At The Table with The Dice Tower - That Shouldn't Be There!

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

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

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Tom and Julie talk Eric out of getting the Doctor Who Magic the Gathering set, which leads to a discussion of out-of-universe items showing up in games. We prepare for some family gaming over the holidays, share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and run through some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

05:21 - Doctor Who Magic and other Gaming Anachronisms

25:18 - Gaming at Family Gatherings Without Scaring the Mother-in-Law

37:47 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror

41:12 - Dice Cards

43:50 - Age of Comics: The Golden Years

46:26 - Five Towers

50:42 - Beer and Bread

53:47 - Mystery Detective

57:47 - Without Fail

Transcript

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0:00.0	At the table with the dice tower.
0:02.0	Episode 7.
0:03.0	That shouldn't be there. Oh, Welcome to At the Table with the Dice Tower, a podcast about board games and the people who play them.
0:30.0	This time we talk about gaming anachronisms.
0:33.4	Prepare to play games during our upcoming holiday gatherings.
0:36.2	Share a new tale of board gaming horror and run through some roses, thorns, and hula hoops.
0:41.8	I'm Eric Sommerer. I'm Julia Hearn and I'm Tom Vassal and we're going to start
0:47.3	off here today by encouraging you if you're listening to sign up for Dice Tower East. Registration for Dice Tower East is open.
0:55.7	Uh, or did open last week. The Dice Tower East is in Orlando. It's from July 3rd to the 7th, although if you're like everyone else you add in a day or two because it's in Orlando.
1:08.5	Yes, party. And there's lots of things to do. It's amazing. You should go to SeaWorld. It's not as crowded as Disney and
1:14.8	or and Universal Studios. That's my tip. Okay. But hey we're gonna we're gonna be doing a
1:20.6	few things differently this year at Diced Tower East.
1:23.3	We have a slightly bigger space, although remember tickets sold out last year, so don't delay.
1:29.0	But we're also going to have more shows.
1:30.4	We're bringing back the top 10. We're bringing in Grant and his board game
1:37.1	comedy cool and we're gonna have magic shows what wow well this is a benefit of having some magicians on staff.
1:47.0	Magic adjacent staff members, yes.
1:50.0	So anyway, folks, you definitely want to get your tickets, you want to come, it's a beautiful hotel, it is fantastic, we're very excited about it, and so go get your tickets.
2:00.0	Also, this week, I think this week, yes, this is being posted this week, the 12 games and Christmas lists are going up on the Dice Tower.
2:10.3	These are games that we recommend you get for Christmas.
2:14.4	We have many different categories.
2:16.7	From thematic games to strategy games to stocking stuffers.
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