The Dice Men Cometh

360! It's the degrees in a circle, and the number of this cheeky, little episode! To celebrate, we're going to… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 360 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

It's that time of the year again when the Spiel Des Jahres and Kennerspiel (yes, and the Kinderspiel) are announced to applause, gasps and cheering! And then the inevitable discussions start…are these games actually worthy winners?? This week Mark and Garth delve into Kenner territory and start with a review of this years champ, Challengers!… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 359 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Because we're back from an event…. Our brains are tired from four days of gaming, realising that we probably should have got some sleep, Damn! We sure played some fantastic games! Even after it's over, let us tell you all about it, right from the beginning, all the way to the end… Can you guess… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 358 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

We're sooo sleepy….we've just flown back from BorderCon, and geez, are our arms tired…. This week is a show of two halves with the first being a quick-fire review of Top Ten! This game, which shot to prominence after being nominated for last year's Spiel, features Unicorns and poo…for reasons known only to itself! Is… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 357 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Let's just say that this episode is so full of goodness, you probably won't be able to fit dessert in after listening to it! We start of with a serving of mousse…not wait, a serving of Hickory Dickory which is all about mouses or meese or mice! These mice are jumping on and off the… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 356 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

The great thing about this particular episode is that Everybody Wins! Yes, it's episode 355 and we take to the skies with a little game with a lot of sand, well sand timers anyway…who would think that a small box, fully co-op, real time, one deck game about flying Kites would hit the table? If… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 355 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

This episode is officially one of the top 354 we have ever done! And not only that, you get the reward or punishment of no Leon, so it's just Garth and Mark talking you through all things tabletop. We kick off with a game that has been generously provided to us by Guf Studios – more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 354 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Mark & Garth were lucky enough to feature as guests on the Launch Tabletop Vodcast, Materialise Episode 22, where they talked with Kate Finch and Alannah Kearney about the perils of navigating negative boardgame reviews. It was a very interesting discussion, with us being on the other side of the questions for once, so we more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Bonus Episode from Materialise Podcast appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Tonight it's a publisher ‘feature episode' as Mark and Garth delve deeply and thirstily into two games that have been generously provided by Stonemaier Games. We start with the latest iteration of wine-making for fun and profit, with Mark talking us through Viticulture World. In this solo and/or co-op journey around the continents, you and more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 353 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Have you ever wanted to just throw it all in and join a band of mercenaries on the hunt for the next big payday? Well, this episode may lead you down a path you won't finish for days, weeks, months…or even years. We dedicate this whole episode to one publisher…Cephalofair Games and specifically to one more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 352 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Some episodes are just bigger than others, and this one is BIG! We start of with a review of 7 Wonders: Architects where you are playing architects all trying to construct your Wonder in a more wonderful way than than the other architects. Oh and it plays up to 7. I wonder how they came more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 351 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

It's time for the Dice Men to explore the paradox of quantum superposition as we open a box to see if the cat really is alive or dead in the newest kitty cat game out there…Cat in the box. This offers a new wrinkle in the world of trick-taking games and Leon does a wonderful more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 350 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Yes, the Dice Men Cometh aims to be educational and this episode is no different, so settle as as we teach you about the birds and….the beeeagles…well dogs at least, as we're heading to the skies with Wingspan Asia before digging into all things Dog Park. We start with the latest birdy instalment in the more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 349 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

It's time to talk monsters! Have you ever wanted to be a big ol' monster who gets to smash things, squish minions and destroy crystals? How about punching or stomping another big bad monster? Well if that sounds up your alley, then this episode may be for you! Yes, we're talking the newest and biggest more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 348 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Another year, another top list by the top 3 Dice Men in Australia! Yes, we're on the top list bandwagon but who else in this business would dare to do something so complex, something so time-consuming and something so mathematical as to create a TOP 15! Yes, not 10, not 20, but a top 15 more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 347 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Here is a special Christmas treat – everybody can listen to one of our latest Secret Patreon episodes! Please be warned though, this episode is NOT family friendly. There is quite a bit of swearing and adult concepts – YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! We hope you all have a safe and happy Christmas, New Year more » The post A Christmas gift! appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

So what if we add a little bit of this….a little bit of that….and a bit of something something….what do we get? Lots of bits actually, and all those bits come together in the form of Bitoku, a foresty fantasy game about taking your path towards transcendence and virtue points. This game is gorgeous, and more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 346 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Tonight the Dice Men are all working together to construct the best damn Green Cathedral this side of the Volga! Yes, in episode 345, we're all rival architects vying for the Tsar's attention in Green Cathedral… Umm Actually, it's not actually a green Cathedral, it's actually a Red Cathedral and the game is actually called more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 345 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

