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Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #21
(Real Player Format - 17MB /
1 Hour 11 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #21
(MP3 Format - 17MB / 1 Hour
11 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #21 (OGG
Format - 20MB / 1 Hour 11
Minutes)
We have a new episode of The
Dice Tower! Noted game
reviewer and interviewer Tom
Vasel and his co-anchor Joe
Steadman have put together
another audio show about
games. In this episode, they
talk some more about their
contest for Fire from the
Sky, and review Walk the
Dogs and Mag Blast, 2nd
Edition. They answer a lot
of questions, and talk about
games that they've played
recently. Finally, they top
the episode off with their
top ten party games. We have
the show in three audio
formats - Real Player, MP3,
and OGG. You can download
these files to your computer
by right-clicking on the
link and selecting 'Save
As?'.
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Essen
2005 Report: Monday, October
10, 2005 (Travel Day)
Essen
2005 Report: Tuesday,
October 11, 2005 (Setup Day)
Essen
2005 Report: Wednesday,
October 12, 2005 - Part 1
(Setup Day)
Essen
2005 Report: Wednesday,
October 12, 2005 - Part 2
(Setup Day)
Essen
2005 Report: Wednesday,
October 12, 2005 - Part 3
(Setup Day)
Essen
2005 Report: Wednesday,
October 12, 2005 - Part 4
(Setup Day)
Essen
2005 Report: Thursday,
October 13, 2005 - Part 1
(Day 1)
Essen
2005 Report: Thursday,
October 13, 2005 - Part 2
(Day 1)
Essen
2005 Report: Friday, October
14, 2005 (Day 2)
Essen
2005 Report: Saturday,
October 15, 2005 (Day 3)
Essen
2005 Report: Sunday, October
16, 2005 (Day 4)
Essen
2005 Report: Wrap-Up
Here are our daily reports
from the Essen 2005 game
fair. The fair is taking
place from Thursday, October
13 to Sunday, October 16,
2005 in Essen, Germany.
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Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #20
(Real Player Format - 17MB /
1 Hour 11 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #20
(MP3 Format - 21MB / 1 Hour
11 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #20 (OGG
Format - 28MB / 1 Hour 11
Minutes)
We have a new episode of The
Dice Tower! Noted game
reviewer and interviewer Tom
Vasel and his pal Joe
Steadman have put together
another audio show about
games. In this episode, they
announce the winners of the
two Beowulf games, and
introduce a new contest for
Fire in the Sky, by
Multi-Man Publishing. They
review David and Goliath and
Pizza Box Football, and
discuss PuertoRico, Hellas,
Pacru, and Barbarossa. Their
top ten list this time is
their top ten least favorite
games.
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Special Features...
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Special Feature: Essen 2005
Preview - Publishers A-M
Special Feature: Essen 2005
Preview - Publishers N-Z
Here is our preview of the
games expected to be
released at the Essen game
fair that takes place from
October 13th to 16th, 2005.
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Special Features...
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ModCon
2005 Report: Preview
ModCon
2005 Report: Thursday,
September 22, 2005 (Setup
Day)
ModCon
2005 Report: Friday,
September 23, 2005 (Day 1)
ModCon
2005 Report: Saturday,
September 24, 2005 (Day 2)
ModCon
2005 Report: Sunday,
September 25, 2005 (Day 3)
Andrea "Liga" Ligabue is
filing daily reports for us
from ModCon - the biggest
Italian game convention. The
convention is taking place
from Friday, September 23 to
Sunday, September 25, 2005
in Modena, Italy and is
going to be featuring many
new games.
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Special Features...
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Special Feature: Interviews
by an Optimist #72 - Jeremy
Young
Number 72 in Tom Vasel's
series of interviews with
notables in the gaming world
features Uberplay head
honcho and SimplyFun VP
Jeremy Young. In the
interview, Jeremy talks
about Uberplay, SimplyFun,
choosing games to get
published, and more.
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Special Features...
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Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #19
(Real Player Format - 11MB /
1 Hour 15 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #19
(MP3 Format - 22MB / 1 Hour
15 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #19 (OGG
Format - 27MB / 1 Hour 15
Minutes)
We have a new episode of The
Dice Tower! Noted game
reviewer and interviewer Tom
Vasel and his straight man
Joe Steadman have put
together another audio show
about games. In this
episode, they continue their
contest for the copies of
Beowulf + posters, and talk
about the IGA award winners
for 2005. They have two new
player categories, two
turkeys (Battleball and
Haunting House), and two
websites of the month. They
also review Heroscape and
Ace of Aces, and discuss
their top ten games of 2003.
We have the show in three
audio formats - Real Player,
MP3, and OGG. You can
download these files to your
computer by right-clicking
on the link and selecting
'Save As?'.
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Special Feature: Interviews
by an Optimist #71 -
Reinhard Staupe
Number 71 in Tom Vasel's
series of interviews with
notables in the gaming world
features game designer
Reinhard Staupe. In the
interview, Reinhard talks
about his games, his
influences, the market for
games, and much more.
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Game
Preview: Memoir '44 Terrain
Pack
Game
Preview: Memoir '44 Eastern
Front
Game
Preview: Memoir '44 Winter /
Desert Board Map
We've created previews of
the three upcoming expansion
packs for Memoir '44
to be published by
Days
of Wonder.
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Game Previews...
