At The Table with The Dice Tower - Role Call
The Dice Tower
Tom Vasel
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🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
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
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | At the Table with the Dice Tower. |
| 0:01.7 | Episode 59. |
| 0:04.0 | Roll call. Welcome to At the Table with the Dice Tower, a podcast about games and the people who play them. |
| 0:30.0 | On today's show, we go fishing for role players, suggesting some of our favorite board games that emulate aspects of popular RPGs. |
| 0:37.4 | Plus, we bundle together our latest roses, thorns, and hula hoops. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm Eric Summerer. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm Julie Ahern. |
| 0:45.3 | And I'm Tom Vassel. |
| 0:46.3 | Yeah, so it's a... it is... |
| 0:48.3 | It is cold. |
| 0:50.3 | It was 46 degrees this morning. |
| 0:53.3 | Winter is heat. |
| 0:54.6 | Tom, |
| 0:54.7 | don't talk about how cold it is where you are when Julie's dealing with no heat in the house right now. |
| 0:59.6 | Oh, sorry. |
| 1:00.6 | Really? |
| 1:01.1 | It's all good. |
| 1:02.1 | It's all good. |
| 1:02.5 | It's above freezing again, so we're okay. |
| 1:04.8 | Oh, good. |
| 1:06.9 | Are you like hugging a space heater? |
| 1:08.6 | Because that's what I would always do. |
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