This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 2, 2024. This week, we dream of eclectic Greeks, Stefan Feld thinks he knows where he’s really really going to, Catan is reused and recycled, and the Big Bang becomes a Legend. TOP STORIES (1:50) New Kemet coming in 2024 from Matagot Flatiron from Llama Dice Details on Feld City Collection #8 Kathmandu Catan: New Energies coming in 2024 Three titles from Catch Up Games - Faraway, Rivages, Courtesans Neodreams from Ivan Lashin and Open Borders Studio...
Jan 03, 2024•21 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 26, 2023. This week, amazon tosses a coin to your space marine, Spielworxx hits us right in the Gentes, Studio H visits the Splendor of the Middle Ages, and the Fellowship remembers Carcassonne. TOP STORIES (2:00) Games Workshop inks Warhammer 40K deal with Amazon for TV series Quacks of Quedlinburg Duel Lord of the Rings: The Ringbearer from Carcassonne designer Klaus-Jürgen Wrede Daitoshi from Devir and Dani Garcia Epos: A Gentes Game coming from...
Dec 26, 2023•15 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 19, 2023. This week, we cover the news from Play to Z, we essentially take stock of veg, wonderful days get hot, heavy rain, and yeah. It’s true. TOP STORIES (2:45) New publisher Play to Z from Zev Shlasinger Essen Spiel and Tokyo Game Market to team up US Postal Service does D&D stamps Heat Pedal to the Metal: Heavy Rain expansion described Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet expansion announced Splendor: Pokemon and Bag of Chips: Pokemon to be publi...
Dec 19, 2023•31 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 12, 2023. This week, Richard Garfield did it in the Conservatory with a Black Lotus, Australia goes radioactive, mutant guinea pigs get caffeinated, and Galileo Figaro Magnifico. TOP STORIES (1:45) Lorcana sales to use virtual queue system on Amazon Dicebreaker website potentially up for sale Button Shy 18 card holiday design contest MtG Clue crossover coi9nciding with new release set Garphill teases two new titles in their Ancient Anthology line N...
Dec 12, 2023•22 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 5, 2023. This week, it's FAIR to say old games MAY come back, Wise Wizards go from White to Wacky, a peck of picky pixies pick potable poseys, and Cascadia rolls over hill and stream. TOP STORIES (2:10) TCGplayer Employees Picket Mayfair Games to publish Empire Builder series Wise Wizard launches Wacky Wizard brand Mind Up! Picky Pixie Bezier Games - Bullet "F" Cascadia Roll & Writes Witcher Unmatched Stalingrad Roads by Ares Natera: A New Begi...
Dec 05, 2023•38 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 28, 2023. This week, Ravensburger gets a Disney Denial of Service, John Clair is a Mistborn, there's a very special holiday murder, and Love Letter gets historical accuracy from Netflix. TOP STORIES (2:10) Hasbro Announces winners of Women Innovators of Play Challenge Ravensburger hit with DDoS for Rise of the Floodborn launch Sanderson’s Mistborn books turning into a deckbuilding game from Brotherwise Games Sonic Roll coming from publisher Kess Fi...
Nov 28, 2023•35 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 21, 2023. This week, there’s trouble in forbidden universities, Martin Wallace is truly powered by steam, theOP proves those lawn gnomes are hollow, and the trick is sumo. TOP STORIES (2:00) University Games and Forbidden Games sue each other for breach of contract Hex & Co to become first Unionized Board Game Cafe Steam Power by Martin Wallace Azul World Tournament by Plan B and Board Game Arena Sumo Trick Taking Game Bricolage Heads from Ramb...
Nov 22, 2023•37 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 14, 2023. This week, there's an Elf Creek on the Shelf Creek, Kratos says “CMoN”, Beadle and Grimm goes chaotic, and Renegade hits the books. TOP STORIES (2:40) Tabletop Board Game Designer’s Association formed God of War board game coming from CMoN Matthew Lillard’s Beadle & Grim to release Ring of Chaos Penny Dreadfuls of Victorian London: Sensational Tales of Terror coming from Giochi Elf Creek Games publishing new version of Santa's Worksho...
