This week on the Dicebreaker Podcast, Meehan, Maddie and Liv discuss the Monty Python RPG and the other comedy show RPGs they think would fit in a similar genre. Along with that, we chat about what we've been up to during the week, both in our tabletop endeavours and personal ones! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast the team discuss their thoughts on the newly announced Lorcana, a Disney trading card game that seeks to rival giants like Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh! There'll be the discussion of what we've been up to over the past couple weeks, at look at some of the other stories we've had on the website, and a healthy dash of Gaston memes to boot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A brand new edition of D&D has been announced, One D&D, and the Dicebreaker team are here to weigh in on what we know so far! Get our reactions to all the announcements from Wizards of the Coast around its big upcoming releases and the future of Dungeons & Dragons as we delve into the changes in 5E's successor, our first look at D&D's impressive-looking Roll20 rival and everything else revealed during Wizards Presents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
Matt is back from Gen Con 2022! He and Wheels played through a ton of exciting new games over the four-day trip that tested everything from their strategic thinking to decorating skills. They shared their highlights on the channel so far but now Matt is going to dive into the very best of the best after comparing everything they played. Which game will reign supreme and which ones should you pass on in 2022 and beyond? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The first trailer for the D&D movie is here - and there’s a lot to unpack! We roll for perception on the big reveal as we take a look at Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ star-studded cast, costumes, creatures, Easter eggs and- wait, is that an owlbear? The team also chat everything we’ve been playing this week, from more Lost Ruins of Arnak to Spirit Island, the next big Magic: The Gathering set and the new Stranger Things game from the creator of Pandemic Legacy, and talk about ...
This week on the Dicebreaker Podcast, Maddie, Wheels and Meehan sit down for a chat about the games they've been playing this week, including Forbidden Island, Azul, Cozy Town, D&D and some exciting miniature painting. As well as that, we're getting into discussions on the new Pokémon reality show that is currently casting! Are you a Pokémon TCG player who is going to say yes to this opportunity? Let us know! This episode is sponsored by D&D in a Castle. Visit dndinacastle.com for more. ...
Meehan and Chase have taken over the Dicebreaker Podcast! This episode sees the duo using an AI program to write board game fanfiction by taking suggestions from the live chat audience. Other highlights include discussion about Magic: The Gathering - Battle for Baldur's Gate drafting, more Frostgrave talk, a chat about the two-player board game Lost Cities and a D&D-related controversy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The team delve into the depths of BoardGameGeek as we try to guess popular board games from their most scathing reviews. Is Catan worthy of a 1? Is Risk THAT bad? Surely something’s gotta be worse than Monopoly?! We also chat about everything we’ve been playing lately, check in with the news of a film based on texting RPG Alice is Missing, awe at the super-sized Pokémon deck and probably go off on several tangents. This episode is sponsored by D&D in a Castle. Visit dndinacastle.com for more...
The Dicebreaker team gathers to chat about what we’ve been playing and the latest highlights from the world of tabletop. We consider whether the Elden Ring bosses are even harder in D&D 5E thanks to a new fan homebrew, the release of an official Critical Role music album and if catgirl mahjong is the best way to learn the classic board game. Plus, everything else we’ve enjoyed recently and our top picks for video game bosses we’d like to see in an RPG! This episode is sponsored by D&D in...
Meehan, Liv and Chase get together to talk about their time with the latest game from Root and Oath creator Cole Wehrle, Arcs, plus much more! Meehan crawls back into the dungeons of Gloomhaven Digital, Liv revisits a classic card game in 3 Card Knock and Chase has been venturing through the Nordic fantasy of Symbaroum. We also look ahead to Magic: The Gathering’s 30th anniversary plans, consider the launch of a new Kickstarter rival in Backerkit’s crowdfunding platform and delight in the Muppet...
Matt, Meehan, Liv and Maddie reconvene after two weeks of cons to chat about our time at MCM Comic Con London and UK Games Expo! We’ve been escaping legally distinct xenomorphs in Nemesis: Lockdown, managing legally distinct football teams in football manager board game Eleven, playing legally distinct Jenga with pom-pom in The Fuzzies and, erm, making legally distinct monster noises in Wee Whimsical Creatures. There’s also talk of miniatures game Turnip 28, anime improv party game Channel A, a ...
