Episode #225: Profound Influences
The Dice Tower
Tom Vasel
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2011
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In this show, we talk about games that have had a profound influence on us, while Geoff takes a look at chaos theory. We talk about some recently played games, including Werewolf, Martian Dice, Tic Tac Boom, and Node; and review the Kobold Guide to Board Game Design. Andrew Miller questions why we game, and we take a look at some of the latest board game news.
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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. |
| 0:08.0 | Thanks for your support. The Dice Tower, episode 225. |
| 0:12.0 | Games that change our lives. 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, Jeff examines the Butterfly Effect. |
| 0:44.0 | The Chief expands his gaming circles, and a new contributor looks at why we play games in the first place. |
| 0:51.0 | Plus, Tom reviews a guide for aspiring game designers. We debut a new |
| 0:56.7 | contest and we look at the games that influenced us the most. This episode is sponsored by |
| 1:02.4 | clever Mojo games, makers of the most. This episode is sponsored by Clever Mojo games, makers of the new Sunrise City board game. |
| 1:07.1 | Whether you're the City Planner or the lobbyist, the lawyer or the union boss, you've got a role to |
| 1:12.1 | play in building Sunrise City. |
| 1:14.6 | Check it out now at kickstarter.com. |
| 1:17.2 | And by Mirthworks, bringing board games to the web, |
| 1:20.3 | starting with Alien Frontiers. Visit mirthworks. |
| 1:24.0 | To sign up for more information and to get access to their |
| 1:27.0 | beta version of Alien Frontiers. |
| 1:29.0 | I'm Eric Sommerer, and here's your host, |
| 1:32.0 | The Game Party, or would that be Party Game |
| 1:35.8 | nominee for 2012? It's Tom Vassal. |
| 1:40.4 | Oh wait a minute so I'm now a game? |
| 1:42.2 | You are the the game party nominee for 2012 since |
| 1:46.2 | your birthday just happened you are now legally able to run for president of the |
| 1:50.9 | United States. Yeah that was kind of a lame birthday. |
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