Salt and Pepper Games
• Trailblazer: The John Muir Trail by Designer Dan R Rice III and Mariposa Games
• Hunters of the Lost Creatures from Publisher Wonderbow and designer Sönke Schmidt

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:40)

• UK Games Expo!

 

THE HOTNESS (23:45)

1. Living Forest by Aske Christiansen and Ludonaute
2. Dune: Imperium from Paul Dennen and Dire Wolf
3. SCOUT by Kei Kajino
4. Quacks & Co. by Wolfgang Warsch
5. Sniper Elite: The Board Game by Roger Tankersley and David Thompson
6. Crescent Moon by Steven Mathers
7. Ark Nova by Capstone Games
8. Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
9. Starship Captains by Peter B. Hoffgaard and CGE
10. Arcs by Leder Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 23, 2022. This week, cute little pikas go with the floe, the greater part of games is no longer the dice, big potatoes are worth ZILLIONS, and Plan B moves their aesthetic from Starburst to Ghiradelli.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Floe coming from new studio Pika Games and designer Henry Audubon
• Greater than Games and Dice Hate Me Games part ways
• Kuzooka by Leo Colovini announced by Pegasus Spiele
• Gloomhaven digital coming to consoles in 2023
• Mutant Genesis expansion for Marvel Champions, dfeaturing X-Men
• War of the Ring card game coming from Ares
• Game of 49 being remade from Big Potato Games as Zillionaires on Mars
• Horrible Guild announces abstract game Evergreen
• Tokaido Duo teased by Antoine Bauza
• Legend of Andor: The Eternal Cold announced by KOSMOS
• Tribes of the Wind from designer Joachim Thôme and La Boîte de Jeu
• Next Move Games shows off Azul Master Chocolatier
• GAMA reinstates mask policy at Origins

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:00)

• RA by Reiner Knizia and 25th Century Games
• Damask from designer Barbara Burfoot and Radical 8 Games
• Through Ice and Snow from Fernando Eduardo Sánchez and 2Tomatoes Games
• Grab Your Breakfast by Lim Ming Liang and Amoeba Games
• Tiny Epic Vikings by Scott Almes and Gamelyn Studios
• Anunnaki from Cranio Creations by designers Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (20:50)

• Lucky Duck expands into Italian

 

THE HOTNESS (22:40)

1. Spirit Island from Greater Than Games
2. Get On Board: New York and London
3. Carnegie from Quined Games
4. Arcs by Leder Games
5. Longboard from Reiner Knizia 25th Century Games
6. RA by Reiner Knizia and 25th Century Games
7. Marvel Champions: The Card Game from Fantasy Flight
8. Blazon by David Conklin and 25th Century Games
9. burncycle from Chip Theory Games
10. Ark Nova from Capstone Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 16, 2022. This week, the best cuisine comes from CATAN, Steve Jackson brings back wizards from 1983 for the 9th time, and Blue Orange Games - you can’t eat just one.

 

TOP STORIES (3:00)

• Rollacrit to provide accessories for both CATAN and GenCon
• Asmodee and Ulysses Press announce cookbooks based on CATAN and Ticket to Ride
• Fog of Love: Lockdown Expansion announced
• Tabriz coming from Cascadia designer Randy Flynn and Crafty Games
• New editions of Groo and Wiz-War crowdfunding soon from Steve Jackson Games
• Asmodee creates Access+ Studio
• Annapurna tournament to be held at PAX Unplugged
• Lunar Outpost announced by Ravensburger and designer Michael Mulvihill
• Blue Orange Games announces Bag of Chips
• Crescent Moon coming from Osprey Games and designer Steven Mathers

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:05)

• Glitch Squad by designers Mary Flanagan and Max Seidman with Resonym Games
• Fliptown from Steven Aramini and Write Stuff Games
• Age of Steam Deluxe Expansions from Eagle Games
• Broken and Beautiful by Patrick Rauland and Left Justified Studio
• Cytress by by designer Sean Lee and Tress Games
• Desperation from Jason Morningstar and Bully Pulpit Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (19:30)

• When the cat is away, Lucky Duck designs a Frosthaven app

 

NEW RELEASES (22:30)

• Platypus by Phil Walker-Harding published by Arrakis Games
• The Thing: The Boardgame by Giuseppe Cicero and Andrea Crespi, published by Pendragon Studios
• Dice Realms by Thomas Lehmann published by Rio Grande Games
• Chronicles of Avel by Przemek Wojtkowiak published by Rebel Studio
• Squid Inc by Ivan Turner published by WizKids
• Unlock Kids: Detective Stories by Cyril Demaegd, Marie Fort, and Wilfried Fort, published by Space Cowboys
• Terra Mystica Big Box by Jens Drögemüller and Helge Ostertag published by Capstone Games
• Décorum by Charlie Mackin, Harry Mackin and Drew Tenenbaum published by Floodgate Games
• Founders of Teotihuacan by Filip Głowacz published by Board and Dice

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 9, 2022. This week, Asmodee’s Embrace now includes even more video games, Gamers Brew up an Amygdala abstract, Mandoo invents Pokemon Salad, and there’s a new Moon over San Francisco.

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• Embracer Group purchases assets from Eidos
• Investor Group led by The Chernin Group and eBay purchases 25% of Funko
• 2021 Golden Geek Awards announced
• Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina coming to the west from Capstone
• Two expansions announced for Picture Perfect
• Abstract game Amygdala coming from Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer published by Game Brewer
• Mandoo Games announces Point Salad: Eevee edition
• Pioneer Rails coming from Dranda Games by designers Matthew Dunstan and Jeffrey D Allers
• Choose and Write title Distant Suns by IELLO
• 2-player Lofoten coming by Sébastien Dujardin and Pearl Games
• Ticket to Ride: San Francisco announced
• Floodgate Games reveals Sagrada: Glory by Adrian Adamescu and Daryl Andrews
• Rob Daviau and Stephen Baker working on DragonLance: Warriors of Krynn

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:10)

• Autobahn by designers Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone
• Wayfarers of the South Tigris by Garphill Games and designers Shem Phillips and S J Macdonald
• Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies by designer Ryan Laukat and Red Raven Games
• Oranienburger Kanal by Uwe Rosenberg and Spielworxx
• Waste Knights: Beyond the Horizon by publisher Galakta with designers Marek Mydel and Paweł Szewc
• Kingdom Builder: Empire Edition by Donald X Vaccarino and Queen Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:00)

• The Dark Quarter crowdfunds for €1,000,000

 

THE HOTNESS (22:55)

1. Gloomholdin’ by Joe Klipfel
2. Ark Nova by Matthias Wigge
3. Euthia: Torment of Resurrection by Markéta Bláhová and Tadeáš Spousta
4. RA by designer Reiner Knizia and Ravensburger
5. Arcs by Cole Wehrle and Leder Games
6. Age of Steam Deluxe Edition by Martin Wallace
7. Radlands from designer Daniel Piechnick and Roxley Games
8. Wonderlands War by Druid City Games from designers Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner and Ian Moss
9. Carnegie by Xavier Georges and Quined Games
10. Cascadia from Randy Flynn and Flatout Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 2, 2022. This week, This week, Phil Walker-Harding moves from platypus to kangaroos, Hachette has got you in the palm of their hand, and all bets are in for the great T-Rex versus botanist matchup.

 

TOP STORIES (2:25)

• Phil and Meredith Walker-Harding start Joey Games
• Gale Force 9 announces Starfinder: Pirates of Skydock
• Creature Comforts: Maple Valley coming from KTBG
• Ready Set Bet and That Old Wallpaper coming from AEG
• In the Palm of Your Hand coming from designer Timothée Decroix and La Boîte de Jeu
• Origins announces COVID restrictions
• Restoration Games releases Unmatched promo Jurassic Park: Dr Sattler vs T Rex
• Fantasy Flight announces Sp//Dr Hero pack for Marvel Champions

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:00)

• Castles by the Sea by Designers Jon Benjamin and Michael Xuereb
• The Dark Quarter by Lucky Duck and Van Ryder Games designed by Evan Derrick
• Birds of a Feather by Teale Fristoe and Snowbright Studio
• Last Light by designer Roy Cannaday and Grey Fox Games
• Anastyr by publisher Mythic Games and designer Philippe Ville
• Explorers of the Woodlands by From the Woods Studio and designer Geoffrey Wood

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (20:05)

• King of 12

 

THE HOTNESS (23:10)

1. Ark Nova by Matthias Wigge
2. Oranienburger Kanal by Spielworxx and Uwe Rosenberg
3. Through Ice and Snow by Fernando Eduardo Sánchez
4. Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods from designers Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia and Cranio Creations
5. Wonderland’s War from Tim and Ben Eisner, with Ian Moss
6. The Great Wall by Awaken Realms
7. Wayfarers of the South Tigris by Shem Phillips and Garphill Games
8. Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor by Nemesis Games
9. Cryptid: Urban Legends by Hal Duncan and Ruth Veevers
10. The Thing by Pendragon Game Studio

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 25, 2022. This week, Netflix explodes with kittens, FFG spends its 25th anniversary scribbling all over TI4, Ticket to Ride improves on a 6½, and Maui beaches are definitely the Next Move.

