Dice Tower Now

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

TOP STORIES (2:15)

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

NEW RELEASES (14:44)

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

KICKSTARTERS (18:03)

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

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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)

• Sefirot
• Long Shot: The Dice Game
• Scrumpy: Card Cider
• Bone to Pick
• Empyreal: Far Corners
• Marvel United: X-Men

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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)

• Foundation
• Mythic Battles: Ragnarok
• John Company: Second Edition
• Lasting Tales
• AuZtralia Bix Box, Revenge of the Old Ones, TaZmania
• Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition

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)

• Robinson Crusoe
• Fjords
• Clash of Deck
• Factory Funner, Bear Raid, and Ghosts of Christmas
• V-Commandos Deluxe
• Mage Noir
• 1815, Scum of the Earth

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:

• Wetlands
• Dealing Dungeons
• Night Market
• Monuments
• Clash of the Ardennes
• Stellaris: Infinite Legacy
• Robots Ate Our Pizza
• Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall
• Robinson Crusoe - Collector's Edition

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:

• Everdell: Newleaf, Mistwood, and the Complete Collection
• Caper: Europe
• Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
• So, You've Been Eaten
• Valeria: Card Kingdoms - Darksworn
• Eternal Palace
• Catacombs & Castles 2E + Catacombs Black Box Expansion
• Three Sisters

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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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:

• Super Fantasy Brawl
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Board Game
• Meeples & Monsters
• Moonshell
• Silverwood Grove
• SINS: Celestial Energies - Expansion Box
• Stellaris Infinite Legacy

NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES:

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

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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:

• Bandada
• Chamber of Wonders
• Orconomics (Second Edition)
• Stroganov
• Aeons End: Legacy of Gravehold
• Rabbit Rabbit: A Game of Superstitions
• Rome & Roll: Gladiators
• Root: The Marauder Expansion
• Factory Floor
• Tiny Turbo Cars
• Lawklivya: Vengeance
• Tiny Epic Dungeons
• Wutaki

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:

• Welcome to Sysifus Corp
• Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising
• Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns
• Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
• CAKES!
• Block and Key​
• Tiny Epic Dungeons
• Root: The Marauder Expansion
• Aeon’s End: Legacy of Gravehold

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:

• Core Words: Empires & Nemesis
• Moon Adventure, In a Grove and Dokojong
• Clinic: Deluxe Edition - 2nd & 3rd Extensions
• Doom Machine
• Cult of the Deep
• Shadow Tactics
• Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
• Zombicide: Undead or Alive

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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