This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 6, 2023. This week, restoration arms themselves from my childhood, challengers challenge one more time, distillation gets luthier and luthier, and the gloom is back baby. TOP STORIES (1:55) Gloomhaven second edition announced Zev Shlasinger leaves WizKids Games Steve Jackson Games sales up from past 2 years First info on Restoration Games’ Crossbows and Catapults More Ticket to Ride Legacy news Challengers 2 coming from 1 More Time Games and Z-Man Luth...
Jun 06, 2023•32 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 30, 2023. This week, Asmodee goes by the numbers, CATAN continues where no one has gone before, we explore the legacy of TTR, and Lucky Duck crawls old school - on paper. TOP STORIES (2:15) Golden Gate Gamemakers Asmodee publishes The Number by Hisashi Hayashi CATAN Starfarers New Encounters expansion Edison Award Winners announced Legacy Ticket to Ride teased by Days of Wonder CMoN to publish Emerson Matsuuchi's cancelled Metal Gear Solid title Tom Bri...
May 30, 2023•28 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 23, 2023. This week, F F fondles flippers for Freaky Frogs, Red Raven rides a Creature Caravan, a Renegade bears Good Omens, and Indie Gloms on. TOP STORIES (2:10) Spiel des Jahres nominees Stonespine Architects from Jordy Adan and Thunderworks Games Stonespine Architects by Friedemann Friese Creature Caravan from Ryan Laukat and Red Raven Spectral from Ryan Courtney and Bitewing Games Sirens:The Deep Sea by designer Florian Molzahn and publisher Forgot...
May 23, 2023•32 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 16, 2023. This week, Indie announces a true Prelude to a Prelude, Next Move says that's still their fish, Whales now make extreme pig noises, and Mindclash continues to Persevere. TOP STORIES (2:15) Indie Board and Cards announces 6th Terraforming Mars expansion, Prelude 2 Star Wars: Unlimited TCG coming from Fantasy Flight New edition of Hey That's My Fish coming from Next Move Games Coloma reprint and expansion coming to Gamefound House of Fado by Vit...
May 16, 2023•34 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 9, 2023. This week, Ravensburger expands a hive of Scum and Villainy, adorable merchant animals experience the Horrors of War, and Dire Wolf channels its best Artemus Gordon. TOP STORIES (2:16) Star Wars™ Villainous: Scum and Villainy Scram - team based shedding game from Ted Alspach and Bezier Hello Kitty Game coming from Maestro Media Pacific Ocean Fika Peacemakers: Horrors of War Wild Tiled West Emerge Ascending Empires Zenith Edition Renature Valley...
May 09, 2023•32 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of May 2, 2023. This week, the smartypants smartypraise some smartyplays, AMIGO plants beans and gets flowers, Adam’s Apple says “that’s no moon…”, and Rebel ups the cuteness with kitty cats IN SPACE. TOP STORIES (2:00) Mensa Select Award Winners announced Bohnanza rethemed to Dahlias with Beth Sobel artwork Holloween the Board Game from Emerson Matsuuchi Pitagoras by designer Reiner Knizia and publisher Egmont Polska Planet Unknown: Supermoon expansion announ...
May 02, 2023•32 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 25, 2023. This week, Arcane Wonders proves they have a sense of duty, Garphill documents an exodus, Groo wanders back in after a quarter century, and Wolfgang Kramer proves he’s still the biggest boss around. TOP STORIES (2:07) Dice Tower Awards nominees Call of Duty Garphill Games Darrington Press deck-builder: Queen by Midnight New Youk Times article on Energetic Lucky Duck Global Publishing Network Groo the Game back after 25 years CGE releases Kut...
Apr 25, 2023•34 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 18, 2023. This week, apples are the new vikings, Flatout constructs a landmark, Alderac goes expansion crazy, and … it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a tuber! TOP STORIES (2:11) Quartermaster Direct First draft of Paizo's new OGL Cascadia Landmarks Potato Man! Fantasia Games reprinting Colosseum Sky Team Marvel Champions: NeXt Evolution New expansions KS coming in May from AEG Planta Nubo from GameBuilders Border Reivers New 10 year anniversary edition ...
