Episode #188: Board Games Ported to Electronic Gizmos

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

Leisure, Games

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2010

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Tom and Eric review 10 games in 8 minutes, talk about the Secret Santa, and talk about the elections - in a fashion. Moritz gives the history of Games Workshop, Ryan talks about a horrible mistake, and Geoff covers intransitive dice. Finally, we give our opinions of board games ported to electronic gizmos.

Transcript

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0:00.0	The Dice Tower, episode 188.
0:03.0	Playing board games on electronic gizmos. Oh, Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them.
0:32.0	In this episode, Jeff examines some but especially the people who play them.
0:32.6	In this episode, Jeff examines some interesting dice.
0:36.4	Ryan makes a big mistake, and Moritz remembers the glory days
0:41.1	of Games Workshop.
0:43.0	Plus, Tom reviews a bunch of games in a very short time, and we all share our thoughts on board
0:48.7	gaming using digital devices.
0:51.4	This episode is sponsored by Bandera Games, makers of Battle Decks, a turn-based
0:56.7	strategy game featuring collectible cards, an arsenal of units, and online tournaments. Download it at Battledex game.com. I'm Eric Sommerer
1:07.5	and here's your host, The Shock Jock of Board Gaming, it's Tom Vassal.
1:12.2	Remember folks, you only have. Board gaming, it's Tom Vassal.
1:13.5	Remember folks, you will only have 14 days of the most important election.
1:18.2	Oh wait.
1:19.2	It's over.
1:20.2	It's done. Well, you know, there's other Board Gaming. isn't that board game geek game of the year voting going on?
1:26.2	So that could be the most important gaming election of your lifetime.
1:30.8	Until the next one.
1:31.8	Yeah. All right, well, we're recording this on election day, but it's being posted a bit later.
1:40.0	We're certainly going to keep politics out of this podcast.
1:44.2	But I have to say the whole politics thing to me, regardless of the political parties and the issues.
1:51.1	Taking that out of the picture.
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