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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 7, 2022. This week, Ravensburger wants a big family, Llama Dice and Devir go to White Castle, Exploding Kittens is a lying sack, and Legendary discovers there is no spoon.   TOP STORIES (2:10) Ravensburger is looking for the Next Big Family Game The White Castle by Devir and Llama Dice Takenoko roll and Write Takenokolor teased by Bombyx Telecraft by Oink Games and Geo Games OxEye sued by designer Rustling Leaves by Paolo Mori coming to English You Lying Sack by Exploding Kittens and Penn Jilette Retrograde by publisher Resonym and designers Mary Flanagan and Max Seidman Tiny Epic Crimes announced by Gamelyn Games Legendary: Matrix detailed by Upper Deck   CROWDFUNDING (11:25) Race to the Raft Pampero Cosmoctopus Life of the Amazonia The Queen's Dilemma Tesseract Mosaic: Wars and Disasters Cancas Finishing Touches Oathsworn Into the Deepwood Second Edition   SPONSOR UPDATE (23:45) Destinies: Witchwood   THE HOTNESS (26:10) Tiny Epic Crimes FlameCr

This week, Vagrants sing a song of seance, we discuss masters of IELLO cheese, the zoo craze reaches Canada, and TheOP says Hola gatito.   TOP STORIES (2:20) Vagrantsong mini-expansion Seance Scenario Ancient Knowledge by designer Rémi Mathieu and IELLO Games Hellton Palace by Jean-Baptiste Pigneur and IELLO Cheese Master from designers Johan Benvenuto and Alexandre Droit IELLO Microexpansions Naasii, A Coyote and Crow Game, by designer Connor Alexander Alhambra: The Red Palace by Dirk Henn and Queen Games Miller Zoo from Randolph and designer Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance Loteria: Hello Kitty® and Friends from TheOP Judge Dredd being reprinted by Rebellion Unplugged Monolyth from Phil Walker-Harding and CMoN FORK - Fox. Owl. Rabbit. Kale. A food chain trick taking game from designer Ta-Te Wu Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen for $100 Million   SPECIAL REPORT (13:15) Cheating in Chess Chess.com report on Hans Niemann   CROWDFUNDING (16:55) Rising Waters Roll to the Top, Pollen, and Big Top The Stifling Dar

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 24, 2022. This week, Asmodee proffers a glorious Welcome, AEG takes a vacation to Japan, Hachette goes from 0 to 100, and the Luzas are in the house!   TOP STORIES (3:00) Welcome by Asmodee Underdog Games releases HerStory by designers Nick Bentley, Emerson Matsuuchi, and Danielle Reynolds Lets Go to Japan by Josh Woods and AEG Jenga Kool Aid by TheOP Publisher Board&Dice announces Teotihuacan Deluxe Boop from Smirk and Laughter coming November 2022 Smash Up 10th Anniversary dated for October Grand Gamers Guild releases print and play Artemis: First Contact Zero to 100 by Antonin Boccara gets English language release from Hachette Fir is next title after Feudum for Odd Bird Games Forage, by Mark Tuck, is the final game in the Grove Trilogy   CROWDFUNDING (12:20) Redwood: Into the Wild/a> One Two Many Rabbits Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict Wonderlands War: Shards of Madness Portents Patriot   SPONSOR UPDATE (20:50) Destinies: Witchwood Mod

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 17, 2022. This week, Terra Mystica innovates, WizKids rebuilds the Emerald City, CMoN runs to the hills, and someone in the Aegean lost their marbles during the bronze age.   TOP STORIES (1:55) Ancient game pieces discovered in the Aegean 2 new city titles from Stefan Feld and Queen More details on Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation Books of Time by by Filip Głowacz Isle of Cats Miniatures Pack announced Lost Lights from Julius Hsu and Board Game Circus Make the Difference from Oink Games WizKids announces Rebuilding Seattle by designer Quinn Brander CMoN announces Iron Maiden character packs Flutter by Phase Shift Games and Matthew Bahntge Mojito Studios bringing back Mystery of the Abbey Agueda: City of Umbrellas from 25th Century Games Update on Yu-Gi-Oh Creator Kazuki Takahashi   CROWDFUNDING (11:50) Fortify Daybreak Lunar Rush Leaf Matches Frozen Frontier   SPONSOR UPDATE (19:45) Destinies: Witchwood   NEW RELEASES (22:10) Basilica by Lukasz M. Pogoda

