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)

 

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

 

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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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

SPECIAL REPORT (22:40)

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

 

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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


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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)



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

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Direct download: DTNow-748.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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

 

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  • The Board Room part 4 - Interest with Barry Figrim

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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)

 

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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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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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)

 

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This episode, Barry and Corey are actually in the same house at the same time, recording live. BGG opens up nominations for the Golden Geek Awards, Board Game Atlas starts a board game review website, and game announcements galore.

 

TOP STORIES (01:41)

  • BGG takes Golden Geek Award nominations
  • Stonemaier Games releases 2020 stakeholder numbers
  • Stonemaier grabs trademark for Libertalia
  • Matt Leacock’s Climate Crisis is now titled Daybreak
  • 7 Wonders Mystery teased
  • IELLO announces For the King (and Me)
  • Atlas Games debuts Yukon Salon
  • Video game Reventure getting board game sequel Orbtale
  • Board Game Atlas creating centralized board game reviews
  • Tranquility coming from Lucky Duck
  • Delicious Games announces new Vladimir Suchy game Messina 1347
  • Buru coming from Crafty Games
  • AEG to release Whirling Witchcraft
  • Munchkin Enhancers coming in May from Steve Jackson Games
  • More rumors from IDW’s Metal Gear Solid board game
  • WizKids announces push your luck race game Greece Lightning

 

THE HOTNESS (11:45)

  • The Initiative
  • Marvel United
  • Hadrians Wall
  • Lost Ruins of Arnak
  • Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
  • Transmissions
  • Marvel Champions
  • Warhammer Quest: The Cursed City

 

KICKSTARTERS (13:22)

 

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This episode, the Tokyo Spring Game Market is in full swing, Reiner Knizia has a magical point salad game, Fantasia announces a Sigmond Freud just for your mother, and plants take over Botanik and Verdant.

 

TOP STORIES (02:52)

  • Venom coming to Marvel Champions LCG
  • Day & Night from Piatnik and Andrea Mezzoterra
  • American Tabletop Award Winners
  • Vengeance: Roll and Fight from Mighty Boards
  • Whitechapel downloadable Dear Old Boss rule
  • Jodhpur Botanik 2-player tile game from Space Cowboys
  • Ares Games to publish and distribute for Ergo Ludo Editions
  • Unconscious Mind announced from Fantasia Games
  • Kroma lights up from Breaking Games
  • Witchstone, a new Reiner Knizia game from HUCH! And RnR
  • Houseplant growing game Verdant from Flatout Games
  • La Granja Deluxe Edition announced at Board and Dice Con
  • Tuned, next “Made in Wonderland” game, coming from Thundergryph Games

 

KICKSTARTERS (12:45)

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES (18:11)

  • The Initiative
  • Lions of Lydia
  • Aquatica: Cold Waters Expansion
  • Munchkin Critical Role
  • Cryo

 

THE BOARD ROOM (21:34)

  • Barry discusses the art of negotiation.

 

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“Camel Up” takes a vacation, “Too Many Bones" gets a pop-up book, “Cytosis” goes all herbaceous, and Deadpool may or may not be in “Unmatched” (he really is).

 

TOP STORIES (02:51)

  • The Siege of Runedar from Reiner Knizia and Ludonova
  • Camel Up: Off Season from Plan B Games
  • The Automaton of Shale from Chip Theory Games
  • Cellulose from Genius Games
  • Deadpool expansion for Unmatched
  • Marvel Villainous: Mischief & Malice
  • Vivid Memories from Floodgate Games
  • Sam SJ Macdonald joins Garphill Games as full time designer

 

THE HOTNESS (06:54)

  • John Company: Second Edition
  • Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
  • The Siege of Runedar
  • Marvel United
  • Pax Pamir: Second Edition
  • John Company
  • V-Commandos

 

KICKSTARTERS (08:11)

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES (14:09)

  • Shifting Stones
  • The Key: Murder at the Oakdale Club
  • Equinox
  • Maharaja

 

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Matt Leacock plays with climate change, "Monopoly" plays with the community, "Lost Cities" gets a roll and write, and the EXIT games get more puzzley.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • "Pandemic" designer Matt Leacock developing "Climate Crisis."
  • Z-Man Games cancels Pandemic Survivor Series 2021.
  • "Monopoly" changing Community Chest cards.
  • 2020 Dice Tower Award Nominees announced.
  • "Little Town" designers expand operations with IELLO's "Little Factory."
  • Get lost again with "Lost Cities: Roll & Write."
  • Warchief Games announces "Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent" RPG.
  • "The Galaxy's Most Wanted" join "Marvel Champions: TCG."
  • "EXIT: The Game" adds jigsaw puzzles.
  • "Hall of the Mountain King" gets a prequel in "Fall of the Mountain King" from Burnt Island Games.
  • Quest-driven "Lands of Galzyr" from Snowdale Design coming to crowdfunding.
  • Escape the "Zombie Princess" and unlock the secrets of the Sphere in "Free Radicals" from WizKids.
  • Serve up the perfect "Square Meal" from Phantasio Games and Asmodee.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Oath
  • Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
  • Cubitos

 

KICKSTARTERS:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Annapurna (Fiat Lucre Games)
  • Whatnot Cabinet (Pencil First Games)
  • Imperium: The Contention (Contention Games)
  • Ginkopolis (reprint from Pearl Games)
  • Mekhane (Cranio Creations)

 

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This episode, GenCon is on, White Wizard gets wise, Lucky Duck has ducklings, and we all escape from Middle Earth.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • GenCon 2021 is a go.
  • France's As d'Or Awards announced.
  • R&D Games teases new titles in the Key series.
  • "Founders of Teotihuacan" announced.
  • White Wizard Games renames to Wise Wizard.
  • Asmodee to distribute ThunderGryph, Fantasia, and Tabletop Tycoon Games.
  • Lucky Duck partners with GameTrayz and launches Lucky Duck Kids.
  • Z-Man cancels Euro Classics line.
  • "Villagers: Shifting Seasons" announced.
  • Card game "TEN" coming from "Point Salad" designers.
  • Celebrate 5 years of escapes with "EXIT: Shadow over Middle Earth" and "EXIT: Return to the Abandoned Cabin."
  • GAMA officer, publisher, and retailer Brian Dalrymple passes.

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Red Rising from Stonemaier Games
  • War Chest: Siege from AEG
  • Steampunk Rally Fusion from Roxley Games
  • Forgotten Waters: Kraken's Eye from Plaid Hat Games

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode, Plan B succumbs to the gelatinous cube that is Asmodee, BGG acknowledges more board game professionals, and Clank adds more exclamation points to space.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Asmodee purchases Plan B Games.
  • AEG Pitch Project 2021 seeks submissions from amateur game designers.
  • Restoration reveals winners of "Unmatched" Design Contest.
  • Rule a D12-themed fantasy realm in "King of 12" from Lucky Duck Games.
  • "Lorenzo il Magnifico" new edition to include all non-KSE content.
  • Clone yourself and steal arcade games in "Clank! In! Space! Adventures: Pulsarcade."
  • "Let’s Make a Bus Route: The Dice Game" announced.
  • "Ecos: New Horizon" expansion adds new animals and landscapes.
  • Roll and write your way to glory in "Drawn to Adventure."
  • Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Auction currently on BGG.
  • BGG adds new credit categories.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Stellaris Infinite Legacy
  • Super Fantasy Brawl
  • John Company: Second Edition

 

KICKSTARTERS:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Scarlet Witch Hero Pack for Marvel Champions: TCG
  • Tacocat Spelled Backwards
  • 7 Summits
  • Excavation Earth

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode, Mark Streed from the Dice Tower co-hosts (Barry knows what he did), Terra Mystica gets fan made factions, COVID cancels more conventions, Small World’s Lost Tribes get a spotlight and Factories may become even funner.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • "Tiny Epic Dungeon" changes its art.
  • "Fantasy Realms: The Cursed Hoard" expansion announced.
  • "Dune: Imperium" adds Arakeen Scouts
  • "Terra Mystica" accepting fan made factions.
  • Comicon 2021 cancelled.
  • Dice Tower West 2022 dates announced.
  • BoardGameTables.com to Kickstart 3 new games.
  • Capstone becomes exclusive with ACD and Alliance distributors.
  • "Super Skill Pinball: Ramp it Up!" announced.
  • "Small World: The Lost Tribes' Crusade" free expansion.

 

KICKSTARTERS:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Genotype from Genius Games
  • After the Empire from Grey Fox Games
  • Maglev Metro from Bezier Games
  • Dominant Species: Marine from GMT

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Barry Figrim’s "The Board Room" holds a meeting about risk benefit analysis.