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• Exploding Kittens announces digital game and animated series from Netflix
• Fantasy Flight teases roll-and-write Twilight Inscription
• BoardGameTables.com prepares crowdfunding for 4 expansions
• Catherine: The Tsarina's Cities coming from dlp
• Greater then Games announces Spirit Island: Feathers and Flame
• Gale Force 9 announces deck builder Firefly: Misbehavin'
• Party game Topic coming from Luma Imports
• Hangman Games starts DecaDesign micropublishing project
• The Gig jazz themed roll-and-write coming from Braincrack Games
• Save Patient Zero announced from Helvetiq
• Ticket to Ride: Poland coming from Days of Wonder
• Stellarion, the sixth Oniverse title announced by InPatience Publishing
• Beach area control title Maui coming from Next Move Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:00)

• Legacy of Thracks by Balázs Svéda and Svéda Studio
• Aldarra by designers Matt Fantastic and Benny McLennan, published by Arcane Minis
• Paradox Initiative by designer Brian Suhre and Elf Creek Games
• For Northwood! by designer/artist Wilhelm Su and published by Sideroom Games
• Fujiyama and Ajisai by designer and publisher Nanatsumu
• MagLev: Metro, Mechs, and More by Ted Alspach and Bezier Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (22:45)

• Destinies Community Editor released on Steam

 

NEW RELEASES (25:35)

• Murano: Light Masters by Carlo Camarotto and Francesco Testini, published by Matagot
• Darwinauts by designer Chris Bryan and Green Couch Games
• Dr. Who: Don't Blink by Dylan Birtolo, Josh Derksen, and Thomas M. Gofton, published by Gale Force 9
• Familiar Tales by Jerry Hawthorne and Plaid Hat Games
• Zapotec by designer Fabio Lopiano, published by Board and Dice
• Golem by designers Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, and Simone Luciani, published by Cranio Creations
• Azul: Queen’s Garden by designer Michael Kiesling and publisher Next Move Games
• Katarenga by designer David Parlett and Rio Grande Games
• Long Shot: The Dice Game by Chris Handy and Perplext

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 18, 2022. This week, Stonemaier decides wine is for everyone, Saashi and Saashi moves from elevators to housecleaning, and Hasbro goes to D&D and beyond.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Asmodee makes new label “Unbox Now” for best seller titles
• Hasbro purchases D&D Beyond
• Dice Tower Awards Nominations
• American Tabletop Awards Winners
• Funforge cancels Far Cry board game campaign
• New Cooperative Viticulture expansion from Stonemaier
• Turing Machine from Le Scorpion Masque
• New Cosmic Encounter expansion Cosmic Odyssey
• Rio Grande acquires rights to Strife/Texas Showdown
• Before the Guests Arrive from Saashi and Saashi
• The Search for Lost Species
• Septima from Mindclash

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:54)

• Kingdoms: Rise and Fall: Dorian
• The Big Pig Game
• Dead by Daylight
• Maul Peak
• Kaikoro
• Silicon Valley

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (20:50)

• It's a Wonderful Kingdom, August 2022
• Flamecraft, Q4 2022

 

THE HOTNESS (22:34)

• 10: Cascadia
• 9: Dune: Imperium
• 8: Merchants of the Dark Road
• 7: The Dark Quarter
• 6: The Paradox Initiative
• 5: Tiny Epic Vikings
• 4: Ark Nova
• 3: Arcs
• 2: Viticulture World
• 1: Septima

 

 

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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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This week, The Elder Scrolls has a new flavor of Chip, we root for the Underdogs 1 More Time, Rebel Studios floats downstream, and Funko phones home.

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

• Chip Theory announces Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
• Quirky Circuits: Penny and Gizmo’s Snow Day coming from Plaid Hat
• Rio Grande bringing Pictures expansion Orange into retail
• Meadow: Downstream expansion announced
• APE Games and designer Julián Pombo announce Pampero
• Die wandelnden Türme, The Wandering Towers, coming from Kramer and Kiesling
• Hungry Monkey coming from Heidelbär and designer Erik Andersson Sundén
• Mysterium designer Oleksandr Nevskiy announces Oneironauts from IGames Studio
• Pretzel Games and designer Michael Luu announce Yak
• 1 More Time Games bringing Underdogs from designers Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawitscheck
• Funko and Prospero Hall bringing E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Light Years From Home

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:45)

• Adorablins by Tim Devine
• Final Girl 2 from Van Ryder Games
• White Hat from designers Thomas Klausner and Timo Multamäki
• CoLab from producer Portal Dragon by designers Jonathan Gilmour and Jon Mietling
• Total War: Rome from designer Simon Hall and PSC Games
• Yokai Septet from designers Muneyuki Yokouchi and yio

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:45)

• Baron Voodoo

 

THE HOTNESS (24:00)

1. Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge and Feuerland Spiele
2. Final Girl from Van Ryder Games
3. Dwellings of Eldervale by Breaking Games and Luke Laurie
4. Dune: Imperium from Dire Wolf and Paul Dennen
5. Lost Ruins of Arnak from CGE by Elwen and Mín
6. La Granja: Deluxe Master Set by Andreas "ode" Odendahl and Board&Dice
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set from Fantasy Flight
8. Spirit Island by R. Eric Reuss and Greater than Games
9. Cascadia from Flatout Games and Randy Flynn
10. Purple Haze by Bernard Grzybowski and PHALANX

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 24, 2022. This week, the IELLO river is flat, Everybody Lies in Gotham, theOP makes Mountains out of Molehills, and Huch runs circles around the Crew.

 

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• Tabletop Simulator apologizes for LGBTQ+ transgressions
• IELLO chooses Flat River Group LLC for distribution
• Shem Phillips and Garphill Games announce Legacy of Yu
• Portal Games teams up with DC to make Everybody Lies, a Batman Dectective game
• Portal announces 51st State Ultimate Edition
• Redcliff Bay Mysteries coming from Thames and Kosmos
• Thomas Sing and Huch making roulette-style title Circles
• TheOP announces Mountains out of Molehills
• Oak coming from Game Brewer
• Isle of Trains All Aboard! coming to crowdfunding from Seth Jaffe, Dan Keitner, and Dranda Games
• Dr Who: Don't Blink coming from Gale Force 9
• Pachamama from Sit Down! changes name to Tiwanaku

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:30)

• Dice Tower 2022
• Viscounts of the West Kinghdom Expansions from Garphill Games
• Skytear Horde from designers Giacomo Neri and Riccardo Neri
• Dirty Laundry from Quokka Games and designers Quokka Ando and Quokka Jono
• Yucatan from designer Guillaume Montiage and publisher Matagot Games
• Boba Mahjong from designer Ta-Te Wu and Sunrise Tornado Game Studio

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (22:30)

• Divinus

 

NEW RELEASES (24:30)

• Onitama Light and Shadow Expansion by Collin Meller, Bryan Pope, Robert Geistlinger and Shimpei Sato, published by Arcane Wonders
• High Score: Challenge Accepted by Reiner Knizia, published by KOSMOS
• Marvel Legendary: Messiah Complex by Devin Low published by Upper Deck
• Marvel Champions: Vision Hero Pack from Fantasy Flight Games
• Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders by Elwen and Min, published by CGE

 

 

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This week, Spiel is sold, Engelstein’s Encyclopedia evolves, there’s less box per bones, and Wolfgang wows the wee ones.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• The Dice Tower Kickstarter for 2022 is up and running
• Spielwarenmesse eG purchases Internationale Spieltage SPIEL
• Nuremberg Toy Fair and New York Toy Fair cancelled
• Gutenburg to be distributed to US by Portal Games
• Second Edition of Geoff Engelstein's Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design
• Chip Theory Games' Too Many Bones getting a smaller box
• CATAN Studio's US and International Championship schedule announced
• Children's versions of Quacks of Quedlinberg and Ganz Schon Clever coming
• Asmodee bringing Eriantys by Cranio Creations to US
• Phil Walker-Harding and Blue Orange Games announce Museum Suspect
• Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods coming from Cranio by designers Danilo Sabia and Simone Luciani
• Gondolieri announced from Huch and designers Kiesling and Schmidt
• Pearl Games announces Time of Empires by David Simiand and Peter Voye
• First Empires coming from Sand Castle Games and designer Eric B. Vogel
• Dire Wolf doing digital adaptation of Everdell

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (15:25)

• The Dark Quarter

 

CROWDFUNDING (17:00)

• Prognosis Death from Cameron Faulks and Flying Man Games
• Rise of the Necromancers by designers Thorbjørn Christensen and Christoffer Kyst, with Mythic Games and Sole Loser Games
• Ham's Sandwich Shop by Kengo Ōtsuka, published by Graphic335
• Dom Pierre by Costa and Rôla with R&R Games

 

 

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This week, Wizards takes over Hasbro, the Voices in my Head tell me to expect the Unexpected, and the Guild makes an escape plan for Valentine's Day.

