At The Table with The Dice Tower - Upping the Ante

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel

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

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This time, Eric gives an update on his Middle School Game Night before the gang launches into a discussion of how playing games for tangible prizes changes the vibe at the table. Then, we move on to a Tale of Boardgaming Horror, check the mailbag, and share some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:48 - Announcements: Gamefound, Dice Tower West

02:33 - Update on Eric's Middle School Game Night

03:54 - Raising the Stakes

25:08 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror

31:54 - Question: Boardgaming's Golden Age?

36:24 - Question: Collecting from a Single Franchise?

38:30 - Endeavor Deep Sea

41:45 - Portmanteau

45:21 - Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game

48:58 - The Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking Game

51:19 - Jekyll & Hyde vs. Scotland Yard

54:54 - Stomp the Plank

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0:00.0	At the Table with the Dice Tower.
0:02.2	Episode 39.
0:03.8	Upping the ante.
0:28.6	Welcome to At the Table with the Dice Tower, a podcast about games and the people who play them. This time, what happens to your friendly neighborhood board game when something more than bragging rights is on the line?
0:34.6	Money, prizes, candy.
0:42.4	Plus, we have a new tale of board gaming horror. We have questions from the mailbag,
0:47.7	and we have some roses, thorns, and hula hoops. I'm Eric Summerer. I'm Julie Ahern.
0:55.0	And I'm Tom Vassel. Hey, folks, thanks so much for backing us on our GameFound project.
0:56.3	Get to here's another year.
0:57.1	That's nice.
0:57.8	Yay!
1:00.7	And we really do appreciate it.
1:02.0	It's a big deal.
1:04.9	And I slept a good chunk of Saturday.
1:06.6	So, ha-zah.
1:11.2	That's got to be a big crash after the party is over. I slept to 8.30 a.m. My wife was like, are you okay? I was like, I, she actually woke me up.
1:18.1	I was like, this is. And then I took a nap that day. Anyway, I think I'm back, I'm back to my
1:23.8	sleepless itself. Also, folks, when you're listening to this, it is the second
1:31.1	week of February, you have less than a week. I want to say it's February 16th or 17th. Tickets
1:38.5	closed for Dice Tower West. So if you're considering coming, you still can at the door for more money.
1:46.2	So don't do that.
1:47.2	Don't do that.
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