 

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This episode, Stardew Valley takes over the podcast, several big titles get new editions, Red Raven Games gets a documentary, and Hasbro allows Wizards of the Coast to share IPs.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Dice Tower East 2021 cancels.
  • "Secrets of the Order" expansion for "Arkham Horror 3E" detailed.
  • "Ride the Rails: Australia & Canada" expansion coming from Capstone.
  • Four new announcements from Funko.
  • "Rat Queens" board game coming from Deep Water Games.
  • Crafting Arzium documentary on Kickstarter.
  • "Ragnarocks" coming from "Santorini" designer and Grey Fox Games.
  • Hasbro restructures and "Magic the Gathering" getting licensed IPs.
  • "Meeples and Monsters" coming from Ole Steiness and AEG.
  • "Suburbia (Second Edition)" coming from Bezier.
  • "Everdell" expansions "Newleaf" and "Mistwood" detailed.
  • Gamefound announces "Robinson Crusoe Collectors Edition" and "Skyrim" board game.
  • "Stardew Valley: The Board Game" announced.

 

KICKSTARTERS:

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Stardew Valley: The Board Game
  • Alien: Fate of the Nostromo
  • Everdell
  • Sleeping Gods
  • City of the Big Shoulders
  • Great Western Trail
  • Tiny Epic Dungeons
  • Root: Marauders
  • Radlands

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Stardew Valley: The Board Game
  • Tak 2nd Edition
  • X-Men Mutant Insurrection from Fantasy Flight
  • Code 3 plus Expansions
  • Crisis Deluxe Edition
  • Royal Visit from IELLO

 

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This episode, "Great Western Trail" gets a Great Western Trilogy, the "Terraforming Mars" card game hits Kickstarter, dungeon crawlers become much more tiny and epic, and "On Mars" gets an expansion. Plus Barry Figrim gives business-based board game advice in The Board Room.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • IDW fires Pete Walsh and cancels "Metal Gear Solid."
  • "Summoner Wars (2nd Edition)" dated by Plaid Hat Games.
  • "Great Western Trail" Trilogy announced by Plan B.
  • "Paper Dungeons: A Dungeon Scrawler" coming from Alley Cat Games.
  • "A Noble War" announced by Guildhall Games.
  • "Cape May" announced by Thunderworks Games.
  • "The Game: Face to Face" coming to the US from Pandasaurus.
  • "Uno Remix," a “legacy Uno” announced.
  • "Paris" being reprinted with expansion in 2021 Kickstarter.
  • Two new game announcements from Pinchback and Riddle.
  • "Tiny Epic Dungeons" from Gamelyn Games heading to Kickstarter.
  • First Expansion for Vital Lacerda’s "On Mars" detailed.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Great Western Trail
  • Tiny Epic Dungeons
  • Stroganov
  • Hansa Teutonica
  • Red Rising
  • Terraforming Mars: Ares Project

 

KICKSTARTERS:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • "Cubitos" from AEG
  • "Overboss: A Boss Monster Adventure" from Brotherwise Games
  • "Island Siege: Second Edition" from APE Games

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Barry describes getting a competitive advantage in The Board Room.

 

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This episode, Barry is back! Asmodee gets into the arcade business, Zombicide goes West, and Corey takes over the airwaves. Plus, the finale of a board game horror story.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Asmodee purchases Board Game Arena.
  • Designers Sorentino, Acquati, and Luciani purchase majority stake in Cranio Creations.
  • The Witcher: Old World Announced.
  • Zombicide: Undead or Alive coming to Kickstarter from CMoN.
  • Gravwell second edition slinging to stores soon.
  • 4th Villainous standalone sequel Despicable Plots announced.
  • Renegade announces Aggretsuko: Work/Rage Balance.
    Three new Games Workshop games announced.
  • Gale Force 9 and Wizards of the Coast Settle regarding Dungeons and Dragons.
  • Hasbro reveals board games earnings report for 2020.

 


KICKSTARTERS:

 


NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Waddle from Wizkids
  • Renature from Capstone Games
  • UNLOCK! Mythic Adventures from Space Cowboys
  • Marvel Champions: TCG - Quicksilver Hero Pack from Fantasy Flight
  • Treasure Island: Captain Silver Revenge Island Expansion from Matagot

 


SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Corey presents the 4th and final chapter of a game designer’s true horror story.

 


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This episode, we revisit the World's Fair, chill out on a frozen planet, get a psych evaluation, and familiarize ourselves with all available Exits. Plus, we've got part 3 of one game designer's all-too-true tale of terror.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Secret Lair "Black is Magic" to benefit Black Girls Code.
  • Publisher Bombyx partners with Luma Imports.
  • Survive a frozen alien world in "Cryo."
  • Barnes & Noble gets an exclusive edition of 2020 Spiel des Jahres winner "Pictures."
  • "World's Fair 1893" gets a new more inclusive edition at Amazon.
  • Five new "EXIT: The Game" titles heading to the US.
  • Psychoanalyze your friends with "Rorschach."
  • Hard-to-find titles from Oink Games now available on Kickstarter.
  • Kid-friendly dungeon-crawler "CoraQuest" hits Kickstarter.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Red Rising
  • Sleeping Gods
  • Outlive
  • Res Arcana
  • Root: The Marauder Expansion
  • My City
  • Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition

 

KICKSTARTERS:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Hallertau
  • Unmatched: Little Red Riding Hood vs. Beowulf
  • Smash Up Marvel
  • It's a Wonderful World: War or Peace

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Corey presents chapter 3 of a game designer's true horror story.

 

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This episode, Carcassonne gets spiffy, Caverna gets frantic, Sentinels get stylized, Krynn gets revisited after all, and we get rerouted to Llamaland. Plus, we showcase Kickstarters for the Button Shy Wallet Games reprint and "Human Punishment: The Beginning."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Visitors of "Barenpark" and "Gingerbread House" can now head to "Llamaland."
  • Spiel is a go for 2021.
  • Get elemental with Uwe Rosenberg's "Sagani."
  • "Caverna: Cave vs. Cave" gets the big box treatment.
  • Orcs invade "Caverna: Frantic Fiends."
  • "Agricola: Consul Dirigens Deck" completes previously released expansion decks.
  • Isaac Vega and Lindsey Rode announce Rose Gauntlet Entertainment.
  • New trilogy of Classic Dragonlance novels are back on.
  • "Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition" heading to Kickstarter.
  • "Carcassonne" gets a 20th anniversary edition.
  • Emma Larkins says goodbye to Ludology podcast.
  • "Ticket to Ride: Europe" celebrates 15 years with new edition.
  • "Monster Hunter World" makes the hop to tabletop.
  • "Magic the Gathering" Black Lotus card breaks the record for single TCG card sale.
  • "UNLOCK! Legendary Adventures" features Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes.

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW RELEASES:

  • Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef
  • Funfair
  • Almanac: The Dragon Road
  • For Glory
  • Vintage
  • Catanimals

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode, we take a look back at a week of reckoning for the hobby games industry and present chapter 2 of a game designer's real life horror story. Plus, we'll check out Kickstarters for "Epic Seven Arise: The Board Game" and "Bunny Party at Maple Valley."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • The hobby games community deals with the fallout after a week of controversy.
  • Publisher dv Giochi acquires Ghenos Games.
  • Reiner Knizia's "Equinox" joins Plan B's Century line.
  • PortalCon 13 reveals a slew of new titles.
  • "Castles of Mad King Ludwig" gets a collector's edition, now on Kickstarter.
  • "Russian Railroads" gets a big box edition in "Ultimate Railroads."
  • Find tiny people doing big bad in "MicroMacro: Crime City."
  • Stop and smell the flowers in "Floriferous."
  • Build bridges from island to island in "Hashi."
  • "Summoner Wars" and "Magic the Gathering" launch new comics.
  • Rare mint "Magic the Gathering" Black Lotus card set to break records.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Carnegie
  • Primal: The Awakening
  • Carpe Diem
  • Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
  • Darwin's Journey
  • Bloodborne: The Board Game

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Corey presents part 2 of the all-too-true horror story behind one designer's experience making their first game.

 

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Direct download: DTNow-717.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode, we present chapter one of a game designer horror story. Plus, "Terraforming Mars" launches a new expedition, Sagrada looks to its legacy, and Pokemon madness continues.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • PortalCon set to launch January 23.
  • "The Vienna Connection" reimagines "Detective" as a Cold War spy adventure.
  • "Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition" streamlines the TM experience.
  • Set sail with Leder Games' pirate-themed "Ahoy."
  • 2019 Cardboard Edison Award Winner "Umbra Via" coming from Pandasaurus Games.
  • The mystery deepens for "The Initiative."
  • Floodgate Games announces "Sagrada Legacy."
  • First edition Pokemon Booster Set sells for $408,000.