Apr 18, 2023•36 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 11, 2023. This week, Asmadi develops the ultimate innovation, we evacuate for delicious sushi, last night has only the finest fish, and Reiner Knizia just has to wait to get his new island. TOP STORIES (2:20) Unmatches Suns Origin and Unmatched Brains and Brawn coming in 2023 Publisher Inside the Box sells inventory and IPs to Naylor Games New releases and re-releases from Vladimir Suchý WizKids’ Unboxed explores ancient games Finest Fish coming from ...
Apr 11, 2023•38 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of April 4, 2023. This week, dlp drills their new title into our head, Magic finds one to rule them all, Fantasy Flight sharpens their dagger, and Alley Cat Games were not built in a day. TOP STORIES (1:25) Joe Manganiello to head a Dragonlance Adaptation The one and only one ring in Magic the Gathering Plaid Hat announces Freelancers, the sequel to Forgotten Waters Marvel D.A.G.G.E.R. from Fantasy Flight detailed Drachenhüter from Michael Menzel announced by ...
Apr 04, 2023•36 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 28, 2023. This week, Boardcubator is back and reborn, the legacy of Clank goes on, Devir and CGE both get monkeys, and Osprey moves from Merv to Mansa Musa. TOP STORIES (1:55) New Eric Summerer Podcast Right Brain Rollers Rebirth of the new Boardcubator Clank Legacy 2 coming to crowdfunding by Dire Wolf Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa coming from Osprey Games New Arnak Expansion - The Missing Expedition Rio Grande newsletter announcements Wizards and...
Mar 28, 2023•37 min•Ep. 830
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 21, 2023. This week, the office dog brings in 3 new toys, Century Spice Road makes it big, Exploding Kittens blocks, and Reiner Knizia officially prints a classic. TOP STORIES (1:45) Asmodee's Office Dog announces its first three titles Century Spi8ce Road Big Box Edition announced Throw Throw Burrito expansion Block Block Burrito Line Dice from publisher Sunny Bird Carlo A Rossi's Ab in die Tonne coming as Mountain 53 Restoration Games announces 3rd ...
Mar 21, 2023•34 min•Ep. 829
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 14, 2023. This week, AEG does shrooms, The great western trail moves 6500 miles southeast, Zombicide misspells Brazil's second biggest city, and CATAN scores a goooooal. TOP STORIES (2:27) AEG Sneak Peeks FunAgain to Close Webstore Great Western Trail New Zealand Diced Veggies Yokai Sketch Zombicide: Rio Z Janeiro Misconceptions by Rabble Games Studio Waffle Time Overboss Duel Free Solo Content for 3000 Scoundrels Catan Football Fever New Disney Title...
Mar 14, 2023•29 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of March 7, 2023. This week, CMoN plays some classic White Zombie…cide, Scott Almes claims the Angels Share, Osprey is under General Orders, and Awaken Realms retaliates. TOP STORIES (2:20) CMoN announces Zombicide: White Death Nemesis Retaliation coming from Awaken Realms S.T.A.L.K.E.R. the board game coming from Awaken Realms Art shown for Renegade's new editions of Acquire and RoboRally General Orders: World War II coming from Osprey Angel's Share teased fr...
Mar 07, 2023•27 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 28, 2023. This week, the Akropolis is truly made of gold, all the animals escape Cartagena, Ethnos goes to the frontier of Space, and everything’s got a butt. TOP STORIES (2:45) As d'Or Award winners announced Apex Legends the Board Game coming from Glass Cannon, Electronic Arts, and Respawn Trick or Trick Games to release new version of Gold West Cartagena: Escape Diaries coming from Pretzel Games and Leo Colovini Sea Dragons announced by Fractal ...
