This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 26, 2023. This week, amazon tosses a coin to your space marine, Spielworxx hits us right in the Gentes, Studio H visits the Splendor of the Middle Ages, and the Fellowship remembers Carcassonne.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Games Workshop inks Warhammer 40K deal with Amazon for TV series
• Quacks of Quedlinburg Duel
• Lord of the Rings: The Ringbearer from Carcassonne designer Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
• Daitoshi from Devir and Dani Garcia
• Epos: A Gentes Game coming from Spielworxx
• Ephipparius - A new Agricola expansion
• Publisher Studio H is remaking Majesty: For the Realm as Middle Ages
• Peaks from designer Sam Gray and Tangerine Games
• Tiny Epic Game of Thrones

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:05)

• Happy Holidays - no Crowdfunbding projects

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (11:45)

• Happy Holidays from Scott Morris

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 19, 2023. This week, we cover the news from Play to Z, we essentially take stock of veg, wonderful days get hot, heavy rain, and yeah. It’s true.

 

TOP STORIES (2:45)

• New publisher Play to Z from Zev Shlasinger
• Essen Spiel and Tokyo Game Market to team up
• US Postal Service does D&D stamps
• Heat Pedal to the Metal: Heavy Rain expansion described
• Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet expansion announced
• Splendor: Pokemon and Bag of Chips: Pokemon to be published in Korea
• River Valley Glassworks coming from AllPlay
• Ostia: Pirates expansion
• New version of El Grande by Hans im Glück
• New Unlock Extraordinary Adventures
• Sibilie by designers Luca Grippo and Paolo Raciti

 

CROWDFUNDING (17:40)

• Tiny Epic Cthulhu
• Party Panda Pirates
• Gudnak

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:55)

• Big News

 

THE HOTNESS (24:55)

1. Earthborne Rangers
2. Deliverance
3. Ark Nova
4. Earth
5. The White Castle
6. I C E
7. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
8. The Vale of Eternity
9. The Fox Experiment
10. Skara Brae

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 12, 2023. This week, Richard Garfield did it in the Conservatory with a Black Lotus, Australia goes radioactive, mutant guinea pigs get caffeinated, and Galileo Figaro Magnifico.

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

• Lorcana sales to use virtual queue system on Amazon
• Dicebreaker website potentially up for sale
• Button Shy 18 card holiday design contest
• MtG Clue crossover coi9nciding with new release set
• Garphill teases two new titles in their Ancient Anthology line
• Nucleum Australia expansion annou8nced
• Two new announcements from Hachette
• Cafe Baras coming from KTBG and Roberta Taylor
• Galileo Galilei from Pink Troubadour and designer Tomáš Holek

 

CROWDFUNDING (11:00)

• Star Realms Deluxe Colonial Collection
• Stan Lee’s Genesis

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (15:00)

• Lucky Duck review

 

THE HOTNESS (17:00)

1. Brass: Birmingham
2. Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods
3. Age of Innovation
4. Apiary
5. Ark Nova
6. Nucleum
7. Ironwood
8. The White Castle
9. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
10. Deliverance

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 5, 2023. This week, it's FAIR to say old games MAY come back, Wise Wizards go from White to Wacky, a peck of picky pixies pick potable poseys, and Cascadia rolls over hill and stream.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• TCGplayer Employees Picket
• Mayfair Games to publish Empire Builder series
• Wise Wizard launches Wacky Wizard brand
• Mind Up!
• Picky Pixie
• Bezier Games - Bullet "F"
• Cascadia Roll & Writes
• Witcher Unmatched
• Stalingrad Roads by Ares
• Natera: A New Beginning
• Windmill Valley
• Trick Takers: Of What's Left and Short Zoot Suit
• How to Save a World
• Lairs by Kids Table

 

CROWDFUNDING (22:04)

• Nocturne
• Undergrove
• Moonrollers
• Heroes of Air, Land, and Sea
• Stakd
• Nemesis Retaliation

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (32:08)

• I bet Lucky Duck doesn't read the podcast notes, either

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 28, 2023. This week, Ravensburger gets a Disney Denial of Service, John Clair is a Mistborn, there's a very special holiday murder, and Love Letter gets historical accuracy from Netflix.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Hasbro Announces winners of Women Innovators of Play Challenge
• Ravensburger hit with DDoS for Rise of the Floodborn launch
• Sanderson’s Mistborn books turning into a deckbuilding game from Brotherwise Games
• Sonic Roll coming from publisher Kess
• Final Girl holiday expansion with Krampus
• Algae Inc from Game Brewer
• Bridgerton Love Letter version announced
• Bark Avenue by Good Games Publishing

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:20)

• DCeased
• Kelp
• Ahoy: New Horizons
• Food Chain Magnate Special Edition
• Firefighters on Duty
• Wasabi: A Game of Raw Skill

