Episode #58: What makes a Great Game?
The Dice Tower
Tom Vasel
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2006
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Because I love my wife, here's another episode of the Dice Tower!
In this episode, I continue the contest for Darter, as well as listen to the latest news from Rick and Moritz. Yehuda Berlinger joins me for a top ten list of things we look for in a great game, and we have a preview of the World Boardgaming Championship by Jason White. My wife, Mr. Whiney, and that Blighty guy also all join us. We have the show available in .mp3 format, which you can download below by right clicking the link below, and selecting "save link as".
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| 0:00.0 | The top 10 things we're home for fun and informative discussion of Euro games, |
| 0:24.4 | war games, card games and miniatures. |
| 0:26.5 | Featuring the latest industry news, in-depth product reviews, contests with amazing prizes, |
| 0:31.1 | and of course a new top 10 list every week with contributions |
| 0:34.1 | from Rick Thornquist |
| 0:35.4 | Moritz Eggert, Sam Healy, |
| 0:37.1 | Wald O'Hara, David Fair, Mike Hibbert, Doug Cooley and John Thay. |
| 0:41.0 | And now here's your host the man who put the views and game reviews |
| 0:44.5 | Tom Vassal. All right this is Tom Vassal and welcome to Dice Tower |
| 0:51.9 | episode 58. Once again, Sam Healy is not here still on a trip in America, but he will be back next week hopefully, so I look forward to hearing from him then. |
| 1:02.0 | The last couple shows I did them by myself, |
| 1:05.0 | and I would be doing a lot of today's show but myself, |
| 1:07.0 | but here at the beginning, I have with me a special guest, |
| 1:10.0 | the editor of all my reviews, my interviews musings ons my articles the person who |
| 1:16.7 | keeps me focused on the straight and narrow the person who makes sure that I'm dressed |
| 1:20.5 | correctly it is none other than my lovely wife. |
| 1:23.2 | Hi everybody. |
| 1:24.4 | Laura is just keeps me together. She has blessed me with four beautiful girls who are |
| 1:31.0 | all thankfully sleeping right now and we're |
| 1:34.2 | broadcasting to you from Korea all about board games as if this is your |
| 1:37.8 | first time listening in. Speaking of listening in for the first time |
| 1:41.5 | someone gave me an idea and I think I'm going to do this. of listening in for the first time. |
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