Welcome to the Dice Tower, a podcast about board and card games!

The Dice Tower is dedicated to getting folks to learn about the wide world of exciting new board games.  We do video reviews, and audio show, and more.  Check out the links above!

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May 15, 2012 - DICETOWER.COM HAS OVER 9 MILLIONS VIEWS!!!!

May 15, 2012 - Episode 256 is available! In this show, Tom talks about pretty much everything involving gaming that enters his scatterbrained mind. This includes some pretty big announcements, game news, and more. We answer several game questions, announce a game show, and talk about our top ten board game expansions.

May 08, 2012 - Episode 255 is available! In this show, we review several games, including Shootout, Nefarious, and Catan Junior. We take a look a the latest gaming news, travel the country looking for game stores, and announce a new, upcoming podcast. Finally, we talk about our favorite gaming partners - who do we want to game against?

May 07, 2012 - Support the Dice Tower, get some games.

May 01, 2012 - DICETOWER.COM HAS OVER 8 MILLIONS VIEWS, QUICKLY APPROACHING 9!!!!

May 01, 2012 - Episode 254 is available! In this show, we once again jump into our mailbag and answer all sorts of questions, while Ryan talks about Caylus again. Again. Then we jump into the meat of our program, where we talk about our top ten economic games. Go money, go!

April 24, 2012 - Episode 253 is available! In this show, we find out what's happening with Dexter, Mark makes a huge mistake, and Geoff talks about game criticism. We also talk about how much we play games - and is it enough?

April 17, 2012 - Episode 252 is available! In this episode, Eric talks about Outpost, and then he and Tom answer questions for quite a bit of the show! We then go over our top ten dice games.

April 15, 2012 - Joined by Pastors Mark Jackson and Sam Healey, I've started a new podcast that will air occasionally - talking specifically about Christians and Board Gaming. This is an introduction podcast, where we talk a little about a lot of topics, with input from several others.

April 10, 2012 - Episode 251 is available! In this episode, Tom muses about different types of games, and Chief comes to the grand finale of his gaming group. Geoff talks about crowdsourcing, Eric goes over a ton of new games he played at Conn Con, and we review several games, including Abaddon and Lords of Waterdeep. We finish up the show talking about our favorite types of interaction.

April 03, 2012 - What? No, we're not confused. This is a classic episode of the Dice Tower in which we go back to the end of 2005 in which Tom and Joe review quite a few games, including World of Warcraft the Board Game and Havoc: the Hundred Years' War. We also talk about our top ten upcoming games from 2006. Were we right? Listen and see.

April 02, 2012 - Check out the new promo card in Nature of the Beast featuring the Dice Tower. Hooray!

March 27, 2012 - It's our big 250th episode! We are joined by dozens of people, friends from past and present, to talk about the history of the show and just celebrate. We also take a look at our top ten Dice Tower Episodes of all time. Click here to listen.

March 27, 2012 - ANNOUNCING THE LITKO CONTEST WINNERS! Congratulations to the winners. Click here to see who they are!

March 20, 2012 - Episode 249 is available! In this episode, Tom and Eric answer quite a few of your questions, including faults in games they love. We also review a whole pile of games, including Wiz War, Rex, Pirates of Nassau, Rocket Jockey, King of Tokyo, and more!

March 13, 2012 - Episode 248 is available! In this show, we continue our "live" show from TotalCon. With us this time is special guest, Lorien Green - producer of Gone Cardboard, a documentary about board games. She and we answer questions from the audience, and we talk about our top ten underrated games.

March 06, 2012 - Episode 247 is available! In this episode, we take the show on the road! From TotalCon 26, we are joined by the hosts of Not Just Another Gaming Podcast to talk about a pile of games that we played. We also talk about what makes a convention great, and Eric interviews several people, including Larry Whalen.

February 29, 2012 - Episode 246 is available! In this episode, we are joined by Seth Jaffee, designer of Eminent Domain, and Steve Buonocore, head of Stronghold Games. We have a showdown between Eminent Domain, Core Worlds, and Race for the Galaxy, and also answer a few listener questions. We end the show with our top ten games from 1997 - a look back at fifteen years ago.

February 21, 2012 - Episode 245 is available! In this episode of the Dice Tower, Tom and Eric talk about a bunch of games that start with the letter "D", while Greg examines Kickstarter. Chief continues his quest to build a gaming group, Geoff talks about copyright issues, and Ryan rants about hidden information. Finally, we end the show talking about games we want to see reprinted.

February 20, 2012 - And now for something completely different. Check it out here.

February 14, 2012 - Episode 244 is available! In this episode, Eric and I talk about Risk Legacy again, as well as a few other games - and then spend a good bit of the episode looking ten years back at 2002 - talking about gaming trends then, as well as our top ten games from that year.

February 07, 2012 - Episode 243 is available! In this show, Chief talks once again about building a game group, Geoff discusses 3D printing, and Ryan complains about "hobbit" cards. We talk about several different games, a bit of news, and end the show with our longest games we've ever played. Plus, a great new contest!

January 31, 2012 - Episode 242 is available! In this show, Ryan takes a look at complexity and games, while we review Evo, Poseidon's Kingdom, and Flash Point. We answer a ton of listener questions, and end the show with our top ten games from five years ago - 2007.

January 24, 2012 - Episode 241 is available! In this show, we kick off our annual fund raiser, with our cool new Dice Towers, and Geoff talks about pain and games. The Chief delves into Kickstarter, Andrew talks about a Few Acres of Snow, and Tom and Eric talk about 21 games in 21 minutes. We give the latest news, and talk about nolstagic games that weren't quite as good as we remembered.

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