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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 7, 2022. This week, Ravensburger wants a big family, Llama Dice and Devir go to White Castle, Exploding Kittens is a lying sack, and Legendary discovers there is no spoon.

TOP STORIES (2:10)

• Ravensburger is looking for the Next Big Family Game
• The White Castle by Devir and Llama Dice
• Takenoko roll and Write Takenokolor teased by Bombyx
• Telecraft by Oink Games and Geo Games
• OxEye sued by designer
• Rustling Leaves by Paolo Mori coming to English
• You Lying Sack by Exploding Kittens and Penn Jilette
• Retrograde by publisher Resonym and designers Mary Flanagan and Max Seidman
• Tiny Epic Crimes announced by Gamelyn Games
• Legendary: Matrix detailed by Upper Deck

CROWDFUNDING (11:25)

• Race to the Raft
• Pampero
• Cosmoctopus
• Life of the Amazonia
• The Queen's Dilemma
• Tesseract
• Mosaic: Wars and Disasters
• Cancas Finishing Touches
• Oathsworn Into the Deepwood Second Edition

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:45)

• Destinies: Witchwood

THE HOTNESS (26:10)

1. Tiny Epic Crimes
2. FlameCraft
3. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
4. The Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Renovations
5. ISS Vanguard
6. Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
7. King of Monster Island
8. Ark Nova
9. Slay the Spire: The Board Game
10. Unconscious Mind

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This week, Vagrants sing a song of seance, we discuss masters of IELLO cheese, the zoo craze reaches Canada, and TheOP says Hola gatito.

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• Vagrantsong mini-expansion Seance Scenario
• Ancient Knowledge by designer Rémi Mathieu and IELLO Games
• Hellton Palace by Jean-Baptiste Pigneur and IELLO
• Cheese Master from designers Johan Benvenuto and Alexandre Droit
• IELLO Microexpansions
• Naasii, A Coyote and Crow Game, by designer Connor Alexander
• Alhambra: The Red Palace by Dirk Henn and Queen Games
• Miller Zoo from Randolph and designer Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance
• Loteria: Hello Kitty® and Friends from TheOP
• Judge Dredd being reprinted by Rebellion Unplugged
• Monolyth from Phil Walker-Harding and CMoN
• FORK - Fox. Owl. Rabbit. Kale. A food chain trick taking game from designer Ta-Te Wu
• Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen for $100 Million

SPECIAL REPORT (13:15)

• Cheating in Chess
• Chess.com report on Hans Niemann

CROWDFUNDING (16:55)

• Rising Waters
• Roll to the Top, Pollen, and Big Top
• The Stifling Dark
• Dreadful Meadows
• Ten Plagues the Card Game
• Roll and Rails

SPONSOR UPDATE (26:10)

• Destinies: Myth and Folklore

NEW RELEASES (28:05)

• Carcassonne Big Box 2022 by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede and Z-Man Games
• Sidereal Confluence Bifurcation expansion by TauCeti Deichmann and WizKids
• Smash Up 10th Anniversary Box by Paul Peterson and AEG
• Solforge Fusion Booster Kit from Richard Garfield and Justin Gary, published by Stone Blade Entertainment
• Evergreen by Hjalmar Hach and Horrible Games
• Vagrantsong designed by Kyle Rowan, Justin Gibbs, and Matt Carter, published by Wyrd Miniatures
• Block and Key by David Van Drunen and Inside Up Games
• Get on Board: New York and London from Saashi and Saashi
• Ultimate Railroads from designers Helmut Ohley and Leonhard Lonny Orgler, published by Z-Man Games
• Sobek: 2 Players from Bruno Cathala and Sebastien Pauchon, published by Pandasaurus Games
• Tusk! Surviving the Ice Age from designers Sean Goodison and Mike Haught, published by Gale Force 9

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 24, 2022. This week, Asmodee proffers a glorious Welcome, AEG takes a vacation to Japan, Hachette goes from 0 to 100, and the Luzas are in the house!