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:10)

• PAX Unplugged

 

THE HOTNESS (27:35)

1. Voidfall
2. Dune: Imperium
3. Dune: Imperium - Uprising
4. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
5. Ark Nova
6. The White Castle
7. Apiary
8. Nemesis: Retaliation
9. Food Chain Magnate
10. Last Light

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 21, 2023. This week, there’s trouble in forbidden universities, Martin Wallace is truly powered by steam, theOP proves those lawn gnomes are hollow, and the trick is sumo.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• University Games and Forbidden Games sue each other for breach of contract
• Hex & Co to become first Unionized Board Game Cafe
• Steam Power by Martin Wallace
• Azul World Tournament by Plan B and Board Game Arena
• Sumo Trick Taking Game
• Bricolage Heads from Ramble Odd Potato
• Mavka: Between Two Worlds by Ukrainian publisher Rozum
• Lockdown coming to retail from Asmodee
• Gnome Hollow being brought to retail by The OP
• The Crew gets a Swiss Family Robinson re-theme
• Puppy Pile from Thing12 Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (18:40)

• Perseverance Chapter 3&4
• Calimala 2nd Edition
• Saw: The Jigsaw Trials
• Wild Duo
• Gates of Niflheim

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (27:40)

• Nestlings

 

THE HOTNESS (30:15)

1. Food Chain Magnate
2. Nucleum
3. Dune: Imperium
4. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
5. Dune: Imperium – Uprising
6. Ark Nova
7. Apiary
8. 20 Strong
9. The White Castle
10. Food Chain Magnate: Special Edition

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 14, 2023. This week, there's an Elf Creek on the Shelf Creek, Kratos says “CMoN”, Beadle and Grimm goes chaotic, and Renegade hits the books.

 

TOP STORIES (2:40)

• Tabletop Board Game Designer’s Association formed
• God of War board game coming from CMoN
• Matthew Lillard’s Beadle & Grim to release Ring of Chaos
• Penny Dreadfuls of Victorian London: Sensational Tales of Terror coming from Giochi
• Elf Creek Games publishing new version of Santa's Workshop
• City of the Living from Trick or Treat Studios
• Ex Libris Revised Edition plus expansion from Renegade Games
• Fortify from Zenwood Games
• West Story: A Town Building Game by designer Piotr Dachtera
• Flying Gang by designer Dirk Blech

 

CROWDFUNDING (16:20)

• The Gilded Realms
• The Morrison Game Factory
• Dragons Down
• Dracula's Curse
• Charcuterie
• The Old King's Crown

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:55)

• Tranquility

 

THE HOTNESS (29:15)

1. Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
2. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
3. Calimala
4. Apiary
5. Ark Nova
6. Dune: Imperium – Uprising
7. The White Castle
8. Voidfall
9. 20 Strong
10. Nucleum

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 7, 2023. This week, Othello - a minute to learn 52 years to master, every eye has a silver lining, AllPlay moves into a High Rise for ferrets, and Devir gets sand in their Kemushi.

 

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• Othello has been solved by AI
• Diablo board game and RPG coming from Glass Cannon Unplugged
• Bezier Games announces 5th Silver title, Silver: Eye
• Dice Realms Trades Expansion from Tom Lehmann and Rio Grande
• New Games from Oink - DroPolter and Rafter Five
• AllPlay to fulfill High Rise KS and sell select Formal Ferret titles
• Dori Dino by Pegasus Spiele
• Hope: Chronicles of Osmae by screenwriter Fabien Suarez and game designer Christophe Janin
• Lindyhop by new publisher Flat Cap Games
• Sand by Devir
• Cities by Phil Walker-Harding
• Seeker Chronicles
• Operation Barclay by Maurice Suckling
• The Last Lighthouse from Button Shy Games and Scott Almes
• Bunny Boom from Guime and Ruse Games

 

CROWDFUNDING (22:50)

• Molly House
• Takenoko Oyako
• Spirit Fire
• Through the Desert, A Message From the Stars, Switchbacks
• Critter Kitchen
• DreamEscape

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (35:45)

• Flamecraft new minis

 

THE HOTNESS (38:10)

1. Dune: Imperium – Uprising
2. The Old King’s Crown
3. Voidfall
4. Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
5. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
6. Apiary
7. Ark Nova
8. The White Castle
9. Nucleum
10. Tiny Epic Cthulhu

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (14:50)

• Scott Morris responds

 

CROWDFUNDING (17:30)

• Ezra and Nehemia
• Cascadero and Cascadito
• Marvel Dice Throne X-Men
• The Witcher: Paths of Destiny

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (2:50)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (22:00)

