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The Dice Tower

Episode #131: Top 10 Abstract Strategy Games

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

Leisure, Games

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2008

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Geoff discusses "solved" games, Charley talks about the top ten Fantasy Flight games that you need to buy NOW, and Mark discusses Warhammer 40K. Giles gets nostalgic, we start a new contest, and Sam reviews Fury of Dracula. We preview several games, and end the show with our top ten abstract strategy games.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Dice Tower, Episode 131, are top 10 abstract games. Oh, Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games, card games and the people who play them.

0:31.0

In this episode we'll be discussing our top 10 abstract strategy games.

0:37.0

This episode of the Dice Tower is sponsored by Your Move Games,

0:40.2

makers of battleground,, Fantasy Warfare,

0:42.5

the miniature war game, without miniatures.

0:45.2

To learn more about Your Move Games

0:47.0

or to take a flash demo of Battleground,

0:49.1

please visit W.W. dot Your Move Games. And now here are your hosts banned from Essen for reasons only they know

0:57.5

Tom Vassal and Sam Healy. Oh wait I think I know the reason. I do too. It's actually a lot of reasons.

1:07.0

Probably so.

1:08.0

Well, they're all the same.

1:10.0

Yeah, we won't go into those right now.

1:12.0

Well, things are getting exciting for me, at least in the board game arena.

1:17.0

I am caught up on my reviews to most extent.

1:21.0

I have, I think, seven of them that I record it and I'll be

1:25.5

posting them throughout this week and then I have seven games that I haven't

1:29.3

played yet therefore I haven't reviewed them. So if I haven't reviewed a game that you've sent me or

1:36.1

or I don't mention it I'm about to review it then you might want to check with me and see where the game went

1:41.1

I guess I know what we're going to be playing tomorrow night, right?

1:44.0

No, actually, not that game.

1:45.8

But we're going to play a game here.

1:47.6

This is called instant judgment game or something in that effect.

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