Two’s company! Wheels and Matt are here to chat about what they’ve been playing, the latest highlights on Kickstarter and more. We celebrate the million-dollar success of horror RPG Mothership, lament the latest mound of plastic in Marvel Zombies’ crossover with board game Zombicide and try to comprehend the literal tons of fake Pokémon cards seized this week. We also answer your questions on the most delicious food-themed games, what makes a standout solo experience, the childhood shows we’d li...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Matt, Meehan and Wheels dive into the latest attempts to bring big video games to the tabletop as we discuss our time with Cuphead: Fast Rolling Dice Game and the upcoming Skyrim adventure board game. We’ve also been squishing clay in Necromolds, flicking pucks in crokinole and getting our knowledge ready for LeVar Burton’s new Trivial Pursuit TV game show. There’s time to tell you maggots about the return of VHS board game Atmosfear and consider which celebrities would make perfect Pokémon card...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 38 min
Matt, Wheels and Meehan gather to lament the loss of Happy Salmon’s fish bag and talk about other board game ‘updates’ that ended up worse than the originals. We’ve also been playing plenty of party games, continuing our adventures in Avatar Legends RPG, escaping from bomb shelters and gearing up for the weekend’s wrestling. There’s time to check in on the next game from the creator of Mice and Mystics, the latest delay to the Pokémon TCG app and check out the ingenious invention of Beyblades in...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 47 min
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by eBay. To learn more visit ebay.com/scantolist. This week’s episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast sees Matt, Lolies and Meehan chatting about the Cuphead: Fast Rolling Dice Game and Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders, the newest Dixit game and trying to separate real German board game names from fake ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 38 min
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by eBay. To learn more visit ebay.com/scantolist. Meehan and Wheels are joined by roving news reporter Chase Carter to reel in the latest haul of tabletop news and discussion. Chase and Wheels transform classic hide-and-seek book Where's Wally? into a strange, otherworldly horror story in solo RPG This Person Should Not Exist. Meehan guides Chase into the Lost Ruins of Arnak, last year's acclaimed blend of deckbuilding and worker-placement. Wh...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 52 min
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by eBay. To learn more visit ebay.com/scantolist. We're back from Essen Spiel 2021, and there are a lot of brand new board games to talk about! Matt, Liv and Meehan go over our favourite picks from the German convention, our obsession with Cockroach Poker and discovery of Cheating Moth, the latest news from the show floor, and answer some of your questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 39 min
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by eBay. To learn more visit ebay.com/scantolist. It’s Essen Spiel 2021! Matt, Lolies, Liv and Meehan gather in a very “cosy” hotel room corner to talk about what we’ve seen during day one of the massive board game convention. There’s talk of our time with Far Cry Beyond, planting in Azul: Queen’s Garden, dungeon-scrawling in Paper Dungeons, details on the Cowboy Bebop RPG and more. We also discuss our experience of our first major post-Covid ...
Oct 16, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by eBay. To learn more visit ebay.com/scantolist. It’s Pre-GX this week, as we step into the pod booth a day early before the team travels to EGX and Essen Spiel! Matt, Lolies and Meehan revisit Mysterium, Root, Monikers, Insider and more, before chatting about the new adaptation of comic Y: The Last Man, Great British Bake-Off and Castlevania. There’s excitement around the new board game from Root and Oath designer Cole Wehrle, Arcs: Collapse...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Matt, Liv and Lolies put their own spin on Squid Game by imagining which board games we would literally stake our lives on. Liv chats about wrapping up her year-long Icewind Dale campaign in D&D and saving the world from Cthulhu in Eldritch Horror, Lolies has been getting her Ripley on in Alien: Fate of the Nostromo and swapping Star Realms for Hero Realms, and Matt looks forward to sports drama RPG Fight with Spirit and Ticket to Ride’s pink trains. There’s talk of the next evolution of D&a...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Happy Friday, all! It's time to sit down with Wheels, Meehan and Liv to discuss the latest and greatest in tabletop news as well as the latest and greatest that the Dicebreaker team has been up to over the past week. All of this AND a segment where we plan our own take on a D&D MUSICAL? TGIF indeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 43 min
News crew, assemble! Dicebreaker’s crack editorial squad Matt, Meehan and Chase take over for a podcast filled with talk of this year’s Gen Con, Fantasy Flight’s latest announcements, Chase’s time with Orbital Blues, Meehan’s beef with King Arthur in Unmatched and Matt’s long-awaited completion of Descent: Legends of the Dark. We also find the chance to discuss our latest feelings on the Avatar Legends RPG, gacha mobile game World Flippers and Mass Effect, before falling into an anime hole with ...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 52 min
