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What world am I living in? Munchkin second edition? Catan sponsoring basketball? The Dice Tower saying something inappropriate? Actually, that last one tracks. Plus, there was a BUNCH of new GW releases announced, so you know we'll talk about that as we get excited for Pax Unplugged!

What world am I living in? Munchkin second edition? Catan sponsoring basketball? The Dice Tower saying something inappropriate? Actually, that last one tracks. Plus, there was a BUNCH of new GW releases announced, so you know we'll talk about that as we get excited for Pax Unplugged!

This time, we go fishing for Role Players, linking some popular aspects of RPGs to our favorite boardgames. Plus, our latest collection of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:47 - Getting Cold 01:45 - Eric at Pax Unplugged 03:47 - Games at Tom's Daughter's Wedding? 05:10 - BGG Con, Dice Tower East, West, Cruise 06:37 - Fishing for Role Players 14:58 - Stat-Heavy Games: Pathfinder ACG, Mage Knight 17:48 - Character Building: Origin Story, Elder Scrolls, Too Many Bonews, Artisans of Splendent Vale 20:12 - Story-Based Character Progression: Call to Adventure, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Near and Far 22:17 - Campaign (Descent) vs. Combat: Wrath of Ashardilon, Wander the Cult of Barnacle Bay, Massive Darkness, Monster Hunter 27:36 - Silly: Dungeon Fighter, Dungeon Quest, Cora Quest, Munchkin, Talisman 30:31 - Exploration: Mansions of Madness, Clank Catacombs 32:57 - Storytelling: Mice and Mystics, Stuffed Fables, Tainted Grail, Oathsworn, Agemonia 35:03 - Video Games: Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Skyrim, GWENT 37:38 - Improvisational Storytelling: Freelancers, Wandering Galaxy, Adventure Party, Aye Dark Overlord, Once Upon a Time 41:22 - Teasing Next Time: RPGs for Boardgamers 42:27 - Rove 46:08 - Night Soil 49:04 - Mezen 52:50 - Gingerbread House 55:37 - Severton 1:00:35 - Spot It Catan Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com Julie's Tales of Myth and Legend Preorder: https://gamefound.com/projects/van-ryder-games/tales-of-myth-and-legend-preorder?refcode=tMZTh1PtbUec1Vko4OGdaw

Tom Vasel explains why the 10 games in the Dice Tower Library with the lowest ratings on Board Game Geek are still there!

Hey hey BATT Family! We are so excited to be back in your ears with Episode 27. Featuring the inimitable Chris Yi from the Dice Tower, we got to have our full episode with him in every segment. We got to talk what it's like to go back and focus on older games, try out a new version of what Mark considers a classic, and just riff off of each other a lot. We had a wonderful time with this recording session and we hope you enjoy it too. Be sure to hit us up after you listen to it and let us know what you thought at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com! --- This episode's segments: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:54 - What's Been on the Table 00:07:01 - Topic of the Week: Returning to Older Games in a Sea of New Releases 00:26:09 - Grand Gamers Guild Sponsor 00:27:44 - Why Did I Play That: Sentient (2nd Edition) 00:39:59 - Table / Shelf / Trade 01:05:22 - Rotating Segment: Surprise Party! 01:15:52 - Yi Plugs! Soda Jerk and Raas 01:18:09 - Secret Door Sponsor   01:18:59 - Meeple Source Sponsor 01:20:01 - Victory Roll Sponsor 01:20:50 - Contact Info for BATT and Theater Geeks 01:22:01 - Outro ---   Notes! 0) No real notes this week! Just a bunch of links. Also every time Scott has tried bringing up Tidal Blades 2 something weird has happened to the audio. It might be cursed. Probably how darn good the game is.  1) Soda Jerk: https://www.allplay.com/board-games/soda-jerk 2) Dice Tower: https://www.dicetower.com, https://www.youtube.com/@thedicetower 3) Grand Gamers Guild's PAXU BGG Preview Page: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/80/pax-unplugged-2025-preview?parentitem=12081 --- We'd like to thank our sponsors as well: Grand Gamers Guild! https://grandgamersguild.com. Use Discount Code BATT10 to make sure that we are supported AND you let them know that we sent you. Secret Door Games! They can be found at https://www.secretdoorgames.org or 215 S. Main St, Elkhart Indiana 46514. Meeple Source! https://meeplesource.com/?PARTNER=battg Be sure to keep that partner bit (?PARTNER=battg) on the end of any link on their site, and you'll get us our affiliate linking! Victory Roll Cafe! https://victoryrollcafe.com or 711 W McKinley Ave, Mishawaka, IN 46545. --- You can email us at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com. We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time.  We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6 Theater Geeks! https://www.twitch.tv/theatergeeks --- We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music. 

