TDT - Episode # 0 - An Introduction to the Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

Tower, Catan, Boardgame, Game, Board, Leisure, Dice, Card, Games, Vasel, Summerer

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2013

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, updated for 2013, Tom and Eric introduce you to themselves and the Dice Tower! We talk about a couple of recent games, such as Guildhall: Job Faire and Caverna - and then are joined by a host of contributors to talk about our favorite game mechanisms. We discuss different gaming terms, and end the show with our top ten essential games that every gamer should own - or something like that. If you want to learn more about the Dice Tower - this is the episode for you!

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0:00.0	Hosting for the dice tower is generously provided by cool stuff ink
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0:08.7	Thanks for your support
0:10.3	the dice tower episode zero welcome to the dice tower The Dice Tower, Episode Zero.
0:14.0	Welcome to the Dice Tower. Welcome. Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them.
0:41.0	This special episode serves as an introduction to our show and to
0:45.9	hobby gaming in general. We'll review a couple games, let Jeff Engelstein educate
0:51.2	us on the finer points of luck and define some gaming terms you may need to
0:56.1	know. Plus, the whole gang joins us to discuss our favorite game mechanisms and our top 10
1:02.4	essential games for a collection.
1:04.4	I'm Eric Sommerer and here's your host, The Colonel Mustard to my Professor Plumb,
1:09.6	it's Tom Vassal.
1:11.2	I've always kind of been fond of Professor Plum myself.
1:14.0	Yeah, I like purple too, and since I was writing it, I got to choose.
1:17.6	No, it's not so much to purple. It's I liked the actor-professor poem in the movie Clue.
1:23.0	Oh yes, which is a fine film.
1:25.0	Yes, and in fact in the quote-unquote real ending,
1:28.0	I thought he had the best part.
1:30.0	No, was that Mr. Green? I'm confused.
1:34.0	Oh, it's been a while since I've seen this one.
1:37.0	Anyhow folks, welcome to the Dice Tower episode Zero. My name's Tom Vassal.
1:41.0	Hi there, I'm Eric Sommerer from Sunny Blustery, Hamden, Connecticut. Yes, Blustery is the word for it. It was funny the other day I was talking to my kids and I said we said it was not probably warm enough to go swimming and they
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