Matt, Maddie and Meehan are here with a shorter podcast than usual, but stuffed to the brim with talk about all the board games we’ve played! Is asymmetric strategy game Crescent Moon the next Root? Is Eric Lang’s mythic blockbuster Ankh: Gods of Egypt as good as Blood Rage and Rising Sun? Is Wayfarers of the South Tigris worth putting on your map? How does two-player gem Watergate hold up? Has Maddie finally managed to play noir superhero RPG City of Mist? We answer all these questions, plus se...
Matt, Meehan and Maddie cook up the latest batch of board game and RPG conversation to spoon into your… erm, ears. We’ve been cracking crimes with Batman in new mystery game Everybody Lies, scrapping over treasure in wizard fight delight Frostgrave, playing more D&D, preparing to don the cape in superhero RPG City of Mist and getting our priorities in order in TikTok’s new favourite party game Priorities. That’s all before we take a look at the new board game studio focused on accessibility,...
Matt, Maddie and Meehan overcome some initial tech hiccups to talk about our (brief) time with Batman: Everybody Lies, amphibian adventures in D&D 5E’s Wild Beyond the Witchlight and the team’s ongoing love of wizard-fightin’ miniatures gem Frostgrave. There’s also time to debate the pronunciation of Banana-grams/Ban-anagrams, revisit the joy of Rhino Hero and wonder why there aren’t more board games with numbered sequels. We check in with the new Blade Runner RPG, a Pokemon Point Salad (sta...
The Dicebreaker Podcast's usual host Matt Jarvis is joined by Wheels, Maddie and Meehan to chat about the recent return of Spelljammer to Dungeons & Dragons and the newly revealed subtitle for the upcoming D&D movie. The gang also chat about social deduction games, Frostgrave and the Dead by Daylight board games, as well dream and nightmare tabletop TV adaptations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meehan, Maddie and Liv are here with an early Easter podcast, and they’ve got some - ahem - eggsellent tabletop chatter for the long weekend! The team catch up with the latest batch of board game silverware coming out of the American Tabletop Awards, as well as some There’s also time to talk about our time with the new Betrayal at House on the Hill, wizard fight gem Frostgrave, teeny train game Railroad Ink and spooky hide-and-seekathon Midnight Ghost Hunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Can you believe that there’s been 100 episodes of the Dicebreaker Podcast? The team celebrate this significant milestone by throwing a birthday party for the podcast, featuring special guest cardboard Nicolas Cage. Wheels, Liv, Maddie and Meehan – with a brief appearance from Matt via the magic of the mobile telephone – come together to chat Betrayal at House on the Hill: Third Edition, Frostgrave and the Blade Runner TRPG, as well as ranking the most popular board games. Learn more about your a...
Wheels is joined by Maddie and Meehan to chat about everything Dungeons & Dragons, from the newly announced anthology book Journeys through the Radiant Citadel to the recently released Call of the Netherdeep adventure. They also talk the latest Catan entry and imagine their dream celebrity D&D group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After a somewhat catastrophic first podcast back in the office, the original episode 97 of the Dicebreaker Podcast was lost to time (R.I.P.). Back in the safety of their own homes, the Dicebreaker team return for more japes and derailments as they introduce brand new team member and video producer Maddie Cullen! Join them as they go through their weeks in tabletop gaming and discuss this week's news including some info on the late great Robin William's interest in TTRPG Cyberpunk. Not to mention...
Is 7 Wonders: Architects really the best board game of the last year? Matt, Wheels and Meehan gather to hotly debate the winners of this year’s As d’Or awards. We also chat about solving mysteries as elderly ladies in RPG Brindlewood Bay, flicking our way through dungeons in Catacombs, saving the world from cosmic horrors in Eldritch Horror and everything else we have - and haven’t - been playing this week! With the surprise reveal of a new Betrayal at House on the Hill, we suggest the haunts we...
