Eric Summerer

Tom begins by recapping his adventures at the Dice Tower Retreat, and looks forward to the World Series of Boardgaming, before turning to the topic of figuring out what to do with your game collection after you're gone, and why it might be a good idea to make some choices sooner rather than later. Later, we share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, peek into the mailbag, and gather a collection of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:51 - Tom at the Dice Tower Retreat

02:25 - The World Series of Boardgaming

04:58 - Dice Tower Cruise, Dice Tower West, Spiel

06:03 - Planning for the Future of your Collection

24:58 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror

31:22 - Question: Co-Designer Credit

38:16 - A Place for All My Books

44:04 - Knitting Circle

48:18 - Endangered Rescue: Lemur Leaf Frog

51:21 - The New Year's Nightmare

54:55 - Firefighters on Duty

57:07 - Blood on the Clocktower

Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

Board Game Breakfast #530 - The Pumpkin Spice Must Flow

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Board Game Breakfast #530 - The Pumpkin Spice Must Flow

Your hosts Chris Yi, Wendy Yi, and Eric Summerer start off your week with a variety show about board games and the people who play them.

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Where You Least Expect

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Where You Least Expect

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Tom sits at the small table. Eric's parents make friends on a cruise. Julie travels the country spreading boardgames wherever she goes. We also talk about what surprises await in those little pockets of games in places where you don't expect to find them. We delve into the mailbag for some pertinent questions, and we gather a new crop of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:50 - School Has Started, Dice Tower West, Cruise

02:40 - Eric's Parents on Alaskan Cruise

03:19 - Spiel Plans (Booth 3R315)

05:02 - Game Shelves in Unusual Spots

20:43 - Question: Playing With Bob

29:30 - Question: Storing Games While At College

34:30 - Tag Team

36:52 - Journey to Tir na nOg

41:50 - Cat Sudoku: Summer Festival

44:18 - The Four Doors

47:22 - Regicide Legacy

52:43 - Tenby

Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

At The Table with The Dice Tower - Paint Me A Picture

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Paint Me A Picture

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Eric starts the show by sharing tales of his European adventures, which leads Tom to share some of our plans for Spiel in October. Then, we discuss the process for adding art to your game. How do you find an artist? How long does it take to draw a picture of a horse? What if the horse is holding a corn dog? Later, we share a tale of horror and a question, and move on to our Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:48 - Middle of the Year? - School Starting

02:23 - Eric's European Adventure

09:25 - Spiel Plans

12:14 - Art in Games

34:56 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror/Question

46:32 - Sancturary

48:42 - Vantage

56:21 - Bomb Busters

58:37 - Menagerie

1:01:44 - This Game is Killer: Frozen Horror

1:05:12 - Potion Explosion: The 6th Student

Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

At The Table with The Dice Tower - Escaping Gen Con 2025

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Escaping Gen Con 2025

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We are back from Gen Con, and ready to talk about our adventures! We discuss the crowds, the events, and the games we enjoyed, and maybe a little about the food we ate as well. We also share a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and share our latest crop of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:46 - Announcements: Dice Tower West and Dice Tower Cruise

01:40 - Gen Con: Crowds and Fans

10:25 - Gen Con: Sales and Sellouts

12:50 - Gen Con: What Did We Buy?

16:20 - Gen Con: Tom's Trends

20:42 - Gen Con: Dice Tower Awards

23:27 - Gen Con: Food

26:36 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror

37:25 - Giraffe Raffe

40:13 - Tag Team

43:24 - Oddland

44:50 - At The Gates of Loyang

47:27 - Fliptoons

49:35 - The Four Doors

Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

The 18th Annual Dice Tower Awards

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The 18th Annual Dice Tower Awards

Tom Vasel and Eric Summerer host the 18th annual Dice Tower awards for games published in 2024, live from Gen Con 2025. Thank you to Panda Manufacturing for the excellent award trophies and Gen Con for hosting the event.