This week we are visiting two strange and distant parts of the universe! In one game we are space-faring explorers who find a planet filled with lifeforms, and in the other we try salad. Both of these are pretty alien concepts to the Dice Men! In Circadians: First Light by Garphill Games, we roll our more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 344 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

We're really sorry to say, but this episode is our last….in the trilogy of The Dice Men Cometh's PAXtravaganza! And oh me oh my, have we got a cracker of an episode for your listening pleasure! We get started with Leon's world famous question-time, where he grills Garth and Mark about their PAXperiences before we more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 343 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Yes, yes and yes, we're back with more of our PAXtravangza goodness and this episode is chock full of interviews from those we love and whose games we play! This episode features interviews with Launch Tabletop who are on a mission to….well, you'll just need to listen, as well as so many of the indy more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 342 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Welcome to the first in our trilogy of special PAX episodes….Yes it's a PAXtravangza!! This week it's all about big name publishers, distributors and and design studios as we talk to gaming luminaries live from the floors of PAX. Of course, we also review games and this episode is no different…. Welcome to the kitchen more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 341 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Tonight we talk about two games that are basically identical…nearly….well, a little bit….maybe….not quite…actually, we'll let you decide. First we find ourselves competing to be the best medieval trader and merchant in a euro that looks so old it could have been designed in medieval Europe. Yes, we get our hands on Hansa Teutonica. Does more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 340 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Welcome to our house, our home, and our studio as this is the first episode of the Dice Men Cometh coming to you live from our new recording digs! Tonight we whisk you away to the world of Magoria where competing magicians try to win all the fame, and some of the money, in Trickerion! more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 339 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Hello and welcome to a completely regular show of the Dice Men Cometh! We have definitely not got any exciting news to share with you about the future of the show…. But, ha ha, we are revealing as a cultist/ assassin/ cylon because there IS some exciting news…do you want to know more? Apart from more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 338 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

The fate of the earth is in our hands as the Dice Men have been charged with proposing, planning and building the clean, green energy that our planet so desperately needs! Yes, we're not burning coal, but we are burning our brains in the Vital Lacerda game of carbon emission permits, CO2: Second Chance. Who more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 337 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

We're coming to you LIVE FROM GENCON….sort of, well, we ARE coming to you live from…Gencan't. This week were are shooing away bin chickens in the Grail Games release, The Gardens which has so generously been provided by Good Games Australia; before perilously pursuing the heartless darkness in Disney's Kingdom Hearts Perilous Pursuits; and then more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 336 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Let them eat cake! And Strudel! And let's wash it down with some wine and coffee! Now off to our rooms for a good sleep. Sounds exciting, yes? Well, you better listen in to find out, as this week the Dice Men are discussing a game that's been on their radar for a while, but more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 335 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

We would LOVE to tell you all about the first game that we feature on this episode, however we can only tell you two things….we're teenagers in 1994 who we've found a mysterious board game, AND it's a game that has been generously provided to us by the fine folk at Good Games Australia! However more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 334 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

This episode is what dreams are made of as the Dice Men talk about not one, not two, but three games (plus we mention some others) in under an hour! Yes, it's an SdJ and Kennerspiel spectacular as we start with Living Forest, which may be currently the best value game in town, before moving more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 333 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

And I think to myself, what a Wonderland's War… Tonight the Dice Men are taking a trip through the looking glass and exploring Wonderland's War! This must be one of the hottest and prettiest games at the moment so surely we have something just as beautiful for our second review… Well our second game is more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 332 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

In this episode, it's the Mark and Garth extravaganza as Leon is away doing things only he can do! We start the show by discussing the Spiel Des Jahres nominations for 2022 and again (yes again) discuss the weight of the games that are up for the biggest of prizes. It's then time for the more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 331 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

This week the Dice Men attempt a feat so brave, so rare and so unusual…yes, that's talking about three different things in one little show! We start off with our thoughts on the recently announced Golden Geek Awards (no, we didn't win best podcast AGAIN…). That is followed by a visit to a steampunk world more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 330 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Welcome one and all to the never-ending carnival that is the Dice Men Cometh and tonight we're talking about one small game, one bigger game and one even BIGGER competition! So let's get straight to the point…we have 2 tickets to the hottest show in town, Bordercon, to give away and listening to this episode more » The post The Dice Men Cometh Episode 329 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Today is not a drill! Yes, it's a thrill, and you don't have to sit still! It's a publisher special, and they are SchilMil!! The Dice Men are covering three games produced by our publisher friend from across the ditch – so let's call it our Tazmania, Manifest and Komodo spectacular! It's so great to more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 328 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

