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This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 17, 2023. This week, WizKids seeks the holy grail, Mad King Ludwig goes back to the drawing board, Pretzel's Camels are up for their fourth race, and Cool Mini declares Spider-geddon on retail.   TOP STORIES (3:01) Formal Ferret and Gil Hova leaving board gaming Arthurian Knights from WizKids and Andrew Parks Terra Pyramides Blueprints of Mad King Lud...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 10, 2023. This week, Cosmic Frogs rise up out of the Muck, Reiner Knizia expands another masterwork, Avalon Hill falls into a Yawning Portal, and I'm on a boat!   TOP STORIES (2:04) New Eden Chaos in Gotham City Cosmic Frog: Find Muck D&D: Yawning Portal Mille Fiori: Die Meisterwerke Noch Mal Deluxe Pyramido Goblin Vaults DreamQuest Time Capsules Magi...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of January 3, 2023. This week, WizKids lives their very best lives, Darwin apparently apologizes for being French, Doomtown is better off in a pine box, and Rio Grande Games plays hooky.   TOP STORIES (2:30) Your Best Life by WizKids Velonimo by 25th Century Games and Bruno Cathala Doomtown: Weird West Edition from Pine Box Entertainment New edition of 1974 clas...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 27, 2022. This week, Capstone declares A-zero is just for one, Lookout uses boxes as big as the Skye, and a single unit Fluxx is just downright Looney.   TOP STORIES (2:10) Designers behind Darkest Dungeon form new publishing company Fabled Games Solo deck deconstruction game Aleph Null coming from Capstone Looney Labs releases solo rules for Fluxx t...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 20, 2022. This week, Board Game Tables says all the play belongs to us, it's end of the Trac for Trics, Portland is the new home for Haggis, and CMoN expands into the Multiverse.   TOP STORIES (2:20) US Edition of new cooperative Lord of the Rings game announced by KOSMOS French boardgame news center Tric Trac closing its doors BoardGameTables.com re...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 13, 2022. This week, Kosmos works on an Inside Job, there's a sale of Mythic proportions, and we teach AI to take over the world.   TOP STORIES (2:05) CMoN and Monolith aquire properties from Mythic Games The Inside Job from KOSMOS Quilts and Cats of Calico on Steam Iki: Akebono expansion by Koota Yamada Descent: Legends of the Dark part 2 teased by...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of December 6, 2022. This week, Corey's slacking off in the city of Brotherly Love, the red planet meets the silver screen, I'm in charge and nobody can stop me, MPC got their greasy fingers all over your cards, and we're Haven a good time, Gloomhaven a good time!   TOP STORIES (1:13) Terraforming Mars getting screen adaptation Gloomhaven RPG My Lil' Everdell De...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 29, 2022. This week, Buttonshy explores the legacy of 18 cards, a haunted mist descends over Carcassonne, and Rio Grande reaches Terminal Velocity.   TOP STORIES (2:15) WildTails: a Pirate Legacy from Button Shy Games Planepita from publisher SzpiLAB with designers Eisuke Fujinawa and Kazunori Hori Mists over Carcassonne coming from Z-Man Games Trivi...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 22, 2022. This week, Star Wars builds and Shatters, CMoN describes some Stranger Things, we Tether Broccoli together with cards, and what better gift for Weird Giraffes than Tulips?   TOP STORIES (2:55) Star Wars Shatterpoint announced by Atomic Mass Games KennerSpiel winner Living Forest gets expansion Hasbro fails to crowdfund HeroScape CMoN detail...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 15, 2022. This week, there's just too much Magic, ironically Embracer's Z-Man embraces Tragedy, Libellud finds kids a real mystery, and the news is all CATAN all the time.   TOP STORIES (2:05) Hasbro stock suffers Tragedy Looper New Tragedies from Z-Man Triggs by Karin Hetling and Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag (NSV) Mysterium Kids announced by llibel...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of November 7, 2022. This week, Ravensburger wants a big family, Llama Dice and Devir go to White Castle, Exploding Kittens is a lying sack, and Legendary discovers there is no spoon.   TOP STORIES (2:10) Ravensburger is looking for the Next Big Family Game The White Castle by Devir and Llama Dice Takenoko roll and Write Takenokolor teased by Bombyx Telecraft by...