TOP STORIES (3:00)

• Welcome by Asmodee
• Underdog Games releases HerStory by designers Nick Bentley, Emerson Matsuuchi, and Danielle Reynolds
• Lets Go to Japan by Josh Woods and AEG
• Jenga Kool Aid by TheOP
• Publisher Board&Dice announces Teotihuacan Deluxe
• Boop from Smirk and Laughter coming November 2022
• Smash Up 10th Anniversary dated for October
• Grand Gamers Guild releases print and play Artemis: First Contact
• Zero to 100 by Antonin Boccara gets English language release from Hachette
• Fir is next title after Feudum for Odd Bird Games
• Forage, by Mark Tuck, is the final game in the Grove Trilogy

CROWDFUNDING (12:20)

• Redwood: Into the Wild/a>
• One Two Many Rabbits
• Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict
• Wonderlands War: Shards of Madness
• Portents
• Patriot

SPONSOR UPDATE (20:50)

• Destinies: Witchwood Modules

THE HOTNESS (22:40)

1. Dune: Imperium
2. Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
3. Ark Nova
4. John Company: Second Edition
5. The Wolves
6. Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
7. ISS Vanguard
8. Spirit Island
9. Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate
10. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 17, 2022. This week, Terra Mystica innovates, WizKids rebuilds the Emerald City, CMoN runs to the hills, and someone in the Aegean lost their marbles during the bronze age.

TOP STORIES (1:55)

• Ancient game pieces discovered in the Aegean
• 2 new city titles from Stefan Feld and Queen
• More details on Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation
• Books of Time by by Filip Głowacz
• Isle of Cats Miniatures Pack announced
• Lost Lights from Julius Hsu and Board Game Circus
• Make the Difference from Oink Games
• WizKids announces Rebuilding Seattle by designer Quinn Brander
• CMoN announces Iron Maiden character packs
• Flutter by Phase Shift Games and Matthew Bahntge
• Mojito Studios bringing back Mystery of the Abbey
• Agueda: City of Umbrellas from 25th Century Games
• Update on Yu-Gi-Oh Creator Kazuki Takahashi

CROWDFUNDING (11:50)

• Fortify
• Daybreak
• Lunar Rush
• Leaf
• Matches
• Frozen Frontier

SPONSOR UPDATE (19:45)

• Destinies: Witchwood

NEW RELEASES (22:10)

• Basilica by Lukasz M. Pogoda and Portal Games
• Knight Fall by T. Alex Davis and Ryan Laukat, published by Red Raven Games
• Virtù by Pascal Ribrault, published by Super Meeple
• Star Trek: Super Skill Pinball published by WizKids designed by Geoff Engelstein
• Ticket to Ride - Ghost Train by Alan R. Moon, published by Days of Wonder
• Ready, Set, Bet by designer John D Clair, published by AEG
• 3000 Scoundrels by Corey Konieczka and Unexpected Games
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars by Alexandar Ortloff, published by Z-Man Games
• San Francisco by Reiner Knizia, published by Rebel Studio
• Skymines by Alexander Pfister and Viktor Kobilke, published by Pegasus Spiele

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 10, 2022. This week, Bezier does some renovations, Dead Death Dies for a third time, and Essen, essen, essen, essen, ESSEN.

SPECIAL REPORT: ESSEN (1:41)

TOP STORIES (5:14)

• Renegade Games expands licensing with Hasbro
• GIC: Britain's first game industry conference
• Persona 5 Royal card game by Matsuuchi
• Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Renovations
• Cluedo murder mystery boxes
• Cthulhu: Death May Die season 3 - Fear of the Unknown

CROWDFUNDING (9:59)

• Factions of Sol
• Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game
• Rise and Fall
• Elevenses: The Guilty Party
• Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin
• Age of Comics

SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (18:22)

• Lucky Duck Games picks up Cosmoctopus for release

THE HOTNESS (20:4)

• 11 - Endless Winter: Paleoamericans
• 10 - Flamecraft
• 9 - Lacrimosa
• 8 - Woodcraft
• 7 - Horizons of Spirit Island
• 6 - Ark Nova
• 5 - John Company 2E
• 4 - ISS Vanguard
• 3 - Revive
• 2 - Starship Captains
• 1 - Wingspan: Asia

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 3, 2022. This week, the hottest news is from 2004, pigs gobble fruit quickity pickity, Phalanx runs out of river names, and we agree - an arcane manor of dice is essential.

