The Dice Tower

By Tom Vasel, Julie Ahern, and Eric SummererLeisure Games

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The Dice Tower episodes

April 16, 2013 TDT - Episode # 302 - Political Games
In this episode, we take a look at Galaxy Trucker, Legends of Andor, Beer & Vikings, Wiz-War, and more! We start a new contest, answer a pile of questions, and end the show talking about our top ten political board games.
1 hr 38 min
April 09, 2013 TDT - Episode # 301 - Throwing Games Away
In this episode of the Dice Tower, we return to normalcy. Well, mostly - Geoff joins us to talk about white noise, Brian returns with Cult of the Old, and we have a new contributor - Tish - who discusses gaming on a budget. We discuss Al Rashid, Lord of the Rings Dice Building Game and more - and talk a bit about Tabletop Gaming Day. News, a Tale of Horror, and Musings On all come before our question of the week - "Have you ever thrown a game away, and why?"
1 hr 29 min
April 01, 2013 TDT - Episode # 300 - A New Beginning
It's a new page for the Dice Tower in this mega-episode. In this show, Eric is joined by a host of contributors, including some voices not heard from in a while. He talks about several recent games, answers a pile of questions, and ends the show with the top ten worker placement games.
2 hr 20 min
March 26, 2013 TDT - Episode # 299 - Live from GTS 2013
In this show, recorded live at the Gama Trade Show in Las Vegas, Tom and Eric give more news than any one show should ever handle, and also give first impressions of Star Trek: Attack Wing and Fluxx: the Board Game. We also have Brian talk about Dreamblade, Chief about Kickstarter, Geoff about Allen Calhamer, and Giles about - well, just listen. And another contest!
1 hr 44 min
March 19, 2013 TDT #298 - Top Ten Science Fiction Games
In this show we talk about some new games we've played, and end the show with our ten favorite science fiction games!
2 hr 3 min
March 12, 2013 TDT - Episode # 297 - No Time for Games!
A jam packed episode! Including: Reviews of Alcatraz, Skagway, Hoplomachus, and Fantastiqa, Brian taking a look-back at Get Bit, talk about upcoming conventions, Barry talking about conquering your family, a tale of Horror, Geoff getting into rules lawyering, James discussing innovation, Tom rambling all over the place, a contest, and our question of the week - how long have we gone without playing games and how did we handle such a horror!? Whew!
1 hr 28 min
March 06, 2013 TDT - Episode # 296 - Best Convention Games
The second half of our show we recorded live at TotalCon 2013, Eric and I have another tale of Horror, and talk about some more recently played games. We answer a few questions, but spend most of the show talking about the best games to play at conventions.
1 hr 7 min
February 26, 2013 TDT - Episode # 295 - Live from TotalCon 2013
In the first of two episodes recorded live before an audience at TotalCon 2013, we talk with the hosts of Not Just Another Gaming Podcast, Cardboard Jungle, and the GameSalute Shows. We talk about some great games, including Police Precinct and Wild Fun West, hear Chief talk about Kickstarter and Giles about Kickstopper, get scared by Eric, and listen to Brian talk about The Omega Virus. We finish up the show with some questions from the audience!
1 hr 2 min
February 19, 2013 TDT - Episode # 294 - Best Games from 1998
In this episode, Tom takes a look at Fantastiqa and Batman: Gotham City. We answer quite a few questions, and then take a look back at 1998 - 15 years ago, and talk about the best games from that year!
1 hr 36 min
February 12, 2013 TDT - Episode # 293 - Displaying Games
In this show, Eric talks about Catan Histories: Merchants of Europe, while Tom goes over 15 games in 15 minutes. The Chief checks in on Kickstarter, Brian goes to the Amazing Labyrinth, Barry joins us for a bit, and the Pirate Podcast talks about the alpha gamer. Geoff talks about detecting cheating in Chess, we go over the news, Tom does an extra top ten list, and we talk about how stores should display games. Whew!
1 hr 31 min