This week, Vagrants sing a song of seance, we discuss masters of IELLO cheese, the zoo craze reaches Canada, and TheOP says Hola gatito.   TOP STORIES (2:20) Vagrantsong mini-expansion Seance Scenario Ancient Knowledge by designer Rémi Mathieu and IELLO Games Hellton Palace by Jean-Baptiste Pigneur and IELLO Cheese Master from designers Johan Benvenuto and Alexandre Droit IELLO Microexpansions Naa...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 24, 2022. This week, Asmodee proffers a glorious Welcome, AEG takes a vacation to Japan, Hachette goes from 0 to 100, and the Luzas are in the house!   TOP STORIES (3:00) Welcome by Asmodee Underdog Games releases HerStory by designers Nick Bentley, Emerson Matsuuchi, and Danielle Reynolds Lets Go to Japan by Josh Woods and AEG Jenga Kool Aid by TheOP...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 17, 2022. This week, Terra Mystica innovates, WizKids rebuilds the Emerald City, CMoN runs to the hills, and someone in the Aegean lost their marbles during the bronze age.   TOP STORIES (1:55) Ancient game pieces discovered in the Aegean 2 new city titles from Stefan Feld and Queen More details on Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation Books of Time by by...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 10, 2022. This week, Bezier does some renovations, Dead Death Dies for a third time, and Essen, essen, essen, essen, ESSEN.   SPECIAL REPORT: ESSEN (1:41)   TOP STORIES (5:14) Renegade Games expands licensing with Hasbro GIC: Britain's first game industry conference Persona 5 Royal card game by Matsuuchi Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Renovations Cluedo...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of October 3, 2022. This week, the hottest news is from 2004, pigs gobble fruit quickity pickity, Phalanx runs out of river names, and we agree - an arcane manor of dice is essential.   TOP STORIES (2:30) Deep Water Games becomes independant of parent company OxEye Media CMoN to be excludsive distributor for Lucky Duck Games in Asia HeroScape: Age of Annihilatio...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 26, 2022. This week, the news is full of chips and guac, a new Pandemic game there is, we forage with our pretty new gauntlet, and Knizia brings on the Claritin.   TOP STORIES (2:30) IELLO purchased by French company Media Participations Z-Man announces Star Wars The Clone Wars, a Pandemic System title More details emerge on The Elder Scrolls: Betra...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2022. This week, video game conversions are romantik, Ares Games is both Rich and Good, and Catan is nominated right alongside sand.   TOP STORIES (2:00) Catan nominated to National Toy Hall of Fame Tails on Fire by HeidelBÄR Deep Print Games announces Beer and Bread Dorfromantik coming from Pegasus Spiele Steamforged Games announces Elden Ring...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 12, 2022. This week, after 10 years, we are smitten with Stonemaier, Just One publisher learns some Fun Facts, Matagot uses St Patrick to banish snakes, and we relive the Winter of 2016.   TOP STORIES (2:20) Meeple Design official authorized accessory partner with City of Kings Stonemaier celebrates 10th anniversary with new coop 2p title Smitten Re...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of September 5, 2022. This week, Ravensburger hopes to have a mouse problem, Trick or Treat's remain Tasty, Rio Grande Plunders a new Dominion, and Eagle-Gryphon discovers Toole use to be Vital for Inventions.   TOP STORIES (2:15) Disney announces new Disney TCG Lorcana Trick or Treat Games bringing back old TMG classics Asmodee brings Tokaido Deluxe into US ret...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 29, 2022. This week, EBay buys a second hand company, Friedemann Friese fluffs his feathers, Feuerland declares the Age of Aquarius, and we hit episode 800!   TOP STORIES (2:55) EBay to aquire TCGPlayer for $295M Tilt 5 AR board game system getting CATAN Daybreak by Matt Leacock to be published by CMYK Come Together announced by Chillfox Games and desi...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 22, 2022. This week, Asmodee's sugar daddy gets into jewelry, Magic the Gathering will EXTERMINATE, the Wingspan designer experiments with foxes, and it's my birthday.   TOP STORIES (1:25) Embracer group acquires Middle Earth Enterprises Asmodee forms new studio Office Dog Frank West elected president of GAMA Mind Mgmt nominated for a Harvey Award Dr W...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 15, 2022. This week, GenCon runs by the numbers, Bezzerwizzer Bezzerwizzer Bezzerwizzer, and Fantasy Flight brings a dagger to a lightsaber fight.   TOP STORIES (2:20) GenCon had over 50,000 attendees Bezzerwizzer from Asmodee Ark Nova expansion named on German TV Marvel DAGGER and Star Wars Deck Building Devir announces Lacrimosa American Psycho from...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 8, 2022. This week, Avalon Hill heroically changes the Scape of gaming, Burnt Island endeavors to go deep, Uwe Rosenberg travels the land of apples and honey, and John Clair dreams of an End to the Empire.   TOP STORIES (2:54) Avalon Hill announces return of Heroscape War of the Ring: The Card Game The Wolves from Pandasaurus Endeavor Deep Sea WordCraf...

This is Dice Tower Now for the week of August 1, 2022. This week, everyone gets a pinball for christmas, Kolossal is Almost Innocent, we Flatout compare Cities to Salads, and I'm in Colorado!   TOP STORIES (2:00) North Star Games rebrands WizKids announces Super Skill Pinball Holiday Special Dice Hunters of Therion coming from Richard Garfield Munchkin Turtle Carnage coming from Steve Jackson Game...