 

TOP STORIES (1:55)

• Wizards of the Coast COO Chris Cooks named CEO of Hasbro
• Ian Livingstone, co-founder of Games Workshop, knighted by the Queen
• Unexpected Games announces Voices in my Head
• New Cartographer map packs teased on twitter
• 18-card escape room game The Cupid Crisis from Grand Gamer's Guild announced
• Mantic working on Umbrella Academy board game
• 20th Anniversary Edition of Amun-Re coming from Alley Cat Games
• Huch announces Witchstone expansion Full Moon
• 2nd Edition of Santa's Workshop coming from Elf Creek Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:50)

• Ancient Blood - The Order of Vampire Hunters from Filippo Chirico
• Master Sweets by Tihomir Yunakov and Board Games Yunak
• Catapult Feud: Hydra by Kristian Fosh and Vesuvius Media
• Blazon by designer David Conklin and 25th Century Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (17:00)

• It's kids week at Lucky Duck

 

NEW RELEASES (18:55)

• Corrosion by Stefan Bauer, published by Capstone Games
• Glow by Cédrick Chaboussit, published by Bombyx
• Lorenzo il Magnifico 2nd Edition by Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, and Simone Luciani, published by Cranio Creations
• Tabannusi: Builders of Ur by David Spada and Daniele Tascini, published by Board and Dice
• Res Arcana: Perlae Imperii Expansion by Thomas Lehmann, published by Sand Castle Games
• Living Forest by Aske Christiansen, published by Ludonaute
• Origins: First Builders by Adam Kwapiński, published by Board and Dice
• The Taverns of Tiefenthal: Open Doors by Wolfgang Warsch, published by Schmidt Spiele and CMYK

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 3, 2022. This week, rumors rise around wood and brass, WizKids holds its breath and solos an SAT word, and Cooper Island gets skilled labor.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Cooper Island gets a mini-expansion
• Designer Gavan Brown comments on sequel to Brass
• Woodcraft by Ross Arnold and Vladimír Suchý teased from Delicious Games
• Ticket to Ride Play Pink project raised $184,000
• WizKids announces solo campaign roll and write Bargain Basement Bathysphere
• PSI makes distribution deal with CMoN for Asia and the Middle East
• Cascadia and Lost Ruins of Arnak win Gouden Ludo Flemish Game Award
• Framework coming from Uwe Rosenberg and Pegasus Spiele
• FYFE announced from Pegasus Spiele and designer Kosch
• Solo campaign expansion for Empires of the North coming from Portal Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:10)

• Call of Kilforth by designer Tristan Hall
• The Big Shuffle from Previously Pluto and designers James Ellerby, Evan Hitchings, and Kenneth Oum
• Space Time from Quirky Co and designer Joshua Mason
• The Book of Lost Things from Jay Scott Nolte

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (15:15)

• Tranquility for the New Year

 

THE HOTNESS (16:35)

1. Ark Nova from Feuerland Spiele and Capstone Games
2. Lost Ruins of Arnak by CGE
3. Townsfolk Tussle by Stephen Louis, Tony Mayer, and Rachel Rusk
4. Dune: Imperium by Dire Wolf Digital
5. Sleeping Gods from Red Raven Games
6. Wingspan by Elizabeth Hargrave and Stonemaier Games
7. Radlands from Roxley Games and designer Daniel Piechnick
8. Cascadia from Flatout Games and designer Randy Flynn

 

 

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This week, Star Trek writes about pinball, Star Wars dictates a letter to love, and Asmodee’s boss is no longer the dark horse in the race.

 

TOP STORIES (2:25)

• Embracer Group purchases Dark Horse Media and Perfect World Entertainment
• Magic the Gathering teams up with Post Malone
• Gil Hova’s The Networks getting a digital version
• Star Trek Super Skill Pinball coming in February
• Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace - A Love Letter Game coming from Z-Man
• Mythic Games partners with Ingenio Games to distribute in Spanish territories
• Mythic announces Rise of the Necromancers expansions

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (7:50)

• Tranquility and Crime Zoom

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:05)

• Shikoku: 1889 from Yasutaka Ikeda
• The Palaces of Carrara by Kramer and Kiesling, published by Game Brewer
• designed by Bob and Ryan Craig under One Day West Games

 

 

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This week, companies pay $3B to embrace Asmodee, Gloomhaven needs a bigger box, Nintendo emits a digital Oink, and you can win money playing Azul but only in Quebec.

 

TOP STORIES (1:50)

• The Dice Tower Audio Podcast ending after episode 750
• Asmodee to be bought by Embracer Group AB
• Asmodee purchases retailer Miniature Market
• Gloomhaven miniatures set coming to Kickstarter
• Time of Legends: Joan of Arc lawsuit coming to a resolution
• Disney Villainous expansion Bigger and Badder announced
• Azul themed lottery tickets available in Quebec
• Digital Oink Games available on Nintendo Switch
• The Cube: Area 51 coming from Greater than Games
• Patchwork Valentines Edition announced

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:10)

• Borderlands: Mister Torgue's Arena of Badassery from Monster Fight Club and veteran designer John Kovaleski
• Young Board Gamer’s Scratch Poster
• Planes, Trains, and Argyle by Roll and Write Revolution and designer Benny Sperling
• Ski Jumping the Board Game from MM Board Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (17:10)

• Lucky Duck accolades from Dice Tower Winter Spectacular

 

THE HOTNESS (18:25)

1. Ark Nova from Feuerland Spiele and Capstone Games
2. Sleeping Gods by Red Raven Games
3. Undaunted: Reinforcements by Osprey Games
4. Dune: Imperium by Dire Wolf Digital
5. Shikoku 1889 from Deep Thought Games
6. Cascadia from Flatout Games
7. Vagrantsong by Wyrd Miniatures
8. Lost Ruins of Arnak by CGE
9. Destinies from Lucky Duck Games
10. Call of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game from Hall or Nothing Productions
11. Voyages from Postmark Games

 

 

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This week, the world is coming up fungible, Munchkin regresses to infancy, and Funko embraces the legacy of Jurassic Park.

 

TOP STORIES (1:40)

• Kickstarter plans to run on blockchain
• Bicycle Cards to sell NFT “Genesis Collection”
• Free Christmas table for Super Skill Pinball available from WizKids
• Maracaibo App coming December 20
• Steve Jackson announces Munchkin Babies
• Sinister Motives expansion coming for Marvel Champions
• More details revealed for Jurassic Park Legacy from Funko
• Fit to Print announced from Flat Out Games and Peter McPherson
• Skull Canyon Ski Fest coming from Pandasaurus
• Asmodee producing Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow movie
• Capstone reprinting Clinic: Deluxe Edition with 5 expansions

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (12:50)

• Destinies from Lucky Duck

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:50)

• Empower Empathy from Tiny Sprouts Games
• Weather Machine by Vital Lacerda and Eagle-Gryphon Games
• Nine Minutes Kingdom from Hornet Games
• Snack Time by McKay Anderson and Backfire Game Studio
• American Bookshop from Twins Lion Do Books and designer Taiki Shinzawa
• Octopus's Garden from Roberta Taylor and Maple Games

 

SPECIAL REPORT (22:40)

• A 5-Question Interview with Rob Daviau of Restoration Games

 

 

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This week, Greater than Games goes Flat, Asmodee partially explodes, and Carcassonne gets a fresh coat of paint.

 

TOP STORIES (2:30)

• The Flat River Group acquires Greater than Games
• Asmodee invests in Exploding Kitten
• Monster Pit Overlord coming from Elzra Games
• Cóatl the Card Game and Betta coming from Synapses Games
• New Carcassonne art coming soon
• Terracotta Army coming from designers Przemysław Fornal and Adam Kwapiński
• Expansions for The Adventures of Robin Hood and Andor Junior announced
• Cartaventura announced from Blam Edition
• Tiletum is new title from Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini
• 30th Anniversary edition of Survive! back in stock at Stronghold

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (12:10)

• Destinies from Lucky Duck

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:40)

• Spirit of Eden by Ÿøssef Fårhi and Alone Editions
• Mind Bug from Richard Garfield, Skaff Elias, Marvin Hegen, Christian Kudahl, and Nerdlab Games
• Voyages from Postmark Games
• Atmosfear by Phillip Tanner and Brett Clements
• Pathfinder Arena from Giochi United and Paizo Publishing
• Harakiri Blades of Honor by Fernando Gamero, Joel Torres, and Synergic Games

 

NEW RELEASES (23:40)

• Nicaea by designer Amabel Holland, published by Hollandspiele
• Yummy Yummy Monster Tummy, from Andreas Wilde and Lucky Duck Games
• Luna Capital by designer Jose Ramón Palacios, published by Devir
• Roll Player Adventures by Thunderwork Games, designed by Keith Matejka, Peter Andrew Ryan, and James William Ryan
• The Adventures of Robin Hood by Michael Menzel, published by Thames & Kosmos
• Marvel Champions Scenario Pack: The Hood, from Fantasy Flight Games
• Dune Betrayal by Don Eskridge and Gale Force 9

 

 

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This week, Marvel is undead - long live Marvel, we built this city on dice and rolls, and Games Workshop has a cave troll.

 

TOP STORIES (2:25)

• Marvel Zombies detailed by CMoN
• Eight tons of counterfeit Pokemon Cards confiscated in Shanghai
• Games Workshop announces Battle in Balin's Tomb
• Bezier announces Maglev Metro expansion: Mechs and Monorails
• Lockup: Breakout expansion coming from Thunderworks Games
• My City: Roll and Write coming from Reiner Knizia and Kosmos
• Bankrupt Tasty Minstrel liquidating games through CoolStuffInc

 

CROWDFUNDING (8:40)

• Hegemony by designers Vangelis Bagiartakis and Varnavas Timotheou
• Call to Adventure: Epic Origins from designers Johnny and Christopher O'Neal
• KÖ-ØP by Offcut Games and designer Patrick Brennan
• The Hand of Destiny by Gabe Barrett and Barrett Games
• Skyrim from Modiphius Entertainment and designer Juan Echenique
• Sammu-ramat from Ion Game Design and designer Besime Uyanik

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (18:05)

• Yummy Yummy Monster Tummy

 

THE HOTNESS (20:20)

1. Tabannusi: Builders of Ur
2. Dune: Imperium
3. Lost Ruins of Arnak
4. Spirit Island
5. Mindbug
6. Terraforming Mars
7. Unfathomable
8. Cascadia
9. Wingspan

 

 

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This week, the Tiny Towns designer harnesses the power of gravity, Rio Grande watches the Watch, CMoN teases the biggest Kickstarter ever, and UNO plus motor oil and a dash of eSports equals $50,000

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• Asmodee licenses books, puzzles, housewares and more
• New edition of Dungeon Bowl coming from Games Workshop
• Wormholes coming from AEG and Peter McPherson
• Gangster title Wise Guys coming from Gale Force 9
• Watch from designer Daniel Newman and Rio Grande Games
• Digital Version of Empires of the Void II coming to Steam
• CMoN teases a Marvel title for its 50th Kickstarter
• First UNO championships held in Las Vegas