Feb 28, 2023•30 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 21, 2023. This week, gaming loses its holy grail, Birmingham is finally number one, the gods of cyclades are legendary, and John Clair invades the Last Kingdom. TOP STORIES (2:20) Holy Grail Games closes it's doors Brass: Birmingham reaches #1 on BGG board game rankings Cyclades: Legendary Edition announced from Open Sesame Games Restoration Games puts two Unmatched sets in the vault Munchkin South Park announced from TheOP and Steve Jackson Games ...
Feb 21, 2023•27 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 14, 2023. This week, gamewright welcomes Leacock to the jungle, there's a dispiration move from sentinels, and Jekykll and Hyde fight Scotland Yard. TOP STORIES (1:50) Maestro Media hires designers Gears of War the Card Game Dungeon Scrawlers Heroes of Waterdeep Tricktakers Jekyll and Hyde vs. Scotland Yard Forbidden Jungle New Scotland Yard Next Station: Tokyo Sentinels Dispiration Bamboo New Smash Up Expansion - Excellent Movies, Dudes CROWDFUNDI...
Feb 14, 2023•28 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of February 7, 2023. This week, the tapestry grows larger, acquire’s acquisition from acquire accurate acquisitioner acquires accuity, the crew goes literary, and Disney goes Dixit. TOP STORIES (2:25) Stonemaier Games announces Scythe sequel and Tapestry expansion Renegade Games partners with Hasbro to acquire Acquire Two player Quartermaster General East Front coming from Ares Pegasus Spiele announces Istanbul: Choose and Write Disney and Ravensburger announc...
Feb 07, 2023•29 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 31, 2023. This week, the biggest oyster loses a Pearl, Twisted Villains grow while Azul shrinks, and Exploding Kittens make a top 10 list. TOP STORIES () Pearl Games Closes Next Move Games announces Azul Mini Ravensburger announces The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game Designers Luca Sanfilippo and Ugo Tomasello and Peekwick Dreams reveal Ynaros Fallin’ Spiel nominee Top Ten coming to English from Exploding Kittens Ravensburger announces third M...
Jan 31, 2023•30 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 24, 2023. This week, Portal switches to the Imperial system, 7 wonders finds a vast edifice of cardboard, more exists beyond the sun and Uwe finds some really big fish. TOP STORIES (2:15) Funagain Logistics closes its doors Imperial Miners coming from Portal Games The Mind Soulmates announced by NSV Black Hole Buccaneers coming from Pegasus Spiele and Peter Langkjær Møller Roll and write title Château coming from Rolling Rhino Games New expansion Ed...
Jan 24, 2023•20 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 17, 2023. This week, WizKids seeks the holy grail, Mad King Ludwig goes back to the drawing board, Pretzel’s Camels are up for their fourth race, and Cool Mini declares Spider-geddon on retail. TOP STORIES (3:01) Formal Ferret and Gil Hova leaving board gaming Arthurian Knights from WizKids and Andrew Parks Terra Pyramides Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig Stampfarm Featherweight Fiesta Camel Up the Card Game Marvel United Spidergeddon MATRX GIPF SPECIA...
Jan 17, 2023•27 min•Ep. 820
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 10, 2023. This week, Cosmic Frogs rise up out of the Muck, Reiner Knizia expands another masterwork, Avalon Hill falls into a Yawning Portal, and I’m on a boat! TOP STORIES (2:04) New Eden Chaos in Gotham City Cosmic Frog: Find Muck D&D: Yawning Portal Mille Fiori: Die Meisterwerke Noch Mal Deluxe Pyramido Goblin Vaults DreamQuest Time Capsules Magician's Maze CROWDFUNDING (12:01) Circus Break Find the Source One Week Till Christmas Master Sweet...
Jan 10, 2023•25 min•Ep. 819
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 3, 2023. This week, WizKids lives their very best lives, Darwin apparently apologizes for being French, Doomtown is better off in a pine box, and Rio Grande Games plays hooky. TOP STORIES (2:30) Your Best Life by WizKids Velonimo by 25th Century Games and Bruno Cathala Doomtown: Weird West Edition from Pine Box Entertainment New edition of 1974 classic Kingmaker announced In the Footsteps of Darwin coming from Sorry We Are French Publisher Rio Grand...
