The Dice Tower

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TDT - Episode # 274 - Best Seven-player Games Sep 25, 2012

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In this show, Brian takes a look back at Dice Tower Convention, we answer a few listener questions, and Eric learns some pronunciation. We review a pile of game, including Sheepland, Sunrise City, Mageknight, and Seven Wonders: Cities, and end the show talking about our top ten games for seven players.

TDT - Episode # 273 - Themes that Turn Us Off Sep 18, 2012

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In this show, Ryan talks about a new project he's beginning, Brian examines Shadow Hunters, and Geoff talks about hindsight in games. We take a look at Puzzle Strike, City of Horror, Banditos, Pirates of the Spanish Main Card Game, Lords of Waterdeep, Wilderness, and more! Tom rants about game manufacturing, and we finish up the show with themes that turn us off from a game, despite how good the game plays.

TDT - Episode # 272 - Funny Games Sep 11, 2012

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In this episode, we answer several listener questions, and talk about some recently played games, such as Synch Up, Thunderstone Advance: Caverns of Bane, and High Noon Saloon. We also talk about our top ten funny games!

TDT - Episode # 271 - Storing Games Sep 04, 2012

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In this episode we talk about Let's Take a Hike and Dominion: Dark Ages, as well as give a preview of the upcoming Shadows over Camelot: the Card Game. Mary talks about Gen Con, we have a truly terrible tale of horror, news, and even some listener questions! We end the show with tips on how to store games.

TDT - Episode # 270 - Gen Con 2012 Aug 28, 2012

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In this extra long Dice Tower, Eric and I take a look at Gen Con. We of course talk about some games we played, such as Dungeon Fighter and Space Cadets, but we also interview a plethora of game designers and publishers. Interspersed amongst this we give our impressions of the convention, and end with a list of Eric's top ten games he played, and Tom's top ten events/things he saw at Gen Con 2012.

TDT - Episode # 269 - Games that Got us into Gaming Aug 21, 2012

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In this episode, Tom and Eric podcast live from GenCon 2012!

But don't worry, we don't talk all about the fair. Instead, Eric gives us some first impressions of the new Merchant of Venus, and we review other games such as Smash Up and Flower Fall. We have a host of contributors, and end the episode with our question of the week - what game got you into gaming? But instead of just us answering the question - we have answers from designers, publishers, and more!

TDT - Episode # 268 - GenCon 2012 Preview Aug 13, 2012

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Once again, Cody Jones and John Richard join us. Since they are experts on all things GenCon, they make the perfect guests for our big GenCon 2012 preview show! We talk about games being shown and released at the fair, tips for convention attenders, and our top ten things we're looking forward to at the convention. See you there!

TDT - Episode # 267 - Games We're Looking Forward to Aug 07, 2012

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Yeah, I know we say that were going to talk about GenCon, and we do a very small amount, but most of that is in the next episode. In this episode, we're joined by Cody Jones and John Richard, and we talk about a pile of recently played games, including Descent 2.0 and D-Day Dice. We also answer several listener questions, and talk about what games we are looking forward to seeing!

TDT - Episode # 266 - Games we Hate to Lose Jul 31, 2012

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In this show, we talk about several new games we've played, including the Maranda series of abstract strategy games. We answer several questions, talking about iOS games, card games, dungeon games, games to tempt a role player, and more. Finally, we end the show with our top ten games that we hate to lose!

TDT - Episode # 265 - Open or Closed Scoring Jul 24, 2012

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Open or Closed Scoring is a classic argument that seems to be around forever, so we thought we talk about it once again! We also are joined by quite a few contributors, including Geoff talking about game economies, Ryan playing long games and liking it, and a new segment on solo games. We also review several new games, including Mage Wars, Infiltration, Dungeon Command, and Space Cadets live! All that, news, Tom repeating himself, and more!

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