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Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #18
(Real Player Format - 18MB /
1 Hour 14 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #18
(MP3 Format - 18MB / 1 Hour
14 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #18 (OGG
Format - 25MB / 1 Hour 14
Minutes)
We have a new episode of The
Dice Tower! Noted game
reviewer and interviewer Tom
Vasel and his co-chair Joe
Steadman have put together
another audio show about
games. In this episode, they
review Shear Panic and
Liberty. They announce the
winner of the contest for
Shear Panic, and introduce
their next contest. They are
giving away two copies of
Beowulf, along with a poster
of the cover art signed by
Reiner Knizia and John Howe.
They also discuss some more
"gamer types", talk about
their "Kangaroos": Linq and
Colossal Arean, and talk
about their top ten board
game mechanics. We have the
show in three audio formats
- Real Player, MP3, and OGG.
You can download these files
to your computer by
right-clicking on the link
and selecting 'Save As?'.
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Special Feature: Interviews
by an Optimist #70 - Michael
Rinella
Number 70 in Tom Vasel's
series of interviews with
notables in the gaming world
features wargame designer
Michael Rinella. In the
interview, Mike talks about
the world of wargaming, his
designs, and more.
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Special Feature: The New
Misadventures in Gaming #6
It's been a while, but Dan
Bosley is now back to
continue his misadventures
with a new chapter of The
New Misadventures in Gaming.
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Special Feature: Interviews
by an Optimist #69 - Joan
Wendland
Number 69 in Tom Vasel's
series of interviews with
notables in the gaming world
features game designer Joan
Wendland. In the interview,
Joan talks about her
company,
Blood
& Cardstock,
her games, and more.
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Game
Review: Conquest of the
Empire - Part I
Ryan Bretsch has written a
review of Conquest of the
Empire, the new Eagle
Games version of the classic
Milton Bradley game. This is
part one of his review.
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Game Reviews...
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Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #17
(Real Player Format - 16MB /
1 Hour 4 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #17
(MP3 Format - 23MB / 1 Hour
4 Minutes)
Special Feature: The Dice
Tower #17 (OGG
Format - 28MB / 1 Hour 4
Minutes)
We have a new episode of The
Dice Tower! Noted game
reviewer and interviewer Tom
Vasel and his cohost Joe
Steadman have put together
another audio show about
games. In this episode, they
talk about their top ten
board games for three
players. They also discuss
two new player categories,
their games of the month
(Dungeon Twister and ASL),
and talk about the value of
components to a board game.
They review Warriors and
Panzerzug, and talk more
about their contest for
"Shear Panic", by Fragor
Games. We have the show in
three audio formats - Real
Player, MP3, and OGG. You
can download these files to
your computer by
right-clicking on the link
and selecting 'Save As?'.
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Special Features...
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Special Feature: Interviews
by an Optimist #68 - Martin
Wallace
Number 68 in Tom Vasel's
series of interviews with
notables in the gaming world
features game designer
Martin Wallace. In the
interview, Martin talks
about his background in
gaming, the game design
process, and more.
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Special Features...
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LATEST GAME NEWS
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Board Game: A
Fun Way to Learn Business |
Mar. 21, 2006 |
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Traditional
board games take on a high-tech
gloss |
Mar. 21, 2006 |
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Alternatives
to video fare rise in sales as
friends, families seek togetherness |
Mar. 21, 2006 |
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Old-fashioned
table games teach children valuable
lessons |
Mar. 21, 2006 |
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Ten great
business games |
Mar. 03, 2006 |
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The Valentine
gift every child wants |
Feb. 13, 2006 |
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Bored game |
Feb. 13, 2006 |
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For some
students, board games aren?t just
for children |
Feb. 13, 2006 |
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Do you let
your kids win at board games? |
Jan. 18, 2006 |
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GAME PREVIEWS -
Find out before anyone else
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La
Strada
La Strada is a new game from
designer Martin Wallace that
is being published in German
by Kosmos and in English by
Mayfair Games. Here's a
preview of the game.
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GAME REVIEWS -
See what we have to say
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10
Days in Africa
Patrick Korner has written a
review of the Alan R. Moon
and Aaron Weissblum
traveling game 10 Days in
Africa. |
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SPECIAL FEATURES
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The Dice
Tower, Episode 22 |
Oct. 27, 2005 |
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Essen 2005
Report: Wrap-Up |
Oct. 18, 2005 |
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Essen 2005
Report: Sunday, October 16, 2005
(Day 4) |
Oct. 17, 2005 |
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Essen 2005
Report: Saturday, October 15, 2005
(Day 3) |
Oct. 15, 2005 |
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Essen 2005
Report: Friday, October 14, 2005
(Day 2) |
Oct. 14, 2005 |
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Essen 2005
Report: Thursday, October 13, 2005 -
Part 2 (Day 1) |
Oct. 14, 2005 |
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Essen 2005
Report: Thursday, October 13, 2005 -
Part 1 (Day 1) |
Oct. 14, 2005 |
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GAMEWIRE WEBLOGS
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Goodbye, and
thanks for all the fish... |
Nov 30, 2005 |
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The Dice Tower
- Episode 26 |
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Ryan Bretsch:
The Last Word |
Nov 21, 2005 |
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The Dice
Tower, Episode 25 |
Nov 16, 2005 |
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The Dice
Tower, Episode 24 |
Nov 09, 2005 |
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Tom Vasel:
Stupid Questions |
Oct 30, 2005 |
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The Dice
Tower, Episode 22 |
Oct 26, 2005 |
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