Episode #209: Games that are terribly misthemed

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

Leisure, Games

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2011

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss new games: Magestorm, Barons, Dominion: Cornucopia, and Confusion. Ryan discuss decisions, Moritz talks about speed in games, and we go on the road with Greg once again. Geoff and Mark make appearances, Tom talks about "the collapse of the game industry", and we all discuss games that are terribly misthemed.

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0:00.0	Hosting for the dice tower is generously provided by fun again games the world's best game source online at fun again.com
0:07.8	Thanks for your support
0:09.3	The dice tower episode 2009. What game is horribly missed thing? Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them.
0:40.0	In this episode, Ryan looks at some decisions regarding decisions. Jeff gives us a good way to work out our chances of success, and Greg continues his cross-country adventures in local game stores.
0:54.0	Plus, Tom wonders if board gaming is doomed to fail.
0:58.0	And we all pick out some games that are horribly mis-themed.
1:01.0	I'm Eric Sommerer, and's your host the biggest loser. It's
1:05.9	Tom Vassal. Okay now wait a minute. Yeah yeah that's you Tom you're the biggest loser.
1:12.4	See now normally I might be upset by that. Yeah. Yeah, that's you Tom. You're the biggest loser.
1:12.6	See, normally I might be upset by that.
1:14.4	Yeah. But I guess I'll just take it today.
1:16.4	So what is the official total that you've lost so far?
1:19.7	You've been on a weight loss kick.
1:21.5	How's it going?
1:22.2	As of today, I don't have my little thing of
1:26.2	a bobber with me but I think it's 32 pounds right now that's impressive my
1:30.2	friend well thank you no I mean it's I'm very glad but it really does take a lot of
1:36.0	self-control I guess would be the word yeah my goal is to lose another 35 pounds so
1:41.2	we're on track for that well you were very inspiring to me I haven't
1:45.3	acted on that inspiration yet but it's very inspiring to watch you lose weight.
1:49.8	Well that's one of the reasons I mean not for inspiration, but I put it up on the internet with this program
1:56.2	called lose it I think and it posted there automatically and that keeps you know other people are looking at that so I don't know I might cheat a
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