Matt, Lolies and Meehan clamber back inside the pod cockpit to jet through another week’s worth of stories and questions. Lolies discusses her return to Star Realms, Meehan roots, loots and shoots in Colt Express, and everyone reflects on our time exploring the galaxy of sci-fi RPG Burn Bryte. We catch up with the latest on the new games from the creators of Pandemic, Exploding Kittens and Arkham Horror, consider the potential of a Metacritic for board games, and celebrate even more disability r...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 36 min
Boy Problems designer Colin Cummings joins the team to answer your questions on the best RPGs for newbies, the hobbies we’ve picked up during lockdown and how to cat-proof your board games. There’s also discussion of promising roleplaying platform One More Mutliverse, Wingspan’s enduring success over Scythe, The Crew’s latest awards win and the announcement of the Zenobia Award shortlist. All this, plus our thoughts on what we’ve been playing lately, including Cyclades, Bullet❤️, Betrayal at Hou...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 36 min
Wheels and Meehan are joined by Jeremy Gage, game designer and host of the Draw Your Dice podcast, for this week’s episode. The trio talk about drafting in Magic: The Gathering - Arena, gambling in Backgammon and testicles in Epic Spell Wars. They also discuss all the hoo-ha around the Strixhaven set, the new Camel Up expansion and *shudder* Monopoly: Spongebob Squarepants Meme Edition. Jeremy also answers questions from his beloved audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 33 min
The whole gang’s here for another 90 minutes of board game chatter and as many news headlines we can squeeze into whatever time’s left. Everyone’s been playing Quacks of Quedlinburg, Lolies has been enjoying the splendour of Splendor, Wheels continues to explore the horrors of Arkham, Meehan sails the treacherous seas of Libertalia and Matt’s finally got his hands on Bullet♥️.There’s talk about the new co-op game from Matt ‘Pandemic’ Leacock, a new D&D setting from the minds behind World of ...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 29 min
This week, Meehan continues to terraform Mars, Wheels investigates The Dunwich Legacy in the Arkham Horror LCG, and Matt sails more Forgotten Waters and watches some anime - but it’s about board games, promise. We discuss Gen Con’s delay, new Sonic the Hedgehog and Sea of Thieves spin-offs, the upcoming Infinity battle royale game, and the latest change to Monopoly’s Community Chest cards. We also prove maths can be fun (sometimes) and pick out our favourite board game expansions! Learn more abo...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 39 min
This week, Matt’s been sailing Forgotten Waters, Meehan’s been seeing what we do in the shadows in indie RPG Low Stakes and Wheels has been getting into Fights in Tight Spaces. That’s before we check out the next game on the way from Richard ‘MTG’ Garfield, team up with the X-Men in the new Marvel United spin-off, face the Keyraken in the upcoming Keyforge co-op mode and and consider whether Arnie’s CGI buttocks will make an appearance in the Terminator RPG. Plus, your questions answered on the ...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 37 min
This episode of Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos. Visit https://store.team17.com and use code DICE10 for a 10% discount. With few board games hitting the table this week, Matt, Lolies and Meehan veer into important debates about the other things you find on a tabletop. We also take a look at The One Ring’s new Kickstarter record, get stuck into sewing-powered RPG A Mending, Vivid-ly discuss the next game from the makers of Sagrada and consider why upcoming Unmatch...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 35 min
This episode is sponsored by Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos. Visit https://store.team17.com and use code DICE10 for a 10% discount.Lolies and Meehan have been hands-on with the next game from the creator of Cosmic Frog, Wheels is excited for the new Summoner Wars, and Matt has been cracking cases on the streets of Crime City in MicroMacro. We also discuss Magic: The Gathering’s move to Universes Beyond, this year’s As d’Or winners and - of course - the latest D&D movie news. Plus, your questio...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 39 min
This episode is sponsored by Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos. Visit https://store.team17.com and use code DICE10 for a 10% discount. Matt’s been hanging with mice in Mausritter, Wheels has been battling cards in Dinn and Meehan has been terraforming Mars in, er, Terraforming Mars. That’s before we jet off to the new sci-fi edition of Quest, consider the demise of Legend of the Five Rings and, you guessed it, comment on the latest D&D movie casting news. There’s also our advice on moving from bo...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 40 min