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Corey presents the first installment in one designer's remarkable tale of making their first game.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
  • The King is Dead: Second Edition
  • It's a Wonderful Kingdom
  • Tinner's Trail
  • Rococo: Deluxe Edition
  • Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion

 

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Direct download: DTNow-716.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode, "Wingspan" soars to the real world, the Spire gets slayed on tabletop, we add an extra room to the Tavern, and "7 Wonders Duel" crosses a wondrous milestone.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Celebrating Birds turns the art of "Wingspan" into a ornithological field guide.
  • "Slay the Spire" makes the jump from screen to table.
  • Asmodee's new division Unexpected Games takes "The Initiative."
  • "It's a Wonderful World" builds a 2-player "Kingdom."
  • "Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising" coming to GameFound.
  • Uwe Rosenberg's "Glass Road" gets a reprint.
  • Add a "Free Room" to "The Taverns of Tiefenthal."
  • Reiner Knizia's "L.L.A.M.A." gets a dice version.
  • "7 Wonders Duel" sells over 1 million copies.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Darwin's Journey
  • Dune: Imperium
  • Lost Ruins of Arnak
  • Dwellings of Eldervale
  • ISS Vanguard
  • Anachrony
  • Beyond the Sun
  • Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Darwin's Journey

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Praga Caput Regni
  • Nusfjord: Salmon Deck
  • UNLOCK! Secret Adventures
  • Yohei
  • PARKS: Nightfall Expansion
  • Anansi
  • Polynesia
  • Fairy Tale Inn

 

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Direct download: DTNow-715.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

In this short first episode of 2021, a game designer patches his latest title online, a mad king gets some deluxe new digs, architects work up some new wonders, and we see if kids can escape a locked room all on their own.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • "The Castles of Mad King Ludwig" gets a spiffy new collectors edition.
  • Capstone's "Iron Rails #3" will be a rerelease of "Iberian Gauge."
  • "Ginkopolis" to be reprinted with updated art.
  • Space Cowboys' "Jodhpur" to be released as "Botanik."
  • "Works of Wonder" expands "Architects of the West Kingdom."
  • Wander Geisha's Road in "Hanamikoji 2."
  • Stefan Feld updates the rules for "Castles of Tuscany."
  • "TaZmania" expansion to delivery a tighter experience for one to two players in "AuZtralia."
  • Invest and donate with a new version of "Hab & Gut."
  • "UNLOCK! Kids" delivers app-less fun for younger players.
  • Get chilly in "Aquatica: Cold Waters."
  • Solve Cthulhu mysteries with "Bureau of Investigation."
  • "Now of Never" to be the third title in Ryan Laukat's Arzium series.

 

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Direct download: DTNow-714.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode, Cthulhu Wars goes 2-player, Concordia goes solo, and Unmatched turns Marvelous. Plus, we'll dive into the campaign for "ISS Vanguard" on Gamefound's new crowdfunding platform.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Study up with Geoff Engelstein's new book, Game Production: Prototyping and Producing Your Board Game.
  • New game in the works within the greater "Terraforming Mars" universe.
  • Four Marvel-licensed "Unmatched" sets coming in 2021.
  • "Lost Ruins of Arnak" gets harder and more interactive.
  • Battle one eldritch terror at a time in"Cthulu Wars: Duel."
  • "Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone" hopes to do better than the plagued "Cyberpunk 2077" video game.
  • The senate rules in "7 Wonders Duel: Agora."
  • Take on "Concordia" by yourself with "Solitaria."
  • "Duel of Wands" brings card combat to "Kids on Brooms."

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Dune: Imperium
  • Beez
  • Wingspan: Oceania Expansion

 

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Direct download: DTNow-713.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This episode, we'll talk about Robin Hood, a new massive sci-fi campaign from Awaken Realms, and find out which heady libation goes best with sheep.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Dice Tower West might be cancelled, but Dice Tower Winter Spectacular is going on right now.
  • ISS Vanguard crowdfunding campaign expected to launch on Gamefound this week.
  • Kosmos announces "The Adventures of Robin Hood" from "Legends of Andor" designer.
  • Catan the Beer is a real (but not officially licensed) product.
  • Expand "Era: Medieval Age" with "Rivers and Roads."
  • Eric Lang and Exploding Kittens looking for playtesters.
  • "Tharos" joins the Dilluvia Universe.
  • "The Boys" to battle scandalous supes on your tabletop.
  • "On the Underground" adds maps for Paris and New York.
  • "Flash Gordon" saves every one of us in a new board game.

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Honey Buzz
  • Deranged
  • The Lord of the Rings LCG: The Search for the Dreadnaught
  • Arkham Horror LCG: War of the Outer Gods
  • Monasterium

 

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Direct download: DTNow-712.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode, Board Game Arena becomes an Advent app, and Japanese themes take center stage.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • The two largest US puzzle companies become one.
  • American Booksellers Association challenges merger of PRH and Simon & Schuster.
  • Board Game Arena releasing one game per day for December.
  • Battle for Middle Earth with "War of the Ring: The Card Game."
  • Twogether Studios keep sales of "The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance" friendly and local for the holidays.
  • "Brass: Birmingham" wins the 2020 Gra Roku.
  • "Frogger" hops to tabletop.
  • Game Brewer serving up "Stroganov."
  • New version of "Iki" scheduled in 2021.
  • Rebuild the Emperor's "Eternal Palace."
  • Collect autumn leaves with "Momiji."

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road
  • Inhuman Conditions
  • The Castles of Tuscany
  • Everdell

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Unmatched: Little Red Riding Hood vs. Beowulf
  • Scythe Complete Rulebook (Hardcover)
  • Unicorn Fever
  • Crystal Palace: Newspaper Cards
  • Gates of Mara
  • Last Aurora

 

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Direct download: DTNow-711.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This week, we talk probability, CMON financial reports, and the game everyone's clamoring for this holiday season.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • "Queen's Gambit" leads to a run on chess sets.
  • Scott Almes' "The Ugly Gryphon Inn" coming soon.
  • First edition Pokemon set sales for $360,000.
  • Penguin Random House acquires Simon & Schuster.
  • "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla" dice game becoming reality.
  • Free "Catan: First Adventure" available now.
  • "Root: Militants" expansion teased.
  • Revisit the Labyrinth with "Ready, Steady, Worm!"
  • "Kids on Bikes" gets a board game.
  • "Dune: Adventures in the Imperium" RPG coming in 2021.
  • Build your civ with dice in "Origins: First Builders."
  • "Nemo's War" expansion now on Kickstarter.
  • Construct ziggurats in pre-Columbian Oaxaca in "Zapotec."
  • Zenobia Award hopes to get more underrepresented designers into historical games.
  • "Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game" appears on BGG.

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Jesse takes a look at CMON's long-awaited 2019 financial results.

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Paris
  • Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Patchwork: Christmas Edition
  • Paleo
  • Aquatica
  • Spyfest

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

OUTPUT RANDOMNESS:

  • Corey talks probability and what those percentages look like in reality.

 

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Direct download: DTNow-710.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 6:50am EDT

This week, The Crew goes underwater, we try fair-trade cat poo coffee, and the worlds of baking, television, and gaming cross-pollinate.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Brew up some complex fun with "Coffee Traders."
  • "The Crew: Tiefsee" delivers a trick-taking deep sea sequel.
  • "Oh, Brother," there's a new expansion to "Stuffed Fables."
  • GAMA Expo 2021 goes virtual.
  • AEG announces "Mighty Micros" mini expansions for its most popular games.
  • Adapt to more "Oceans" with the "Legends of the Deep" expansion.
  • "Kim Joy's Magic Bakery" cooks up sweet co-op card cakes.
  • Food Network airs "Candy Land" cooking competition.
  • "Uno" makes a play for its own game show.
  • "Gloria Mundi" finds glorious new life.
  • Atomic Mass takes over Asmodee's Star Wars miniatures games.
  • Asmodee gives its MAP policy a holiday.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
  • Etherfields
  • Beyond the Sun
  • Altar Quest
  • USS Freedom

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Sidereal Confluence: Remastered Edition
  • Century: Golem Edition - An Endless World
  • Wingspan: Oceania Expansion
  • Glasgow

 

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Direct download: DTNow-709.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This episode, we catch up on crowdfunding, poke our noses in the Pokemon secondary market, and take a look at just how random those dice rolls and card shuffles really are.

 

HEADLINES:

  • Gamefound to take on Kickstarter for tabletop crowdfunding.
  • Pledge managers BackerKit and Crowd Ox merge.
  • BoardGameTables.com to publish Cwali games.
  • CMON's next Kickstarter gets animated.
  • Build a hotel in Nemo's anemone with "PIXAR Monopoly."
  • Upcoming auction set to break Pokemon record.
  • Explore the seas with "Dive!"
  • Jacob Fryxelius' "Star Scrappers: Orbital" live on Kickstarter.
  • Make challenging moral choices with "Agemonia."