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 10, 2022. This week, Bezier does some renovations, Dead Death Dies for a third time, and Essen, essen, essen, essen, ESSEN.   SPECIAL REPORT: ESSEN (1:41)   TOP STORIES (5:14) Renegade Games expands licensing with Hasbro GIC: Britain's first game industry conference Persona 5 Royal card game by Matsuuchi Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Renovations Cluedo murder mystery boxes Cthulhu: Death May Die season 3 - Fear of the Unknown   CROWDFUNDING (9:59) Factions of Sol Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game Rise and Fall Elevenses: The Guilty Party Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin Age of Comics   SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (18:22) Lucky Duck Games picks up Cosmoctopus for release   THE HOTNESS (20:4) 11 - Endless Winter: Paleoamericans 10 - Flamecraft 9 - Lacrimosa 8 - Woodcraft 7 - Horizons of Spirit Island 6 - Ark Nova 5 - John Company 2E 4 - ISS Vanguard 3 - Revive 2 - Starship Captains 1 - Wingspan: Asia   CONNECT: Follow our Twitter newsfeed: twitter.com/dic

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 3, 2022. This week, the hottest news is from 2004, pigs gobble fruit quickity pickity, Phalanx runs out of river names, and we agree - an arcane manor of dice is essential.   TOP STORIES (2:30) Deep Water Games becomes independant of parent company OxEye Media CMoN to be excludsive distributor for Lucky Duck Games in Asia HeroScape: Age of Annihilation crowdfunding on Hasbro Pulse Reiner Knizia's Yellow and Yangtze rebranded by Phalanx as Huang Dice Manor is newest Dice Tower Essential title from Arcane Wonder Railway Boom coming from OKAZU Brand and designer Hisashi Hiyashi More details on Isle of Cats followup, Race to the Raft Artipia Games and designer Gustaf Sundström announce Ceres Itten Funbrick series of pocket games detailed Quickity Pickity is newest title from from Oink Games Grease Monkey Garage by designer Fedor Sosnin getting published copy Flowar coming from Llama Dice and publisher Primigenio   CROWDFUNDING (13:15) USC Reach Atlas Lost: Rise

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 26, 2022. This week, the news is full of chips and guac, a new Pandemic game there is, we forage with our pretty new gauntlet, and Knizia brings on the Claritin.   TOP STORIES (2:30) IELLO purchased by French company Media Participations Z-Man announces Star Wars The Clone Wars, a Pandemic System title More details emerge on The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era Rose Gauntlet announces Wild Gardens by Isaac Vega WizKids announces Marvel: Age of Heroes Publisher Sylex bringing second edition of Yinzi Ming Reiner Knizia's new title is Pollen 20Strong is a new solo adventure dice game from Chip Theory Atlas Games announces 2 expansions for Godforge Arborea coming from Alley Cat Games and designer Dani Garcia 12 Rivers is the new title from Romain Caterdjian and BGNations Trampoline Park by Hassan Hekmat getting an English release Hachette is bringing the French word game Ole Guacamole to English Breaking News: Details emerge on Terraforming Mars the Dice

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2022. This week, video game conversions are romantik, Ares Games is both Rich and Good, and Catan is nominated right alongside sand.   TOP STORIES (2:00) Catan nominated to National Toy Hall of Fame Tails on Fire by HeidelBÄR Deep Print Games announces Beer and Bread Dorfromantik coming from Pegasus Spiele Steamforged Games announces Elden Ring board game Hab & Gut creturning as The Rich and the Good Wonderful World Board Game bringing Touch It Steve Jackson Games announces 2 Christmas titles Disney: Space Mountain coming from Ravensburger Publisher Pegasus Spiele announces Monster Inn   CROWDFUNDING (10:15) Prehistories Evolutions and Space Explorers Age of Ambition Fugitive 2nd Edition and Run Dune: War for Arrakis Weimar: The Fight for Democracy Philosophy KeyForge Winds of Exchange Dawn of Ulos Winchester Mystery House Centennial Edition   SPONSOR UPDATE (21:10) Flamecraft how to play   NEW RELEASES (24:35) Twilight Inscription by James K