What do you play when you don't know the people very well? Glad you asked! The Dice Tower takes a look at their top 10 games you can play with people you don't really know well.

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Jubilations, Dice Tower fans! Join our jaunty gang as they joyfully jam out to a juicy jamboree of board games that start with J!

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Tom, Julie, and Eric are back from Germany and ready to talk about games, food, crowds, and everything else they saw at Spiel 2025. 00:44 - Tired 01:50 - Official Numbers/Crowd Flow 07:09 - Travel Adventures and Weather 08:46 - What Was Different for Eric 11:31 - Food 13:35 - Eric's Birthday 15:44 - Julie's Author Signing 21:16 - Tom's Live Show 25:22 - Big Games 31:14 - How To Stand Out 35:51 - Limited Stock and How To Deal With It 40:17 - What Did We Go Home With? 44:12 - A Carnivore Did It 47:25 - Flow 50:50 - Ghost Lift 54:48 - Formidable Farm 58:22 - Leaders 59:52 - The Old King's Crown Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

Episode 51 – Eric Summerer Eric Summerer can be found on Twitter @EricSummerer, on the Right Brain Rollers Podcast, on The Dice Tower, and on his website. Support us on Patreon Find us on Twitter @CultClassicPod Find us on Instagram @CultClassicCallbackLinsae Find more episodes at boardsalivepodcast.com/category/cult-classic-callback Theme song "Ghost Run" by Jean-Marc Giffin @JeanOfmArc

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Send us a text#014 ¡Bienvenidos a nuestro especial de Halloween 2025! ¡Esperemos que lo disfruten!Siguenos en nuestras redes @meeplesalaireTambien puedes enviarnos un correo a meeplesalaire@gmail.com

Tom, Julie, and Eric run through their game plan for Essen Spiel 2025, including where they'll be, and what games are on the internet's radar, as well as trying to narrow down what three games are of the most interest to them personally. 00:59 - Bookkeeping: Dice Tower East, West, Cruise 01:57 - The Weather in Germany 03:12 - Eric's First Time Back Since 2019, What's Changed? 07:18 - Where Will We Be? Dice Tower Booth: 3 R315 Van Ryder Booth: 2 E280 Live Show, Sunday 1:30pm: Hall 4 09:30 - Dice Tower Essentials Interlude: Aquatica Duel, On Stage, Raas 11:44 - Live Plays 13:47 - Warning from Julie 14:38 - Sunday's Live Show 16:35 - Eric's Growing Wishlist and Shipping Woes 22:20 - The Games of Essen - So Many 28:20 - Orloj 29:27 - Recall 30:07 - SETI: Space Agencies 30:32 - Feya's Swamp 31:51 - Nature 33:15 - Covenant 35:00 - Ada's Dream 35:43 - Sanctuary 37:16 - Coming of Age 38:55 - Castle Combo: Out of the Oubliette! 39:08 - Echoes of Time 40:52 - White Castle Duel 41:33 - The Voynich Puzzle 42:15 - Underwater Cities: Data Era and LOTR Duel: Allies 42:38 - Luthier 43:12 - Aquaria 44:14 - Julie: Use Up All Your Sick Days 45:32 - Eric: Severton 45:56 - Tom: Cereal Killer 46:52 - Julie: The Stalker 47:30 - Eric: Leylines 48:35 - Tom: Kronologic Cuzco 1450 50:22 - Julie: Parks and Potions 51:29 - Eric: Winnie the Pooh: Serious Detective 52:47 - Tom: A Carnivore Did It Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

Join us for some news, announcements, and curiosities from across the board game world!