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • burncycle
  • Etherfields
  • Hallertau
  • Dune: Imperium
  • Lost Ruins of Arnak
  • Pax Pamir (Second Edition)
  • Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Viscounts of the West Kingdom
  • Kitara
  • Chronicles of Crime: 1400
  • Whistle Mountain
  • Tiny Towns: Villagers

 

OUTPUT RANDOMNESS:

  • Corey shares some random thoughts about the random nature of randomness.

 

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Direct download: DTNow-708.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode, a new trilogy of DragonLance books gets slayed before seeing the light of day, an eXciting eXpansion heads to "Marvel United," and we take a look at the Lycanroc of Wall Street.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Rachael Blaske steps down from her role at Poketto.
  • Authors sue WotC over cancelled DragonLance books.
  • CMON teases a certain "X"-based team coming to Marvel United.
  • Pokemon secondary market is hot thanks to influencers.
  • Protect the world from demons in "Rift Knights."
  • Scarlet Witch joining Marvel Champions: TCG.
  • "Primeval Peril" to tide over backers of "Sleeping Giants."
  • Artist works in media of board game components.
  • Trade in the Andes with "P'achakuna."
  • "How to Host a Game Night" hits bookshelves.
  • Rebuild and scare kids in "Spook Manor."

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Cubitos
  • UNLOCK! Star Wars
  • Troyes Dice
  • New York Zoo
  • The Court of Miracles
  • Blue Skies
  • Durian

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:09pm EDT

This episode, Critical Role takes on a new ... role, D&D sets off on a quest to your living room, and we look at some random data on Reiner Knizia. Plus, we showcase Kickstarters for "Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game," "Fox Matters," and "Townsfolk Tussle."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Spiel.Digital successfully drives online traffic.
  • Critical Role launches publishing house.
  • Blizzard execs launch board game development studio.
  • Tilt 5 brings augmented reality to your tabletop.
  • "Mr. Jack in New York" is back with a vengeance (and a reprint).
  • Hasbro shops multiple D&D TV series.
  • "Kokopelli" hopes to do right by the culture it references.
  • Newly revealed card shakes the "Magic: The Gathering" secondary market.
  • Can you wait for "Marshmallow Test" from Reiner Knizia?
  • Corey looks at some fun Knizia-related numbers.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
  • Dune: Imperium
  • Lost Ruins of Arnak

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Atheneum: Mystic Library
  • Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game
  • Beyond the Sun
  • Photosynthesis: Under the Moonlight
  • Tales of Evil
  • Scape Goat

 

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Direct download: DTNow-706.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This episode, we "Descend" into that dungeon once more, good friends, "Diplomacy" shapes political careers, and sheep are coming for your feet. Plus, Chris and Kitty discuss Kickstarters for "Veiled Fate" and "Project L: Finesse."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Fantasy Flight gives us a peek at "Descent: Legends of the Dark."
  • ForeignPolicy.com publishes a story about the impact of "Dipomacy" on one of their reporters and his childhood acquaintance's careers in the political arena.
  • "Schotten Totten 2" on the way.
  • "Gloomhaven" novel series in the works.
  • "Dungeon Scrawler" fantasy roll-and-write coming from Alley Cat Games.
  • "FLUXX" goes full fantasy.
  • GoFundMe page set up for a scholarship for the son of the late North Star Game's co-president Satish Pillalamarri.
  • "Pathfinder Arena" to bring iconic monsters to tabletop miniatures game.
  • AEG announces small expansions for "Space Base" and "Alma Mater."
  • Fight super villains in "Freedom Five: A Sentinel Comics Board Game."
  • "Nova League" reinvents the classic vibrating football game.
  • Build an industrial empire in the 19th century with "Furnace."
  • Deliver luxury goods in the Hanseatic Age in "Novgorod."
  • Celebrate the classic arcade game's 40th anniversary with "Pac-Man: The Card Game."
  • "For Sale" gets a new edition and expansion.
  • Sport your love for "Catan" with new footwear from Plainview Shoes.

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Pandemic Legacy: Season 0
  • Tawantinsuyu: The Inca Empire
  • Raiders of Scythia
  • Silver Dagger
  • Aeon's End: Outcasts
  • Escape Tales: Children of Wyrmwoods
  • Mysterium Park
  • Dragonland

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This episode, Corey examines the job of rulebook editor, we catch up with various developments at CMON and GAMA, and Kitty and Chris showcase Kickstarters for "Windward: Treacherous Skies" and "Dungeon Fighter."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • CMON releases some of the findings from the investigation into their 2019 audit issues.
  • Pokemon card sells for over $220,000 to retired rapper Logic.
  • North Star Games searches for new direction.
  • GAMA seeks equality across its membership.
  • Confusion over 2020 Origins Awards explained.
  • Stefan Feld to bring "Kokopelli" to life.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game
  • Lost Ruins of Arnak
  • Project L
  • Etherfields
  • Frostpunk: The Board Game

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Corey explores the tricky role of rulebook editor.

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Warp's Edge
  • Tiny Epic Galaxies: BLAST OFF!
  • The Lord of the Rings: Anniversary Edition
  • Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game
  • Sagrada: The Great Facades - Life

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This episode, more board game properties make the leap to long-form fiction, Christmas comes early, we preview some titles still in the design stage, and Chris discusses Kickstarters for "High Rise: The UltraPlastic Edition" and "Cartographers Heroes."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Aconyte to publish novels based on "Zombicide" and "Terraforming Mars."
  • The gaming world says goodbye to designer and North Star Games co-president Satish Pillalamarri.
  • Uwe Rosenberg's "Hallertau" rulebook now online.
  • Sequel to "Core Worlds" on the way.
  • New industry game "Carnegie" heading to KS.
  • Countdown to Christmas with an Advent Dice Calendar.
  • North Pole shenanigans are afoot in "The Kringle Caper."
  • "Monstrosities" attack "Atlantis Rising."
  • Defend the Krabby Patty in "SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton Rising."
  • Baratheons and dragons coming to "A Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game."
  • "La Granja" designer working on a sequel.
  • Stonemaier Games teases expansion for "Viticulture."
  • "Portals" in the works for "Gaia Project."

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade
  • Inca Empire: The Card Game
  • Aliens: Bug Hunt
  • EXIT: The Enchanted Forest
  • Civilization: A New Dawn - Terra Incognita

 

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Direct download: DTNow-703.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This episode, Corey talks about not talking in games with communication limits. Chris and Kitty showcase Kickstarters for "Cascadia" and "Plunderous."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Origins Awards announced.
  • Amazon Prime Day, Target Deal Days, Walmart Big Save, and Newegg FastasTech: Round 2 all coming mid-October.
  • Artovision to produce art pieces for Asmodee titles.
  • Renegade Game Studios to develop new titles based on Hasbro I.P.
  • 2020 Kinderspiel winner "Robots" heading to US hobby retail.
  • "Pipeline: Emerging Markets" to be the game's first expansion.
  • "Groundhog Day" rules released.
  • "Tinner's Trail" to get remastered version.
  • "High Rise" getting a component upgrade on Kickstarter.
  • Ares Games to distribute "The Thing: The Boardgame."

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Wingspan: Oceania Expansion
  • Feierabend
  • Grand Austria Hotel: Let's Waltz
  • Dune: Imperium

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Pendulum
  • Splendor Marvel
  • Escape the Dark Sector
  • Calico
  • Jurassic Parts
  • Arkham Horror: TCG - The Innsmouth Conspiracy
  • Marvel Champions: TCG - The Once and Future Kang

 

OUTPUT RANDOMNESS:

  • Corey gives his microphone meaningful looks while talking in code.

