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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘8-Bit Attack’

October 22, 2019October 21, 2019Paul Benson

The monster lords have returned! Gather your heroes to try and defeat them in this cooperative dice battle game.

The Dice Section 37: Stone Age

July 5, 2017Michael Harrison

In this episode, the guys head back to prehistoric times with Bernd Brunnhofer’s Stone Age. If this hut’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’.

The Dice Section 36: Roll Player

May 29, 2017December 13, 2017Michael Harrison

If you like tabletop games and you’re looking for an in-depth review of the latest and greatest offerings, you’ll love the Dice Section podcast. We spend a whole month playing a single game over and over again, and then record our thoughts on how it held up. It’s not a shallow overview… it’s a deep and gory Dice Section. In this episode, the guys min-max and munchkin their way through Keith Matejka’s Roll Player.

‘Rally Roll’: A Quick, Tiny Dice Game

March 28, 2017Jonathan H. Liu

‘Rally Roll’ is a new dice game from Blue Orange Games. If you like press-your-luck games, put this one in your pocket for a quick game anytime!

‘Dice Stars’ Shakes Up the Old ‘Yahtzee’ Formula

January 26, 2017Z

‘Dice Stars’ is an easy-to-learn tabletop dice game for 1-4 players ages 10 and up. A standard game takes around 20-30 minutes from the first roll to the final score tabulation.

GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide #3: Tabletop Games

November 17, 2015Jenny Bristol

If tabletop games are on your loved ones’ wish lists this year, check out our recommendations! There’s something here for everyone.

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Fun & Spooky Games Whatever Your Halloween Plans

October 27, 2015Sophie Brown

To help you celebrate Halloween I’ve picked out six games in six different styles including board games, video games, and games to play with kids.

Roll For It, by Calliope Games, Enters Final Days of Kickstarter

May 16, 2013Cathé Post

Roll For It is a new dice game by Calliope up on Kickstarter now. The game is a strategy and press-your-luck game with hints of other dice games thrown in. My husband and I played a demo of it at PAX Prime in 2012 and really enjoyed it. The Kickstarter only has a couple of days left!

Late to The Game: Dice Games

April 24, 2013Sophie Brown1

As fantastic as board games are, they can be very long and very complex. During game nights it can be nice to break up the more long-winded games with short, simple ones and dice games fit the bill perfectly. Here are three of my favourite dice games to play quickly between longer rounds of Catan and Magic.

Behold! Magnificent Custom Dice Enrich Your Play

August 30, 2012Jenny Bristol

Would you say you had a plethora of dice? Many geeks do, having anywhere from a set or two of the seven traditional polyhedral dice to having bags of the stuff, where they end up being the ones supplying dice to everyone at the table. Perhaps you even have a special die or two that have special meaning or purpose. Or your favorite one. Or your lucky one. But my guess is that most of you don’t have dice like these.

Tag: dice games

Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘8-Bit Attack’

The Dice Section 37: Stone Age

The Dice Section 36: Roll Player

‘Rally Roll’: A Quick, Tiny Dice Game

‘Dice Stars’ Shakes Up the Old ‘Yahtzee’ Formula

GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide #3: Tabletop Games

Fun & Spooky Games Whatever Your Halloween Plans

Roll For It, by Calliope Games, Enters Final Days of Kickstarter

Late to The Game: Dice Games

Behold! Magnificent Custom Dice Enrich Your Play

Review: Rory’s Story Cubes: Actions and Voyages

Army Vs. Aliens Lets You Dominate the World

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