• Hello Kitty: A Day at the Park
• Keyforge: Grim Reminders
• Obsession: New Characters and Coins expansion
• Taiki Shinzawa's Charms and Inflation
• Davy Jones Locker: Curse of the Ghost Ships
• The Shivers Triple Terror Expansion

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (33:30)

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

 

THE HOTNESS (35:55)

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

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (1:55)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:25)

• Kavango
• The Night Cage Shrieking Hollow
• Aberration
• Forage
• Cretaceous Rails
• Diatoms

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:10)

• The Lucky Duck booth at Essen

 

THE HOTNESS (26:30)

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

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (1:50)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (10:25)

• Go Lucky Duck

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (3:19)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (23:26)

• Lands of the Mesozoic
• Mycelia
• Creature Caravan
• Millennia
• Dragon Eclipse
• Fromage

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (34:13)

• Visit Lucky Duck at Essen!

 

THE HOTNESS (35:22)

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

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 26, 2023. This week, there's a space duel above catan, Van Ryder has another final finale, Yokohama fires on all synapses, and every Rose has its sworn.

 

TOP STORIES (2:40)

• Terraforming Mars becomes hotbed of AI artwork
• The Rose Gauntlet Foundation
• Pegasus Publishing gets rights to Paizo and Steve Jackson merchandise
• Daily Magic Games to longer be a traditional retailer, but instead a boutique publisher
• 2001's Starship Catan reimagined as Catan Starfarers Duel
• Final Girl Season 1 Franchise Box
• Similo gets two new titles including Lord of the Rings
• Evergreen Expansion: Pines and Cacti
• Yokohama 2nd Edition announced by Synapses Games
• CMoN teases Zombicide DCeased
• Haunted Lands coming from Ludus Magnus Studios
• Marajoara from Brazilian game design group Glyptodon Game Studio

 

CROWDFUNDING (18:40)

• Hoplomachus Pandora Expansions
• World of Midgard
• The Isofarian Guard
• Mythic Mischief vol II
• Unreliable Wizard
• Haggis and Tricktakers

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (29:15)

• Fast Food Magnate Deluxe Edition

 

THE HOTNESS (31:45)

1. Kutná Hora: The City of Silver
2. Nucleum
3. The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
4. The Vale of Eternity
5. Age of Innovation
6. The White Castle
7. Ark Nova
8. Food Chain Magnate
9. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
10. Printing Press
11. Evacuation
12. Lords of Ragnarok
13. Voidfall
14. Yokohama
15. Dragon Eclipse

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 19, 2023. This week, there's no money in yellow boxes, Cowboys gain Perspective, Knizia constructs a coordinated couplet, IV manages more mischief, and Wallace Wallace Wallace.

 

TOP STORIES (2:39)

• HABA files for bankruptcy
• Designers of Heat form Sidekick Games
• Cthulhu Dark Providence announced by CMoN at Expo
• Perspectives: Orange Box from Space Cowboys
• Newsboys from Saashi and Saashi
• New Edition of Kraftwagen
• Cascadito and Cascadero from Reiner Knizia
• Wild Duo
• Mythic Mischief vol II
• Chaos Cove from Martin Wallace
• Steam Power from Martin Wallace
• Inferno
• Karvi
• FFG Posts 9-24 player rules to Twilight Inscription
• 5 Towers
• The Great Harbor
• Byline

 

CROWDFUNDING (22:46)

• More Terraforming Mars
• Barrage New Lands
• Colossal Cat in the Box
• Flapjacks, Sasquatches, Rockets & More
• Potions of Azerland

 

SPECIAL REPORT (32:43)

• Board Game Designer Horror Story: Part 4

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (41:44)

• New Flamecraft Minis!

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2023. This week, the Spice Road gets real big, Stonemaier is infested with bees, the Dutch produce a very odd shop, space heroes are waiting for Godot, and … Tequila!

 

TOP STORIES (2:27)

• Dig Your Way Out: Dig In Expansion
• Century Spice Road Big Box
• Apiary by Stonemaier Games
• Ravensburger plans to combat Disney Lorcana stock shortage
• DreamEscape
• Galactic Heroes: My First Social Deduction Game
• Tequila
• Odd Shop
• Burn the Witch
• Cuvée
• Barrio
• Endangered Flash Kickstarter

 

CROWDFUNDING (18:39)

• Innovation Ultimate
• Harvest
• Worms
• Peacemakers: Horrors of War

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:22)

• Crime Zoom: 55 card deduction games

 

SPECIAL REPORT (28:48)

• Board Game Designer Horror Story: Part 3

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 5, 2023. This week, PHALANX feels wistful and civil, Pegasus draws out bonus crime, Oaken experts declare war on Bones, and Sit Down declares Open Season on Adventurers.

