Episode # 237 - Addicting Games
The Dice Tower
Tom Vasel
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2011
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Geoff talks about Power Creep, while Moritz reviews Shadow Era. We talk about some Turkeys and Kangaroos (games that have changed in our rankings) and player stereotypes. We discuss Souvlaki wars, Coercio, Flash Duel, Kill Shot, On the Underground, and Canal Mania. Finally, we end the show with a discussion on addictive games and how we broke (or didn't!) the addiction.
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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 funagin.com. |
| 0:08.0 | Thanks for your support. The Dice Tower, episode 237. |
| 0:11.8 | Addicting games. |
| 0:13.4 | Uh, yeah. |
| 0:14.2 | Yeah. Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them. |
| 0:40.9 | In this episode, Jeff warns us of Power Creek. |
| 0:44.6 | Dexter and the chief look at Flash Duel, and Moritz reviews Shadow Era, |
| 0:49.9 | plus some new gamer stereotypes, kangaroos and turkeys, and a tale of gaming horror. |
| 0:56.7 | Not to mention a bunch of games we couldn't get enough of. |
| 1:00.8 | This episode is sponsored by Murthworks, bringing board games to the web, starting with Alien Frontiers. |
| 1:07.3 | Visit Mirthworks.com to get on their mailing list and be one of the first to get in the game. |
| 1:12.9 | And by Goblin Army Games, makers of Order of Professional Sorcerers, or Oops, |
| 1:19.0 | in a world where magic is all around, blow off some steam with a game of wizard combat, |
| 1:24.9 | accepting pre-orders now at kickstarter.com. |
| 1:28.0 | I'm Eric Summerer, and here's your host, The Shoots, to My Ladders. |
| 1:32.3 | It's Tom Vassel. |
| 1:34.9 | Well, that's good, I think. |
| 1:36.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:37.1 | I think. |
| 1:37.7 | You are the downer, and I uplift people. |
| 1:41.4 | You know, just recently I read a comment on one of my reviews where the guy said, |
| 1:48.1 | oh, yeah, big surprise, another negative review. |
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