Join us for some news, announcements, and curiosities from across the board game world!

Tom is stuck in traffic, so Julie and Eric take control to discuss what it takes to setup a booth at Essen. How do you get all that stuff overseas, and how do you minimize what has to come back? And of course, there are Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:45 - Where is Tom? and Julie's Work Trip 03:56 - Dice Tower Cruise and Dice Tower West 05:07 - Moving a Booth to Essen 35:50 - Tiletum: Prospect for Silver 41:20 - I Made You a Mixtape 45:12 - High Tide 50:00 - The Yellow House Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

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On this episode, we are going to pick up where we left off when we ran long on the last episode, talking about all the games we played at the Dice Tower Retreat.the ones we liked, the ones we didn't... and the ones we ended up picking up on our way home! And this time, I promise not to be as long winded.... at least I'm going to try not to be...

The Dice Tower takes a look at their last week of reviews.

The Dice Tower takes a look at their last week of reviews.

Tom Vasel explains his system for rating games on The Dice Tower!

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Tom begins by recapping his adventures at the Dice Tower Retreat, and looks forward to the World Series of Boardgaming, before turning to the topic of figuring out what to do with your game collection after you're gone, and why it might be a good idea to make some choices sooner rather than later. Later, we share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, peek into the mailbag, and gather a collection of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:51 - Tom at the Dice Tower Retreat 02:25 - The World Series of Boardgaming 04:58 - Dice Tower Cruise, Dice Tower West, Spiel 06:03 - Planning for the Future of your Collection 24:58 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror 31:22 - Question: Co-Designer Credit 38:16 - A Place for All My Books 44:04 - Knitting Circle 48:18 - Endangered Rescue: Lemur Leaf Frog 51:21 - The New Year's Nightmare 54:55 - Firefighters on Duty 57:07 - Blood on the Clocktower Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

Send us a text#013 En este episodio te hablamos sobre la tematica de animales en los juegos de mesa, ademas fue el primer episodio transmitido en vivo desde YouTube.Siguenos en nuestras redes de meeples al aire, doble turno MX, Y Solo BG Podcast, para estar al pendiente de nuestra siguiente transmision en vivo.Siguenos en nuestras redes @meeplesalaireTambien puedes enviarnos un correo a meeplesalaire@gmail.com

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We are BACK from The Dice Tower Retreat! We're going to tell you all about the games we played, the ones we liked, the ones we didn't... and ones we ended up picking up on our way home! But first... a short reminder...

The Dice Tower takes a look at the last week of reviews and more! 10 Days in the National Parks https://youtu.be/6mLJUdXOdrE  Line of Fire: Burnt Moon https://youtu.be/Ux0qyMXOfLQ King and Peasant https://youtu.be/AKfLqFN_Mxw Light Speed Arena https://youtu.be/BfsFdO_vYj0 Big Sur https://youtu.be/_CjEAY4nC9I 5 Quick Reviews with Joey https://youtu.be/nxCOOipSH24 Papyria https://youtu.be/0h-jM4C0lY0 Tornado Splash https://youtu.be/7iSZihL0nWw Up or Down https://youtu.be/EVu0p1MauEM Money! https://youtu.be/P_j2FyoopaQ Marvel Champions Falcon and Winter Soldier https://youtu.be/91MLyWqVdtY We Finally Played Blood on the Clocktower https://youtu.be/GzfxhpTjW04  