 

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Direct download: DTNow-702.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This episode, Corey hops into the host seat, and Kitty and Chris dive into the "Set a Watch: Swords of the Coin" and "7th Citadel" Kickstarters.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • "HeroQuest" returns and lights up Hasbro's crowdfunding site.
  • "The Last of Us" creeps toward your tabletop.
  • CMON to publish comics based on Asmodee properties "Twilight Imperium" and "Android."
  • CMON's "Trudvang Legends" delayed.
  • The classic electronic vibrating football game gets new life as "Nova League."
  • Cards Against Humanity sells its new board game cafe.
  • "Cartographers Heroes" charts a path to Kickstarter.
  • Boarderlands 2's fake RPG becomes reality.
  • "CoraQuest" offers dungeon crawling for the whole family.
  • Quicksilver joins "Marvel Champions: TCG."
  • "Agropolis" visits its city cousin, "Sprawlopolis."
  • GAMA partners with Toys for Tots.
  • "The Dragon and Flagon" gets a new expansion.
  • Digimon is back as a trading card game.
  • Plaid Hat announces free companion app for "Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein."
  • Reiner Knizia's "Dragonland" gets a new edition.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Ten Suns
  • The 7th Citadel
  • HeroQuest
  • Dungeon Universalis
  • Machina Arcana (Second Edition)
  • Shaolia: Warring States

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Cóatl
  • Vaesen
  • Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle - The Charms and Potions Expansion
  • The Battle of Road Island

 

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Direct download: DTNow-701.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This episode, Corey wraps up his look at the role of board game graphic designers, and Chris and Kitty showcase Kickstarters for "Flourish" and "Type 7."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • "The Crew" wins the 2020 Deutscher Spielepreis.
  • "Gloomhaven: Fallen Lion" comic book coming soon.
  • On Steam, "Gloomhaven" adds online co-op mode.
  • "Blood Rage: Digital Edition" adds "Mystics of Midgard" DLC.
  • 2009's "Tobago" gets its first expansion.
  • Team up with a friend and your favorite Disney heroes in "Disney Shadowed Kingdom."
  • Avoid hitchhiking ghosts in "Disney: The Haunted Mansion - Call of the Spirits Game."
  • "Shadows of Brimstone" gets two revised core sets.
  • Reiner Knizia's "Sumatra" takes players on an Indonesian expedition.
  • WizKids to release cursed artifacts from "D&D Icons of the Realms."

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Tellstones: King's Gambit
  • The Search for Planet X
  • The 7th Citadel
  • Dune: Imperium

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

Corey takes a deeper look at the relationship between graphic designers and the games to which they lend their skills. With contributions from Travis Hill, Glenn Drover, Peter Vaughan, Travis Chance, and Matt Paquette.

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game - Season One
  • Barkham Horror: TCG - The Meddling of Meowlathotep
  • Arkham Horror (3rd Edition): Under Dark Waves
  • Celtic

 

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Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

This episode, Chris showcases the Kickstarter for "The Reckoners: Steelslayer," and Corey digs into the online drama surrounding a certain upcoming Eurogame.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Avalon Hill management moving to Hasbro.
  • Mysterious "HeroQuest" countdown appears.
  • FryxGames announces "Angel Fury."
  • AEG offering purple butterfly "Mariposas" promos for charity.
  • Decorate your big game trophy room with a life-size owlbear head.
  • "The 7th Citadel" takes a turn into dark fantasy.
  • "Wasp Hero Pack" flies to "Marvel Champions: TCG."
  • "Noch Mal! Kids" offers roll-and-write fun for the whole family.
  • "Crash Octopus" swimming to Kickstarter.

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

Corey looks into "Last Light," which is definitely a Eurogame ... unless it's absolutely not.

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Small World of Warcraft
  • Marvel Champions: TCG - The Rise of Red Skull
  • Clank! Adventuring Party
  • 7 Wonders (Second Edition)
  • The Great Zimbabwe

 

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Direct download: DTNow-699.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 9:48pm EDT

This episode, we roll down the Ganges, strike Silver, and get our games delivered in 30 minutes or less. Chris and Kitty take a look at Kickstarters for Plantopia: The Card Game and Mercado de Lisboa. And Corey remembers the 80s.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • "Rajas of the Ganges" gets a roll-and-write.
  • It's the "Year of Moloch" for "Neuroshima Hex!"
  • Impress the Pharaoh in Friedemann Friese's "Faiyum."
  • BGG's #1 kids game gets a sequel in “Zombie Teenz Evolution.”
  • "Silver Dagger" adds zombies to the series.
  • Battle vampires alongside fellow werewolves in "Armata Strigoi."
  • "Vaesen Nordic Horror: RPG" adds a new expansion and components.
  • "Magic: The Gathering" gets a life-size pyromancer.
  • "Philosophia: Floating World" takes the series to Edo-period Japan.
  • The FAA grants Amazon's request for unmanned drone delivery.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Cóatl
  • Mercado de Lisboa
  • Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun
  • Raiders of Scythia
  • Rurik: Dawn of Kiev

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun
  • Divvy Dice
  • Truffle Shuffle
  • Fairy Trails
  • Smartphone Inc.: Status Update 1.1
  • Robinson Crusoe: Treasure Chest

 

OUTPUT RANDOMNESS:

Corey remembers a simpler time when things were more complex.

 

CONNECT:

Direct download: DTNow-698.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:38am EDT

This episode, Corey takes a look into the world of board game graphic designers, and Bree talks to Poketto CEO Rachael Blaske about why and how to rebrand a game company.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Eric Lang steps down as CMON's Head of Game Design.
  • "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything" brings a host of new rules to D&D 5E.
  • "Gloomhaven" in talks to become a comic book.
  • "Just One: Neue Begriffe" to be the game's first expansion.
  • "Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n Write" stomping to Kickstarter.
  • Create a sustainable food chain in "Gods Love Dinosaurs."
  • Archon Studio announces "Masters of the Universe: Fields of Eternia - The Board Game."
  • "Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape" brings in more than $3.8 million on Kickstarter.
  • Silent RPG "Alice is Missing" coming to retail.
  • Defend the kingdom once again with "Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns."
  • "Maracaibo" goes digital.
  • "Mercado de Lisboa" streamlines Lacerda's "Lisboa"

 

SPECIAL REPORTS:

  • Corey explores the role of graphic designers in board game creation with help from Matt Paquette, Jonny "Pac" Cantin, Travis Chance, and Paul Grogan.
  • Bree talks with Rachael Blaske about rebranding Five24 Labs to Poketto.

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Mariposas
  • Alma Mater
  • Last-Second Quest
  • Catan: 25th Anniversary Edition

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

CONNECT:

Direct download: DTNow-697.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode is all about new game announcements and updates. Chris discusses the Kickstarter for "Glen More II: Highland Games." And Corey talks about the unwritten rules of gaming.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Take your dino park off the island with "Dinosaur World."
  • "The Stefan Feld City Collection" Kickstarts its tour with "Hamburg" and "Amsterdam."
  • "CloudAge" to take flight as a shorter and lighter Pfister entry.
  • Build the famous "Hadrian's Wall" with a new game from Garphill Games.
  • "7 Wonders" adds new editions for 3 expansions.
  • "Magic: The Gathering" gives every dog its day.
  • "Arkwright: The Card Game" streamlines one of the heaviest games around.
  • Games Workshop announces "Space Marine Adventures: Rise of the Orks" and "Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Crypt Hunters."
  • "Sniper Elite" makes the leap from PC to tabletop.
  • Join the B.P.R.D. in "Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game."

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game
  • Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North - Barbarian Hordes
  • In the Hall of the Mountain King: Cursed Mountain
  • Mystery House: Adventures in a Box - Back to Tombstone
  • Chronicles of Crime: 1400

 

OUTPUT RANDOMNESS:

Corey talks rules, magic circles, sumo, and the spirit of the game.

 

CONNECT:

Direct download: DTNow-696.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

This episode, we take another look at the board game documentary GAMEMASTER, this time talking with the film's director about what you didn't see on screen.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • The bestselling hobby board game of this spring was "Pandemic," while "Codenames" was the number 1 selling hobby card and dice game.
  • Teotihuacan's new expansion will be (fittingly) "Expansion Period."
  • "Tiny Epic Galaxies BLAST OFF!" offers a new take on the original.
  • "Ashes" rises once again.
  • The "Legends of Greyskull" RPG makes you a master of the universe.
  • Alexander Pfister's "CloudAge" soars into view.
  • "Pathfinder Foam Replica: Life Sized Goblin" is ready to party.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • "The Castles of Tuscany" rulebook now available.
  • Face the Fire Swamp and rodents of unusual size in "The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game."
  • "Harry Potter: House Cup Competition" weaves worker placement magic.
  • The "Jagged Earth" expansion to "Spirit Island" is now in Kickstarter fulfillment.
  • The first expansion for "Tapestry" titled "Plans & Ploys" coming in September.
  • "Fort" preorders arriving but retail release delayed.

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

Jasper talks with GAMEMASTER director Charles Mruz about interviewing Eric Lang and Reiner Knizia, trash talking, and fashion.