 

TOP STORIES (2:25)

• Boundless Stride: Into the Denlands by Incredible Dream Studios
• Micro Macro: Crime City - Showdown and Micro Macro Bonus Box
• The Night Cage: Shrieking Hollow Expansion
• Ultimate Voyage from Little Monks
• Bone Wars by designer Wim Goossens
• Junk Drawer from 25th Century Games
• Secret Identity and Times Up! Family Edition from R&R Games
• A Very Civil Whist being published by PHALANX
• Statecraft by Do It Games
• Open Season from Sit Down Games
• Marvel Dice Throne: XMen and Marvel Dice Throne: Missions teased by Roxley and TheOP

 

CROWDFUNDING (16:40)

• Spectral & A Trailblazers Expansion
• Joyride: Survival of the Fastest
• Fire and Ice the Miniatures Game
• Guilty Gear Strive the Boardgame
• To the Moon: Bestest Memories
• Farms Race

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (27:00)

• Corey and Camilla's Top 3 Lucky Duck Games

 

SPECIAL REPORT (31:00)

• Best of Dice Tower Now - A Board Game Horror Story part 2

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 29, 2023. This week, it’s baby viking kitten time, we fall under the influence of towering patricians once again, Wolfgang Warsch makes a new version of the Same Game, and Reiner Knizia phones it in at the office.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Hasbro Women Innovators of Play Virtual Global Event
• Pax Viking Junior by Ion Game Design
• Tanz der Hornochsen reprinted as Dance of the Ibexes
• Patrician Towers of Influence coming to KS
• Dr. Frankenstein from Michael Schacht
• Pyramidice by Ares Games
• Schmidt Spiele releases “For One” solo game line, including Kniffel by Reiner Knizia
• The Element by Vatcharis Thanomsub, published by DNR Boardgame
• The Same Game from Wolfgang Warsch
• At the Office by Reiner Knizia
• Exoworld Survivor from Starling Games
• 1902 Méliès from Eloi Pujadas and Ferran Renalias
• Cookie Champion by Stefan and Louis Malz
• River of Gold coming from Office Dog

 

CROWDFUNDING (18:00)

• Cyber City and Chick Maze
• Perch
• Snow Planner
• Algomancy
• Dungeon Kart

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:00)

• Destinies Witchwood

 

SPECIAL REPORT (28:00)

• Best of Dice Tower Now - A Board Game Horror Story part 1

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 22, 2023. This week, trading card games are forever altered, there is a French Diluvium of Nuts, Loosey Goosey moves from butts to frogs, and DV screams Bonsai.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Altered TCG from Régis Bonnessée and Equinox
• House of 1000 Corpses Board Game from Rob Zombie and Trick or Treat Studios
• Publisher Nuts! announces Diluvium, designed by Antoni Guillen
• Robo Alarm by publisher Pegasus Spiele
• Grand Austria Hotel announces a roll and write Grand Austria Hotel: Hochsaison
• Lunar Laser Frogs by designer Andreas Preiss and publisher Loosey Goosey Games
• Announcing Tucana Builders, the spiritual sequel to Trails of Tucana, by Eilif Svenson and Kristian Amundsen Østby
• Havalandi coming from Dr. Reiner Knizia
• Spielworxx announces the first title in the 'Italian Trilogy', Dolcissima Vita
• Patterns: A Mandala Game by Trevor Benjamin and Brett J. Gilbert
• DV Games’ Bonsai by designers Rosaria Battiato, Massimo Borzi, and Martino Chiacchiera

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:50)

• Vampire the Masquerade Milan Uprising
• Marrakesh: Camels and Nomads expansion
• Ascendancy
• Bear Mountain Camping Adventure
• Mistwind
• Crumbs! The Sandwich Filler Game

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (25:20)

• Cosmoctopus, Kids Chronicles, and Senjutsu

 

NEW RELEASES (27:40)

• Cosmoctopus by Henry Audubon and Lucky Duck Games
• Chronicles of Avel: New Adventures by Przemek Wojtkowiak and Rebel Studios
• After Us by Florian Sirieix and Pandasaurus Games
• Number Drop by Florian Sirieix and Benoit Turpin, published by AEG
• Marvel Champions Next Evolution by Michael Boggs, Nate French, and Caleb Grace, published by Fantasy Flight Games
• Aurum by Shreesh Bhat and Pandasaurus Games
• Castles by the Sea by Jon Benjamin and Michael Xuereb, published by Brotherwise Games
• Scram! by Ted Alspach and Bezier Games
• Freelancers: A Crossroads Game by Donald Shults and Plaid Hat Games
• Fika by Kwibus Gamedesign and Board Game Circus
• Spots by Alex Hague, Jon Perry, and Justin Vickers, published by CMYK
• Next Station Tokyo by Matthew Dunstan and Blue Orange Games
• Mists Over Carcassonne by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and Z-Man Games
• Shake That City by Mads Fløe and Kåre Torndahl Kjær, published by AEG

