Episode #186: Wishlist for Essen 2010

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

Leisure, Games

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2010

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Moritz asks if you've heard of Yaquinto games, Brad offers a solution to three player Age of Steam games, and Geoff discusses the design of word games in a new interview. We also compare Uruk and Innovation, review Toscana, and discuss our wishlist of games from Essen '10.

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0:00.0	The Dice Tower, episode 186.
0:02.8	Civ Card Smackdown. Welcome. Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them.
0:30.0	In this episode, Moritz asks if you've heard of Yiquinto games.
0:35.0	Brad offers a solution to the three-player problem in Age of Steam,
0:39.0	and Jeff discusses the design of Word games in a new interview.
0:43.7	Plus we pit two sieve-building card games against each other in a grudge match,
0:48.8	review the wine trading game Toscana, and lay out our wish list of gaming opponents.
0:55.0	I'm Eric Sommerer and here's your host the Thicker Quicker Upper
0:59.0	Picker Upper, it's Tom Vassal.
1:01.0	All right, thank you. I'm so, I'm so pleased with these comparisons.
1:05.0	Mm-hmm.
1:06.0	Well, see, you're a big guy and you've got lots of kids, you're always running around after
1:11.0	them and then picking up the toys that they may leave behind.
1:15.0	That's all I was talking about.
1:16.3	Was there some other comparison you were coming to?
1:18.6	I don't know.
1:19.6	I was thinking, well anyway, what's moving on. Lots of things going on. So much, we have a full episode for you
1:27.2	today folks. I'm Tom Vassal. And I'm Eric Sommer. Howdy. And we're here to talk all about
1:31.6	board games.
1:32.9	Speaking of board games, I got an email today that has let me know that I am on the
1:36.8	origins game awards committee.
1:39.0	What?
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