TDT - Episode 258 - Best Gateway Games
The Dice Tower
Tom Vasel
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2012
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Once again, we answer a pile of questions, as wel as review Divinaire and discuss the nominees for Spiel des Jahres. We finish up the show with our top ten "Gateway" games - games used to introduce people to the gaming hobby.
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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. |
| 0:07.9 | Thanks for your support the dice tower episode 258 our top 10 |
| 0:48.0 | gateway introductory, first-timers, easy casual games. Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them. This time, Tom decides to go off script, much to my dismay, and discusses the recent Spielberg-Dis-Yaris nominees. |
| 0:56.5 | Plus, we open up the mailbag to answer your questions, and we present our top 10 game expansions. This episode is sponsored by Road to Enlightenment |
| 1:05.4 | by Conquistador Games, the game where great scientists, inventors, artists, politicians, |
| 1:11.0 | spiritual leaders, philosophers, and generals come to life. |
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| 1:27.0 | I'm Eric Sommerer, and here's your host, The Roger to My Wilco, |
| 1:31.0 | Tom Vassal. 10-4. to my Wilco, Wilco. |
| 1:33.0 | 10 forward? |
| 1:35.0 | I don't know. |
| 1:36.0 | It's a Space Quest reference. |
| 1:38.0 | I'm sorry, what? |
| 1:39.0 | A Space Quest reference. |
| 1:41.0 | Oh, I just said that was something. |
| 1:42.0 | You never played Space Quest growing up? I don't think so. |
| 1:45.0 | Roger Wilco, Space Janitor? Nope. You missed out, my friend. |
| 1:50.0 | Well, I know that I know you're supposed to say Roger Wilco but I didn't know why. |
| 1:54.0 | Ah well you can say Roger Wilco as a radio thing but there's also a character in |
| 1:59.0 | Space Quest named Roger Wilco. I have learned something new. Yes but I I needed to I needed to folks I'm Tom Vassal. |
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