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:20)

• Honey Buzz: Fall Flavors from Elf Creek Games and designer Paul Salomon
• Snake: The Board Game from Maarten Krijgsman
• Hanamikoji: Geisha's Road by Jerry Chiang and Eros Lin with EmperorS4
• Railways, City Planner, and Empire by designer Alban Viard and Nano9Games
• Karigar-E-Taj: Artisans of the Taj Mahal by designer Amit Ghadge
• Star Fighters from designers Michael Dunsmore and Jordan Nichols with Alley Cat Games

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (16:55)

• Black Friday Sale at Lucky Duck

 

NEW RELEASES (18:50)

• Marvel Champions: War Machine from Fantasy Flight Games
• Rush Out by Thomas Dupont and publisher Sit Down!
• Clank! In! Space! Adventures: Pulsarcade by Paul Dennen and Evan Lorentz, published by Dire Wolf and Renegade
• Cuphead: Fast Rolling Dice Game from TheOP and designer Patrick Marino
• Coded Chronicles - The Goonies: Escape with One-Eyed Willy's Rich Stuff by Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim, published by TheOP
• EXIT: The Game - Kidnapped in Fortune City by Inka and Markus Brand, published by Kosmos
• Machi Koro 2 from designer Masao Suganuma and Pandasaurus Games

 

 

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This week, tree-themed games take root, Lookout Games announces a colorful Patchwork of Patchworks, Plaid Hat tells some Familiar Tales, and we have a sponsor!

 

TOP STORIES (1:50)

• Diamond and Alliance distributors hit by ransomware attacks
• Canopy coming from Weird City Games and Tim Eisner
• Living Forest announced by Ludonaute
• Postmark Games formed to create quality Print and Play titles
• Lookout lines up many themed Patchwork variations
• Plaid Hat and Jerry Hawthorne announce Familiar Tales
• Unlock! Game Adventures to theme around Pandemic, Ticket to Ride and Mysterium
• Word Heist coming from Gamewright
• CHOAM and Richese expansion coming for Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy
• Z-Man announces Russian Railroads: Ultimate Railroads

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:40)

• Caral from Funtails Games and Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
• Gartenbau by David Abelson and Alex Johns, published by 25th Century Games
• City of the Great Machine from Crow’d Games and German Tikhomirov
• Monsterpocalypse from Privateer Press and Mythic Games
• Titania Ascending by XYZ Game Labs and designers Rob Huber and Brendan Riley
• MonsDRAWsity from Bread and Circuses and designer Eric Slauson

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (17:25)

• Kid’s Chronicles: Quest for the Moon Stones from Lucky Duck Kids

 

THE HOTNESS (19:20)

1. Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
2. Weather Machine
3. Brian Boru: High King of Ireland
4. Dune: Imperium
5. Lost Ruins of Arnak
6. Cascadia
7. Boonlake
8. Terraforming Mars
9. Unfathomable
10. Arkham Horror: the Card Game

 

 

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This week, IELLO stops distribution with IELLO and dissociates from IELLO, Stonemaier Games weaves a new Tapestry, Splotter moves from fast food to automobiles, and Upper Deck suffers from a Messiah Complex.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• IELLO cuts ties with IELLO USA
• Encyclopedia coming from designers of Museum
• Tapestry expansion: Arts and Architecture coming from Stonemaier Games
• Tenpenny Parks announced from Thunderworks Games
• PAX South cancelled for the foreseeable future
• Food Chain Magnate publisher Splotter announces Horseless Carriage
• Upper Deck teases Legendary: Messiah Complex

 

CROWDFUNDING (8:30)

• Paint the Roses by Ben Goldman and North Star Games
• Circadians: Chaos Order from Garphill Games and designer Sam Macdonald
• Steam Up from Hot Banana Games
• Resident Evil by Steamforged Games
• Lords of Ragnarok from Awaken Realms and Adam Kwapiński
• Senjutsu: Battle for Japan by Stone Sword Games
• Marvel Dice Throne from Roxley Games and designers Nate Chatellier and Manny Trembley

 

SPECIAL REPORT (18:15)

• A 5-Question Interview with Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games

 

NEW RELEASES (25:05)

• Micromacro Crime City: Full House from Pegasus Spiele
• HeroQuest by Hasbro and designer Stephen Baker
• Marvel Champions: The Mad Titan’s Shadow from Fantasy Flight Games
• Imperial Steam from Capstone Games and Alexander Huemer
• 7 Wonders Architects by Antoine Bauza and Repos Productions
• Zombie Princess and the Enchanted Maze by WizKids and Andrew Beardsley

 

 

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This week, Garphill travels South down the Tigris, top designers go for Trick or Treat, Werewolf can now accommodate more people than an average bus, and Motor City Games gains self awareness.

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

• Orion Games teases Megapulse by Samuel E. Desjardins and Nicolas Fournier
• Bezier announces Ultimate Werewolf Extreme
• ACD loses appeal in suit against Wizards of the Coast
• Asmodee now distributing for many more companies
• Machinations Through Time is new expansion for Arkham Horror
• Chez Cthulhu second edition coming from Steve Jackson
• Motor City Games teases roll and write Motor City
• Garphill Games details South trilogy of games

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:40)

• Dandelions and Psychic Pizza from BoardGameTables.com
• Bardwood Grove from Final Frontier and Carl Van Ostrand
• Too Many Bones: Unbreakable expansion from Chip Theory Games
• Skulls of Sedlec Expansions by Dustin Dobson and Button Shy Games
• Grove from Mark Tuck and Side Room Games

 

THE HOTNESS (20:25)

1. Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy
2. Weather Machine
3. Dune: Imperium
4. Lords of Ragnarok
5. Ark Nova
6. Lost Ruins of Arnak
7. Too Many Bones
8. Dune: Imperium – Rise of Ix
9. Boonlake

 

 

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This week, Alea rolls the dice with novice game designer Richard Garfield, Lucky Duck and Van Ryder are heading to the Big Easy, Hasbro is risking going back to Legacy, and Colt Express is going off the rails on a crazy train.

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• Paizo executives recognize new worker union
• Dark Quarter coming from Lucky Duck and Van Ryder Games
• Rock Paper Scissors deluxe edition on Kickstarter
• Dungeons, Dice, and Danger Roll and Write coming from Alea and Richard Garfield
• Hasbro announces legacy game Risk: Shadow Forces
• Zenobia Award winners announced
• Marvel television enters world of HeroClix
• New Colt Express expansion - 2 Trains 1 Mission
• Ticket to Ride and Unlock Puzzle Books on their way
• Riftforce expansion Beyond announced
• Goliath Games acquires Endless Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:45)

• Tales from the Red Dragon Inn by Slugfest Games
• Reap from designer Jason Anarchy
• Beast from Midhall Games
• Drop Drive by Phase Shift Games and designer Scott R. Smith
• Bird Watcher from Oni Games and Zakir Jafry
• Moku Tower from publisher Mokuomo
• Hair of the Dog from Alexander Jerabek
• Union Station by Travis D. Hill

 

NEW RELEASES (24:25)

• For the King (and Me) by IELLO and Steve Finn
• Little Factory from IELLO
• Night of the Ninja from Brotherwise Games and Justin Gary
• Greece Lightning by WizKids
• Patchwork: Halloween Edition from Uwe Rosenberg and Lookout Games
• Dinosaur World from Pandasaurus Games
• Dune: House Secrets by Portal Games
• Mystic Paths from R&R Games
• Good Puppers from Asmadi Games and Chris Cieslik

 

 

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This week, IELLO exclaims “Long Live the King”, Sand is nominated to the Hall of Fame, Devir teases Red Contractors, and Pathfinders Assemble!

 

TOP STORIES (1:40)

• Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner passes away
• Paizo workers unionize
• Picture Perfect getting a 5-6p expansion
• IELLO teases a third “King of…” game
• Nominations for the National Toy Hall of Fame announced
• UBOOT publisher announces Purple Haze, a legacy Vietnam simulation
• Upper Deck holding contest to find the most LEGENDARY gamer
• New environmentally friendly card games announced by NSV
• Contractors expansion to Red Cathedral teased by Devir
• Ox Eye Media licenses cute round bunny Molang
• Economic euro Autobahn coming from Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone
• Next title from Cogito Ergo Meeple is Solar 175
• Heroes of Might and Magic III getting a tabletop version

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:20)

• Critical Care from Lakshman Swamy and Omari Akil
• Cranky Chinchillas
• 18 Holes: Putting, Wind, and Coastlines by Ryan Boucher
• Fractal: Beyond the Void from Boar-Game Studios
• Verdant by Flatout Games

 

THE HOTNESS (20:30)

1. Bitoku by Germán P. Millán and published by Devir
2. Ark Nova from Feuerland Spiel and Mathias Wigge
3. Golem from Cranio Creations, designed by Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, and Simone Luciani
4. Boonlake from Capstone Games and Alexander Pfister
5. Messina 1347 by Raúl Fernández Aparicio and Vladimír Suchý from Delicious Games
6. Brazil: Imperial by designer Zé Mendes
7. Dune: Imperium from Dire Wolf Digital and designer Paul Dennen
8. The Siege of Runedar by Dr. Reiner Knizia
9. Furnace from Arcane Wonders and designer Ivan Lashin
10. The Lost Ruins of Arnak from CGE with designers Elwen and Mín

 

 

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This week, Roxley Marvels at the Thrown Dice, there’s foul flay afoot in KeyForge, the plaque is in the mail, Lucky Duck achieves Tranquility, and who you gonna call?