The Dice Tower takes a look at the last week of reviews and more! 10 Days in the National Parks https://youtu.be/6mLJUdXOdrE  Line of Fire: Burnt Moon https://youtu.be/Ux0qyMXOfLQ King and Peasant https://youtu.be/AKfLqFN_Mxw Light Speed Arena https://youtu.be/BfsFdO_vYj0 Big Sur https://youtu.be/_CjEAY4nC9I 5 Quick Reviews with Joey https://youtu.be/nxCOOipSH24 Papyria https://youtu.be/0h-jM4C0lY0 Tornado Splash https://youtu.be/7iSZihL0nWw Up or Down https://youtu.be/EVu0p1MauEM Money! https://youtu.be/P_j2FyoopaQ Marvel Champions Falcon and Winter Soldier https://youtu.be/91MLyWqVdtY We Finally Played Blood on the Clocktower https://youtu.be/GzfxhpTjW04  

In this special Ramshackle episode, Sid and Rory are joined by none other than Dan Hughes—co-designer of CoraQuest (with his daughter, Cora), Dice Tower regular, and co-host of Sporadically Board. We chat with Dan about the origins of CoraQuest, from a lockdown project to a full-blown published success, and what it's like designing games with kids. Along the way, we discuss the challenges of playing games with your kids, what works, what doesn't, and how to do with a bad loser. For a 10% discount at Tabletop Dominion (the amazing makers of the dice cubes), go to tabletopdominion.com/POLYHEDRONCOLLIDER or use the code POLYHEDRONCOLLIDER at checkout ⭐Show Sponsor: Kienda When you sign up to an account with Kienda use this link to bag yourself a wee discount and help support the show.  Let's face it, you were going to buy a board game anyway

I Made you a Mixtape reaches backers AND Mike and Dan get to game together at the Dice Tower Retreat.  Thats more activity that this podcast has had since Mike broke the news that he had joined the Dice Tower and dan chased a rabbit around a car park! Also - Happy 40th Birthday to our favorite Bruce! (apart from Springsteen and Willis.  And Campbell. And Lee, Dickinson and Forsyth - Mike doesn't actually know who that last one is but he strangely still prefers him). Buy I Made You a Mixtape HERE!! https://www.allplay.com/board-games/i-made-you-a-mixtape/

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Tom sits at the small table. Eric's parents make friends on a cruise. Julie travels the country spreading boardgames wherever she goes. We also talk about what surprises await in those little pockets of games in places where you don't expect to find them. We delve into the mailbag for some pertinent questions, and we gather a new crop of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:50 - School Has Started, Dice Tower West, Cruise 02:40 - Eric's Parents on Alaskan Cruise 03:19 - Spiel Plans (Booth 3R315) 05:02 - Game Shelves in Unusual Spots 20:43 - Question: Playing With Bob 29:30 - Question: Storing Games While At College 34:30 - Tag Team 36:52 - Journey to Tir na nOg 41:50 - Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival 44:18 - The Four Doors 47:22 - Regicide Legacy 52:43 - Tenby Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

In this week's episode we talk to Chris Yi of the Dice Tower about Gaming, Content Creation, and Designing Games!00:00 - Introduction to Tabletop Gaming and Guest Introduction01:35 - Chris Yi's Journey into Gaming03:33 - Transitioning to Content Creation08:25 - Managing Content Creation and Burnout13:09 - Staying Positive in the Gaming Community16:41 - Exciting Developments in the Gaming Industry18:34 - The Joys of Working in Gaming20:49 - Unexpected Aspects of the Job23:13 - Family Gaming Experiences26:02 - The Essence of Tabletop Gaming27:07 - The Joy of Podcasting and Game Design27:38 - Diving into Game Design: The Birth of Soda Jerk30:49 - Understanding Soda Jerk: Gameplay Mechanics Explained32:32 - Future Projects: What's Next for Chris?33:45 - Teaching vs. Learning Games: A Personal Preference34:29 - Conventions: Essen vs. Gen Con40:01 - The Dice Tower Retreat vs. Convention: A Comparison45:08 - Philosophy of Luck: A Positive Mindset

