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The Dice Tower

TDT - Episode # 291 - Expert Gamers

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

Leisure, Games

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2013

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

In this show, Geoff talks about game security, and we hear why party games matter.  Mark explains that less is more, Matt talks about solo gaming, and Brian examines atypical randomization.  We give the latest news, listen to a truly horrible tale, and talk about Swordfish, Suburbia, Legendary, and Mutant Meeples.  We muse on the future of 2013 and gaming, and then talk about games that we are experts in.  Maybe.

Transcript

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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 funagain.com.

0:08.6

Thanks for your support.

0:09.7

The Dice Tower, episode 2,9,1.

0:13.1

We are the game experts.

0:15.4

We are?

0:15.8

We are?

0:15.8

We are. Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them.

0:41.7

In this episode, Jeff talks about security. Matt discusses his solo gaming experiences from 2012,

0:47.9

and Brian explores some interesting ways to randomize. Plus, news about the future of Counter Magazine.

0:54.6

We learn why party games are important.

0:57.1

I get a little bent out of shape regarding the new pandemic,

1:00.5

and we brag just a bit about games in which we're an expert.

1:05.0

Support for the Dice Tower comes from listeners like you.

1:08.1

Thank you to everyone for the overwhelming response to our Kickstarter campaign.

1:13.0

I'm Eric Summerer, and here's your host, the Bill Nye of Board Gaming. It's Tom Vassel.

1:19.9

Hey, it's a cultural reference, I understand. Bill, Bill, Bill! Bill!

1:25.4

I missed that show. That show was fantastic.

1:29.3

Yes, well, folks, we're not here actually to talk about science, but we're here to talk about

1:33.6

board games. This is a podcast all about board games, card games, and all kinds of things

1:40.2

that you can play on top of a table with pieces and pawns and dice. And such. I'm Tom Vassel. I'm Eric Summerer. Howdy? All right. Well, there's a lot. This, you know, it's very interesting. There's kind of a lull around the turn of a new year, both game news and gaming. You know, you're going to Christmas parties and you're playing party games, and then you get to the new year, and then suddenly, out of nowhere, it seems...

2:05.9

You realize you have work to do.

2:08.2

Well, there's that.

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