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• Keyforge collapse possible due to ransomware attack
• Marvel Dice Throne coming from Roxley and TheOP
• Pandasaurus not attending Essen Spiel
• Arcs: Collapse and Conflict in the Void is new game from Cole Wehrle and Leder Games
• Reiner Knizia title Sumatra coming to West from Asmodee
• Details emerge on Space Base: Mysteries of Terra Proxima
• News from Teburu Game System by Xplored
• Ghostbusters Packs available for Zombicide from CMoN
• The Diana Jones Award is lost in the mail
• Tranquility by James Emmerson getting retail distribution from Lucky Duck

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:05)

• Tiles of the Arabian Nights from Holy Grail Games
• One Deck Galaxy by Asmadi Games and designer Chris Cieslik
• The Stuff of Legend by Kevin Wilson and Th3rd World Studios
• Voidfall from Mindclash Games by Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi
• Keep the Heroes Out designed by Luís Brüeh
• Light in the Mist by Jack Fallows and Rita Orlov

 

NEW RELEASES (19:45)

• Land vs Sea by designer and artist Jon-Paul Jacques
• Kingdomino: Origins by Bruno Cathala and Blue Orange Games
• Witchstone by Mario Chiacchiera and Reiner Knizia, published by HUCH!
• Gravwell: Second Edition by Corey Young and Renegade Game Studios
• Kim-Joy’s Magic Bakery from Ben Kepner and Skybound Games
• Dungeons and Dragons: Ghosts of Saltmarsh Expansion from Wizkids Games
• Fort: Cats and Dogs Expansion, from Nick Brachmann, Grant Rodiek, and Leder Games

 

 

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This week, the dynamic duo of Restoration and Mondo are Unmatched, 2024 prophesizes new Dungeons and new Dragons, Steiness rocks Galactic, and Dust returns to Dust.

 

TOP STORIES (1:40)

• Restoration Games and Mondo Games reorganize relationship
• Deep Rock Galactic coming to tabletop from designer Ole Steiness
• Zoch Verlag announces Strand Unter and Kipp mir Saures
• Dungeons and Dragons getting new edition in 2024
• Ticket to Ride: Play Pink set to benefit Breast Cancer research
• Alice Cooper’s Horrorbox coming from Fitz Games
• Dust Studios closes its doors after 12 years
• Hunt a Killer brings Agatha Christie mystery to retail

 

CROWDFUNDING (8:50)

• Sushi Boat from Japanime Games by Dario Massarenti, and Francesco Testini
• Scandaloh! from Megacorpin Games and designer Ron Gonzalo García
• Solar Sphere by designers Ayden Lowther and Simon Milburn with Dranda Games
• Artisans of Splendent Vale by designer Nikki Valens and Renegade Games
• Eastern Empires from 999 Games
• Bridge City Poker by designer Lee Gianou and the Portland Game Collective
• River and Stone Playing Cards from illustrator Beth Sobel

 

THE HOTNESS (17:30)

1. Voidfall from Mindclash Games
2. Fractal: Beyond the Void from Boar-Game Studio
3. LUNA Capital by designer Jose Ramón Palacios and Devir
4. Beast by Aron and Elon Midhall
5. Dune Imperium by Dire Wolf Digital
6. Descent: Legends of the Dark from Fantasy Flight Games
7. Gutenberg from Granna Games and designers Katarzyna Cioch and Wojciech Wiśniewski
8. Marrakesh from Queen Games and Stefan Feld

 

 

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This week, IELLO makes a bus route, Gloomhaven, EXIT, and Agricola go digital, there most certainly were NOT too many bones, and all this can be yours for only TWO BILLION EUROS!

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• Asmodee for sale for 2 billion euros
• IELLO announces new version of Let’s Make a Bus Route
• Digital Gloomhaven gets a final release date
• Digital game, EXIT: Curse of Ophir releases
• Origins Awards delayed until 2022
• Rio Grande announces 14th Dominion expansion, Allies
• Funforge and Ubisoft teaming up for Far Cry Beyond
• Final expansion for Too Many Bones coming from Chip Theory Games
• Glory Islands coming from Rio Grande and Arve Fühler
• Rodent space race game First Rat coming soon from Pegasus Spiele
• Agricola now available on Board Game Arena
• Two new expansions coming for Star Trek Fluxx

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:35)

• Agemonia from Lautapelit.fi and designer Max Wikström
• Eleven from Portal Games and designer Thomas Jansen
• Artemis Odyssey from Grand Gamer’s Guild with designers Bruno Faidutti and Serge Laget
• Mint Mini from Poketto by Joshua Hale and Samuel Williams
• Dog Park from Birdwood Games and Jack and Lottie Hazell
• Solforge Fusion from Stoneblade by Richard Garfield and Justin Gary
• Masters of the Universe: Clash for Eternia from Cool Mini or Not

 

NEW RELEASES (22:55)

• Khôra: Rise of an Empire from IELLO
• Curators from World Shaper Games by Jacob Westerlund, Tove and Pablo Jomer
• Lisbon Tram 28 MEBO Games and designer Pedro Santos Silva
• Galaxy Trucker 3rd edition by Vlaada Chvátil and CGE
• Belgian Beers Race from Grand Gamers Guild and Michaël Boutriaux
• Kokopelli by Queen Games and Stefan Feld

 

 

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This week, Capybara and Capybara and Capybara, Ravenburger takes a Ravensbreak, Azul expands into new polygons, Oink Scouts out a new card game, and GenCon, GENCon, GENCON.

 

TOP STORIES (2:55)

• Pandasaurus warehouse robbed, games put on EBay
• Okazu announces Capybara n Capybara
• Mindbug coming from Nerdland Games and Richard Garfield
• Ravensburger puts US orders on hold
• Azul: Queen’s Garden coming from Next Move Games
• Star Trek retheming of Fantasy Realms coming from WizKids
• Fantasy Flight announces expansion to Outer Rim
• Game Trayz Labs starts publishing with new title Forsaken
• Nibard Games wins Diana Jones Award
• Amazing card game SCOUT picked up by Oink Games
• Jurassic World Legacy coming from Funko
• AEG GenCon Breaking News

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:25)

• Lax Rax shelving solution
• Mythic Mischief from IV Studios
• The Spill by Andy Kim and Smirk and Dagger
• Earth Rising by Stop, Drop and Roll Games
• Unsurmountable from Button Shy Games and Scott Almes
• Dungeons of Infinity by Infinity and More Games

 

THE HOTNESS (21:40)

• Azul: Queen’s Garden
• Unfathomable
• Dinosaur World
• 7 Wonders: Architects
• Artisans of Splendent Vale
• Star Wars: Outer Rim
• Furnace
• Tournament Fishing

GENCON SPECIAL REPORT (26:30)

 

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This week, Fantasy Flight loses the Keys to the Forge, CMoN gets all fungible on us, Hanamikoji gets a septet of expansions, and I am in Miami!

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• CMoN enters the world of NFTs
• KeyForge algorithm is broken, stops new deck production
• Santa Monica: Long Weekend announced
• Tholos coming from Perro Loko Games
• 2 player Espresso Doppio coming from HUCH!
• Bruno Cathala’s Insert coming to Board Game Arena
• 10th anniversary edition of Qwirkle coming in October
• Mille Fiori from Reiner Knizia announced
• Hanamikoji and Hanamikoji 2 getting set of 7 mini expansions
• Game Brewer bringing back Palaces of Carrara from Kramer and Kiesling
• Arcane Woncders distributing Mother of Frankenstein
• 7 Wonders Architects by Antoine Bauza announced
• Paleo expansion A New Beginningcoming in October
• Anno 1800 getting an expansion
• Air, Land, and Sea Expansion Spies, Lies, and Supplies coming soon

 

CROWDFUNDING (19:55)

• The Split
• Wild Serengeti 
• Green Hell
• Motif
• Starship Shuffle

NEW RELEASES (20:05)

 

• Super Mario Labyrinth
• So Clover
• Super Mega Lucky Box
• Dune

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This week, Hot Banana Dim Sum for everyone, The Mysterium designer gets a Settlement, Poketto continues to be minty fresh, The Queen’s Gambit replaces Jedi with Grandmasters, and King Arthur gets all Smashed Up.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Inevitable price rise coming from Fantasy Flight and Atomic Mass Games
• Greg Spence responds to accusations, steps down as CEO of Broken Token
• Game Brewer, Catalyst, and R Talsorian Games skip GenCon
• Settlement from designer Oleksandr Nevskiy and publisher IGAMES
• Andromeda’s Edge coming from Luke Laurie and Cardboard Alchemy
• Mint Bid and Mint Mini from Poketto
• Smash Up Knights of the Round Table
• Netflix Queen's Gambit board game coming from Mixlore
• Sea of Legends expansion coming to Kickstarter from Guildhall Games
• Renegade announces RPGs for GI Joe, Transformers, and Power Rangers
• Pilgrim from Nick Case and Spielworxx
• Dim Sum game Steam Up coming to Kickstarter from Hot Banana Games
• Game of Thrones B’Twixt coming from Fantasy Flight

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:55)

• Black Rose Wars: Rebirth from designer Marco Montanaro and Ludus Magnus Studio
• Empire Plateau by Stefan Frances and Frances Games
• Super Truffle Pigs from Bicycle Games and designer Jason Corace
• Epic Zoo from JU Boardgames
• Backyard Chickens by August Games and designers Don and Adrian Gilstrap
• The Gardens from Grail Games with designers Matthew Dunstan and Brett J. Gilbert

 

NEW RELEASES (20:05)

• Power Failure by Artana Games
• So Clover from Repos Games
• The Night Cage from Smirk and Laughter
• Waste Knights 2nd Edition by Galakta
• Disney It’s a Small World from Funko Games
• Stronghold: Undead 2nd Edition from Portal Games
• Dungeon Decorators by SlugFest Games

 

 

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This week, IDW’s future game development is IDK, it’s raining both Cat Ladies and Dog Lovers, Asmodee extends licensing agreements to everyone, and Chun-Li can theoretically fight Cuddle Team Leader in Magic.