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Eric starts the show by sharing tales of his European adventures, which leads Tom to share some of our plans for Spiel in October. Then, we discuss the process for adding art to your game. How do you find an artist? How long does it take to draw a picture of a horse? What if the horse is holding a corn dog? Later, we share a tale of horror and a question, and move on to our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:48 - Middle of the Year? - School Starting 02:23 - Eric's European Adventure 09:25 - Spiel Plans 12:14 - Art in Games 34:56 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror/Question 46:32 - Sancturary 48:42 - Vantage 56:21 - Bomb Busters 58:37 - Menagerie 1:01:44 - This Game is Killer: Frozen Horror 1:05:12 - Potion Explosion: The 6th Student Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

The Dice Tower takes a look at the reviews they did last week.

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Join us for some news, announcements, and curiosities from across the board game world!

We are back from Gen Con, and ready to talk about our adventures! We discuss the crowds, the events, and the games we enjoyed, and maybe a little about the food we ate as well. We also share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and share our latest crop of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:46 - Announcements: Dice Tower West and Dice Tower Cruise 01:40 - Gen Con: Crowds and Fans 10:25 - Gen Con: Sales and Sellouts 12:50 - Gen Con: What Did We Buy? 16:20 - Gen Con: Tom's Trends 20:42 - Gen Con: Dice Tower Awards 23:27 - Gen Con: Food 26:36 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror 37:25 - Giraffe Raffe 40:13 - Tag Team 43:24 - Oddland 44:50 - At The Gates of Loyang 47:27 - Fliptoons 49:35 - The Four Doors Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

The Dice Tower takes a look at the reviews they did in the last week.

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We're on our way to Gen Con! And here are the games we're most excited about (as well as the ones that are getting the most buzz online). You'll also here where to find us in Indy, where we plan to eat, and how we plan to survive the Best Four Days in Gaming. 00:45 - Releases in the second half of the year. 02:23 - Preparing for Crowds at Gen Con - New Cart Policy 08:15 - Food Trucks 11:15 - Where Will We Be? 19:59 - The Games of Gen Con (BGG Preview: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/77/gen-con-2025-preview) 20:54 - Vantage 23:27 - Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor 23:54 - Lost Ruins of Arnak: Adventure Chest 24:23 - Gwent: The Legendary Card Game 25:26 - Lightning Train 26:32 - Sea Salt and Paper: Extra Pepper 27:11 - Luthier 28:00 - Fliptoons 28:36 - Ruins 30:10 - Nature 30:53 - Rebel Princess Deluxe: Happily Never After 32:00 - Ace of Spades 33:35 - Galactic Cruise 34:31 - Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders 34:43 - Soda Jerk 36:25 - Point Galaxy 37:04 - Compile Main 2 38:08 - Star Wars Battle of Hoth 38:41 - Galileo Galilei 39:21 - Propolis 39:48 - Final Girl: Shriek 41:32 - VIVO 42:08 - Spooktacular 43:57 - Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons 45:16 - Evergreen: Cherry Blossoms and Bamboo 45:22 - EXIT Advent Calendar: The Intergalactic Race 46:27 - Suna Valo 47:12 - Kronologic: Cuzco 1450 47:44 - Wine Cellar 49:22 - Shackleton Base 49:58 - Knitting Circle 50:36 - Ra: Traders 51:08 - Iliad 51:26 - Gibberers 51:48 - Cat and the Tower 52:42 - Ham Helsing 53:25 - The Four Doors 54:07 - Raising Chicago 54:24 - High Tide 54:39 - If Then 54:59 - Hyperstar Run 55:20 - Jungo 55:43 - Holiday Hijinks 10, 11, 12, Endangered Rescue 2, Journey to Tir na nOg 56:01 - Above and Below: Haunted 56:20 - The Peak Team 57:17 - Our Advice for Surviving Gen Con Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

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Join us for some news, announcements, and curiosities from across the board game world!

