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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:05)

  • Lucky Duck at GenCon

 

 

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