Episode # 239 - Best of 2011, part 1

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

Leisure, Games

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2012

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we are joined by a ton of contributors as we take a look back over the year of 2011. In this first half, we talk about the best card, war, and party game. We discuss our most surprising game, as well as the most dissappointing. We talk about he best components and artwork, as well as the worst games of the year. And we talk about the year as a whole, including the top ten news stories of 2011.

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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 dot com
0:07.8	Thanks for your support the dice tower episode two thirty nine the best and worst of 2011 part one Oh, Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them.
0:44.0	In this special episode, we look back at the games of 2011.
0:48.7	Our contributors and special guests will examine the top news stories of the year.
0:53.8	Our biggest surprises, the worst games of the year, and much, much more.
1:00.1	This episode is sponsored by Plaid Hat Games,
1:02.8	announcing the release of Dungeon Run,
1:05.0	the backstabby adventure game in which the final boss is you.
1:09.5	Find out more at plaid hat games.com. I'm Eric Sommerer and here's your host the Billy
1:15.9	Crystal to my Jack Palance it's Tom Vassal.
1:19.6	W Woe, all right I'm so excited. I have spent weeks prepping for this show. I have tried to play every game from 2011, which is actually impossible. I don't think anyone in existence can do that.
1:38.0	Yeah, maybe collectively we have. We have a lot of we're trying pretty hard we're spreading the net pretty wide to try and get as many games played as we could
1:46.8	well anyway folks if this is your very first time you picked a good show to start on I'm Tom Vassal and I'm Eric Somerer happy new year yes hooray
1:54.3	2012 we only have so many months before the Mayan disaster hits so we better get
2:00.8	started not to use that joke again for the rest of the year either
2:04.1	TotalCon already is though. Oh are they? Have you seen the intro graphic they're the
2:09.3	sponsor graphic for Total Con? No I haven't seen it yet. It's like, it's something like game like there's no tomorrow and they've got this Mayan motif and I think your
2:17.8	faces on it.
2:18.8	Well they did ask me if they could use my face.
2:20.3	I guess I should go check it out and see what I see what's been I think that's you
2:24.4	all right well anyway I'm showing up at all kinds of unexpected places well so
2:30.4	we're gonna get started but I just wanted to say we've already talked about what a great year 2011 was and then we took a break and blah blah blah. We're back. But I am pleased to say that we are always trying to do new things.
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