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Gen Con Bound 2025

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Gen Con Bound 2025

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We're on our way to Gen Con! And here are the games we're most excited about (as well as the ones that are getting the most buzz online). You'll also here where to find us in Indy, where we plan to eat, and how we plan to survive the Best Four Days in Gaming.

00:45 - Releases in the second half of the year.

02:23 - Preparing for Crowds at Gen Con - New Cart Policy

08:15 - Food Trucks

11:15 - Where Will We Be?

19:59 - The Games of Gen Con (BGG Preview: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/77/gen-con-2025-preview)

20:54 - Vantage

23:27 - Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor

23:54 - Lost Ruins of Arnak: Adventure Chest

24:23 - Gwent: The Legendary Card Game

25:26 - Lightning Train

26:32 - Sea Salt and Paper: Extra Pepper

27:11 - Luthier

28:00 - Fliptoons

28:36 - Ruins

30:10 - Nature

30:53 - Rebel Princess Deluxe: Happily Never After

32:00 - Ace of Spades

33:35 - Galactic Cruise

34:31 - Pirates of Maracaibo: Commanders

34:43 - Soda Jerk

36:25 - Point Galaxy

37:04 - Compile Main 2

38:08 - Star Wars Battle of Hoth

38:41 - Galileo Galilei

39:21 - Propolis

39:48 - Final Girl: Shriek

41:32 - VIVO

42:08 - Spooktacular

43:57 - Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons

45:16 - Evergreen: Cherry Blossoms and Bamboo

45:22 - EXIT Advent Calendar: The Intergalactic Race

46:27 - Suna Valo

47:12 - Kronologic: Cuzco 1450

47:44 - Wine Cellar

49:22 - Shackleton Base

49:58 - Knitting Circle

50:36 - Ra: Traders

51:08 - Iliad

51:26 - Gibberers

51:48 - Cat and the Tower

52:42 - Ham Helsing

53:25 - The Four Doors

54:07 - Raising Chicago

54:24 - High Tide

54:39 - If Then

54:59 - Hyperstar Run

55:20 - Jungo

55:43 - Holiday Hijinks 10, 11, 12, Endangered Rescue 2, Journey to Tir na nOg

56:01 - Above and Below: Haunted

56:20 - The Peak Team

57:17 - Our Advice for Surviving Gen Con

Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com

Board Game Breakfast #527 - In MuppetVision 3D!

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Board Game Breakfast #527 - In MuppetVision 3D!

Your hosts Chris Yi, Wendy Yi, and Eric Summerer start off your week with a variety show about board games and the people who play them.

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Going East 2025

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At The Table with The Dice Tower - Going East 2025

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It's time to recap our adventures at Dice Tower East 2025. We discuss the games we played and events we ran, and you also get to hear what Eric and Julie got up to when working at the Dice Tower Booth, which includes brainstorming ways to get Tom to remember the difference between Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.

00:46 - We Didn't See Each Other

01:45 - Gen Con is Around The Corner

03:26 - Dice Tower East: New Space

05:40 - Eric and Julie: How Do You Spend Small Amounts of Free Time?

09:28 - Library Checkouts: My Father's Work, Hot Streak, Bomb Busters, So Clover, Cretaceous Rails, Fromage, River Valley Glassworks, Lord of the Rings Duel, Toy Battle, Castle Combo, Sky Team, SETI, Galactic Cruise

16:26 - Eric and Julie: Favorite Old Game To Teach? - Fearsome Floors, Ra

19:05 - Variety of Games Played: Space Base, Ready Set Bet, My Father's Work (again), Merchant of Venus, Cosmic Encounter

25:33 - Missing Deep Regrets

26:16 - Eric and Julie: Game To Make Tom Play?

28:34 - Events: Parsely, Andrew Bosley Can't Draw, The Hobby

33:28 - Dexterity and Pitchcar

35:51 - Eric and Julie: Helping Tom Remember

37:59 - Giant Jenga and Thank Yous

41:06 - Positano

44:32 - Diatoms

46:41 - Horrified: World of Monsters

50:24 - Peaks

53:02 - Radioactive Bees

55:50 - 13 Leaves

Questions? Tales of Horror? tom@dicetower.com