 

KICKSTARTER:

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Ctrl
  • High Rise
  • Solar Storm
  • Court of the Dead: Dark Harvest
  • New York Zoo

 

CONNECT:

Direct download: DTNow-695.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 8:43am EDT

In this episode, Bree and Jesse discuss the phenomenon of Kickstarter backer outrage and what companies can do to avoid it. We also report on the legal battle between Wizards of the Coast and ACD Distribution, while Chris and Kitty run down Kickstarters for "The Umbrella Academy," "Quest," and "Massive Darkness 2."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Wizards of the Coast and ACD Distribution appear to cut ties following a lengthy legal battle.
  • AEG CEO John Zinser hospitalized after emergency surgery.
  • "That's So Clever" gets even more so the third time around.
  • "The Quacks of Quedlinburg" brush up on their alchemy.
  • "Keyforge" dives deep with "Dark Tidings."
  • Ant Man goes big with "Marvel Champions: The Card Game."
  • "Dungeons & Dragons: Adventure Begins" board game aims to introduce new players to D&D.
  • "The Great Dalmuti" gets a D&D makeover for its 25th birthday.
  • "SNØ" hits the ice for "The Magnificent."
  • Stefan Feld lights it up with "Bonfire."
  • Dire Wolf teases plots within plots of "Dune: Imperium."

 

BUSINESS BREAKDOWN:

Bree and Jesse discuss backer outrage, highlighting some of the complaints surrounding AEG's recent Kickstarter for "Dead Reckoning," and discussing how companies can avoid having angry backers derail their campaigns.

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • The Umbrella Academy
  • Quest
  • Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Undaunted: North Africa
  • The Lord of the Rings LCG: The Land of Sorrow
  • Legend of the Five Rings LCG: Campaigns of Conquest
  • Marvel Champions LCG: Hulk Hero Pack
  • Arkham Horror LCG: Return to the Forgotten Age
  • Bar Barians
  • Midnight Brunch
  • Smiles and Daggers
  • Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion (now in general distribution)

 

CONNECT:

Direct download: DTNow-694.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 7:19am EDT

This episode, Corey wraps up his exploration into the role of board game developers, we take a look at some of the big announcements out of Gen Con Online, and Kitty and Chris discuss the Kickstarter campaigns for "The Fuzzies," "Petrichor: Collector's Edition" (and "Cows" expansion), and "Clash of the Cryptids."

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Build the Big Apple in "Santorini New York."
  • "7 Wonders" gets a fresh look.
  • "Dinosaur Island: Roar N' Write" and "Dinosaur World" mark their territory.
  • Establish the Port of San Francisco with "Embarcadero."
  • "Epic Encounters" brings big monsters to your TTRPG.
  • "Tidal Blades: The Roleplaying Game" in the works.
  • TTS offers a spoiler-free demo of "Pandemic Legacy: Season 0."
  • "Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game" to get an exclusive window at hobby game stores.
  • "X-Men: Mutant Insurrection" coming in early 2021.
  • Groot and Rocket Raccoon take "Marvel Champions: TGC" into deep space.
  • "Prophecy of Kings" grows the galaxy of "Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition)."
  • "Descents: Legends of the Dark" teased by Fantasy Flight.
  • Hobby game sales up in 2019.
  • "Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles" and "Dead Reckoning" go big on Kickstarter.
  • Mythic Games settles IP dispute over "Time of Legends: Joan of Arc."
  • Cold-blooded "Lizard Wizards" are hot.

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

Corey discusses who does and does not need a developer on their board game.

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Fallout Shelter: The Board Game
  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars
  • Disney Hocus Pocus: The Game
  • Philosophia: Dare to be Wise
  • Kids on Brooms
  • The Magnificent

 

CONNECT:

Direct download: DTNow-693.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 5:32am EDT

This episode, Bree talks to designer Erica Bouyouris about switching to Plan B in the time of COVID, and Kitty gets spooky with "The Night Cage" and "The Shivers" Kickstarters.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • "Pictures" takes home the 2020 Spiel des Jahres, and "The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine" wins the Kennerspiel des Jahres.
  • Giant "Catan" field opens in Germany.
  • "Last Light" from the Dice Tower's Roy Cannaday promises 8-player 4X space action in under 90 minutes.
  • Upper Deck announces "Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game - Into the Cosmos."
  • Starling Games alum launch development house Quillsilver Studios.
  • "The Umbrella Academy" gets its own card battling game.
  • Amazon to crack down on counterfeiting.
  • "Usagi Yojimbo Hero Pack" coming to "Arcadia Quest."
  • Wizards of the Coast powers down "Transformers Trading Card Game."

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Cairn
  • Renature
  • Under Falling Skies
  • Fort
  • Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Bree Goldman discusses "Steven Universe: Beach-A-Palooza Card Battling Game" with designer Erica Bouyouris.

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Scooby-Doo! Betrayal at Mystery Mansion
  • Meza
  • A Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game - Bloody Mummers Zorse Riders Unit Box
  • Harlem Unbound (2nd Edition)

 

KICKSTARTERS:

 

OUTPUT RANDOMNESS:

  • Corey explores the concept of fun in gaming.

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTNow-692.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 5:45am EDT

In this episode, Corey takes a look at the trials and tribulations of being (or working with) a board game developer. Plus, Chris discusses the “Ascension Tactics: Miniatures Deckbuilding Game” and “Roar and Write!” Kickstarters.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • "Pandemic Legacy: Season 0" features doctors, spies, and Cold War bio-weapons.
  • Asmodee acquires Libellud.
  • Giochi Uniti releasing US versions of "Bar Barians," "Smiles and Daggers," and "Midnight Brunch."
  • Boss Tweed is back in a new edition of "Tammany Hall."
  • The Stefan Feld City Collection to launch August 18 on Kickstarter with "Hamburg" and "Amsterdam."
  • Three new sets on the way for "A Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game."
  • Gamegenic to produce new accessories for the 25th anniversary of "Catan."
  • Upcoming deckbuilder "Fort" jumps to #1 on the Hotness.

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Corey Thompson speaks with Stronghold Games' Stephen Buonocore, Gaming Rules' Paul Grogan, Breaking Games' Peter Vaughan, and freelance designer/developer Jonny Pac Cantin about the challenges surrounding the role of game developers.

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Unmatched: Cobble & Fog
  • Unlock! Epic Adventures
  • Fafnir
  • Babylonia
  • Yukon Airways
  • Monster Mansion

 

KICKSTARTERS:

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTNow-691.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

In this episode, we talk to the producers of the new tabletop games documentary, GAMEMASTER, about how the film came to be.

 

TOP STORIES:

  • Tabletop games Kickstarter business up in 2020 despite fewer projects.
  • BGG.CON 2020 replaced by a second Virtual Gaming Con.
  • CMON investigating the audit issues surrounding its annual report.
  • "Magic: The Gathering" in-store play temporarily suspended.
  • "The Once and Future Kang" sets his sights on "Marvel Champions."
  • "Back the Comeback" charity auction to support retail comic and game stores.
  • "Southern Rails" rolling into Rio Grande's station.
  • Solo rules let "Sanctum" players face their demons alone.
  • "Pandemic Legacy: Season 0" turns back the clock.

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Jasper talks with Jimmy Nguyen, Jason Rose, and Wally Schrass about the origins and challenges of making GAMEMASTER (Twitter: @GamemasterDoc), a new documentary about the world of tabletop games and the people behind them.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Pendulum
  • Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles
  • Dead Reckoning

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Spicy
  • Keyforge: Mass Mutation
  • Aztec
  • Arkham Horror: TCG - The Blob that Ate Everything Scenario Pack
  • Marvel Champions: TCG - Doctor Strange Hero Pack
  • Legend of the Five Rings: In Pursuit of Truth Dynasty Pack
  • The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth - Shadowed Paths
  • Decipher
  • The Great Cake Escape
  • Black Rose Wars

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Catapult Kingdoms
  • Enigmas
  • Sorcerer: Endbringer

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTNow-690.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 5:24am EDT

This week, an ambassador for the hobby hangs up his hat, Corey takes us on a journey to learn what exactly a board game developer does, and Kitty and Chris discuss the Kickstarter campaigns for "Eila and Something Shiny" and "Hybris: Disordered Cosmos."

 

HEADLINES:

  • "Wingspan" takes home the Dice Tower Award for Best Game of the Year, with "Maracaibo" and "Horrified" winning Best Strategy Game and Best Coop respectively.
  • Stephen Buonocore to retire as President of Stronghold Games.
  • Get ready to welcome the King and Queen in a new card game based on the "Downton Abbey" movie.
  • Go off the top rope with "WWE Legends Royal Rumble Card Game."
  • Return to Middle-earth in Reiner Knizia's "The Lord of the Rings - Anniversary Edition."
  • Will Wheaton takes a ride with Bicycle.
  • Plan B announces the final game in the "Century: Golem" trilogy.
  • "Sonora" from Pandasaurus Games arrives in retail.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  • Pendulum
  • Lost Ruins of Arnak
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Godzilla: Tokyo Clash

 

SPECIAL REPORT:

  • Corey talks to industry leaders to get to the bottom of what exactly board game developers do.

