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

TOP STORIES (1:55)

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

CROWDFUNDING (14:35)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:50)

• Hosting a Lucky Duck Game Night

THE HOTNESS (26:30)

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

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

TOP STORIES (2:15)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (14:00)

• Scott Morris Update and Nimalia

CROWDFUNDING (16:15)

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

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

TOP STORIES (2:10)

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

CROWDFUNDING (12:45)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (22:40)

• Kiri-Ai by designer Kamibayashi

NEW RELEASES (24:50)

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

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

TOP STORIES (2:15)

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

CROWDFUNDING (16:50)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:30)

• Cosmoctopus

THE HOTNESS (28:10)

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

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

TOP STORIES (2:16)

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

CROWDFUNDING (13:25)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:26)

• Lucky Duck's first: Vikings Gone Wild

THE HOTNESS (25:33)

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

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

TOP STORIES (2:00)

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

CROWDFUNDING (13:45)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:20)

• Into the Godsgrave

NEW RELEASES (24:30)

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

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

TOP STORIES (2:07)

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

CROWDFUNDING (16:35)

• Thorgal
• Santorini
• Flutter
• Paperback 10th Anniversary

THE HOTNESS (23:24)

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

SPECIAL REPORT (27:01)

• Games played at the Gathering of Friends

SPONSOR UPDATE (29:38)

• Senjutsu: Battle for Japan

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

TOP STORIES (2:11)

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

CROWDFUNDING (19:51)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (28:35)

• Paranormal Detectives

SPECIAL REPORT (31:24)

• The Gathering of Friends

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

TOP STORIES (2:20)

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

CROWDFUNDING (21:55)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (30:45)

• Yummy Yummy Monster Tummy and no sport cars

THE HOTNESS (32:20)

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

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

TOP STORIES (1:25)

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

CROWDFUNDING (15:45)

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

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:05)

• The great variety of Lucky Duck titles

NEW RELEASES (28:30)

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

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