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (1:40)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (17:10)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:50)

• GenCon wrap up

 

THE HOTNESS (27:10)

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

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES

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

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (1:30)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (24:40)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:05)

• Lucky Duck at GenCon

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (2:05)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (19:15)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (29:00)

• Flamecraft GenCon promo card

 

THE HOTNESS (30:40)

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

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (17:10)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:40)

• Sunjutsu haiku series

 

NEW RELEASES (29:10)

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

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (15:20)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:00)

• Flamecraft available on Lucky Duck web store

 

THE HOTNESS (27:55)

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

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (2:30)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (19:50)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (30:05)

• Nestlings from Tangerine Games

 

THE HOTNESS (32:10)

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

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (1:45)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (16:05)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:45)

• Scott Morris monologues

 

THE HOTNESS (26:25)

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

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (2:45)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:10)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:30)

• Frosthaven Companion App

 

NEW RELEASES (25:30)

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

 

 

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

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

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

 

CROWDFUNDING (18:45)

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

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (29:00)

• Into the Godsgrave

 

THE HOTNESS (30:50)

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

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 6, 2023. This week, restoration arms themselves from my childhood, challengers challenge one more time, distillation gets luthier and luthier, and the gloom is back baby.

 

TOP STORIES (1:55)

• Gloomhaven second edition announced
• Zev Shlasinger leaves WizKids Games
• Steve Jackson Games sales up from past 2 years
• First info on Restoration Games’ Crossbows and Catapults
• More Ticket to Ride Legacy news
• Challengers 2 coming from 1 More Time Games and Z-Man
• Luthier from Paverson Games
• Djinn from H@ll Games and Benjamin Schwer coming Spiel 2023
• Hamlet: By the Lake expansion coming to crowdfunding in July
• Rats of Wistar by Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia, published by Cranio Creations
• Demon Loop, first video game by designer Alexander Pfister

 

CROWDFUNDING (14:35)

• Age of Steam Deluxe Expansion Set IV
• Uncharted Stars
• El Burro: A La Granja Game
• Carson City Big Box
• Ruse: Instincts of the Den
• Into the Godsgrave

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:50)

• Hosting a Lucky Duck Game Night

 

THE HOTNESS (26:30)

1. Frosthaven
2. Gloomhaven
3. Dune: Imperium
4. Darwin's Journey
5. The Witcher: Old World
6. Ark Nova
7. Stranger Things: Upside Down
8. Earth
9. Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
10. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
11. Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
12. Gloomhaven: Second Edition

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 30, 2023. This week, Asmodee goes by the numbers, CATAN continues where no one has gone before, we explore the legacy of TTR, and Lucky Duck crawls old school - on paper.

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• Golden Gate Gamemakers
• Asmodee publishes The Number by Hisashi Hayashi
• CATAN Starfarers New Encounters expansion
• Edison Award Winners announced
• Legacy Ticket to Ride teased by Days of Wonder
• CMoN to publish Emerson Matsuuchi's cancelled Metal Gear Solid title
• Tom Brinton's Paper Apps Dungeon being published by Lucky Duck
• Amritsar: The Golden Temple by David Heras Pino and Ludonova
• Neotopia coming from Arcane Wonders
• 17th Neuroshima Hex army announced - Merchants Guild
• New Oniverse title Cyberion coming from InPatience

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (14:00)

• Scott Morris Update and Nimalia

 

CROWDFUNDING (16:15)

• Wishland: Dreams from America
• 9th Circle
• Detective: Saints and Sinners
• Axe-A-Lot-L
• Escape: Family Box
• Thunder Rolls: The Garage Expansion
• Apex Legends the Board Game

 

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 23, 2023. This week, F F fondles flippers for Freaky Frogs, Red Raven rides a Creature Caravan, a Renegade bears Good Omens, and Indie Gloms on.

 

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Spiel des Jahres nominees
• Stonespine Architects from Jordy Adan and Thunderworks Games
• Stonespine Architects by Friedemann Friese
• Creature Caravan from Ryan Laukat and Red Raven
• Spectral from Ryan Courtney and Bitewing Games
• Sirens:The Deep Sea by designer Florian Molzahn and publisher Forgotten Tales
• Focus from designers Antonin Boccara and Romaric Galonnier
• War of the Ring Card Game expansion Against the Shadow
• Glom from Indie Boards & Cards
• Sushi Boat by Japanime Games, Dario Massarenti, and Francesco Testini
• Good Omens: An Ineffable Game designed by Matt Hyra and published by Renegade Games Studios

 

CROWDFUNDING (12:45)

• Clank Legacy 2: Acquisitions Incorporated — Darkest Magic
• Botany: Flower Hunting in the Victorian Era
• Raising Robots
• Leviathan Wilds
• Dead Cells
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (22:40)