Matt, Lolies and Meehan talk about what they’ve been up to this week! Which, er, doesn’t include that many board games, so we talk about Shang-Chi, Jungle Cruise and a bunch of other fun stuff instead. Matt has played the simply charming Happy City, and there’s also time to chat about why board games are going to cost more, whether SolForge Fusion will inherit Keyforge’s algorithmically-generated crown and why capitalism continues to be The Worst. Then, we begin our life’s work in giving miniatu...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 47 min
Lolies and Meehan are back in the pod booth as they join Matt to talk about what we’ve been playing, answer your questions about discovering our favourite board games and offer our suggestions for the cast of the Blades in the Dark TV show! Yes, Danny DeVito is involved. Lolies gives her thoughts on finishing Machi Koro Legacy, Meehan sees whether the new Telestrations game is anything to draw home about (see what we did there) and Matt… well, he’s here too. There’s also time to look at the late...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 48 min
Matt, Wheels and Chase get together to talk interesting indie RPGs, take a trip through Wikipedia in Archives of Alexandria and crawl into the chess-like strategy of Hive, along with discussing everything else we’ve been playing lately. We also consider Magic: The Gathering’s slew of upcoming sets, and the potential return of Netrunner, the gaming classics we still go back to and where we keep our board game collections. In this week’s segment, it’s time to invent the greatest board game sequels...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 49 min
It’s Friday the 13th! To mark the occasion, Matt, Liv and Meehan throw our favourite survivors from horror board games into a classic slasher movie. Would Camp Grizzly’s Tracy outlive Lily Chen from Arkham Horror? Is a dog, lion or bear better to have as a faithful companion? Why is the patient from Operation here?! All these questions will be answered - eventually! We also get the latest on what the team have been playing, look ahead to some exciting new releases and consider the most important...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 58 min
Lolies, Meehan and Matt crack open a thesaurus in this week’s podcast game, as we try to guess board game names after they’ve been bandied for analogous confabulations. (Swapped for other words, obviously.) Matt and Meehan give their thoughts on the Avatar Legends RPG currently blowing up Kickstarter, while Lolies also runs through her long list of recently played games - including escaping from Unlock! Star Wars and flirting with Thanos in Love Letter: Infinity Gauntlet. Then we discuss the fir...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 47 min
In a particularly Nice episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt, Wheels and Meehan reimagine some of our favourite board games as romantic novels. Matt can finally chat about his time with the upcoming Descent: Legends of the Dark, Meehan’s been hanging out with the Cats & Dogs of Fort’s first expansion, Wheels has been preparing to explore What Waits Beneath, and everybody’s been getting ready to play the new Avatar Legends RPG. We dive into the recent shipping costs and delays affecting bo...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 33 min
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by Wild Bill's. Use promo code CHEERS15 for 15% off your first order: https://drinkwildbills.com/ - Matt, Wheels and Meehan reminisce about bland British food and ‘90s TV adverts before eventually moving onto some board game chat. Meehan continues her Swoobat adventures in the Pokémon card game, Wheels emerges from the end of his latest Arkham Horror LCG campaign and Matt... can’t talk about anything he’s been playing. Then, to celebrate the a...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 45 min
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by Wild Bill's. Use promo code CHEERS15 for 15% off your first order: https://drinkwildbills.com/ - Matt and Liv are joined by Dicebreaker news reporter Chase Carter and special guest Jason Coles to talk Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and everything else we’ve been playing this week! We delve into new MTG set Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, set sail in Wind Waker-esque RPG Ostro and survive an encounter with Legally Distinct ...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 51 min
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by Wild Bill's. Use promo code CHEERS15 for 15% off your first order: https://drinkwildbills.com/ - It’s a trading card game bonanza! Everybody’s been playing Pokémon and the new D&D Magic: The Gathering set, while Lolies has been dipping back into Summoner Wars and Dinn. We catch up with the latest furore around the return of board game conventions after the pandemic and run through the slew of new game announcements from the last week. T...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 48 min