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2022. This week, after 10 years, we are smitten with Stonemaier, Just One publisher learns some Fun Facts, Matagot uses St Patrick to banish snakes, and we relive the Winter of 2016.   TOP STORIES (2:20) Meeple Design official authorized accessory partner with City of Kings Stonemaier celebrates 10th anniversary with new coop 2p title Smitten Repos follows up Just One and So Clover with Fun Facts Devir and designers Maria Blasco Arnandis and Enrique Blasco announce Winter Saint Patrick coming from Matagot alea announces Council of Shadows by Martin Kallenborn and Jochen Scherer Lubee Edition with designers Mareva Beauchamps and Florian Sirieix announce Time Collectors Cryptozoic announces Rotten Tomatoes: The Card Game IELLO announces followup to King of Tokyo, King of New York - King of Monster Island Horrible Guild bringing out Similo Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Air Mail coming from Ludonova and designer Toni Lopez   CROWDFUNDING (11:00) S

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 5, 2022. This week, Ravensburger hopes to have a mouse problem, Trick or Treat’s remain Tasty, Rio Grande Plunders a new Dominion, and Eagle-Gryphon discovers Toole use to be Vital for Inventions.   TOP STORIES (2:15) Disney announces new Disney TCG Lorcana Trick or Treat Games bringing back old TMG classics Asmodee brings Tokaido Deluxe into US retail Rio Grande announces new Dominion expansion, Plunder FUSE stand-alone expansion Countdown coming from Renegade Mac Gerdts announces Crossing Oceans, spiritual successor to Transatlantic Inventions: Evolution of Ideas coming from Vital Lacerda, Ian O'Toole and Eagle-Gryphon Mindclash Games bringing lighter title Astra direct to retail Underdogs from 1 More Time Games retitled Challengers and being published by Z-Man Catch Up Games has announced After Us by Florian Sirieix Pictures XMas expansion coming from PD-Verlag All Roads coming from designer Markus Kettunen and Lautapelit.fi Deep Print Games announces Match

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 29, 2022. This week, EBay buys a second hand company, Friedemann Friese fluffs his feathers, Feuerland declares the Age of Aquarius, and we hit episode 800!   TOP STORIES (2:55) EBay to aquire TCGPlayer for $295M Tilt 5 AR board game system getting CATAN Daybreak by Matt Leacock to be published by CMYK Come Together announced by Chillfox Games and designers Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Åsmund Svensson, and Eilif Svensson Fancy Feathers and Findorff coming from Friedemann Friese Ark Nova: Aquarius details emerge Ancient Wonders expansion for Origins: First Builders announced New dlp title Rise from designers Remo Conzadori and Marco Pranzo Twilight Struggle: Red Sea – Conflict in the Horn of Africa coming late this year Repos Games announces Harry Potter: Stupefy! by Ludovic Maublanc Marvel Villainous Venom expansion coming New LotR coop dice game from Michael Rieneck and KOSMOS   CROWDFUNDING (13:35) Guns or Treasure Abducktion: A Weirdly Strategic Game of Duck

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 22, 2022. This week, Asmodee’s sugar daddy gets into jewelry, Magic the Gathering will EXTERMINATE, the Wingspan designer experiments with foxes, and it's my birthday.   TOP STORIES (1:25) Embracer group acquires Middle Earth Enterprises Asmodee forms new studio Office Dog Frank West elected president of GAMA Mind Mgmt nominated for a Harvey Award Dr Who coming to MTG Noli announced by River Horse Games Birthday Burglary announced by Grand Gamers Guild Five Nights at Freddys: Nights of Frights coming from Funko Games Pandasaurus announces The Fox Experiment by designers Elizabeth Hargrave and Jeff Fraser Roll and write KunterPunkt coming from Frechverlag Waffle Time from AEG shown at GenCon Renegade Game Studios reveals new expansion for the Power Rangers Deck Building Game   CROWDFUNDING (9:50) Five Three Five Davy Jones Locker: The Kraken Wakes Aquarium and Eat Thy Neighbor Dungeons of Doria Little Flower Shop Duel   SPONSOR UPDATE (15:25) Corey and Ba