This week it's the Mark and Garth show as Leon takes a secret break for secret reasons. So why not dust off a game that has done something no other legacy game has done…keep the Dice Men interested all the way to the end. Yes, it's our review, discussion and chit chat about a game more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 327 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

An Ark? An Ark for Mark? An Ark for Mark, so he can bark (all the rules clarifications at us)? Tonight we present the hottest of hotness, our discussion on Ark Nova, the game of rival zoo-making for fun and profit (well, appeal and conservation points anyway). This game takes up nearly the whole show more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 326 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

With Garth stuck in isolation, Leon and Mark get to do things their way for once, starting with a review of Tiny Epic Mechs by Gamelyn Games. Mark then introduces a hot new word game called So Clover, which is harder to describe than it is to play. Square donuts anyone? Finally, there's some back more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 325 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Every episode of the Dice Men Cometh is an adventure, and tonight we're off to a mysterious island searching for the Lost Ruins of Arnak! Leon leads us through every facet of (possibly) the best rulebook in the world, in an extended review of a game that is already clawing it's way to the top more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 324 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Episode 323 roars into life like an ornithopter taking off from Arrakeen!Tonight, Mark and Garth have thrown Leon to Shai-Hulud and are delving head first into a Dune vs Dune…Imperium shootout for the ages.Which game captures the essence of Dune? Which transports players to the sandy crags of a Fremen Sietch? Which makes you want more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 323 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

We're baaackk! Yes, the Dice Men Returneth after a temporary pause due to life, the universe and Leon becoming a dad! And what a return it is, as we're ranting and raving about where we've all been hiding since the last episodes, as well as the newest, puzzliest, and most hexagonal battle that is Land more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 322 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

It is almost time for the Dice Men Cometh podcast to return to its rightful place in your earholes, but I'm sure it comes as no surprise that COVID-19 has delayed us. We really appreciate your patience while we get ready to start up again, and so, as a way to fill the dead air, more » The post The Dice Men Cometh rise again! appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

It's that time of the year again! It's the world famous Dice Men Cometh top 10 for 2020! Today Leon and Garth are lucky enough to be joined by two Kanga Judges of the highest repute as Matthew and Derek (or Dez perhaps) weigh in with their top ten games of the year! Which games… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 321 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

It's that time of the year again! It's the world famous Dice Men Cometh top 10 for 2020! Today Leon and Garth are lucky enough to be joined by two Kanga Judges of the highest repute as Matthew and Derek (or Dez perhaps) weigh in with their top ten games of the year! Which games more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 321 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

A Convention Organiser, a Board Game Retailer and a Dice Seller all walk into a bar. How many people walked in? That's right! One! And the one is Teena Hanson of Behold Games who joins us to discuss the ins and outs of conventions, retailing and dice, DICE, DIIIIICE!!! And if you thought all these… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 318 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

A Convention Organiser, a Board Game Retailer and a Dice Seller all walk into a bar. How many people walked in? That's right! One! And the one is Teena Hanson of Behold Games who joins us to discuss the ins and outs of conventions, retailing and dice, DICE, DIIIIICE!!! And if you thought all these more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 318 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Howdy all y'all! Garth is away this week being a good family man, so Leon is all on his lonesome…but fear not as he has surrounded himself with lovely American positivity as he is joined by Mik and Starla from our Family Plays Games AND the lads from Board Game Gumbo chucked in the pot… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 320 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Howdy all y'all! Garth is away this week being a good family man, so Leon is all on his lonesome…but fear not as he has surrounded himself with lovely American positivity as he is joined by Mik and Starla from our Family Plays Games AND the lads from Board Game Gumbo chucked in the pot more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 320 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Ring, ring! It's the Dice Men calling and today we're talking with friend of the show, BJ from Board Game Gumbo! We're discussing Smartphone from Cosmodrome games, so if you like taking over the telecommunications world maybe this game is for you!! As always, we tip our hats to our sponsor LFG for all their… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 319 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

Ring, ring! It's the Dice Men calling and today we're talking with friend of the show, BJ from Board Game Gumbo! We're discussing Smartphone from Cosmodrome games, so if you like taking over the telecommunications world maybe this game is for you!! As always, we tip our hats to our sponsor LFG for all their more » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 319 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.

We all know that size doesn't matter, but when it comes to game collections…is bigger, better? Tonight we talk to a local gamer, Russell, who is the proud owner of over 3500 games and expansions! So if you're keen to hear about a lifetime of gaming passion, and curious about the mind of a true… Read More » The post The Dice Men Cometh – Episode 317 appeared first on The Dice Men Cometh.