• Kiri-Ai by designer Kamibayashi

 

NEW RELEASES (24:50)

• Horizons of Spirit Island by R. Eric Reuss and Greater than Games
• Bamboo by German P. Millan and Devir
• Grand Austria Hotel: Let's Waltz Expansion by Virginio Gigli and Simone Luciani, published by Lookout Games
• Nimalia by William Lievin and Lucky Duck Games
• Tuned by Alessandro Cuneo and Thundergryph Games
• Around the World Fluxx from Andrew Looney and Looney Labs
• The One Hundred Torii: Diverging Paths by Eduardo Baraf and Scott Caputo, published by Pencil First Games
• 51st State Ultimate Edition by Ignacy Trzewiczek and Portal Games
• My Shelfie by Matthew Dunstan and Phil Walker-Harding, published by Lucky Duck

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 16, 2023. This week, Indie announces a true Prelude to a Prelude, Next Move says that's still their fish, Whales now make extreme pig noises, and Mindclash continues to Persevere.

 

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• Indie Board and Cards announces 6th Terraforming Mars expansion, Prelude 2
• Star Wars: Unlimited TCG coming from Fantasy Flight
• New edition of Hey That's My Fish coming from Next Move Games
• Coloma reprint and expansion coming to Gamefound
• House of Fado by Vital Lacerda and João Quintela Martins
• Faiyum Priviledges expansion announced by 2F Spiele
• Ticket to Ride: Berlin coming in August
• Old King’s Crown by designer/illustrator Pablo Clark
• Oink Games announces Whale to Look and Nine Tiles Extreme
• Perseverance Chapters 3 and 4 coming to Gamefound
• House of Cats from William Attia and Kristian Amundsen Østby
• Grimlord Games goes into insolvency
• Kavango by designers Matt Brown and Zara Reid, published by Mazaza Games
• Bruno Cathala's digital title Insert being printed by FunForge as Donuts

 

CROWDFUNDING (16:50)

• Pies, Mori, Lunar, and Bacon
• Astro Knights Eternity
• They Live: The Card Game
• The Hunters AD 1492
• Guards of Atlantis II
• Cysmic

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:30)

• Cosmoctopus

 

THE HOTNESS (28:10)

1. Ark Nova
2. 6: Siege – The Board Game
3. Frosthaven
4. Ark Nova: Marine Worlds
5. Applejack
6. Raising Robots
7. Earth
8. Star Wars: Unlimited
9. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
10. Terraforming Mars: Prelude 2

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 9, 2023. This week, Ravensburger expands a hive of Scum and Villainy, adorable merchant animals experience the Horrors of War, and Dire Wolf channels its best Artemus Gordon.

 

TOP STORIES (2:16)

• Star Wars™ Villainous: Scum and Villainy
• Scram - team based shedding game from Ted Alspach and Bezier
• Hello Kitty Game coming from Maestro Media
• Pacific Ocean
• Fika
• Peacemakers: Horrors of War
• Wild Tiled West
• Emerge
• Ascending Empires Zenith Edition
• Renature Valley Expanion from Capstone
• Small City Deluxe Edition
• CMON Expo Returns in 2023

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:25)

• Teotihuacan Deluxe Master Set
• To Glory
• Milkman
• Pioneer Rails
• Herdvana
• Endeavor: Deep Sea
• Chai Garam

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:26)

• Lucky Duck's first: Vikings Gone Wild

 

THE HOTNESS (25:33)

• Dune: Imperium
• Frosthaven
• Darwin's Journey
• The Isofarian Guard
• Ark Nova
• Heat: Pedal to the Metal
• Wishland
• Earth
• 6: Siege
• Ark Nova: Marine Worlds

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 2, 2023. This week, the smartypants smartypraise some smartyplays, AMIGO plants beans and gets flowers, Adam’s Apple says “that’s no moon…”, and Rebel ups the cuteness with kitty cats IN SPACE.

 

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Mensa Select Award Winners announced
• Bohnanza rethemed to Dahlias with Beth Sobel artwork
• Holloween the Board Game from Emerson Matsuuchi
• Pitagoras by designer Reiner Knizia and publisher Egmont Polska
• Planet Unknown: Supermoon expansion announced
• Dance the Tango in Tanguero from Roberto Fabbroni
• Bark Manor House published by Pug and Duck Games
• MLEM Space Agency from Reiner Knizia and Rebel Studio
• Revive expansion: Call of the Abyss coming in October
• Cover Your Cookies published by Grandpa Beck’s Games and Crumbl Cookies
• The ART Project by Florian Sirieix and Benoit Turpin, published by Lumberjack Studios
• Trick Taker Aurum announced by Pandasaurus
• Glass of Venice coming from Aske Christiansen
• Star Trek: Discovery - Black Alert teased by WizKids