Jan 03, 2023•19 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 27, 2022. This week, Capstone declares A-zero is just for one, Lookout uses boxes as big as the Skye, and a single unit Fluxx is just downright Looney. TOP STORIES (2:10) Designers behind Darkest Dungeon form new publishing company Fabled Games Solo deck deconstruction game Aleph Null coming from Capstone Looney Labs releases solo rules for Fluxx titles Fantasy Flight offers The Council Keleres faction card for Twilight Inscription Isle of Skye Big...
Dec 27, 2022•23 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 20, 2022. This week, Board Game Tables says all the play belongs to us, it’s end of the Trac for Trics, Portland is the new home for Haggis, and CMoN expands into the Multiverse. TOP STORIES (2:20) US Edition of new cooperative Lord of the Rings game announced by KOSMOS French boardgame news center Tric Trac closing its doors BoardGameTables.com renaming itself to AllPlay Gardeners coming from Sit Down! Games Deities by Mandoo Games and Gary Kim Th...
Dec 20, 2022•32 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 13, 2022. This week, Kosmos works on an Inside Job, there’s a sale of Mythic proportions, and we teach AI to take over the world. TOP STORIES (2:05) CMoN and Monolith aquire properties from Mythic Games The Inside Job from KOSMOS Quilts and Cats of Calico on Steam Iki: Akebono expansion by Koota Yamada Descent: Legends of the Dark part 2 teased by Fantasy Flight Ares releases Fighters of the Pacific to retail Science reports CICERO AI from Meta pla...
Dec 13, 2022•29 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 6, 2022. This week, Corey’s slacking off in the city of Brotherly Love, the red planet meets the silver screen, I’m in charge and nobody can stop me, MPC got their greasy fingers all over your cards, and we’re Haven a good time, Gloomhaven a good time! TOP STORIES (1:13) Terraforming Mars getting screen adaptation Gloomhaven RPG My Lil' Everdell Deep Dive and Defenders of the Wild Across America Fluxx Savernake Forest Fried chicken scented playing ...
Dec 06, 2022•16 min•Ep. 814
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 29, 2022. This week, Buttonshy explores the legacy of 18 cards, a haunted mist descends over Carcassonne, and Rio Grande reaches Terminal Velocity. TOP STORIES (2:15) WildTails: a Pirate Legacy from Button Shy Games Planepita from publisher SzpiLAB with designers Eisuke Fujinawa and Kazunori Hori Mists over Carcassonne coming from Z-Man Games Trivial Pursuit Dungeons and Dragons Ultimate Edition Jump Drive expansion Terminal Velocity announced Saig...
Nov 29, 2022•27 min•Ep. 813
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 22, 2022. This week, Star Wars builds and Shatters, CMoN describes some Stranger Things, we Tether Broccoli together with cards, and what better gift for Weird Giraffes than Tulips? TOP STORIES (2:55) Star Wars Shatterpoint announced by Atomic Mass Games KennerSpiel winner Living Forest gets expansion Hasbro fails to crowdfund HeroScape CMoN details Rob Daviau cooperative title Stranger Things Upside Down Tether by Mark McGee and publisher How to S...
Nov 22, 2022•37 min
This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 15, 2022. This week, there’s just too much Magic, ironically Embracer’s Z-Man embraces Tragedy, Libellud finds kids a real mystery, and the news is all CATAN all the time. TOP STORIES (2:05) Hasbro stock suffers Tragedy Looper New Tragedies from Z-Man Triggs by Karin Hetling and Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag (NSV) Mysterium Kids announced by llibelud Time of Empires from Pearl Games Bruno Cathala's Oh My Brain coming to English from 25th Century Ga...
Nov 15, 2022•27 min•Ep. 811