 

TOP STORIES (1:50)

• IDW closing doors on game production
• Video game IP Cuphead getting a board game
• Dog Lover, sequel to Cat Lady, coming from AEG
• New edition of Bruxelles 1893 coming to KS in 2022
• Asmodee products coming from Event Mechandising
• Asmodee escape room books coming from Mango Editions
• Asmodee comics coming from Source Point Press
• Catan merch coming from RollaCrit and Ata-Boy
• Catan themed beer really on the way from Champion Beverage Club
• Chicago getting Catan mural from artist Czr Prz
• Plaid Hat Games not attending GenCon or Origins 2021
• Atomic Mass Games announces no new products for Star Wars Armada
• New MTG sets coming based on Street Fighter and Fortnite
• Free web missions available for Unexpected Games’ The Initiative
• Wizards of the Coast trademarks the term ‘Netrunner’

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:20)

• Plant Based Riot from Bubblegum Stuff
• Lands of Galzyr by Sami Laasko and Snowdale Design
• Flamecraft from publishers Cardboard Alchemy and Lucky Duck by Manny Vega
• Wicked and Wise by Fertessa Allyse and Weird Giraffe Games
• The Road Chosen by artist/designer Matt White

 

THE HOTNESS (17:55)

1. Regicide by Badgers from Mars
2. Voidfall from Mindclash Games
3. Black Rose Wars by Marco Montanaro
4. Descent: Legends of the Dark
5. Ankh: Gods of Egypt from CMoN
6. Dune: Imperium by Paul Dennen
7. Lost Ruins of Arnak from CGE
8. Black Rose Wars: Rebirth by Marco Montanaro

 

 

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This week, Smartphones get even more mobile, get lost in a mystery Floor Plan, have a Mascarade ball in the Citadel, let loose the floodgates of love, and Acio Talisman!

 

TOP STORIES (1:30)

• Greg Spence of Broken Token accused of abuse
• The Rocketeer coming from Prospero Hall and Funko
• Arcane Wonders teases Mobile Market, a Smartphone Inc. Card Game
• Talisman Harry Potter coming from The OP
• Floor Plan: Winchester Mystery House announced by Deep Water Games
• The next Friedemann Friese game is Full Throttle
• Real time dice game Milestones coming from Amigo
• Fog of Love is now published by Floodgate Games
• New versions of Bruno Faidutti classics Citadels and Mascarade announced

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:25)

• Bug Council of Backyardia from Engro Games
• Feuding Foodies by designers David Swartz, Gurleen Bal, and Aaron Swartz
• Legend Academy from El Dorado Games and designer Daniel Aronson
• Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread by Far Off Games and designer Cody Miller
• Mother Road: Route 66 and others from Eagle Gryphon Games
• Reapers by designer Daniel Newman and New Mill Industries

 

NEW RELEASES (19:55)

• Shards of Infinity: Into the Horizon expansion from Stone Blade Entertainment
• 300: Earth and Water, from Bonsai Games and designer Yasushi Nakaguro
• Allegory by Calliope Games and designer Zach Weisman
• DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince: Summertime by designers Omari Akil and Hamu Dennis
• Sticky Cthulhu from IELLO by designers Cédric Barbé and Théo Rivière
• Dice Flick from Pegasus Spiele and designer Rami Gaber
• The Fuzzies by designers Alex Hague, Justin Vickers, and Wolfgang Warsch

 

 

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This week, what plays in Vegas, stays in Vegas, Realms are both Rolling and Dicey, Yummy yummy yummy, Lucky Duck has Monsters in their Tummy, and Garphill Games announces two more alliterative add-ons.

 

TOP STORIES (1:40)

• GenCon once again requires masks
• Dice Tower West will occur March 2-6 at the Rio in Las Vegas
• Reiner Knizia terminates all contracts with Grail, Matagot, and Kolossal
• Dice Realms coming from Rio Grande and Tom Lehmann
• That Time You Killed Me from Pandasaurus and Peter C Hayward
• More details on Weather Machine from Vital Lacerda
• Capstone Games announces Corrosion from Stefan Bauer
• Lucky Duck Kids announces app driven Yummy Yummy Monster Tummy
• Stonemaier sets pre-orders for Rolling Realms
• Z-Man releases solo rules for Crypto online
• Trismegistus Roll and Write available online from Board and Dice
• Social deduction game Dubious coming from Hobby World
• Ares Games to release of Last Friday Revised Edition
• Two Expansions and storage box coming for Viscounts of the West Kingdom
• Rome: Total War being made into board game from PSC Games
• More details emerge on Stefan Feld’s Marrakesh

 

CROWDFUNDING (16:00)

• Earthborne Rangers from Earthborne Games and Andrew Navaro
• Zorro the Dice Game Stunts and Allies Expansion from Pull the Pin Games
• Mixology by Patchara and Patipol Jongkirkkiat
• Scott King’s 2022 Gaming Calendar
• Excavation Earth: It Belongs in a Museum Expansion from Mighty Boards

 

NEW RELEASES (21:35)

• Descent: Legends of the Dark from Fantasy Flight
• Splitz by Igor Ganzha
• Cutterland from Hobby World and Nikolay Zolotarev
• Iberian Gauge from Capstone Games and Amabel Holland
• Ride the Rails: Australia and Canada Map, by John Bohrer and Capstone Games
• Space Dragons by Richi Haarhoff and Edition Spielwise

 

 

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This week, Tasty Minstrels are singing dirges, Z-Man is newly led by a spirit of old prompting a history lesson, and Capstone finds Pfister to be an absolute Boon. Plus, human scum.

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• Tasty Minstrel Games declares virtual bankruptcy
• Sophie Gravel becomes Z-Man Games Head of Studio
• Restoration Games announces Omega Virus Prologue
• Soda Smugglers by Reiner Knizia coming from Bitewing Games
• Steve Jackson Games announces Munchkin Farkle
• Capstone reveals new Alexander Pfister game Boonlake
• Portal Games to release new Neuroshima Hex app
• The Guild of Merchant Explorers by Matthew Dunstan and Brett J Gilberts coming from AEG
• Disney themed Werewolf is titled Gathering of the Wicked

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:25)

• Ryder: The Card Game by Curtis Humphreys
• Oros by Brandt Brinkerhoff
• Divinus from Lucky Duck and Filip Miłuński
• Bantam West by Ike Brunicardi
• Architects of the West Kingdom: Works of Wonder from Garphill Games
• Pirates from Queen Games and Stefan Dorra
• Dust to Dust by Spencer Swan

 

THE HOTNESS (18:45)

1. Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread from Far Off Games
2. Boonlake by Alexander Pfister and Capstone Games
3. Descent: Legends of the Dark by Fantasy Flight Games
4. Disney Gargoyles: Awakening from Ravensburger
5. Alien: Fate of the Nostromo by Scott Rogers
6. Ankh: Gods of Egypt by Eric Lang and CMoN
7. Dune Imperium by Paul Dennen and Dire Wolf Digital
8. Lands of Galzyr by Sami Laasko and Seppo Kuukasjärvi

 

 

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This week, we pull the hood off of the next Marvel Champions Pack, Mansions of Madness has completed renovations for now, Dune Dune Dune-y Dune, and Trading Card Games are half the battle.

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• PAX West clarifies safety and COVID rules
• Disney Villains themed Werewolf coming from Zygomatic
• No more expansions coming for Mansions of Madness
• More TCGs breaking sales records at auction
• The Hood Scenario Pack coming to Marvel Champions
• The next Horrified is Horrified: American Monsters
• Osprey Games announces 2-player Cryptid: Urban Legends
• Dune Betrayal coming from designer of The Resistance
• GI Joe Deck Building Game coming from Renegade Games
• Caesar’s Empire from Holy Grail Games looks at other side of Asterix
• More details emerge on Fire & Stone from Carcassonne’s Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:50)

• Prise de Fer from Green Cloak Creative
• Rat Queens: To the Slaughter by Deep Water Games
• Jasper Modular Shelves by BoardGameTables.com
• Soul Raiders from One For All
• Volfyirion Guilds from Tabula Games
• Top Pop by Talon Strikes Studios

 

NEW RELEASES (16:35)

• Lost Cities Roll and Write from Reiner Knizia and Thames & Kosmos
• Clever Cubed by Wolfgang Warsch and Stronghold Games
• Surrealist Dinner Party by Resonym Games
• Islands in the Mist from Stronghold Games
• Turbo Sleuth from WizKids Games

 

 

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This week, we belatedly announce the winners of the Spiel des Jahres, Happy Salmons are now Exploding Salmons, Bruno Cathala is the next great designer to drink the roll-and-write Kool Aid, and STOP… Hammer Time.

