Episode #185: Top 10 games that can be taught and played simultaneously
The Dice Tower
Tom Vasel
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2010
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Tom and Eric talk about recently played games - including Dominant Species. We answer a pile of questions, and talk about our "turkeys" and "kangaroo games" - games that have changed in the rating. Finally, we end with out top ten games that can be taught to others while playing them.
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| 0:00.0 | The Dice Tower, episode 185. |
| 0:02.8 | Our top 10 games that you can teach while playing them. Oh, Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them. |
| 0:31.0 | This time we answer a bunch of your questions |
| 0:34.0 | ranging from ratings on board game geek to a defense of the game of bridge to our own life |
| 0:39.3 | experiences that should become games. Plus, some new gamer stereotypes. |
| 0:44.5 | And of course, we run through our top 10 games |
| 0:47.0 | you can teach while playing. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Eric Sommerer, and here's your host, |
| 0:51.5 | The Burt to My Ernie, Tom Vassil. |
| 0:55.0 | Okay, I've seen this coming for a while now, and it's coming full circle here. |
| 1:00.0 | See, we started, you know, Eric did these things where I was some nice guy and it changes now it's |
| 1:07.5 | gone and I'm now a sadist. |
| 1:10.9 | He's calling me Bert. Does Bert ever do anything nice in the show? |
| 1:15.0 | Sure, he does. He's very nice to his pigeon. |
| 1:18.0 | Yes, that's true. And I do like the song, Doing the pigeon. |
| 1:21.0 | But other than that, I see how you have twisted people's opinions against me. |
| 1:27.0 | It's working. I'm going to be the most hated man in board gaming. You bet. |
| 1:30.0 | You're working for Steve Leeks. |
| 1:32.0 | Well, folks, if you're here for Steve Leeks. Uh-huh. |
| 1:33.0 | Well, folks, if you're here for the very first time, |
| 1:35.0 | this is a show that's all about board games, card games, |
| 1:38.0 | and games that use both or whatever. |
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