 

CROWDFUNDING (13:45)

• Dice Barons
• Taiwan Night Market
• Tactigon
• Weirdwood Manor
• Forges of Ravenshire

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:20)

• Into the Godsgrave

 

NEW RELEASES (24:30)

• Axis and Allies 1942 (Second Edition) and Axis and Allies 1940: Pacific (Second Edition) by Larry Harris, Jr. and Renegade Games
• Star Fighters Rapid Fire by Michael Dunsmore and Jordan Nichols, published by Alley Cat Games
• Beast by Aron Midhall and Elon Midhall, published by Pegasus Spiele
• Distilled by Dave Beck and Paverson Games
• Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum by Pauline Kong, Haymen Lee, and Marie Wong, published by Kids Table Board Games
• Autobahn by Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, published by Alley Cat Games
• Catapult Feud by Kristian Fosh and IELLO
• Hooky by Friends of Aseema and James Miller, published by Rio Grande Games
• Beyond the Sun: Leaders of the New Dawn by Dennis K. Chan and Joseph Summa, published by Rio Grande Games

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 25, 2023. This week, Arcane Wonders proves they have a sense of duty, Garphill documents an exodus, Groo wanders back in after a quarter century, and Wolfgang Kramer proves he’s still the biggest boss around.

 

TOP STORIES (2:07)

• Dice Tower Awards nominees
• Call of Duty
• Garphill Games
• Darrington Press deck-builder: Queen by Midnight
• New Youk Times article on Energetic
• Lucky Duck Global Publishing Network
• Groo the Game back after 25 years
• CGE releases Kutna Hora: City of Silver
• Funko republishing Wolfgang Kramer's Big Boss
• 2023 American Table Top Award Winners
• Barcelona from Dani Garcia
• Star Trek Cryptic
• Carson City reprint coming to Gamefound
• Mission Control: Critical Orbit

 

CROWDFUNDING (16:35)

• Thorgal
• Santorini
• Flutter
• Paperback 10th Anniversary

 

THE HOTNESS (23:24)

• Expeditions
• Hegemony: Lead Your Class To Victory
• Frosthaven
• Kutna Hora: The City of Silver
• Ark Nova
• Teotihuacan: City of Gods - Deluxe Master Set
• Worldbreakers: Advent of the Khanate
• Darwin's Journey
• Heat: Pedal to the Metal
• Earth

 

SPECIAL REPORT (27:01)

• Games played at the Gathering of Friends

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (29:38)

• Senjutsu: Battle for Japan

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 18, 2023. This week, apples are the new vikings, Flatout constructs a landmark, Alderac goes expansion crazy, and … it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a tuber!

 

TOP STORIES (2:11)

• Quartermaster Direct
• First draft of Paizo's new OGL
• Cascadia Landmarks
• Potato Man!
• Fantasia Games reprinting Colosseum
• Sky Team
• Marvel Champions: NeXt Evolution
• New expansions KS coming in May from AEG
• Planta Nubo from GameBuilders
• Border Reivers
• New 10 year anniversary edition of Firefly coming from GF9
• Biohack
• Pacifica
• Funko announces 4 Indiana Jones games

 

CROWDFUNDING (19:51)

• Wild Gardens
• Ecosfera
• Mycology
• Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
• Terminus
• Zombicide White Death

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (28:35)

• Paranormal Detectives

 

SPECIAL REPORT (31:24)

• The Gathering of Friends

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 11, 2023. This week, Asmadi develops the ultimate innovation, we evacuate for delicious sushi, last night has only the finest fish, and Reiner Knizia just has to wait to get his new island.

 

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• Unmatches Suns Origin and Unmatched Brains and Brawn coming in 2023
• Publisher Inside the Box sells inventory and IPs to Naylor Games
• New releases and re-releases from Vladimir Suchý
• WizKids’ Unboxed explores ancient games
• Finest Fish coming from Last Night Games
• Legends of Andor: Eternal Frost from Michael Menzel and KOSMOS
• Reiner Knizia's My Island delayed to Q3 2023
• Sequel to Resist!, Witchcraft! launching on GameFound in June
• Halloween Boooop! coming from Smirk and Laughter
• Alien Frontiers Edition X announced by Starling Games
• Capstone takes pre-orders for Age of Innovation, more complex followup to Terra Mystica
• Innovation Ultimate edition from Carl Chudyk announced by Asmadi
• Trifecta: Fancy Dancing announced by Zoran Dobrijevic and Tabletop Tycoon
• New Edition of Reiner Knizia's Through the Desert now coming from AllPlay
• Pies by Matthias Cramer coming from AllPlay
• New digital Easter MicroMacro demo on Pegasus Spiele website

