The Dice Tower

Tom and Eric are back from the Dice Tower Cruise, trying not to make Julie jealous, but failing miserably. We talk about games played, ports visited, and flights cancelled. Plus, we dive into the listener mailbag, and gather a new round of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:54 - Dice Tower West and The Library
02:33 - Merchant of Venus in The Library
04:26 - Dice Tower Cruise - Pre-Cruise
10:50 - Cruise: Most Checked-Out Games
21:57 - Cruise: St. Thomas Game Day
25:02 - Eric's Travel Woes
27:26 - Jibber Jabble
29:44 - Julie's Cruise Contribution
30:47 - Question: Too Social?
38:33 - JiSoGi: Anime Studio Tycoon
46:07 - Eternal Decks
49:44 - Ham Helsing
55:11 - Cosy Stickerville
59:03 - Fest Season
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This time, we look at what happens when a production error is found in a game after it has reached the wild. What should producers do to make it right, and can they do anything at all? Also, a new dramatic Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and a new collection of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:50 - Storytime from Tom: Loading the Cruise Library
04:16 - Announcements: Gamefound (supportdicetower.com), Dice Tower West, East, and Vacation
06:33 - Dealing with Production Errors
39:14 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror
47:55 - Wingspan: Americas
50:19 - Sanibel
52:44 - Harmonies
55:27 - Nocturnis
57:43 - Lairs
1:00:45 - Cookie Run Braverse TCG
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We kick off 2026 by looking back 20 years to 2006. What were we up to, and what were we playing? Plus, a question from the mailbag, and a new collection of Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:50 - Busy January - SupportDiceTower.com
03:07 - 2006 Memories
05:09 - Where Were We In 2006?
18:50 - The Games of 2006
27:44 - Which Games Are We Still Playing?
31:30 - Listener Question: Game Replacement
42:07 - Add to Playlist
47:06 - Galactic Cruise
48:06 - Zooloretto
50:47 - Merry Murdle
53:52 - Unmatched Adventures: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
57:10 - Heroes of Timeline
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It's time for our look back at the games of 2025. Highs and lows, heavy and light, thorny and rosy and hoopy.
01:20 - Top Tens on Video
01:51 - Year as a Whole
07:49 - Convention/On The Go Game - Hot Streak, Light Speed Arena, Ghost Lift, Ito, 1AM Jailbreak
12:07 - All-Day-to-Play - Regicide Legacy, My Father's Work, Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
14:48 - Best Theme - Luthier, Flow, Storyfold: Wildwoods
20:06 - Guilty Pleasure - Deep Regrets, Moon Colony Bloodbath
24:38 - Favorite Classic - Race for the Galaxy, At The Gates of Loyang, Sentient, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, You're Bluffing
27:22 - Stand-Out in Our Favorite Genre - Bohemians, EXIT Advent, Threads of Fate, Rove
32:48 - Hoopiest Hula-Hoop - Spooktacular, Oddland, Zenith
37:05 - Thorniest Thorn - Feel Like a Fool, Lynx, Donald Duck in Happy Camper
41:38 - Rosiest Rose - Vantage, Formaggio, Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread
47:42 - Looking Forward to 2026 - Use Up All Your Sick Days, Vegan Cafe, Sail Legacy, Floe
50:35 - Announcements: Gamefound, Dice Tower Cruise, East, West
Next Episode: January 13, 2026
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This time, we continue our discussion of RPGs by suggesting Role Playing Games that share popular boardgaming mechanisms, as well as giving Tom tips for getting a game started. Plus, we have a new Tale of Boardgaming Horror, and we close the show with some Roses, Thorns, and Hula Hoops.
00:50 - A Story About Mail
02:22 - Eric at PAX Unplugged (inc. Hot Streak)
06:50 - Gift Guides, Dice Tower West and East
08:02 - RPGs for Boardgame Fans (detailed notes below)
37:55 - Tale of Boardgaming Horror
43:03 - Formaggio
48:35 - Gnomic Parliament
52:13 - Carnuta
54:49 - Magic Number 11
56:54 - Insurrect10n
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Julie's Notes
Where to go to get core book pdfs?
DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/ 
Itch.io https://itch.io/ 
Cooperative play (yes the overwhelming majority of TTRPGs are cooperative) some extra cooperative leaning 
Heckin' Good Doggos https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/405426/heckin-good-doggos 

Teatime Adventures https://www.snowbrightstudio.com/teatime-adventures 

Dice rolling - Also many many many ttrpgs use dice. Here are some examples
D20 - D&D/Pathfinder https://www.dndbeyond.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorCdKoS-xSfI4e05Us81YGA4tHt8CmmaOWNN-9VTcnsAfXS5pBS, https://paizo.com/pathfinder 

d100 (percentile): Call of Cthulhu https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/ 

Symbol-based dice: FFG Star Wars. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/starwarsrpg/ , Fudge dice: Fate  https://evilhat.com/product/fate-core-system/ 

 
Area control
Beak, Feather, & Bone https://possible-worlds-games.itch.io/bfb 

Faction/War
Song of Ice and Fire RPG http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/101026/A-Song-of-Ice-and-Fire-Roleplaying-A-Game-of-Thrones-Edition 

Mutant: Year Zero https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/139453/MUTANT-Year-Zero--Roleplaying-At-The-End-Of-Days 

Numenera: Destiny https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/240655/Numenera-Destiny 

Coyote and Crow https://www.allplay.com/board-games/coyote-and-crow-the-roleplaying-game/ 

 
Action points - 
Level Up
D&D

PbtA 

Using Action points
Feng Shui https://atlas-games.com/fengshui 

C&S: Rebirth 

Mythras 

 
Deck builder/Bidding
Ok not really but Redigo is "Hand Management"  https://letsplayredigo.com/ 
Games using a standard deck of cards
Castle Falkenstein https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2370/castle-falkenstein 

Games using a custom or proprietary card deck - mostly they are being used instead of dice
Dragonlance: Fifth Age https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/186462/dragonlance-fifth-age-dramatic-adventure-game-saga 

Clockwork Dominion https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/489608/courier-repacked 

My Closest Pick
Torg Eternity:A Thousand Faces of Adventure http://torg-gamereference.com/ 

 
Pick up and Deliver
Solo/journal:
Courier https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/489608/courier-repacked  

Delivered! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/441018/delivered-a-solo-journaling-rpg 

One shot
Delivery Dragons https://shardsofblue.itch.io/delivery-dragons

 
Worker Placement?
Become a GM
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