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Eila and Something Shiny
  • Hybris: Disordered Cosmos

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTNow-689.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

Welcome to our first episode as Dice Tower Now! Meet the team, and hear what we have in store for the future!

 

HEADLINES:

  • Reiner Knizia's "My City" gets an English-language release.
  • Queen Games teases "Stefan Feld City Collection."
  • Cards Against Humanity and Wizards of the Coast clean house.
  • Live murder mystery musical based on "Clue" heading to Twitch.

 

HOTNESS:

  • Gloomhaven: Jaws of Lion
  • Domination
  • Roll Player Adventures
  • Back to the Future: Dice Through Time
  • Unmatched: Cobble & Fog

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Cosmic Encounter: Duel
  • Freedom!
  • Everdell: Bellfaire
  • Everdell: Spirecrest
  • Dune: Ixians & Tleilaxu

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Canopy
  • Roll Player Adventures

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTNow-688.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

Dice Tower News has become Dice Tower Now. With this great power comes great responsibility ... to bring you the biggest and best stories from the world of tabletop gaming.

Follow us on Twitter @DiceTowerNow.

Direct download: DTNow-687.mp3
Category:Weekly News from the DTNow Team -- posted at: 5:48pm EDT

Beginning next week, this podcast will be renamed Dice Tower Now. We've got a lot of great new stuff in store. Subscribers should automatically be updated to the new podcast, but if for some reason that doesn't happen, come find us!

HEADLINES:

  • "Hedgehog Roll" wins the 2020 Kinderspiel des Jahres.
  • Unlock some adventure with "Star Wars Escape Game."
  • Get ready to dive into "Aquatica."
  • GAMA elects new officers.
  • Dial up your deduction with "Ultimate Werewolf Extreme."
  • Put on your princess crown in "Munchkin: Disney."
  • The "Nemesis: Lockdown" KS finishes big.
  • Matagot turns green into gold with their "Kemet: Blood and Sand" KS.
  • "CMON Comics Vol. 1" breaks KS records.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Imperial Struggle
  2. Godspeed
  3. Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
  4. Terraforming Mars
  5. Gloomhaven
  6. Wingspan
  7. Race for the Galaxy
  8. Monumental
  9. Root
  10. Terraforming Mars: Big Box

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Godspeed
  • Endangered
  • Detective: Signature Series - Dig Deeper
  • Stringamajig

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • The Dead Eye
  • Age of Atlantis
Direct download: DTN-686.mp3
Category:Weekly News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • Origins Game Fair cancels after backup plans fail.
  • Origins Online cancels following numerous drop outs.
  • The Op joins with Asmodee to create licensed versions of "Drop It!" (AKA, "Dobble").
  • Race dice with AEG's "Cubitos" from John D. Clair.
  • Wizards of the Coast bans seven Magic: The Gathering cards it deems racist or culturally offensive.
  • Arcane Wonders and Greater Than Games announce "Freedom Five: A Sentinel Comics Board Game."
  • Registration for BGG's and the Dice Tower's Virtual Gaming Con now open.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Terraforming Mars: Big Box
  2. Monumental
  3. Terraforming Mars
  4. Gloomhaven
  5. Disney's Jungle Cruise Adventure Game
  6. Heartland
  7. Wingspan
  8. Nemesis
  9. Brass: Birmingham
  10. The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Forgotten Waters
  • Nevada City
  • Succulent
  • Marshmallow Test
  • Modern Art: The Card Game
  • Marvel Champions: TCG - Black Widow Hero Pack
  • TLOTR: TCG - Under the Ash Mountains Adventure Pack
  • Arkham Horror: TCG - Weaver of the Cosmos Mythos Pack

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Crash!
  • Mini Rogue
Direct download: DTN-685.mp3
Category:Weekly News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 6:01am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • The gaming community speaks out in support of diversity and Black Lives Matter.
  • "Pandemic: Hot Zone - North America" to be the first in new series.
  • Funko cuts 25% of its workforce.
  • "Kemet: Blood and Sand" Cthulhu expansion sparks fury amongst backers.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Terraforming Mars: Big Box
  2. Terraforming Mars
  3. Merchants of the Dark Road
  4. Back to the Future: Back in Time
  5. Nemesis
  6. Gloomhaven
  7. Crystal Palace
  8. Brass: Birmingham
  9. Wingspan
  10. Root

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Space Battle Lunchtime Card Game
  • Ride the Rails
  • Deranged
  • Adventure Mart
  • Killer Bunnies
  • Sheriff of Nottingham (Second Edition)
  • My Little Scythe: Pie in the Sky

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Merchants of the Dark Road
  • Dice Miner
  • Chai: High Tea
Direct download: DTN-684.mp3
Category:Weekly News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 3:39am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • You'll have the power with CMON's "Masters of the Universe: The Board Game."
  • Solve groovy mysteries with CMON's "Scooby-Doo: The Board Game."
  • Run, Danny! From the Op's "The Shining: Escape from the Overlook Hotel"
  • Frosthaven's charitable acts ruffle feathers.
  • "Warhammer 40,000" gets a 9th Edition.
  • Board Game Expo sets its sights on 2021.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Nemesis
  2. Western Empires
  3. Merchants of the Dark Road
  4. Nemesis: Lockdown
  5. Terraforming Mars
  6. Gloomhaven
  7. Wingspan
  8. Kemet: Blood and Sand
  9. The Crew: The Search for Planet 9
  10. Kepler-3042

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Nemesis: Lockdown
  • Kemet: Blood and Sand
  • CMON Comics - Vol. 1

 

LINKS:

 

Direct download: DTN-683.mp3
Category:Weekly News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • Nominees for the 2020 Spiel des Jahres announced.
  • Spiel and Gen Con canceled.
  • The Dice Tower and BGG team up for Virtual Gaming Con.
  • Search for pearls in Reiner Knizia's "Whale Riders."
  • Funko Games adapting everything you love.
  • "Gudetama: The Tricky Egg Card Game" slides this way.
  • We look at Kickstarter fails from a new point of view.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. My City
  2. Gloomhaven
  3. Terraforming Mars
  4. Nova Luna
  5. Nemesis
  6. A War of Whispers
  7. The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9
  8. Santa Monica
  9. Wingspan
  10. Cartographers: A Roll Player Game

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • The Mind Extreme
  • Deep Vents

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Euthia: Torment of Resurrection
  • Railroad Ink Challenge

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTN-682.mp3
Category:Weekly News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • "Disney Jungle Cruise Adventure Games" travels to Amazon's exclusive waters.
  • Asmodee USA Distribution to release 40 new titles in June.
  • CMON makes progress with its audit issues.
  • Baby Yoda waddles to a table near you.
  • "Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery" to get a second edition.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Small World of Warcraft
  2. Maharaja
  3. Tiny Epic Pirates
  4. Gloomhaven
  5. Under Falling Skies: A 9-Card Print-and-Play Game
  6. HEL: The Last Saga
  7. Terraforming Mars
  8. Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale
  9. Wingspan
  10. Maharaja: The Game of Palace Building in India

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Santa Monica
  • The Magnificent
  • A Touch of Evil: 10-Year Anniversary Edition
  • Western Legends: Ante Up

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Battle of the Boybands
  • Adventures in Neverland

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTN-681.mp3
Category:Weekly News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 4:00am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • BGG announces 14th Annual Golden Geek Awards.
  • Alliance Game Distributors to resume operations.
  • "Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion" sinks its teeth into Target.
  • Days of Wonder peddles "Ticket to Ride: Amsterdam."
  • Vladimir Suchy's "Praga Caput Regni" to break ground in 2020.
  • Renegade Games buddies up to "Clank!: Adventuring Party."
  • Kickstarter lays off 40% of workforce.
  • Dice Tower Dish's Corey Thompson digs into the state of tabletop Kickstarter campaigns and the trouble with game awards.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. TINYforming Mars
  2. Wingspan
  3. Gloomhaven
  4. Sapiens
  5. HEL: The Last Saga
  6. Mercado de Lisboa
  7. Terraforming Mars
  8. The Crew: The Search for Planet 9
  9. Nemesis
  10. Spirit Island

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Babylonia
  • Yukon Airways
  • Monster Mansion
  • Colt Super Express

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Sea of Legends

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTN-680.mp3
Category:Weekly News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 12:10am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • "Frosthaven" breaks another Kickstarter record.
  • Hasbro reports substantial growth in games sales.
  • Fantasy Flight announces "Arkham Horror: The Card Game - The Innsmouth Conspiracy."
  • Capstone Games takes over publication for "Terra Mystica" and "Gaia Project."
  • The OP announces "The Batman Who Laughs Rising."
  • Gale Force Nine announces new expansions and an updated edition for "Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks."