 

CROWDFUNDING (21:55)

• Project L Phoenix
• Tír Na NÓg: Between Worlds
• The Last Kingdom
• Point City and Deep Dive
• Dice Cards
• Woodland Wizards

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (30:45)

• Yummy Yummy Monster Tummy and no sport cars

 

THE HOTNESS (32:20)

1. Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory
2. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
3. Ark Nova
4. Frosthaven
5. Beast
6. Evacuation
7. Terminus
8. Ierusalem: Anno Domini
9. Earth
10. Age of Innovation

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 4, 2023. This week, dlp drills their new title into our head, Magic finds one to rule them all, Fantasy Flight sharpens their dagger, and Alley Cat Games were not built in a day.

 

TOP STORIES (1:25)

• Joe Manganiello to head a Dragonlance Adaptation
• The one and only one ring in Magic the Gathering
• Plaid Hat announces Freelancers, the sequel to Forgotten Waters
• Marvel D.A.G.G.E.R. from Fantasy Flight detailed
• Drachenhüter from Michael Menzel announced by Kosmos
• Magic Rabbit coming from Alley Cat Games
• Rome in a Day coming from Alley Cat Games
• Trepanation announced by Robin David and dlp Games
• Setup announced by Bezzerwizzer and Jacob Berg
• Nunatak revealed from Kane Klenko and KOSMOS
• Sauscharf card game coming to US from Wolfgang Kramer and Christian Stöhr
• Racing Hedgehogs, a retheming of Bucket Brigade, coming from Reiner Knizia

 

CROWDFUNDING (15:45)

• Townsfolk Tussle: Foul Neighbors and Odd Jobs
• D.E.I. - Divide Et Impera (Expansion & Reprint)
• Let’s Go to Japan
• Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze
• Galactic Renaissance
• Nekojima

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:05)

• The great variety of Lucky Duck titles

 

NEW RELEASES (28:30)

• Exit: The Professor’s Last Riddle designed by Inka and Markus Brand, published by Thames & Kosmos
• Tapestry: Fantasies and Futures Expansion by Stonemaier Games, designed by Chris Scaffidi and Mike Young
• Legendary Marvel Black Panther and Legendary Marvel Black Widow published by Upper Deck, designed by Devin Low
• Rolling Heights published by AEG, designed by John D Clair
• Revive designed by Helge Meissner, Eilif Svensson, Anna Wermlund, and Kristian Amundsen Østby, published by Aporta and Asmodee
• Betrayal at House on the Hill: The Werewolf's Journey - Blood on the Moon published by Hasbro, designed by Dave Chalker, Banana Chan, Noah Cohen, Bruce Glassco, Brian Neff, Will Sobel, and Jabari Weathers
• Horseless Carriage published by Splotter Spellen, designed by Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga
• Karak published by Thames & Kosmos, designed by Roman Hladik and Petr Miksa
• La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War published by Capstone Games, designed by Maximilian Maria Thiel
• Disney Villains: the Card Game designed by Leo Colovini, published by Ravensburger
• Fancy Feathers by Rio Grande Games and designer Friedemann Friese

 

 

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 28, 2023. This week, Boardcubator is back and reborn, the legacy of Clank goes on, Devir and CGE both get monkeys, and Osprey moves from Merv to Mansa Musa.

 

TOP STORIES (1:55)

• New Eric Summerer Podcast Right Brain Rollers
• Rebirth of the new Boardcubator
• Clank Legacy 2 coming to crowdfunding by Dire Wolf
• Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa coming from Osprey Games
• New Arnak Expansion - The Missing Expedition
• Rio Grande newsletter announcements
• Wizards and Co coming from Sinister Fish
• Tír na nÓg by Isaac Shalev and Jason Slingerland
• Wandering Towers by Kramer and Kiesling coming from Capstone
• Fraggle Rock and Dark Crystal card games coming from River Horse
• Munchkin Squids announced by Steve Jackson Games
• Deadly Dowagers by Sarah Shipp and Tabletop Tycoon
• 3 Ring Circus by Remo Conzadori and Fabio Lopiano coming from Devir
• Tetris style roll and write Number Drop coming to US from AEG

 

CROWDFUNDING (19:20)

• Sally Face: Strange Nightmares
• Star Tycoon
• 5 Games from Legendary Designers
• Secrets in the Sand
• The Hunt
• Maladum: Dungeons of Enveron

 

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (28:25)

• Animalia

 

THE HOTNESS (30:05)

1. Wild Gardens
2. Galactic Renaissance
3. Lost Ruins of Arnak
4. Heat: Pedal to the Metal
5. Let's Go! To Japan
6. Ark Nova
7. Frosthaven
8. Darwin's Journey
9. Distilled
10. Earth
11. Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition

 

 

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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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