Whilst Matt enjoys a well-earned holiday, Meehan, Liv and Chase tackle the ridiculous worlds of tabletop gaming NFTs and Goofy, with discussion about the upcoming DLC for Gloomhaven Digital and which childhood favourite movies they'd like to see adapted into a board game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Matt and Wheels are joined by our roving news reporter Chase to talk about our time with Gloomhaven Digital, Wingspan, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, Magic: The Gathering Arena and much more. That’s before a surprisingly businessy - but important! - look at the week’s headlines, from Ravensburger’s unexpected move into crowdfunding to the latest companies saying their piece on NFTs. We also consider which games are due a Cthulhu crossover in the wake of the latest board game series to venture into the u...
Matt, Liv and Wheels gather to chat extravagant editions of board games in the wake of Tsuro’s $350 luxury set, as well as coming up with our own megabucks spins on our favourite games. We chat about our time playing Blood Bowl, Paradox Perfect, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Just One, along with 7 Days to Die, Mini Motorway and Too Hot to Handle. There’re new details on the Dark Souls RPG, a look at sign language-teaching RPG Overisles and time to mention Zine Month, before we dive into your questions about th...
Matt is off this week, so Wheels steps into the hosting chair as the gang discuss the latest in tabletop gaming. Meehan chats about Super Colt Express and Mysterium Park, whilst Liv revisits her introduction to Blood Bowl 3 and her D&D adventures in Wild Beyond the Witchlight. The trio discuss their reactions to the Dark Souls TRPG using the D&D 5E RPG system and decide which board game they’d be willing to play for 85 hours straight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
It’s time to p-p-p-podcast! Matt challenges Liv and Meehan to tell their Yu-Gi-Oh! from their Yu-Gi-No! in this week’s utterly preposterous segment. We’ve also been playing the new 7 Wonders game, the punishing Ghost Stories, the bluff-tastic Perudo (or is it’s Liar’s Dice?), classic Yahtzee and the darkly hilarious Blood Bowl. There’s a brand new Dungeons & Dragons book to discuss, as well as a new WWII deckbuilder in the Undaunted series. That’s all before we answer your questions on avoid...
Matt and Meehan are joined by roving news reporter Chase Carter to discuss the recent Tabletop Simulator debacle, the sudden disappearance of Pandemic (sorry, not that one) and the next game from the creator of Kemet! There’s also time for more reports from our ongoing rivalry in Root, Meehan’s time Terraforming Mars, Chase’s MTG Cubes and more. We also consider which RPGs would make the best animated series after watching the new trailer for Critical Role’s upcoming Vox Machina show. Learn more...
Matt, Liv and Meehan look ahead to 2022’s exciting lineup of board games and RPGs as we discuss our most anticipated tabletop releases of the year ahead. We also look back on what we played over the holidays, the first big announcements of the year - A Dark Souls RPG! New board games from the creators of Carcassonne and Star Wars: Rebellion! - and give our gaming resolutions for 2022. Plus, we answer your questions on GMless RPGs and stepping outside of our character comfort zone in TRPGs! Learn...
The whole Dicebreaker team waves goodbye to 2021 with a special roundup of our favourite tabletop games of the year. Matt, Liv, Wheels and Meehan talk through their picks for the best board games and tabletop RPGs from the last 12 (and a bit) months, as well as giving some honourable mentions to other games that stood out. Expect talk of Oath, Unfathomable, Explorers of Arnak and more! Oh, and Wheels really likes Heart: The City Beneath, even if it didn’t come out this year. Learn more about you...
It’s the last live Dicebreaker Podcast of 2021! Matt, Wheels and Meehan throw our usual tightly-structured podcast format out the window as we look ahead to what we plan to play over the holidays, our go-to family recommendations for the festive period, everything else we’ve been enjoying lately and our efforts to create the Ultimate Trivial Pursuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Special guest Emma Partlow joins Matt, Meehan and Wheels to play Fake Chess with Death, survive The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31, overcome The Hunger and study up for D&D’s next Magic: The Gathering crossover book Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos. There’s time to consider which worlds Dungeons & Dragons should travel to in its next sourcebook, before we answer your questions on our favourite RPG characters, fan-made games from pop culture and which chess piece we’d be. Don’t forget th...
