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

TOP STORIES (1:55)

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

CROWDFUNDING (14:25)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:10)

• The Lucky Duck booth at Essen

THE HOTNESS (26:30)

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

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