This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by Wild Bill's. Use promo code CHEERS15 for 15% off your first order: https://drinkwildbills.com/ - Matt, Liv and Meehan brave mice, crabs and stock markets as they gather for another weekly chat. Matt revisits the shockingly good Monopoly Deal, Liv continues her journey through D&D’s surprisingly crustacean-friendly Icewind Dale and Meehan scares customers in her local board game cafe with Ghost Blitz. We also chat Railroad Ink, Dead by D...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 37 min
This week the Dicebreaker Podcast team is joined by Ross from More Games Please, where they talk about the latest D&D and Magic: The Gathering crossover, a new RPG from the co-creator of Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall and try to guess board game covers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 40 min
Matt, Liv, Lolies and Meehan gather round for another lively discussion of board games, RPGs, homemade musical instruments and the attractiveness of Tom Hiddleston. Liv has her first taste of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar’s new set, Lolies returns to Dicebreaker favourite Set a Watch, Meehan delves the Lost Ruins of Arnak and Matt rides the rails in Ticket to Ride and Railroad Ink Challenge. We look ahead to the return of Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game as Arkham Horror game Unfathomable, and co...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 33 min
Matt and Wheels are joined by Dizzy Roseblade, the talent behind Dungeons & Dragons rap album The Bard Chronicles, to talk music, tabletop RPGs and football’s unexpected crossover with Yu-Gi-Oh! We imagine what roleplaying games inspired by Phoebe Bridgers, Insane Clown Posse and Kendrick Lamar might look like. We also dive into our time with the new board game from the designer of Splendor, the latest edition of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar and - surprise! - Monopoly, before considering the rec...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 31 min
The Dicebreaker team are joined by the wonderful and enigmatic Tony Vasinda of +1 EXP! to discuss tabletop gaming and other vaguely related stuff. Wheels, Meehan, Liv and Tony chat about Uk’otoa, Star Realms, Railroad Ink Challenge, MTG Arena and Arc. They also make plenty of time to discuss non-sequitur rubbish such as All Dogs Go to Heaven, Doc Martin and Sonic cartoons. After some obligatory news, the quartet then ‘help’ Tony make his next RPG character - with suggestions from the audience. L...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 49 min
Wheels, Meehan and Liv take the reins of this week’s podcast to discuss Libertalia, Downforce, Low Stakes, Summoner Wars 2E and Causa: Voices of the Dusk. Of course, the team also finds plenty of time to talk about Eurovision and the nuances of the 1980s animated Transformers movie. Meehan brings news of the latest edition of Monopoly and the dwindling studios set to appear at this year’s Gen Con, before the trio brainstorm celebrity board game tie-ins and answer questions from the viewers and e...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 43 min
Dicebreaker’s new video producer Liv joins familiar faces Matt, Wheels and Lolies to talk through what we’ve been up to this week and debut our latest silly game! We revisit the great Camel Up debate, escape the horrors of Camp Grizzly, check out Quacks of Quedlinburg’s latest expansion and touch on the presence of gambling in card games. (Please gamble responsibly.) There’s also time to run through our thoughts on this year’s Spiel des Jahres nominees, before we challenge the team to guess popu...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 41 min
The Dicebreaker Podcast is back, but not quite as you knew it! We’ve got a rejigged format, some fun new games to play and all of it recorded LIVE with an audience each Friday. What hasn’t changed is our love of tangents into other topics of conversation and our disdain for Monopoly. Lolies has been playing Partners, Wheels has been checking out the new Summoner Wars, Matt continues to lose at Oath and Meehan has been Rolling & Fighting in Vengeance. All this, plus ways to use Top Trumps wit...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 42 min
Special guest Professor Meg joins Lolies, Meehan and Matt to chat Gloomhaven, Oath, Unmatched, Keyforge and Lolies’ newfound love of poker. We pick out this week’s news highlights, including a tabletop RPG that will teach you sign language and a new board game for Among Us fans. We also take your questions on the heavier games we can’t wait to teach new players and board games like Ticket to Ride, but less random. Find more of Meg on Twitter @professormeg and Twitch: twitch.tv/professormeg Learn...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 33 min
We’re joined by board game life coach Nicola Twiston Davies to chat about our time with MTG Arena, Stardew Valley: The Board Game, Unmatched, Gloomhaven Digital, Flamme Rouge and - of course - Lolies’ latest adventures in Star Realms. We also lament the cancellation of Knizia games, look forward to a new Galaxy Trucker and peruse the latest TV and film adaptations of tabletop classics Guess Who? and Werewolf. Finally, your questions on our favourite legacy games and whether it’s right to ditch g...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 39 min
