Episode #164 (Part 1): Best of 2009

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

Tower, Catan, Boardgame, Game, Board, Leisure, Dice, Card, Games, Vasel, Summerer

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2010

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

In this show, the first part of two, Tom and Eric talk about the best and worst games of 2009. They discuss the worst game, biggest disappointment, biggest surprise, best expansion, best war game, best artwork, coolest components, best party game, and more! Joining us is our regular cast of contributors, including Joe Steadman, Sam Healey, Giles Pritchard, Moritz Eggert, Mary Prasad, Erik Herman, Mark Zielinski, and Melody Vasel. We also have guest contributors such as the D6 Generation, the Spiel, On Board Games, Game On!, Myriad Games, and Garrett's Games and Geekiness Podcasts. Lots of opinions on 2009 - and whether or not it was a great year of gaming.

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0:00.0	The Best and Worst of 2009, Part 1. The Best and Worst of 2009, Part 1. Oh, Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them.
0:33.4	This is a special episode of the Dice Tower in which our contributors and a few special guests
0:38.7	break down the best and worst of 2009. Best family game, most exciting innovation, biggest disappointment?
0:47.0	Stay tuned to find out. I'm Eric Sommerer and joining me now, Simon's replacement on American Idol.
0:54.0	Here's Tom Vassal.
0:56.0	All right, well welcome to the dice hour.
0:58.0	This is Tom Vassal.
0:59.0	And I'm Eric Sommerer.
1:01.0	And I'm not sure that... You know know people always call me the positive person when it comes
1:06.3	reviewing and that's true and at the same time of all the judges on American Idol
1:11.1	I've always thought Simon was the best because he's the only one who actually says anything that makes sense.
1:18.0	Yeah, often. No offense to the other judges, but they just kind of jibber jabber.
1:22.0	Oh, you were pitchy.
1:24.0	Really? What does that even mean?
1:25.0	Dog.
1:26.0	So, welcome to the show folks.
1:28.0	This is our big end of the year show,
1:30.0	so big that we had to split it into two parts talking about 2009 and we have a slew of people
1:38.6	to help us but before we get started I wanted to mention something that it's very obvious that we can't play every game that comes
1:45.6	out in a year.
1:46.6	Boy, howdy.
1:47.6	But it's never so much obvious as it is right now.
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