The Dice Men Cometh

Two Dicemen & two massive games. This week we take on one of the hottest new games in This War of Mine, and then we devour Uve Rosenberg’s Feast for Odin. Did we bite off more than we can chew? Only you can decide.

Original air date:21/09/2017

 

Let the Dice Men tell you a story, a story so magical you will need to hear it to believe! Tonight’s episode is all about story-telling in games so Mark and Garth discuss Legends of Andor before delving into all manner of games who use story to create an immersive gaming experience. And not just that, but we also draw the winners of our King or Queen for a day competition with thanks to Grail Games. All that as well as guaranteed humour from your friendly neighbourhood Dice Men! Tonight’s episode is proudly sponsored byArea 52

 

 

Original air date:14/09/2017

This week, Dicemen: The Brave and the (b)Old sees Leon and Mark discuss some more Bordercon games, in Hit Z Road and Century: Spice Road. There are also many things you can purchase on Kickstarter, including the most important acquisition for Leon’s new man-cave. Finally, they let you know about your last opportunity to enter the Grail Games competition

 

Original air date:07/09/2017

 

 

It’s the last day of winter and the Dice Men celebrate by having only half of them turn up! Leon and Garth run wild while our elderly colleagues sit at home with a warm cup of cocoa, so of course the boys talk about secretly being Hitler at a birthday party. Like so often in history our Hitler conversation takes us to party game as well as the latest iOS news. Don’t forget to enter our Grail Games competition where you can win some free games simply by answering one question! But you’ll have to listen to find out the question. Thanks to Polymorph Games and Hobbies for sponsoring this episode.

 

Original air date:31/08/2017

The Dice Men cross to GenCon, catching up with Rule & Make to discuss their upcoming Kickstarter for Terminator T2029 and the finer points of hotel wifi. There’s more great sounding releases from GenCon, more chances for you to win Kings Road and Medici from Grail Games by crowning yourself King of a board game universe, and a WWBPL discussion of Fistmall – I mean Missed Falls – I mean Mistfail – I mean… I don’t know what I mean anymore.

 

Original air date:24/08/2017

 

You’re invited to Mark’s holiday slide night, featuring ‘amusing’ anecdotes of visits to board game stores in Colorado. Luckily, there’s also talk about the return of Twilight Imperium for a fourth edition. And Garth recaps a massive 7 player game of Scythe which has forced a reconsideration of this gold-standard game. The Dice Men Cometh, thanks to polymorphgames.com.au.

 

Original air date:17/08/2017

 

With the two older Dice Men absent presumably because it’s past their bedtime, the youth of the show Leon and Garth (yes he is a bit young) take the reins and discuss a double what we’ve been playing lately! Are the games any good? Well you will have to listen, won’t you? Leon then fills in what little time we have left by giving us the inside scoop on Gencon 50 which starts in only a few days time! This week’s show is proudly presented by Polymorph Games and Hobbies, so check out their website for all your gaming needs.

 

Original air date:10/08/2017

Eye spy with my little eye… something which is a lot more fun to play on a car trip. In fact, the Dice Men have discovered a whole new class of games: caRPGs! Plus, Bärenpark let’s you build a whole zoo-full of bears, so you can play bear-Tetris… which is weird. But it’s also the new game from Australian designer Phil Walker Harding. And Trent runs late for the studio, but has a good excuse and a better life lesson.

 

Original air date:03/08/2017

This episode is like a submarine – long and thin and full of Dice Men talking about Captain Sonar. Is it just Battleship 2.0? The Dice Men turn their periscope onto the hit party game to discuss. Plus, Friedemann Friese’s Friday, which fantastically is rated fifty five on BGG. The Dice Tower Awards was weeks ago, but we’ve only gotten round to realising now, and will Mark remember what he wanted to tell us about Great Western Trial? Oh God, the suspense.

Original air date: 27/6/2017

In what is surely our best episode ever, the Dice Men talk to an actual SdJ Judge to discuss the recent awards! We then argue over which game won and why, especially as we just played Exit and our brains still hurt. Trent then has the nerve to interview another game designer who for some reason choses to live in northern Tasmania…you’ll have to listen to find out why. All that plus the winners of our Ludicity competition are announced live on air!!

 

Original air date: 20/7/2017