This episode of Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos. Visit https://store.team17.com and use code DICE10 for a 10% discount. Join Meehan, Lolies and Johnny as we talk about Asmodee's acquisition of Board Game Arena, the cancellation of the Metal Gear Solid board game (snaaaaaaaake!) and the upcoming Witcher board game. Plus, we answer your questions on when a game stops being a game and which board games we'd like to see scaled up to Twilight Imperium proportions. Lea...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Join Matt, Meehan and Wheels as we dive into an overflowing pile of tabletop news. There’s a new Root expansion to discuss, the upcoming Avatar and Korra RPG, the return of The One Ring, the questionable timing of The Grizzled: We Care, and an impressive Pokémon spin on Wingspan. Plus, the return of our hot takes on the latest D&D movie casting news and its disappointing lack of the greatest living actor. We also find time to answer your questions of keeping up with endless expansions and wh...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 34 min
TikTok, it’s Matt, Johnny and Meehan on the clock - and the playing don’t stop as we discuss this week’s tabletop offerings. Matt’s been solving murders in MicroMacro: Crime City, Johnny’s sworn there’ll be No More Jockeys and Meehan’s taken her place as Overboss of the upcoming Boss Monster spin-off. There’s talk of the new Set a Watch roll-and-write, the latest from the makers of Exploding Kittens and the impending Monster Hunter World adaptation. We also find time to create a Franken-game, an...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 30 min
On this week’s pastry-filled podcast Meehan, Johnny and Lolies chat about losing Forbidden Desert, how tabletop games continue to make loads of money on Kickstarter and tips on playing characters in Dungeons & Dragons. The trio also have multiple conversations about quiche and consider the consequences of opening up a dreadful circus. Keep your ears out for a return of the Scythe update as well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr 23 min
Matt, Meehan and Wheels navigate their way around poop jokes and Gwyneth Paltrow’s unfortunate candle mishaps to discuss this week’s board game and RPG news. There’s our thoughts on the latest D&D TV series rumours, pricey Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon cards, the games we’ve been playing, and the unholy combination of baked beans and dice. We also give our advice on playing D&D over video call, discuss our formative board games, consider the least foot-friendly gaming components and a...
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 43 min
Matt, Lolies and Meehan talk a bevy of board game news this week, from the next games from the makers of Root, Star Wars: Rebellion and Terraforming Mars to the Risk TV show and the first Uno world championship. We also chat about what we’ve been playing - or more accurately, everything Lolies has been playing - reflect on the positives of 2020, recommend our favourite books that don’t have rules in, and pick out some educational games for playing with kids in lockdown. Learn more about your ad ...
Jan 15, 2021•1 hr 32 min
It’s a new year, but the same ol’ tangents as Matt, Wheels and Meehan look back on what we played over the holidays and ahead to the first tabletop releases of 2021. We get traditional with chess and hnefatafl, before popping to Middle-earth in War of the Ring and the depths of the galaxy in Cosmic Encounter Duel. There’s our thoughts on Slay the Spire being turned into a board game, the cancellation of the Battleship Galactica miniatures game and the questionable naming of Embryo Machine. We al...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 47 min
In a special episode to finish up 2020, the whole Dicebreaker team - Matt, Johnny, Lolies, Wheels and Meehan - gather together to run through the board games and RPGs we’ve enjoyed most this year. We give some thoughts on our individual picks for the best games of 2020, as well as the other new releases that stood out from the last 12 months. Have the team ever agreed on something quite so much?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 25, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Matt, Lolies and Meehan grab a final slice of (metaphorical) Christmas cake before we ring in the end of 2020. We consider Chris Pine’s casting in the D&D movie, the fourth - and potentially final - Root expansion, the new Cthulhu Wars: Duel, the not-official-at-all Catan beer and bruliant Scrabble remix Blabrecs. There’s also our thoughts on what we’ve been playing ahead of the holidays, the best replacements for Netrunner (RIP) and whether you actually need to play all those classics every...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Writer and journalist Chase Carter joins Matt, Lolies, Meehan and Wheels for a packed pod! The team’s been playing MTG, Rangers of Shadow Deep, Qwinto, Gloomhaven and more - to various degrees of success. We also check in with the new War of the Ring card game, the latest from John ‘Blades in the Dark’ Harper, lament Good Puppers’ misfortune at sea and consider the latest attempt to take analogue gaming digital. Plus, our suggestions for tabletop-inspired snacks, less savage asynchronous games t...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 43 min
We’re joined by special guest Emma Partlow to chat the latest with Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40,000! Meanwhile, Matt gazes at Mausritter, Meehan plays a lot of Root and Wheels kills Hitler. We also talk the new Quest card game, the return of Block Mania and the beef between Uri Geller and Kadabra. Plus, your questions on overlooked periods of history in games, whether board games should go back to basics and the best replacements for Trivial Pursuit! Find Emma on...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 37 min
