The Dice Men Cometh

With Trent and Garth away, the lunatics take over the asylum/studio. Leon brings in a friend to talk about Specter Ops, and Mark decides to grill him on just about everything. There’s also news about International Tabletop Day, and news that’s not.

Original air date: 27/04/2017

There’s a brand new feature on the show this week and it’s full of surprises, because Trent makes it up on the spot and doesn’t tell anyone, which is typically half-arsed. But it does give the Dice Men a chance to talk about Gloomhaven’s takeover of the geeksphere, along with WWBPL reports on Vast: The Crystal Caverns and the DC Crisis deck builder…or is that crises

Original air date: 20/04/2017

 

It’s a special episode this week, as the Dice Men gush about their new love of escape rooms. But if the idea of being locked in a strange room freaks you out, there are plenty of escape-rooms-in-a-box you can play in your own rooms. So there’s no escape from the Dice Men this week!

Original air date: 06/04/2017

 

This week, Leon talks about 5 Minute Dungeon. That takes 15 minutes. Then Mark talked for another 45 minutes. Luckily, it was about a whole bunch of Kickstarter stuff you might be interested in. Or not. Garth was there too, smiling and nodding. And that was episode 160.

Original air date: 06/04/2017

 

Patchistory is a civilization building game with a twist… a very LONG twist as it turns out. But do the Dice Men’s civilizations stitch together like a beautiful quilt, or like a manky Fiji mermaid? Then catch up on a big dose of board gaming news on the likes of Charterstone, board games from Atari and how one publisher has turned to crowdfunding to… sell stock??? Bizarre but true. Which is as accurate a description of the Dice Men Cometh as you’ll ever hear.

Original air date: 30/03/2017

I (Mark) was lucky enough to take part last year in the inaugural Tabletop Debate at PAX AUS 2016, where I and 5 boardgaming luminaries debated the existence of a ‘Tabletop Bubble’, in a packed out Kookaburra Theatre in the PAX AUS venue.

I’ve finally managed to get the audio track that was recorded by David Scott (MC – Rule & Make) synced up with the powerpoint presentations used by some of the speakers, so now you can experience this debate yourself, in all its powerpointy glory.

Please forgive the audio quality, but it is well worth a listen. Also, please note that some speakers did not use quite as many slides as others.

Anyway, please enjoy the Great Tabletop Debate…

Speakers (in order):

Affirmative – Dann May (Game Salute), Mark Rickards (The Dice Men Cometh), Melissa Rogerson (Tabletop Manager, Pax)

Negative – David Harding (Grail Games), Phoebe Wild (Cardboard Vault), James Mackay (Games Laboratory)

 

Imagine, trapped in a caravan with a four year old and only a copy of Trouble to keep you amused. Trent has faced this horror and emerged with new found wisdom on gaming with the monsters we call children. Plus, there’s all kinds of geeky goodness from the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas to look forward to… or is there? As usual, the Dice Men agree on very little.

 

Original air date: 23/03/2017

 

 

Without Trent to steer the Dice Men, naturally everything is going to KHAAAAAARNAGE as Leon, Mark and Garth discuss this latest game of fantasy army smashy mayhem. We also go over the 2016 Golden Geek Awards: who shone on the red tabletop carpet (if you can in fact put carpet over a table) and who came out wearing a dress made out of meeple flesh (we are bad people).

 

Original air date: 16/03/2017

 

 

This week we come in from the cold (war) with Covert, and then head off to bask in the Greek sunshine in Santorini. We also introduce our new sponsors, and Garth gets some culture of the Pop variety at AI Con.

 

Original air date: 09/03/2017

 

No Dice Man is an island, unless they’re playing Islebound, which is WWBPL. Kickstarter is garn orf, but who can be bothered watching all those crappy promo videos when the Dice Men do it for you? And finally, there’s news about some upcoming changes in Dice Man land, so keep your ears peeled!

Original air date: 02/03/2017