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The Dice Tower, episode 640.

The Best of 2015 five years ago. Oh! Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games and

especially the people who play them. On today's show, I have a strong reaction to a new Escape Games series,

which prompts a discussion of our favorite hint systems in the genre.

Tom reserves a review for mid-top 10 list list and we discuss the launch of our 2020 fundraising campaign.

Then we're back in the time machine driver's seat with our top 10 games from 2015.

I'm Eric Somerer, and joining me now the Mark Watney of Board Gaming.

Tom Vassal.

Okay, so I didn't know who Mark Watney was,

so I looked it up, and then I was like oh it's that

dude in the Martian it's the Martian I do they use his name a lot in a movie maybe I

maybe I had maybe they do and I just don't remember well Well, I mean, he's alone for most of the movies, so, you know, he doesn't say,

I, Mark Watney, I'm doing this and that.

That's true.

And he sort of narrates his life and doesn't really say who he is. But yes, the Martian, you're just a guy trying to grow his potatoes and keep people from bothering you.

Will you come rescue me?

I will try.

It's a lot of money.

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