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 15, 2022. This week, GenCon runs by the numbers, Bezzerwizzer Bezzerwizzer Bezzerwizzer, and Fantasy Flight brings a dagger to a lightsaber fight.   TOP STORIES (2:20) GenCon had over 50,000 attendees Bezzerwizzer from Asmodee Ark Nova expansion named on German TV Marvel DAGGER and Star Wars Deck Building Devir announces Lacrimosa American Psycho from Renegade Games Dice Manor and Leylines by Arcane Wonders MojoMania for Marvel Champions   CROWDFUNDING (9:53) Paleo Vet Dodos Riding Dinos Utopia Dead Reckoning: Letters of Marque Foundations of Rome Atma Season 2   SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (18:20) FlameCraft wins Best of GenCon, It's a Wonderful Kingdom nominated for Best 2-Player   THE HOTNESS (19:52) 10: Akropolis 9: Spirit Island 8: Foundations of Rome 7: Cat in the Box: Deluxe 6: Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood 5: Turing Machine 4: Dead Reckoning 3: Twilight Inscription 2: Ark Nova 1: Tiletum   CONNECT: Follow our Twitter newsfeed: twitter.com/dicetowernow Dig

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 8, 2022. This week, Avalon Hill heroically changes the Scape of gaming, Burnt Island endeavors to go deep, Uwe Rosenberg travels the land of apples and honey, and John Clair dreams of an End to the Empire.   TOP STORIES (2:54) Avalon Hill announces return of Heroscape War of the Ring: The Card Game The Wolves from Pandasaurus Endeavor Deep Sea WordCraft from Artipia Applejack by Uwe Rosenberg Starry Night Sky from Emma Larkins and Buffalo Games Legendary Encounters: The Matrix La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War Swindler from Pegasus Speile Loose Caboose by Gamewright Reiner Knizia's Zoo Vadis Empires End by John D Clair Aegean Sea by Carl Chudyk Ark Nova Map Pack 1   CROWDFUNDING (15:10) Weird Little Elf Western Legends: Mountain Range Star Realms: Rise of Empire Moonrakers: Binding Ties Return to Dark Tower: Covenant   SPONSOR SHOUTOUT (24:12) Lucky Duck Games announces Destinies expansion: Witchwood   CONNECT: Follow our Twitter newsfeed: twitter.com/dice

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 1, 2022. This week, everyone gets a pinball for christmas, Kolossal is Almost Innocent, we Flatout compare Cities to Salads, and I’m in Colorado!   TOP STORIES (2:00) North Star Games rebrands WizKids announces Super Skill Pinball Holiday Special Dice Hunters of Therion coming from Richard Garfield Munchkin Turtle Carnage coming from Steve Jackson Games Marvel Legendary expansions 29, 30, and 31 detailed HeroQuest Frozen Horror expansion on Hasbro Pulse Magic the Gathering UnFinity announced Cranio Creations My Shelfe from Phil Walker-Harding and Matthew Dunstan Dulce coming from Stronghold Games and Julio E. Nazario Almost Innocent from Kolossal Games and designer Philippe Attali Fantasy Flight announces last physical expansion for Journeys in Middle Earth Flatout Games making Point City Galileo Project will be sequel to Ganymede from Hachette Hachette making party game Oh Really Smash Up 10th Anniversary Edition coming from AEG Insecta: Ladies of Entomology com

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 25, 2022. This week, it's summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime, and it’s just spectacular. Plus more Spirits on the Horizon, and Dice Tower Awards.   TOP STORIES (2:00) Dice Tower Awards The Great Split by Horrible Guild Tesseract from Smirk & Laughter Hickory Dickory from Plaid Hat Deal With the Devil by CGE Prophets of Doom and Reavers of Midgard Expansion from Grey Fox Dune Imperium: Immortality from Dire Wolf Peter Pan from Matagot 3000 Scoundrels by Unexpected Games Meadow Adventure Book, Chronicles of Avel Expansion, and Avel deckbuilding card Game from Rebel Studios Caldera Park and Spaceship Unity from Pegasus Spiele Space Craft from Granna Raising Robots by Nauvoo Games Enola Holmes: Finder of Lost Souls from Gale Force 9 Mosaic: Wars and Disasters Expansion by Forbidden Games Horizons of Spirit Island from Greater Than Games Planet B by Hans im Glück   CROWDFUNDING (19:15) Splintered Lands Snap Ship Tactics Burncycle New Recruits Aquamarine