It's time to recap our adventures at Dice Tower East 2025. We discuss the games we played and events we ran, and you also get to hear what Eric and Julie got up to when working at the Dice Tower Booth, which includes brainstorming ways to get Tom to remember the difference between Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:46 - We Didn't See Each Other 01:45 - Gen Con is Around The Corner 03:26 - Dice Tower East: New Space 05:40 - Eric and Julie: How Do You Spend Small Amounts of Free Time? 09:28 - Library Checkouts: My Father's Work, Hot Streak, Bomb Busters, So Clover, Cretaceous Rails, Fromage, River Valley Glassworks, Lord of the Rings Duel, Toy Battle, Castle Combo, Sky Team, SETI, Galactic Cruise 16:26 - Eric and Julie: Favorite Old Game To Teach? - Fearsome Floors, Ra 19:05 - Variety of Games Played: Space Base, Ready Set Bet, My Father's Work (again), Merchant of Venus, Cosmic Encounter 25:33 - Missing Deep Regrets 26:16 - Eric and Julie: Game To Make Tom Play? 28:34 - Events: Parsely, Andrew Bosley Can't Draw, The Hobby 33:28 - Dexterity and Pitchcar 35:51 - Eric and Julie: Helping Tom Remember 37:59 - Giant Jenga and Thank Yous 41:06 - Positano 44:32 - Diatoms 46:41 - Horrified: World of Monsters 50:24 - Peaks 53:02 - Radioactive Bees 55:50 - 13 Leaves Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

Today, we discuss our recent travel adventures. Eric has returned from a Ninja Escort Mission and ran into gaming opportunites at every turn. And Tom and Julie have the full scoop on the 50th Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH. Then, we finish the show with a gathering of our latest Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:48 - Convention Season - Dice Tower East 01:53 - Playing Only Older Games 04:01 - What We're Doing at Dice Tower East: Parsely, Wits and Wagers 06:48 - Dice Tower Awards at Gen Con 08:11 - Eric's Ninja Escort Adventure 13:22 - Origins with Tom and Julie 14:32 - Origins: Special Events for 50th? 18:28 - Origins: Game Debuts and Exhibit Hall 28:31 - Origins: Board Room and Open Gaming 33:59 - Origins: Tom as Special Guest 35:28 - Origins: Julie's Adventures 38:06 - Origins: Lessons Learned 40:02 - TowerBrix 44:29 - Square One 48:57 - Apothebakery 53:48 - Kabob 57:42 - Orbit 58:59 - How Many What? Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

This time, Tom gives us an update on his replay of the Catan expansions before we take a big look at small games. What are the pros and cons of games that can fit in your pocket? Also, we share a new Tale of Horror, as well as our latest batch of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 01:03 - Summer: Origins, Dice Tower East, Dice Tower Cruise, Gen Con 05:03 - Catan Update and Chess 07:10 - Small Games 36:41 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror 40:06 - Hot Streak 44:22 - Rhymes with Duck 47:08 - Lynx 51:11 - Endeavor: Deep Sea 54:51 - Fate of the Fellowship 58:21 - Tower Up Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

Tom, Julie, and Eric run through the nominees for the German Game of the Year awards before focusing on the episode's main topic: box covers. How does what you put on the front of the box attract a particular audience? We also have a tale of horror? as well as a question from the mailbag, and of course our usual assortment of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:50 - Summer is Here? 03:07 - Spiel des Jahres Nominees - Bomb Busters, Flip 7, Krackel Orakel 10:04 - Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominees - Endeavor: Deep Sea, Faraway, Looot 12:03 - Kinderspiel des Jahres Nominees - Cascadia Junior, Le Clan des Souris, Top die Torte 12:53 - Box Covers 31:32 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror? 39:12 - Question: Message to Past Self? 44:11 - Cretaceous Rails 47:59 - Hexpath: Detour Deluxe 50:32 - Fromage 53:44 - Wondrous Creatures 56:33 - Innovation Ultimate 59:46 - Ziggurat Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com