Episodios

  • At The Table With The Dice Tower - Looking Back at 2025

    At The Table With The Dice Tower - Looking Back at 2025
    Dec 16 2025

    It's time for our look back at the games of 2025. Highs and lows, heavy and light, thorny and rosy and hoopy.

    01:20 - Top Tens on Video

    01:51 - Year as a Whole

    07:49 - Convention/On The Go Game - Hot Streak, Light Speed Arena, Ghost Lift, Ito, 1AM Jailbreak

    12:07 - All-Day-to-Play - Regicide Legacy, My Father's Work, Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era

    14:48 - Best Theme - Luthier, Flow, Storyfold: Wildwoods

    20:06 - Guilty Pleasure - Deep Regrets, Moon Colony Bloodbath

    24:38 - Favorite Classic - Race for the Galaxy, At The Gates of Loyang, Sentient, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, You're Bluffing

    27:22 - Stand-Out in Our Favorite Genre - Bohemians, EXIT Advent, Threads of Fate, Rove

    32:48 - Hoopiest Hula-Hoop - Spooktacular, Oddland, Zenith

    37:05 - Thorniest Thorn - Feel Like a Fool, Lynx, Donald Duck in Happy Camper

    41:38 - Rosiest Rose - Vantage, Formaggio, Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread

    47:42 - Looking Forward to 2026 - Use Up All Your Sick Days, Vegan Cafe, Sail Legacy, Floe

    50:35 - Announcements: Gamefound, Dice Tower Cruise, East, West

    Next Episode: January 13, 2026

    Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
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    53 m
  • At The Table with The Dice Tower - Re-Role

    At The Table with The Dice Tower - Re-Role
    Dec 2 2025
    This time, we continue our discussion of RPGs by suggesting Role Playing Games that share popular boardgaming mechanisms, as well as giving Tom tips for getting a game started. Plus, we have a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and we close the show with some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops. 00:50 - A Story About Mail 02:22 - Eric at PAX Unplugged (inc. Hot Streak) 06:50 - Gift Guides, Dice Tower West and East 08:02 - RPGs for Boardgame Fans (detailed notes below) 37:55 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror 43:03 - Formaggio 48:35 - Gnomic Parliament 52:13 - Carnuta 54:49 - Magic Number 11 56:54 - Insurrect10n -- Julie's Notes Where to go to get core book pdfs? DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/ Itch.io https://itch.io/ Cooperative play (yes the overwhelming majority of TTRPGs are cooperative) some extra cooperative leaning Heckin' Good Doggos https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/405426/heckin-good-doggos Teatime Adventures https://www.snowbrightstudio.com/teatime-adventures Dice rolling - Also many many many ttrpgs use dice. Here are some examples D20 - D&D/Pathfinder https://www.dndbeyond.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorCdKoS-xSfI4e05Us81YGA4tHt8CmmaOWNN-9VTcnsAfXS5pBS, https://paizo.com/pathfinder d100 (percentile): Call of Cthulhu https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/ Symbol-based dice: FFG Star Wars. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/starwarsrpg/ , Fudge dice: Fate https://evilhat.com/product/fate-core-system/ Area control Beak, Feather, & Bone https://possible-worlds-games.itch.io/bfb Faction/War Song of Ice and Fire RPG http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/101026/A-Song-of-Ice-and-Fire-Roleplaying-A-Game-of-Thrones-Edition Mutant: Year Zero https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/139453/MUTANT-Year-Zero--Roleplaying-At-The-End-Of-Days Numenera: Destiny https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/240655/Numenera-Destiny Coyote and Crow https://www.allplay.com/board-games/coyote-and-crow-the-roleplaying-game/ Action points - Level Up D&D PbtA Using Action points Feng Shui https://atlas-games.com/fengshui C&S: Rebirth Mythras Deck builder/Bidding Ok not really but Redigo is "Hand Management" https://letsplayredigo.com/ Games using a standard deck of cards Castle Falkenstein https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2370/castle-falkenstein Games using a custom or proprietary card deck - mostly they are being used instead of dice Dragonlance: Fifth Age https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/186462/dragonlance-fifth-age-dramatic-adventure-game-saga Clockwork Dominion https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/489608/courier-repacked My Closest Pick Torg Eternity:A Thousand Faces of Adventure http://torg-gamereference.com/ Pick up and Deliver Solo/journal: Courier https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/489608/courier-repacked Delivered!
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    1 h y 2 m
  • At The Table with The Dice Tower - Role Call

    At The Table with The Dice Tower - Role Call
    Nov 18 2025

    This time, we go fishing for Role Players, linking some popular aspects of RPGs to our favorite boardgames. Plus, our latest collection of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

    00:47 - Getting Cold

    01:45 - Eric at Pax Unplugged

    03:47 - Games at Tom's Daughter's Wedding?