Nov 14, 2023•35 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 7, 2023. This week, Othello - a minute to learn 52 years to master, every eye has a silver lining, AllPlay moves into a High Rise for ferrets, and Devir gets sand in their Kemushi. TOP STORIES (2:20) Othello has been solved by AI Diablo board game and RPG coming from Glass Cannon Unplugged Bezier Games announces 5th Silver title, Silver: Eye Dice Realms Trades Expansion from Tom Lehmann and Rio Grande New Games from Oink - DroPolter and Rafter Five...
Nov 07, 2023•44 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 31, 2023. This week, we experience the marvel of magic, Richard Garfield explores his monstrous origins, Iello flips for the circus, and Asmodee gives the generations a good smack. TOP STORIES (2:05) Magic the Gathering and Marvel team up CMoN announces The Dead Keep Skybound’s Garima Sharma elected to GAMA Board of Directors Toko Island wins Children’s Game of the Year in Spain King of Tokyo: Origins Flip Circus coming from IELLO #Inconversible: Ma...
Oct 31, 2023•28 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 24, 2023. This week, Avalon Hill finds the spirit of Christmas, Elzra hits the battlefields, University does the time warp again, Devir Rocks Hard with a runaway, and Cora yells SPOON! TOP STORIES (2:50) Annabelle and the Sorcerer’s Spoon, A Children’s book in the Coraquest World Betrayal at House on the Hill getting a Yuletide expansion Dexterity title Battlefields from Elzra Wizards of the Coast to consolidate Magic: The Gathering boosters Magic t...
Oct 24, 2023•42 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 17, 2023. This week, top prizes go to the unknown planet, 7 Wonders earns a medal, Tom Lehmann admits winter is coming, and an epic designer makes fishy preserves. TOP STORIES (1:55) Essen Spiel reports numbers as biggest ever Planet Unknown wins Deutscher Spiele Preis Dune: Imperium Uprising invitational tournament Winter Court by Tom Lehmann 7 Wonders: Architects Medals expansion Koinobori by designer David Bernal and Perro Loko Games Salton Sea f...
Oct 17, 2023•31 min•Ep. 859
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 10, 2023. This week, Camilla and Corey barely get home from Germany, Barry helps slap together an episode, and this is what a podcast sounds like at 3am. TOP STORIES (1:50) Spiel uses AI in ads and Backerkit bans AI from projects And Mattel announces Pictionary vs AI Undaunted 2200 Callisto from Osprey Games Aqua by Dan and Tristan Halstad with Sidekick Games Kronologic from Yoann Levet and Fabien Gridel and Supermeeple New edition of Medici from St...
Oct 10, 2023•12 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 3, 2023. This week, Capstone gets more Cranial, the pyramids sparkle in silver and gold, Wingspan fans rebel, and there’s just a bit less cool stuff in the world. TOP STORIES (3:19) CoolStuff Inc to phase out board games and RPGs Rebel Moon RPG sues Netflix Arcane Wonders Contest Capstone Games to print Cranio Creations titles Flat River Group to release Lunar Rush Mayfair increases their catalog…kind of Wingspan Fan Art Pack Mayan Curse DetoNations...
Oct 03, 2023•41 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 26, 2023. This week, there's a space duel above catan, Van Ryder has another final finale, Yokohama fires on all synapses, and every Rose has its sworn. TOP STORIES (2:40) Terraforming Mars becomes hotbed of AI artwork The Rose Gauntlet Foundation Pegasus Publishing gets rights to Paizo and Steve Jackson merchandise Daily Magic Games to longer be a traditional retailer, but instead a boutique publisher 2001's Starship Catan reimagined as Catan Sta...