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Bargain Basement Bathysphere
  2. Gloomhaven
  3. Utopia Engine
  4. Under Falling Skies: A 9-Card Print-and-Play
  5. Supermarché
  6. Ankh: Gods of Egypt
  7. Wingspan
  8. Terraforming Mars
  9. Frosthaven
  10. Arkham Horror: The Card Game

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Tang Garden
  • Sonora
  • Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio (Third Edition)
  • Traintopia

 

KICKSTARTERS:

  • Clinic: Deluxe Edition - COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Tapeworm
  • Resident Evil 3: The Board Game

 

LINKS:

Connect with Jesse on Twitter @TheJesseWheeler.

Check out TabletopGameTalk.com with former hosts Kitty & Chris.

We love feedback! Please leave any on our Official Thread.

Direct download: DTN-679.mp3
Category:Weekly News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 4:58am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • City of Games releases "The Isle of Cats Remote Edition."
  • San Diego Comic-Con 2020 and Anime Expo 2020 cancelled.
  • New "Magic: The Gathering" decks delayed.
  • Game shop owner arrested for operating a non-essential business.
  • The OP Games announces "Risk: Warhammer 40,000."
  • This podcast is switching release days. Leave us your thoughts on our BGG Feedback Thread.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Pandemic: Hot Zone - North America
  2. Canvas
  3. Wingspan
  4. Cloudspire
  5. Gloomhaven
  6. Barrage
  7. Ankh: Gods of Egypt
  8. Terraforming Mars
  9. Marvel Champions: The Card Game
  10. Spirit Island

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Final Girl
  • Lords of Vegas: Underworld & Boss Bundle

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTN-678.mp3
Category:Weekly News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 4:50am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • Amazon to resume stocking non-essential items from third-party retailers.
  • Fantasy Flights postpones Organized Play events.
  • Alliance and Diamond furlough employees. Execs take a pay cut.
  • The OP announces "Trivial Pursuit: Horror Ultimate Edition."
  • AEG and The OP announce "Smash Up: Marvel."
  • CMON stock suspended due to audit issues.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Ankh: Gods of Egypt
  2. Cloudspire
  3. Forgotten Waters
  4. Gloomhaven
  5. Terraforming Mars
  6. Wingspan
  7. Nemesis
  8. Spirit Island
  9. Arkham Horror: The Card Game
  10. Everdell

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Ankh: Gods of Egypt

 

LINKS:

Connect with Jesse on Twitter @TheJesseWheeler

Direct download: DTN-677.mp3
Category:Friday News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 4:37am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • Origins 2020 rescheduled for October
  • BGG.Spring 2020 cancelled
  • Mayday Games starts distributing NK95 masks
  • Stonemaier Games announces new products on April Fool's that turned out to be no joke
  • Fantasy Flight announces Arkham Horror (Third Edition): Under Dark Waves and Marvel Champions: The Card Game - The Rise of Red Skull

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Ankh: Gods of Egypt
  2. Tawantinsuyu: The Inca Empire
  3. Forgotten Waters
  4. Gloomhaven
  5. Pax Renaissance
  6. Air, Land & Sea
  7. Terraforming Mars
  8. Nemesis
  9. Wingspan
  10. Crypt

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Cosmic Encounter: Duel
  • The One Hundred Torii
  • Ripple Rush
  • Aquelarre
  • Crossed Words
  • The Coldest Night
  • One Small Step
  • Inner Compass

 

KICKSTARTERS:

  • Excavation: Earth
  • They Live: Assault on Cable 54

 

LINKS:

Connect with Jesse on Twitter @TheJesseWheeler

Direct download: DTN-676.mp3
Category:Friday News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 6:31am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • Alliance Game Distributors halts payments to vendors

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Frosthaven
  2. Gloomhaven
  3. Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
  4. Corinth
  5. Winter Kingdom
  6. Terraforming Mars
  7. Wingspan
  8. Everdell
  9. Spirit Island
  10. The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • Unmatched: Jurassic Park - InGen vs. Raptors
  • King of Tokyo: Dark Edition
  • Planet Apocalypse

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Frosthaven

 

LINKS:

Direct download: DTN-675.mp3
Category:Friday News with Chris & Kitty -- posted at: 3:00am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • Fantasy Flight announces Investigator Starter Decks for "Arkham Horror: The Card Game."
  • "Pandemic" designer Matt Leacock writes an opinion piece for the New York Times.
  • Alliance Game Distributors temporarily shuts down operations, but ACD Distribution expects to keep running.
  • Asmodee USA and Renegade Game Studios delay new releases.
  • Fireside Games delay party game "Stringamajig" and their Kickstarter campaign for "Castle Panic: Deluxe Edition."
  • The Tokyo Game Market event for April has been canceled.
  • WizKids pulls out of Origins and UK Games Expo 2020.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Frosthaven
  2. Gloomhaven
  3. Everdell
  4. The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9
  5. Terraforming Mars
  6. Dark Ages: Heritage of Charlemagne
  7. Arkham Horror: The Card Game
  8. Wingspan
  9. Pax Pamir (Second Edition)
  10. Rallyman: GT

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • The Isle of Cats
  • The Isle of Cats: Late Arrivals
  • Core Connection: Rise of Atlantis
  • VIAE: Roads of Rome
  • Nevada City
  • Starcadia Quest: Showdown
  • Starcadia Quest: Build-a-Robot

 

KICKSTARTER:

  • Trekking the World
  • Moonshine Empire
  • Lawyer Up

 

YOUR HOSTS:

Direct download: DTN-674.mp3
Category:Friday News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 4:58am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • Origins Game Fair announces awards nominees for 2020
  • 2020 Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Auction now live
  • Z-Man Games announces "Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game"
  • "Pandemic" is in the news

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Gloomhaven
  2. Pandemic
  3. Dark Ages
  4. Paris
  5. Pax Pamir
  6. Museum: Pictura
  7. Rallyman: GT
  8. Wingspan
  9. Terraforming Mars
  10. Everdell

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

  • The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9
  • Oriflamme
  • The Shining
  • Staka
  • The Big Book of Madness: The Vth Element

 

KICKSTARTERS:

  • Mint Control
  • Bold Made

 

LINKS:

What's new with you during the Coronapocalypse? Let us know on our BGG Thread.

Find Previous hosts Chris & Kitty at TapletopGameTalk.com.

Direct download: DTN-673.mp3
Category:Friday News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 3:15am EDT

HEADLINES

  • Asmodee USA Distribution to distribute directly to retailers
  • Asmodee clarifies its parts replacement policy
  • Price increases announced for 27 Asmodee titles
  • CMON Expo 2020 cancelled
  • The Hulk is coming to "Marvel Champions: The Card Game"
  • Uwe Rosenberg announces "New York Zoo"

 

THE HOTNESS

  1. Pax Pamir: Second Edition
  2. Nemesis
  3. Gloomhaven
  4. Spirit Island
  5. Marvel Champions: The Card Game
  6. On Mars
  7. Rallyman: GT
  8. Terraforming Mars
  9. Museum: Pictura
  10. Root

 

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES

  • Afternova
  • Trial of the Temples
  • Robotech: Brace for Impact
  • Robotech: Cyclone Run
  • Stalingrad Besieged

 

KICKSTARTER

  • Who Goes There? Second Edition
  • Monuments
  • Erune
  • Rival Restaurants: Back for Seconds
  • Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage "Game"

 

LINKS

We'd love to hear from you - feedback, suggestions, whatever - on our BGG Thread.

Find previous hosts Chris and Kitty at TabletopGameTalk.com.

Direct download: DTN-672.mp3
Category:Friday News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

HEADLINES:

  • Plaid Hat Games claims its independence with "Forgotten Waters."
  • "Ripple Rush" from Stronghold Games coming soon.
  • "Chronicles of Crime" launches on Kickstarter.
  • "Castle Panic: Deluxe Addition" to be Fireside Games' first Kickstarter.
  • Emerson Matsuuchi streamlines social deduction with his latest design.

 

THE HOTNESS:

  1. Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
  2. Spirit Island
  3. Nemesis
  4. Viscounts of the West Kingdom
  5. Marvel Champions the Card Game
  6. Rallyman GT
  7. Gloomhaven
  8. Terraforming Mars
  9. Museum: Pictura
  10. Brass: Birmingham

 

NEW & UPCOMING GAMES:

  • Gorilla Marketing
  • Dungeon Mayhem: Monster Madness
  • Stellar
  • 7 Souls
  • Karekare

 

KICKSTARTERS:

  • Lost in Valhalla
  • Ruins: Death Binder

 

LINKS:

Leave us feedback on our BGG Thread

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Direct download: DTN-671.mp3
Category:Friday News with Jesse & Jasper -- posted at: 5:28am EDT