 

TOP STORIES (1:35)

• Micromacro: Crime City wins Spiel des Jahres, Paleo wins Kennerspiel
• North Star Games sells Happy Salmon to Exploding Kittens
• GAMA announces fund for underrepresented publishers and retailers
• Roll and Write Trek12 coming from Bruno Cathala and Pandasaurus
• Dental based battle game coming from Bright Eye Games
• Ravensburger announces audio based escape room game Echoes
• Two new games coming from Inka and Markus Brand
• HABA loudly announces Hammer Time
• Follow-up on rumors around Stonemaier Games and Libertalia

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:10)

• Ice Floes and Foes by Keep Exploring Games
• Distilled from Paverson Games
• Velocity Vanguard by Precarious Games
• Potion Panic from Rocket House Games
• On Mars: Alien Invasion by Vital Lacerda and Eagle-Gryphon Games
• Flicking Finches from Meridae Games and Yves Tourigny

 

NEW RELEASES (16:05)

• Dice Miner from Atlas Games
• CATAN: Treasures, Dragons and Adventures by CATAN Studios
• Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Secrets and Soirees from Stonemaier Games
• Coffee Traders by Capstone Games
• Brew from Pandasaurus Games
• Rocketmen from Phalanx Games and Martin Wallace

 

 

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This week, UK Games Expo tightens it’s mask, Jamaica gets more beautiful, and Uwe Rosenberg has a fever... A fever for tulips.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Imperial Steam announced from Capstone Games
• UK Games Expo announces tighter COVID precautions
• Three Little Wolves coming from Renegade Games
• Jamaica getting new edition from Space Cowboys
• Animal Crossing Monopoly coming soon and sold out
• War Machine is the next hero pack for Marvel Champions
• Tulip Fever and Oranienburger Kanal coming from Uwe Rosenberg in 2022
• Two expansions announced for Defenders of the Crown
• Exploding Kittens entry level box coming soon

 

CROWDFUNDING (8:15)

• Blood of the Northmen: Test of Faith by Carl Chudyk
• Villagers: Shifting Seasons Expansion from Sinister Fish Games
• Potato Pirates 3: BattleChips
• Kroma from Breaking Games
• Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: ANNIHILAGEDDON 2

 

THE HOTNESS (12:45)

• Imperium: Classics
• Meadow from designer Klemens Kalicki
• Bantam West by Ike Brunicardi
• ALIEN: Fate of the Nostromo by designer Scott Rogers
• Dune Imperium
• Lost Ruins of Arnak
• Descent: Legends of the Dark
• Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
• On Mars: Alien Invasion - A Somewhat Cooperative Expansion from Vital Lacerda

 

 

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This week, GenCon and Essen conventions specify rules regarding COVID, new versions announced for Machi Koro, Crossbows and Catapults, and Berried Treasure, and expansions are coming for a Last Aurora Middle Earth Dune Bonfire.

 

TOP STORIES (1:40)

• Restoration Games press conference announcements
• Crossbows and Catapults and Thunder Road coming from Restoration Games
• Sid Saxon’s Buried Treasures becoming Berried Treasures
• Asmodee not attending Spiel 2021
• Journeys in Middle Earth and Last Aurora get expansions
• Blizzard announces World of Warcraft Lair of the Lich King Pandemic
• Dice Tower Summer Spectacular Announcements!
• Machi Koro 2 from Pandasaurus
• Artians of Splendent Vale from Nikki Valens
• Queens Dilemma from Horrible Guild
• Arcane Wonders bringing Picture Perfect to US
• Paint the Roses coming from North Star Games
• First Expansion for Dune Imperium, Rise of Ix from Dire Wolf Digital
• Bonfire expansion Trees and Creatures announced from Stefan Feld
• Stephan Buonocore monumentally embarrassed
• Dice Tower Awards 2020 announced

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:50)

• Coalitions by Andrew Roarke and PHALANX Games
• Heckin Hounds from Mattie Schraeder and Sapphire City Games
• Scarface 1920 by Toni Serradesanferm and Daniel Simon
• Winter Haven Woods from artist / designer Joel Bodkin
• Forests of Pangaia by Thomas Franken

 

 

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This week, everything is coming up Walker-Harding, Lost Ruins has Found Leaders, Asmodee and Amazon fight crime onine, and super mega lucky box, super mega luck box, super mega. Lucky box.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Trials and tribulations at TSR Games
• Asmodee and Amazon go after game counterfeiters
• Pessoa from Pythagoras Games and Orlando Sá
• Super Mega Lucky Box from Gamewright and Phil Walker-Harding
• Catan: Logik Rätsel coming from KOSMOS
• Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders expansion coming Q4 2021
• Andor StoryQuest: Dark Path from KOSMOS
• Kingsbridge: das Spiel from designer Wolfgang Kramer
• High Score - Challenge Accepted! Dice game from Reiner Knizia

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:50)

• Peak Oil Profiteers by Tobias Gohrbandt and Heiko Günther
• Deliverance designed by Andrew Lowen
• Overstocked by designer Mandela Fernandez-Grandon
• Van Ryder Graphic Novel Adventures Season 4
• Valor and Villainy: Lludwiks Labyrinth from James Van Niekerk
• Wild Assent Lavon Rising by Robert McConnell

 

NEW RELEASES (17:00)

• Summer Camp from Phil Walker-Harding
• Llamaland from Phil Walker-Harding
• Terraforming Mars Ares Project by Jacob Fryxelius, Sydney Engelstein and Nick Little
• Juicy Fruits by Capstone Games and Christian Stöhr
• Summoner Wars Second Edition by Plaid Hat Games and Colby Dauch

 

 

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It’s the anniversary episode and Jasper and Jesse are back, celebrating one year of Dice Tower Now! This week, lots of infrastructure - Pipeline and Fort Expansions, plus Mountain and Wall Solo modes. Plus, a minimalistic take on Gloomhaven, and a new green, voiceless labiodental fricative train game.

 

TOP STORIES (3:05)

• Stella - Dixit Universe from Libellud
• Leder Games Fort gets a Dogs and Cats expansion
• Wizkids announced Dungeon Scrawlers: Heroes of Undermountain
• Calliope’s card game Enchanted Plumes embodies peacock courtship
• Paolo Mori’s 2 player Caesar! Coming from PSC Games
• Capstone teases Pipeline’s first expansion, Emerging Markets
• Solo game Lux Aeterna coming from Capstone and Frosted Games
• Print and Play game Gloomholdin’ does Gloomhaven with 18 cards
• New details on Alexander Pfister’s Great Western Trail second edition
• Official solo rules emerge for Whistle Mountain and Hadrian’s Wall
• Free Ride is a light train and rail game from Friedemann Friese
• Clever Cubed, the three-quel to That’s So Clever coming from Stronghold
• Reiner Knizia comments on Grail Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:05)

• Starframe by Exodus Games
• Tea, Scones, and Arsenicby Robin Red Games
• Treasure Dive By Kozz Games
• 6: Siegeby Mythic Games and Ubisoft
• AEG Big Game Night from AEG
• Nobel Run

 

THE HOTNESS (19:45)

• Gloomholdin
• Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
• Free Ride
• Great Western Trail
• 6: Siege
• Summer Camp
• Arkham Horror: The Card Game

 

 

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In this episode, Dragomino wins the Kinderspiel des Jahres award, Lucky Duck’s Chronicles gets a version for kids, Res Arcana becomes pearlescent, and more Dune is less Dune.

 

TOP STORIES (1:50)

• Capstone to distribute Orleans and expansions for DLP
• Dragomino wins the Kinderspiel des Jahres
• The Game of 49 reskinned to Zillionaires on Mars
• Ares Games and Ole Steiness to release dice zombie game Last One Alive
• Lucky Duck Kids to release Kid’s Chronicles: Quest for the Moon Stones
• Megacorpin Games announces Awkward Guests sequel, ScandalOH!
• New holiday themed 18 card escape rooms coming from Grand Gamers Guild
• Asmodee to distribute games from Supermeeple, including Tikal
• Second expansion coming for Res Arcana, Perlae Imperii
• Marvel Champions gets another guardian, Nebula
• Gale Force 9 making faster, streamlined Dune game

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:10)

• Isle of Cats: Kittens and Beasts by City of Games
• Mechanical Beastby Side Room Games
• Fall of the Mountain King By Burnt Island Games
• Adventure Tactics: Adventures in Alchemyby Letiman Games
• Thera from Mr. B Games

 

THE HOTNESS (16:35)

• Unfathomable
• ADELE
• Dune: Imperium, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Imperium: Classics
• Forests of Pangaia
• Scarface: 1920
• Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile, Destinies
• 6: Siege

 

THE BOARD ROOM (19:30)

• The Board Room part 4 - Interest with Barry Figrim

 

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In this episode, Dragomino wins the Kinderspiel des Jahres award, Lucky Duck’s Chronicles gets a version for kids, Res Arcana becomes pearlescent, and more Dune is less Dune.

 

TOP STORIES (1:50)

• Capstone to distribute Orleans and expansions for DLP
• Dragomino wins the Kinderspiel des Jahres
• The Game of 49 reskinned to Zillionaires on Mars
• Ares Games and Ole Steiness to release dice zombie game Last One Alive
• Lucky Duck Kids to release Kid’s Chronicles: Quest for the Moon Stones
• Megacorpin Games announces Awkward Guests sequel, ScandalOH!
• New holiday themed 18 card escape rooms coming from Grand Gamers Guild
• Asmodee to distribute games from Supermeeple, including Tikal
• Second expansion coming for Res Arcana, Perlae Imperii
• Marvel Champions gets another guardian, Nebula
• Gale Force 9 making faster, streamlined Dune game

 

CROWDFUNDING (10:10)

• Isle of Cats: Kittens and Beasts by City of Games
• Mechanical Beastby Side Room Games
• Fall of the Mountain King By Burnt Island Games
• Adventure Tactics: Adventures in Alchemyby Letiman Games
• Thera from Mr. B Games

 

THE HOTNESS (16:35)

• Unfathomable
• ADELE
• Dune: Imperium, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Imperium: Classics
• Forests of Pangaia
• Scarface: 1920
• Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile, Destinies
• 6: Siege

 

SPECIAL REPORT (19:30)

• The Board Room part 4 - Interest with Barry Figrim

 

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This episode, we play with clay Golems, Munchkin now lives in a pineapple under the sea, Capstone feels the Riftforce, Port Royal pillages a big box, and Monopoly, Monopoly, Monopoly, not Monopoly.