Sep 26, 2023•40 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 19, 2023. This week, there's no money in yellow boxes, Cowboys gain Perspective, Knizia constructs a coordinated couplet, IV manages more mischief, and Wallace Wallace Wallace. TOP STORIES (2:39) HABA files for bankruptcy Designers of Heat form Sidekick Games Cthulhu Dark Providence announced by CMoN at Expo Perspectives: Orange Box from Space Cowboys Newsboys from Saashi and Saashi New Edition of Kraftwagen Cascadito and Cascadero from Reiner Kni...
Sep 19, 2023•46 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2023. This week, the Spice Road gets real big, Stonemaier is infested with bees, the Dutch produce a very odd shop, space heroes are waiting for Godot, and … Tequila! TOP STORIES (2:27) Dig Your Way Out: Dig In Expansion Century Spice Road Big Box Apiary by Stonemaier Games Ravensburger plans to combat Disney Lorcana stock shortage DreamEscape Galactic Heroes: My First Social Deduction Game Tequila Odd Shop Burn the Witch Cuvée Barrio Endanger...
Sep 12, 2023•41 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 5, 2023. This week, PHALANX feels wistful and civil, Pegasus draws out bonus crime, Oaken experts declare war on Bones, and Sit Down declares Open Season on Adventurers. TOP STORIES (2:25) Boundless Stride: Into the Denlands by Incredible Dream Studios Micro Macro: Crime City - Showdown and Micro Macro Bonus Box The Night Cage: Shrieking Hollow Expansion Ultimate Voyage from Little Monks Bone Wars by designer Wim Goossens Junk Drawer from 25th Cen...
Sep 05, 2023•42 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 29, 2023. This week, it’s baby viking kitten time, we fall under the influence of towering patricians once again, Wolfgang Warsch makes a new version of the Same Game, and Reiner Knizia phones it in at the office. TOP STORIES (2:00) Hasbro Women Innovators of Play Virtual Global Event Pax Viking Junior by Ion Game Design Tanz der Hornochsen reprinted as Dance of the Ibexes Patrician Towers of Influence coming to KS Dr. Frankenstein from Michael Schac...
Aug 29, 2023•37 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 22, 2023. This week, trading card games are forever altered, there is a French Diluvium of Nuts, Loosey Goosey moves from butts to frogs, and DV screams Bonsai. TOP STORIES (2:00) Altered TCG from Régis Bonnessée and Equinox House of 1000 Corpses Board Game from Rob Zombie and Trick or Treat Studios Publisher Nuts! announces Diluvium, designed by Antoni Guillen Robo Alarm by publisher Pegasus Spiele Grand Austria Hotel announces a roll and write Gran...
Aug 22, 2023•36 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 15, 2023. This week, friendly skeletons rise out of deep water, maracaibo is full of pirates, Twonky is a transformer, Orleans hosts plague at the cathedral, and Dire Wolf has an uprising. TOP STORIES (1:40) Deep Water Games rebrands as Friendly Skeleton Webbed Sphere's new Mayfair acquires Mr B. Games Pirates of Maracaibo from Alexander Pfister Boonlake: Artifacts expansion from dlp Games Stand alone sequel title Dune: Imperium - Uprising coming fro...
Aug 15, 2023•32 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 8, 2023. This week, hashtag Linecana, colossal boxes for colossal cats, we’re above board about Above Board, and mah wife! TOP STORIES Linecana GenCon Card Theft Above Board Colossal Cat in the Box CONNECT: Follow our Twitter newsfeed: twitter.com/dicetowernow Dig in with Corey at DiceTowerDish.com ....
Aug 08, 2023•7 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 1, 2023. This week, Chinatown becomes a water park, why would anyone camp on bear mountain, we Unexpectedly overflow with Scoundrels, and a GenCon Summer is truly Spectacular. TOP STORIES (1:30) Many Summer Spectacular Announcements War of the Ring expansion Kings of Middle Earth Helvetiq is releasing On the Road by Gabriele Bubola and Leo Colovini Repos announces Waterfall Park, a retheming of Chinatown Unrest coming from Pandasaurus Double Thieves ...