TOP STORIES (2:30)

• Deep Water Games becomes independant of parent company OxEye Media
• CMoN to be excludsive distributor for Lucky Duck Games in Asia
• HeroScape: Age of Annihilation crowdfunding on Hasbro Pulse
• Reiner Knizia's Yellow and Yangtze rebranded by Phalanx as Huang
• Dice Manor is newest Dice Tower Essential title from Arcane Wonder
• Railway Boom coming from OKAZU Brand and designer Hisashi Hiyashi
• More details on Isle of Cats followup, Race to the Raft
• Artipia Games and designer Gustaf Sundström announce Ceres
• Itten Funbrick series of pocket games detailed
• Quickity Pickity is newest title from from Oink Games
• Grease Monkey Garage by designer Fedor Sosnin getting published copy
• Flowar coming from Llama Dice and publisher Primigenio

CROWDFUNDING (13:15)

• USC Reach
• Atlas Lost: Rise of the New Sovereigns
• Naturopolis
• Pueblo
• Age of Inventors
• Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:45)

• Andromeda's Edge

THE HOTNESS (24:50)

1. Starship Captains from CGE and designer Peter B. Hoffgaard
2. FlameCraft by Manny Vega and Lucky Duck
3. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
4. Yellow and Yangtze by Reiner Knizia
5. Deal with the Devil from designer Matúš Kotry and CGE
6. Village Rails from Osprey Games, designed by Matthew Dunstan and Brett J. Gilbert
7. Terraforming Mars the Dice Game from Stronghold Games
8. Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge
9. ISS Vanguard by Awaken Realms
10. Everdell: The Complete Collection

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 26, 2022. This week, the news is full of chips and guac, a new Pandemic game there is, we forage with our pretty new gauntlet, and Knizia brings on the Claritin.

TOP STORIES (2:30)

• IELLO purchased by French company Media Participations
• Z-Man announces Star Wars The Clone Wars, a Pandemic System title
• More details emerge on The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
• Rose Gauntlet announces Wild Gardens by Isaac Vega
• WizKids announces Marvel: Age of Heroes
• Publisher Sylex bringing second edition of Yinzi Ming
• Reiner Knizia's new title is Pollen
• 20Strong is a new solo adventure dice game from Chip Theory
• Atlas Games announces 2 expansions for Godforge
• Arborea coming from Alley Cat Games and designer Dani Garcia
• 12 Rivers is the new title from Romain Caterdjian and BGNations
• Trampoline Park by Hassan Hekmat getting an English release
• Hachette is bringing the French word game Ole Guacamole to English
• Breaking News: Details emerge on Terraforming Mars the Dice Game

CROWDFUNDING (15:15)

• Merchants Cove: Master Craft
• Weavlings in the Wild
• Forsaken
• The Fox Experiment
• Sagrada Artisans
• Cholas

SPONSOR UPDATE (23:50)

• Tidal Blades: Banner Festival how to play

THE HOTNESS (27:30)

1. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood from Shadowborne Games
2. Tiletum by Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini, published by Board & Dice
3. Flamecraft designed by Manny Vega, from Cardboard Alchemy and Lucky Duck Games
4. Lacrimosa by Devir
5. Dune: War for Arrakis from CMoN designed by Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello
6. Ark Nova by Mathias Wigge and Capstone Games
7. Twilight Inscription from Fantasy Flight Games
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars by Z-Man Games and Alexandar Ortloff
9. ISS Vanguard by Awaken Realms
10. Beer & Bread by Pegasus Spiele and designer Scott Almes

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2022. This week, video game conversions are romantik, Ares Games is both Rich and Good, and Catan is nominated right alongside sand.

TOP STORIES (2:00)

• Catan nominated to National Toy Hall of Fame
• Tails on Fire by HeidelBÄR
• Deep Print Games announces Beer and Bread
• Dorfromantik coming from Pegasus Spiele
• Steamforged Games announces Elden Ring board game
• Hab & Gut creturning as The Rich and the Good
• Wonderful World Board Game bringing Touch It
• Steve Jackson Games announces 2 Christmas titles
• Disney: Space Mountain coming from Ravensburger
• Publisher Pegasus Spiele announces Monster Inn

CROWDFUNDING (10:15)

• Prehistories Evolutions and Space Explorers Age of Ambition
• Fugitive 2nd Edition and Run
• Dune: War for Arrakis
• Weimar: The Fight for Democracy
• Philosophy
• KeyForge Winds of Exchange
• Dawn of Ulos
• Winchester Mystery House Centennial Edition

SPONSOR UPDATE (21:10)

• Flamecraft how to play

NEW RELEASES (24:35)