 

TOP STORIES:

 

More details on Cranio Creation’s Golem

 

Monopoly ironically has trademark problems

 

Ticket to Ride Task Switcher

 

AEG Big Game Night Kickstarter

 

Pandemic novels coming from Aconyte

 

Spongebob Squarepants Munchkin

 

Tales of Arabian Nights 3rd Edition reprinting

 

Riftforce from Capstone and 1 More Time Games

 

Love Letter: Princess Princess Ever After

 

Earthborne Games bringing Earthborne Rangers

 

Arkham Horror LCG changing release schedule

 

Port Royal Big Box coming from Pegasus Spiele

 

Newly announced Goonies: Never Say Die gets newly announced expansion

 

CROWDFUNDING:

Mosaic

Buurn

Lockup: Breakout

The Witcher: Old World

ADELE

Buru

 

THE HOTNESS:

Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread

Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Summoner Wars second edition

The LOOP

The Witcher: Old World

Arkham Horror the Card Game

 

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This episode, Catan once again extends in all three dimensions, Disney Sidekicks get their day in the spotlight, and Arydia brings that Xia feel to fantasy RPGs.

 

TOP STORIES:

 

Arydia coming from Cody Miller and Far Out Games

 

UltraPRO bringing back 2 Lord of the RIngs Games

 

Zombicide Army of the Dead announced by CMON

 

Catan 3D Edition being reissued

 

Side Kicks announced from Spin Master Games and Eric Lang

 

Drawing game Doodle Dungeon from Pegasus Spiele and Ulrich Bloom

 

Capstone announces new Kramer and Kiesling Title Savannah Park

 

Expansion Ghosts of Saltmarsh for any D&D Adventure Game

 

Lucky Duck teases legacy god game Divinus

 

Shinkansen speeds into town from Ludonova and Llama Dice

 

The next Marvel Champions campaign expansion is The Mad Titan’s Shadow

 

Orange Nebula hints at the Vindication big box, Archive of the Ancients

 

CROWDFUNDING:

Unicorn Stew

Skyline Express

Castle Panic Deluxe

Chai: Tea for 2

Tussie Mussie Expansions

Paperback Adventures

Sound Box

 

NEW RELEASES:

Dungeons and Dragons Monopoly

Sheepy Time

Teotihuacan Expansion Period

Destinies

Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North - Egyptian Kings

Botanik

Vienna Connection

 

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This episode, GenCon exhibitors are getting cold feet, MacroMicro: Crime City is soon being dealt a Full House, we learn almost nothing about Too Many Bones Elder Scrolls edition, and the Spiel nominees are announced.

 

TOP STORIES (2:07)

-Companies becoming wary of attending GenCon 2021

-Isaac Childres comments on social responsibility in games

-Board & Dice clarifies position on Daniele Tascini games

-Spiel des Jahres nominations released for 2021

-CGE releases Lost Ruins of Arnak solo campaign, free to download

-Micromacro: Crime City - Full House expansion teased by Pegasus Spiele

-Chip Theory Games to produce licensed Elder Scrolls game

-Temple Gates Games working on Dominion digital app

-The Goonies: Never Say Die announced by Funko

-Munchkin Russia and Munchkin Bosses coming from Steve Jackson Games

-Battle of Five Armies revised edition coming from Ares

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:50)

-Illuminati Confirmed

-Kiwi Chow Down

-Monstrosity the Card Game

-Catch Don Falconi

-Railways of Sweden, Australia and Rail Barons of the World

-Miniquest Adventures

-Vengeance: Roll and Fight

-Micro Dojo

 

THE HOTNESS (20:18)

-Fantasy Realms

-The Adventures of Robin Hood

-Destinies

-Frosthaven

-Lost Ruins of Arnak

-MicroMacro: Crime City

-Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile

 

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This episode, Pokemon cards go on lockdown, those pesky kittens get another game, Maracaibo rises up with an expansion, Pandemic’s Hot Zone extends to Europe, and we celebrate with a fine bottle of Dom Pierre.

 

TOP STORIES (1:43)

• Major retailers pull Pokemon cards
• New publisher Bright Eye Games announces bee and termite games
• Maracaibo expansion The Uprising announced
• Isle of Cats: Explore and Draw added to Kittens Kickstarter
• IELLO announces Last Message
• Button Shy to release expansion pack for Tussie Mussie
• Pandemic Hot Zone: Europe coming this summer
• Ascension 10 year anniversary edition
• Games Workshop announces Warhammer Age of Sigmar 3rd Edition
• Lost Explorers coming from Asmodee and designer Cédrick Chaboussit
• Renegade Studios releasing Transformers Deck-Building Game
• Pile Up Games teases Champagne producing game Dom Pierre
• Brian Boru: High King of Scotland coming from Peer Sylvester and Osprey Games
• Details emerge about PureArts’ Orlog dice game

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:16)

• Hoplomachus: Victorum
• We Can Play: Women Who Changed the World
• Florence
• Angel Fury
• Vivid Memories
• Growing Season
• Auroboros

 

NEW RELEASES (19:36)

• Ecos: New Horizons
• Merchants Cove
• Keyforge: Dark Tidings
• Simolo: Wild Animals and Simolo: Animals
• Marvel Champions: Starlord and Gamora
• Mandala Stones

 

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This episode, BGG awards some golden geeks with golden geeks, Essen swears they are really really having a convention this year, Voids and Stations both Fall, and we worry prematurely and excessively about an Isle full of Kittens.

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

• Story Machine Games closing its doors
• Essen Spiel still on target
• BGG Golden Geek Awards
• Marvel United: X-Men breaks records for CMoN
• Snakesss coming from Phil Walker-Harding
• Oink Games crowdfunding to bring its games to the Switch
• Funko announces Disney themed It’s a Small World and Mickey and the Beanstalk
• Dexterity Jane coming from Sit Down!
• Stonemaier announces Between Two Castles Expansion
• First expansion for The Isle of Cats coming to Kickstarter
• Mindclash teases Voidfall
• Wind the Film getting English and French release from Matagot
• Art Decko is Rio Grande’s re-release of Promenade
• Renegade reinvigorates Murder Mystery Parties with Crimes and Capers
• MTG events coming back sooner than expected
• A tribute to Warhammer Fantasy and Space Hulk co-creator Richard Halliwell

 

THE HOTNESS (13:49)

• Voidfall
• Stationfall
• Lost Ruins of Arnak
• Micromacro: Crime City
• Merchant’s Cove

 

CROWDFUNDING (15:50)

• My Father’s Work
• Connecting Flights
• Hidden Leaders
• Stationfall
• LOOP (Life of Ordinary People)
  Deluxe or Reprints of:
• Agents of SMERSH
• After the Empire
• Dominations: Road to Civilization

 

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This episode, Hasbro reports on Wizard of the Coast earnings, both fungible and non-fungible, GenCon details the haves and have nots of pandemic era conventions, CMYK obtains both Quacks and catapults, and Sarah Shah takes over as crowdfunding correspondent.

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• GenCon 2021 Health and Safety report
• Hasbro releases first quarter profit report
• 7 Wonders Mystery contest details
• Alles auf einer Karte from NSV and Stefan Benndorf
• Dexterity game Hurlyburly coming from CMYK Games
• Noisy party game Soundbox coming from Horrible Guild
• Second edition of Tyrants of the Underdark announced by Gale Force 9
• Nicodemus by Bruno Cthala and Florian Sirieix coming from Bombyx Games
• CMYK to publish Quacks of Quedlinburg and expansions
• Scorpion Masque releases 2-player rules for Master Word

 

CROWDFUNDING (9:55)

• It’s a Wonderful Kingdom
• Hellboy Expansions and Hellboy the Dice Game
• Transmissions
• Pletrix
• Koi Garden
• One Card Wonder
• Canvas: Reflections

 

NEW RELEASES (16:25)

• Valiant Wars published by Strange Machine Games
• Rush MD by Artipia Games
• Masters of the Night by Ares Games
• Chronicles of Crime: 1900 from Lucky Duck Games
• Fantasy Realms: Cursed Hoard by WizKids
• Nidavellir: Thingvellir by GRRRE Games

 

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This episode, Grail Games loses evil genius Knizia but gains all the “Minion”s, Board & Dice hires a fantastic Family, and Galaxy Trucker keeps on truckin'. And long time contributors Chris and Kitty deliver their final Kickstarter report.

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• Christian Petersen Purchases Fantasy Flight Gaming Center
• Deckscape Crew vs Crew
• Capstone announces Imperial Steam
• Slugfest Games creates Dungeon Decorators
• Alley Cat Games follows up Dice Hospital with Dice Theme Park
• Exploding Kittens announces A Little Wordy
• UltraPRO brings legacy destruction with Cutterland
• Egyptian Kings expansion to Empires of the North coming from Portal Games
• Yokohama Roll and Write coming from OKAZU
• IELLO is making giant King of Tokyo Monster Box
• Galaxy Trucker reprint coming from CGE
• Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Mojave Expansion announced by Modiphius
• Upper Deck’s next Marvel Legendary expansion is Annihilation
• Treasure, Dragons and Adventures scenario coming to Catan Seafarers
• Grail Games loses Knizia classic games, but gains Minion Games
• Board & Dice hires Mik and Starla from Our Family Plays Games

 

NEW RELEASES (14:44)

• Rival Networks from Formal Ferret Games
• King of 12 by Lucky Duck
• Ruins of Mars from Aetheris Games
• Galaxy Hunters by IDW
• Sweetlandia from Ultra-PRO

 

KICKSTARTERS (18:03)

• Hippocrates
• 7 Moons
• The Shadow Planet
• Marvel United: X-Men
• Board Royale
• Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game
• And a Monster Hunter World shoutout

 

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