Matt, Lolies and Meehan climb out of the primordial soup to bring you this week’s roundup of tabletop news and chatter. We discuss our time with Love Letter, Evolution and The Shores of Tripoli, before taking a look at not-actually-Viking dice game Orlog, a sequel to The Crew, the Uno TV show and more. There’s also your questions answered about the best and worst licensed board games, pub-friendly games, and our experiences in the tabletop community. New Dungeonbreaker merch and 30% off Black Fr...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Matt plays mahjong with cat people, Wheels sinks his fangs into Fury of Dracula and Thousand Year Old Vampire, Lolies invests in Love Letter lore, and Meehan explores Parks. That’s before we dive into the latest news, including X-Wing’s move to a new studio, the future of Vampire: The Masquerade and a brand new Batman game. It’s also an RPG-heavy emails section this week, as we discuss the best ways to teach RPGs and find people to play with. Plus, we pick what D&D classes we’d be in real li...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Matt, Johnny, Wheels and Meehan crack open a jar of tabletop news and fish out this week’s crunchiest headlines for a bite. There’s new Warhammer on the way, a Terminator RPG, marble-hacking Kickstarter Crack the Code and mutiny aboard the high seas in Feed the Kraken, plus much more to discuss. We also run through our experiences playing Thousand Year Old Vampire, Fury of Dracula, Scythe and Mysterium, before turning to your questions on recreating board games, playing RPGs by forum and keeping...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Matt, Lolies and Meehan sound the news kazoo as we catch up with the latest information on the D&D TV series, the return of Lord of the Rings RPG The One Ring, the next game from the makers of Too Many Bones and the already cancelled quidditch board game. We also answer your questions on adding rules to games, impossible moments while roleplaying and the best budget-friendly RPGs to play during lockdown. Plus, Lolies shows her skills in a Star Realms tournament, Meehan plays Root Digital and...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Meehan, Johnny and Wheels serve up delicious sweet and savoury tabletop news in a neatly divided podcast crust. There’s the crew’s thoughts on the full reveal - and whopping price tag - of Descent: Legends of the Dark, whether we’d slip our feet into official Catan shoes, and the announcement of new games on the way from Critical Role. Plus, we answer your questions on changing our opinions about gameplay mechanics, the best spooky solo games for Halloween and overlooked historical settings. Lea...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 31 min
Matt, Lolies and Meehan are back in the booth for another hour-and-a-bit of nattering about board games, RPGs and anything else that crosses our minds. This week, we chat about the return of Dungeonbreaker, our thoughts on the latest attempt to make a digital game table, new games from the designers of Splendor and Agricola, and more. There’s also your questions on misunderstood game names, when bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better and our picks of the ultimate board game Christmas gifts. Lear...
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 37 min
Matt, Johnny and Lolies question this year’s Origins Awards winners, lament the cancellation of PAX Unplugged, look ahead to this winter’s upcoming releases and discuss the latest record-breaking Pokémon card sale. We also attempt to come up with the most romantic board game book taglines, scientifically determine the tastiest board game pieces and offer our advice on turning your tabletop hobby into a career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Matt, Lolies and Meehan escape being eaten at Dinosaur World to talk about their time playing the upcoming Dinosaur Island follow-up. There’s also details on the new Power Rangers, GI Joe, My Little Pony and Transformers RPGs and the next game from the makers of Exploding Kittens, along with news on the return of Descent, Catan’s 25th birthday edition and Twilight Imperium 4E’s first expansion. Plus, we answer your Qs on easing friends into roleplaying, lockdown-friendly games and dealing with r...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 31 min
It’s just Matt and Meehan in this week, but there’s just as much chatter as ever as we catch up about the Last of Us board game, ambitious Viking epic Trudvang Legends’ delay, the first Twilight Imperium and Android comics, Groundhog Day: The Game and more. We also answer your questions about tabletop classics from BCE (Before the Catan Era) that still hold up, our dream RPGs inspired by musicians and when playing by the wrong rules can be the right choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 39 min
This episode is sponsored by Voodoo Ranger. Matt, Johnny, Lolies and Meehan crawl their way through dungeons galore to take a look at the return of board game classic HeroQuest and the next game from Dark Souls studio Steamforged, Bardsung. The team stay on a roll with discussion of interesting RPGs on the way, including Wagadu Chronicles and Arc, before taking a detour into Batman lore with the upcoming Gotham City Chronicles RPG. There’s also a new The Thing board game, a surprising appearance...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 29 min