Aug 01, 2023•34 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 25, 2023. This week, duels are romantik, we open the floodgates to name everything ever, Skybound is doubly invincible, and monkey poo smells like bananas. TOP STORIES (2:05) Enoch Fryxelius reveals solo only expansion to Terraforming Mars Dorfromantik: the Duel Corvids from DVC Games Funforge announces cooperative tower defense title Runemasters Keymaster Games creating new version of Harvest Draw and Race title Turbo Kidz coming from Scorpion Masque ...
Jul 25, 2023•36 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 18, 2023. This week, children's games involve teeth and butts, Nature is the end to Evolution, in the 25th century we all ride sheep, and award shows are a challenge. TOP STORIES (2:10) Keymaster Games lawsuit Spiel des Jahres winners announced GAMA Horizons Foundation Applications due July 31 Exploding Kittens to do childrens games under Kitten Games English edition of Splito coming from 25th Century Games Eila and Something Shiny coming from North St...
Jul 18, 2023•35 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 11, 2023. This week, Cephalofair finally does something about 40 pound games, the fertile crescent may be returning, Everdell goes from superfluous tree to superfluous lighthouse, and say aah for doctor rat. TOP STORIES (2:10) Everdell Farshore coming from Tabletop Tycoon Doctor Rat from Challengers! Designer Johannes Krenner and Blue Orange Games Schmidt Spiele is bringing us to Kuhfstein Mandoo Games announces The Vale of Eternity Jokkmokk coming fro...
Jul 11, 2023•34 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 4, 2023. This week, all hail Essy the Ocicat, that which was lost was found, Arcane opens a world of wonders, and Board and Dice goes on a side quest. TOP STORIES (2:30) Essen Spiel gets a mascot Origins 2023 attendance numbers released The One Ring card for Magic the Gathering has been found CMoN announces Mordred CDSK Trivia game coming from Hachette and Randolph Mech A Dream from Blue Orange Games World Wonders by Zé Mendes releasing at GenCon from ...
Jul 04, 2023•38 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 27, 2023. This week, wonder-ful designers play with punk, old webs spotlight the Mayfair, Road To Infamy Games cuts the cheese, and Cool Mini is a rather silly place. TOP STORIES (1:45) Play Punk Studio founded by Antoine Bauza and Thomas Provoost Mayfair Games returns as Webbed Sphere Diana Jones Awards finalists announced Monty Python expansion for Zombicide coming from CMoN Forest Shuffle from Lookout Games Sushi Go - Spin Some for Dim Sum Gloomhave...
Jun 27, 2023•32 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 20, 2023. This week, some call PWH a Space Cowboy, it’s spelled M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y, trick or treaters get DWARVEN GOLD, and Spain has one Paella to rule them all. And in the darkness bind them. TOP STORIES (2:45) Spanish game store Gremio de Dragones offering $2M and a Paella for the One Ring MtG card Spellbook coming from Phil Walker Harding and Space Cowboys Quartermaster Direct bringing Last Resort by Oliver Brooks Alpaca from Christian Giove and Gate ...
Jun 20, 2023•34 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 13, 2023. This week, Hasbro is a true Renegade, Ravensburger gets the Upper Hand, Mantic reanimates vermicelli, and the Kaedama team smurfily smurfs the smurfing smurf. TOP STORIES (2:00) Upper Deck suing designer Ryan Miller and publisher Ravensburger over Lorcana Renegade publishing Heroscape Maestro Media to work on a cooperative Smurfs Game in 2024 with team Kaedama Beacon Patrol by designer/illustrator Torben Ratzlaff and publisher Pandasaurus Gam...
Jun 13, 2023•36 min