    05:10 - BGG Con, Dice Tower East, West, Cruise

    06:37 - Fishing for Role Players

    14:58 - Stat-Heavy Games: Pathfinder ACG, Mage Knight

    17:48 - Character Building: Origin Story, Elder Scrolls, Too Many Bonews, Artisans of Splendent Vale

    20:12 - Story-Based Character Progression: Call to Adventure, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Near and Far

    22:17 - Campaign (Descent) vs. Combat: Wrath of Ashardilon, Wander the Cult of Barnacle Bay, Massive Darkness, Monster Hunter

    27:36 - Silly: Dungeon Fighter, Dungeon Quest, Cora Quest, Munchkin, Talisman

    30:31 - Exploration: Mansions of Madness, Clank Catacombs

    32:57 - Storytelling: Mice and Mystics, Stuffed Fables, Tainted Grail, Oathsworn, Agemonia

    35:03 - Video Games: Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Skyrim, GWENT

    37:38 - Improvisational Storytelling: Freelancers, Wandering Galaxy, Adventure Party, Aye Dark Overlord, Once Upon a Time

    41:22 - Teasing Next Time: RPGs for Boardgamers

    42:27 - Rove

    46:08 - Night Soil

    49:04 - Mezen

    52:50 - Gingerbread House

    55:37 - Severton

    1:00:35 - Spot It Catan

    Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

    Julie's Tales of Myth and Legend Preorder: https://gamefound.com/projects/van-ryder-games/tales-of-myth-and-legend-preorder?refcode=tMZTh1PtbUec1Vko4OGdaw
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    1 h y 5 m
  • At The Table with The Dice Tower - Essen Adventures 2025

    At The Table with The Dice Tower - Essen Adventures 2025
    Nov 4 2025

    Tom, Julie, and Eric are back from Germany and ready to talk about games, food, crowds, and everything else they saw at Spiel 2025.

    00:44 - Tired

    01:50 - Official Numbers/Crowd Flow

    07:09 - Travel Adventures and Weather

    08:46 - What Was Different for Eric

    11:31 - Food

    13:35 - Eric's Birthday

    15:44 - Julie's Author Signing

    21:16 - Tom's Live Show

    25:22 - Big Games

    31:14 - How To Stand Out

    35:51 - Limited Stock and How To Deal With It

    40:17 - What Did We Go Home With?

    44:12 - A Carnivore Did It

    47:25 - Flow

    50:50 - Ghost Lift

    54:48 - Formidable Farm

    58:22 - Leaders

    59:52 - The Old King's Crown

    Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
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    1 h y 6 m
  • At The Table with The Dice Tower - Essen Prep

    At The Table with The Dice Tower - Essen Prep
    Oct 7 2025

    Tom is stuck in traffic, so Julie and Eric take control to discuss what it takes to setup a booth at Essen. How do you get all that stuff overseas, and how do you minimize what has to come back? And of course, there are Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

    00:45 - Where is Tom? and Julie's Work Trip

    03:56 - Dice Tower Cruise and Dice Tower West

    05:07 - Moving a Booth to Essen

    35:50 - Tiletum: Prospect for Silver

    41:20 - I Made You a Mixtape

    45:12 - High Tide

    50:00 - The Yellow House

    Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
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    58 m
  • At The Table with The Dice Tower - Where There's a Will There's a Way

    At The Table with The Dice Tower - Where There's a Will There's a Way
    Sep 23 2025

    Tom begins by recapping his adventures at the Dice Tower Retreat, and looks forward to the World Series of Boardgaming, before turning to the topic of figuring out what to do with your game collection after you're gone, and why it might be a good idea to make some choices sooner rather than later. Later, we share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, peek into the mailbag, and gather a collection of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

    00:51 - Tom at the Dice Tower Retreat

    02:25 - The World Series of Boardgaming

    04:58 - Dice Tower Cruise, Dice Tower West, Spiel

    06:03 - Planning for the Future of your Collection

    24:58 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror

    31:22 - Question: Co-Designer Credit

    38:16 - A Place for All My Books

    44:04 - Knitting Circle

    48:18 - Endangered Rescue: Lemur Leaf Frog

    51:21 - The New Year's Nightmare

    54:55 - Firefighters on Duty

    57:07 - Blood on the Clocktower

    Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
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    1 h y 10 m
  • At The Table with The Dice Tower - Where You Least Expect

    At The Table with The Dice Tower - Where You Least Expect
    Sep 9 2025

    Tom sits at the small table. Eric's parents make friends on a cruise. Julie travels the country spreading boardgames wherever she goes. We also talk about what surprises await in those little pockets of games in places where you don't expect to find them. We delve into the mailbag for some pertinent questions, and we gather a new crop of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

    00:50 - School Has Started, Dice Tower West, Cruise

    02:40 - Eric's Parents on Alaskan Cruise

    03:19 - Spiel Plans (Booth 3R315)

    05:02 - Game Shelves in Unusual Spots

    20:43 - Question: Playing With Bob

    29:30 - Question: Storing Games While At College

    34:30 - Tag Team

    36:52 - Journey to Tir na nOg

    41:50 - Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival

    44:18 - The Four Doors

    47:22 - Regicide Legacy

    52:43 - Tenby

    Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com
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    56 m
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