TDT - Episode # 319 - Gen Con Recap

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

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

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2013

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Eric and I take a look at Gen Con 2013, talk about the convention as a whole, and then discuss our adventures in playing True Dungeon. We review the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Heart of Glorm for Mice and Mystics, Firefly, the new Pandemic Expansion, and more! Giles rallies the tribe, Jude examines gaming outreach, and a new contributor talks about Gem Rush. And don't forget our epic contest!

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0:09.0	Thanks for your support.
0:11.0	The Dice Tower, episode 319.
0:13.7	GenCon 2013, Detox. Oh, Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and card games, but especially the people who play them. In this episode, Tom and I and of several games sold at the show and we give you some final thoughts on the show as a whole.
0:55.0	I'm Eric Sommerer and here's your host the Wreck-It-Ralf to my fix-it-Felex Jr.
1:01.0	It's Tom Vassal.
1:03.0	Isn't he the hero though, kind of sort of?
1:05.5	I can fix it.
1:06.6	I think Ralph was the good guy.
1:09.3	Well, he's the bad guy, but that doesn't mean that he's a bad guy.
1:14.7	Here's my quick review for Wreck it Ralph,
1:16.5	even though folks, this is a board game podcast.
1:19.9	I really, really enjoyed the first half of that movie.
1:23.4	I thought the second half was good but the first half was great.
1:28.0	I loved seeing all the different video game characters and such and I wish they had kept going with that.
1:34.0	Yeah, but I think they had to focus at some point.
1:37.0	No, they could have non-focused the whole time.
1:40.0	I would have been perfectly content.
1:42.0	Okay.
1:43.0	But I liked it.
1:44.0	They should make a Wreck-It-Ralf board game.
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