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 18, 2022. This week, Cool Mini takes the war to Mount Dune, Hasbro spells Mastermind, Disney’s villains makes us cry, WizKids goes through some Super Damage Control, and Spiel Spiel Spiely Spiel.   TOP STORIES (2:05) Spiel des Jahres winners announced PHD acquires British distributor Bliss CMoN nnounces Dune: War for Arrakis The Boys themed Zombicide packs available from CMoN Wordle the Party Game coming from Hasbro Pulse Blind Box game Disney Kingdomania coming from Funko Disney Villains card game by Leo Colovini and Ravensburger Parks: Wildlife expansion coming from Keymaster AEOLOS coming from Arve D. Fühler amd Guido Eckhof Discordia from from Bernd Eisenstein and publisher Irongames Asmodee making 3 games based on Netflix shows Ozark, Squid Game, and Stranger Things Marvel: Damage Control from Amari Akil and WizKids La Boca being reimagined as Recto Verso from Tiki Editions and Super Meeple Animal Espionage from Twin City Games and designer Joe Hout   CROWDFU

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 11, 2022. This week, the cat is both in and out of the box, Days of Wonder is going off the rails on a Ghost Train, Uwe reframes Nova Luna, and all hail the Cosmoctopus.   TOP STORIES (2:30) Kazuki Takahashi passes, creator of Yu Gi Oh Ticket to Ride: Ghost Train Sanssouci Sabika Framework by Uwe Rosenberg Mistwind by Daryl Andrews 1001 Islands from Asmodee Cosmoctopus Cat in the Box Deluxe Edition   CROWDFUNDING (10:33) Cheese Factory Flick Fleet: Xeno Wars Dice Throne: Santa vs Krampus Company of Heroes 2E Summit: Sanity + Big Box   SPONSOR UPDATE (17:35) Lucky Duck to publish Turtle Splash   NEW RELEASES (19:31) Bullet Star Streets Messina 1347 Smash Up: Disney Yak Feed the Kraken   CONNECT: Follow our Twitter newsfeed: twitter.com/dicetowernow Dig in with Corey at DiceTowerDish.com. Have a look-see at Barry’s wares at BrightBearLaser.com.

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of July 4, 2022. This week, KeyForge travels to a Ghost Galaxy through some Strange Stars, Dire Wolf’s Catacombs get decidedly noisier, Wingspan has the opposite of Empty Nest, and Days of Wonder gives it the Heat.   TOP STORIES (2:05) Capstone+ subscription service detailed 2022 Cardboard Edison Award winners announced Fantasy Flight sells KeyForge IP to Ghost Galaxy Dire Wolf announces Clank! Catacombs Twisty Tracks coming from Rio Grande and Jeffrey D. Allers Stonemaier Games announces Wingspan: Asia and the Nesting Box storage solution Reflecto coming from Mandoo Games and Roberto Fraga Euthia: Torment of Resurrection from DIEA Games being co-published by Steamforged Hand management racing game Heat: Pedal to the Metal coming from Days of Wonder Ravensburger re-theming Puerto Rico to Puerto Rico: 1897 Wolfgang Warsch's fourth clever game, Clever 4Ever revealed   CROWDFUNDING (14:05) Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City from CMoN, designed by Andrea Chiarvesio, Eric M

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of June 27, 2022. This week, Arcane Wonders celebrates the period between furnaces, Matagot has a futuristic renaissance, Ludonaute peers into the future of cards, and RAGE!   TOP STORIES (3:20) Magic Mountain won Kinderspiel GAMA releases numbers for origins 2022 Railroad Madness from Holy Grail Games Furnace Interbellum from Arcane Wonders Marvel Champions LCG: Cyclops Galactic Renaissance from Matagot Thiefdom from Karma Games Precognition from Ludonaute   CROWDFUNDING (10:50) First in Flight Tsuro Luxury Edition Skyrise Septima Bot Factory   SPONSOR UPDATE (17:51) Lucky Duck co-Publishes Tidal Blades: Banner Festival with Druid City Games   NEW RELEASES (19:37) Dungeons Dice and Danger Make It Happen World Z League Hibachi Next Station: London Crescent Moon Gutenberg Outer Rim: Unfinished Business   CONNECT: Follow our Twitter newsfeed: twitter.com/dicetowernow Dig in with Corey at DiceTowerDish.com. Have a look-see at Barry’s wares at BrightBearLaser.com.