• Twilight Inscription by James Kniffen, published by Fantasy Flight Games
• Star Trek Ascendancy Breen Confederacy and Dominion War designed by Andrew Haught and Phil Yates, published by Gale Force 9
• Little Flower Shop the Dice Game by Dr Finns Games, designed by Steve Finn
• Parks: Wildlife by Henry Audubon and Mattox Shuler, published by Keymaster Games
• The Spill by designer Andy Kim, published by Smirk and Dagger
• Antematter by Bardshark Games
• Dulce by Stronghold Games, designed by Julio E. Nazario
• Studies in Sorcery by Chris Glein, published by Weird Giraffe Games
• Red Cathedral: Contractors by Isra C. and Shei S., published by Devir

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2022. This week, after 10 years, we are smitten with Stonemaier, Just One publisher learns some Fun Facts, Matagot uses St Patrick to banish snakes, and we relive the Winter of 2016.

TOP STORIES (2:20)

• Meeple Design official authorized accessory partner with City of Kings
• Stonemaier celebrates 10th anniversary with new coop 2p title Smitten
• Repos follows up Just One and So Clover with Fun Facts
• Devir and designers Maria Blasco Arnandis and Enrique Blasco announce Winter
• Saint Patrick coming from Matagot
• alea announces Council of Shadows by Martin Kallenborn and Jochen Scherer
• Lubee Edition with designers Mareva Beauchamps and Florian Sirieix announce Time Collectors
• Cryptozoic announces Rotten Tomatoes: The Card Game
• IELLO announces followup to King of Tokyo, King of New York - King of Monster Island
• Horrible Guild bringing out Similo Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Air Mail coming from Ludonova and designer Toni Lopez

CROWDFUNDING (11:00)

• Sea of Legends: Vengeance of the Empires
• Legacy of Yu
• Trailblazers
• Robomon
• Full Sun
• Diamond Dig

SPONSOR UPDATE (18:55)

• Flamecraft and Tidal Blades: Banner Festival coming to Essen

HOTNESS (21:15)

1. Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood
2. Legacy of Yu
3. Astra
4. Meltscape
5. War of the Ring: The Card Game
6. Flamecraft
7. The Fox Experiment
8. Pueblo
9. Ark Nova
10. Forsaken

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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 5, 2022. This week, Ravensburger hopes to have a mouse problem, Trick or Treat's remain Tasty, Rio Grande Plunders a new Dominion, and Eagle-Gryphon discovers Toole use to be Vital for Inventions.

TOP STORIES (2:15)

• Disney announces new Disney TCG Lorcana
• Trick or Treat Games bringing back old TMG classics
• Asmodee brings Tokaido Deluxe into US retail
• Rio Grande announces new Dominion expansion, Plunder
• FUSE stand-alone expansion Countdown coming from Renegade
• Mac Gerdts announces Crossing Oceans, spiritual successor to Transatlantic
• Inventions: Evolution of Ideas coming from Vital Lacerda, Ian O'Toole and Eagle-Gryphon
• Mindclash Games bringing lighter title Astra direct to retail
• Underdogs from 1 More Time Games retitled Challengers and being published by Z-Man
• Catch Up Games has announced After Us by Florian Sirieix
• Pictures XMas expansion coming from PD-Verlag
• All Roads coming from designer Markus Kettunen and Lautapelit.fi
• Deep Print Games announces Match of the Century from designer Paolo Mori
• Good Game Studio publishing Korean title Vegetable Stock from Zong-Hua Yang

CROWDFUNDING (15:55)

• Doomensions
• Ivion Season 2: Winters Bite
• The Comic Book Bubble
• Powerline
• Small Kingdoms: Oak Campaign
• Nanolith

SPONSOR UPDATE (24:20)

• Episode 800 contest and Flamecraft pre-orders

NEW RELEASES (26:55)

• Wormholes by Peter McPherson, published by AEG
• Zombicide: Gear Up designed by Jordy Adan and Marco Portugal, published by CMoN
• Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done - Divine Influence expansion by Seth Jaffee and Renegade Games
• FYFE designed by Kosch, published by Pegasus Spiele
• Animotion by Bruno Faidutti and Nathalie Grandperrin, published by Pegasus Spiele
• Disney Big Thunder Mountain Railroad by Prospero Hall, published by Funko Games
• My Little Pony: Adventures in Equestria Deck-Building Game published by Renegade Games
• Dominion: Seaside 2nd Edition by Donald X Vaccarino, published by Rio Grande
• Skull Canyon Ski Fest by Jason Klinke, published by Pandasaurus
• Cat in the Box Deluxe Edition by Muneyuki Yokouchi, published by Bezier Games

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